This article is part of our NFL Draft series.
Here's my final guess at Thursday's first round of the draft. The first round and the first pick of the second round, actually. If you want to see how I think rounds 2-through-4 might go, you can see my four-round mock from a few days ago here.
The noise around which teams want which players is as loud as ever, and seemingly more contradictory than usual, so I'm too disoriented at this point to know what exactly is going on. But based on what I think about the players and teams involved, this is a scenario that would make some sense to me.
I didn't include explanations, but I'd be glad to answer any questions about the reasoning. Thanks for reading!
1. Los Angeles Rams (from TEN) – Jared Goff*, QB, California (6-4, 215)
2. Philadelphia Eagles (from CLE) – Carson Wentz, QB, North Dakota State (6-5, 237)
3. San Diego Chargers - DeForest Buckner, (3-4) DE, Oregon (6-7, 291)
4. Dallas Cowboys – Jalen Ramsey*, CB/S, Florida State (6-1, 209)
5. Jacksonville Jaguars - Laremy Tunsil*, OT, Mississippi (6-5, 310)
6. Baltimore Ravens - Joey Bosa*, DE, Ohio State (6-5, 269)
7. New York Jets (from SF) – Paxton Lynch*, QB, Memphis (6-7, 244)
-NYJ trades No. 20, 2017 first-round pick and Muhammad Wilkerson to SF for No. 7
8. Cleveland Browns (from MIA via PHI) – Ezekiel Elliott*, RB, Ohio State (6-0, 225)
9. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Corey Coleman*, WR, Baylor (5-11, 194)
10. New York Giants - Myles Jack*, OLB, UCLA (6-1, 245)
11. Chicago Bears - Ronnie Stanley*, OT, Notre Dame (6-6, 312)
12. New Orleans Saints - Vernon Hargreaves*, CB, Florida (5-10, 204)
13. Miami Dolphins (from PHI) - William Jackson, CB, Houston (6-0, 189)
14. Oakland Raiders – Chris Jones, DT, Mississippi State (6-6, 310)
15. Tennessee Titans (from LAR) – Shaq Lawson*, (3-4) OLB, Clemson (6-3, 269)
16. Detroit Lions – Emmanuel Ogbah*, DE, Oklahoma State (6-4, 273)
17. Atlanta Falcons – Darron Lee*, OLB, Ohio State (6-1, 232)
18. Indianapolis Colts – Leonard Floyd*, (3-4) OLB, Georgia (6-6, 244)
19. Buffalo Bills – Robert Nkemdiche*, DT, Mississippi (6-3, 294)
20. San Francisco 49ers (from NYJ) – Josh Doctson, WR, TCU (6-2, 202)
21. Washington Redskins – Keanu Neal*, S, Florida (6-0, 211)
22. Houston Texans – Laquon Treadwell*, WR, Mississippi (6-2, 221)
23. Minnesota Vikings – Michael Thomas*, WR, Ohio State (6-3, 212)
24. Cincinnati Bengals – Will Fuller*, WR, Notre Dame (6-0, 186)
25. Pittsburgh Steelers – Karl Joseph, S, West Virginia (5-10, 205)
26. Seattle Seahawks – Jason Spriggs, OT, Indiana (6-6, 301)
27. Green Bay Packers – Sheldon Rankins, DT, Louisville (6-1, 299)
28. Kansas City Chiefs – Mackensie Alexander, CB, Clemson (5-10, 190)
29. Arizona Cardinals – Ryan Kelly, C, Alabama (6-4, 311)
30. Carolina Panthers – Derrick Henry*, RB, Alabama (6-3, 247)
31. Denver Broncos – Le'Raven Clark, OT, Texas Tech (6-5, 316)
32. Cleveland Browns – Taylor Decker, OT, Ohio State (6-7, 310)
