The first-round of the 2018 NFL Draft will be getting underway in Dallas very soon so it’s time for me to release my annual stab as to how I think Thursday night and the first 32 selections will ultimately go.
I don’t bother predicting trades in these mocks and there’s bound to be a few of them. More than anything else, my goal is to correctly identify as many first-round selections as I can regardless of the order in addition to matching up as many selections as possible to the teams that do not trade out of their spot.
Feel free to add your mock of the first-round in the comments below and once again, Merry Draftmas to all of yinz. It should be a fun next few days.
UPDATE: I accidentally left Bradley Chubb out in the first version and have now added him causing Rosen to fall and knocking out Lamar Jackson of the mock.
1. Cleveland Browns – Sam Darnold, QB, USC
2. New York Giants – Bradley Chubb, DE, North Carolina State
3. New York Jets (from Indianapolis Colts) – Baker Mayfield, QB, Oklahoma
4. Cleveland Browns (from Houston Texans) – Saquon Barkley, RB, Penn State
5. Denver Broncos – Josh Allen, QB, Wyoming
6. Indianapolis Colts (from New York Jets) – Quenton Nelson, G, Notre Dame
7. Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Derwin James, S, Florida State
8. Chicago Bears – Roquan Smith, LB, Georgia
9. San Francisco 49ers – Tremaine Edmunds, LB, Virginia Tech
10. Oakland Raiders – Denzel Ward, CB, Ohio State
11. Miami Dolphins – Minkah Fitzpatrick, S, Alabama
12. Buffalo Bills (from Cincinnati Bengals) – Josh Rosen, QB, UCLA
13. Washington Redskins – Vita Vea, DT, Washington
14. Green Bay Packers – Josh Jackson, CB, Iowa
15. Arizona Cardinals – Mike McGlinchey, T, Notre Dame
16. Baltimore Ravens – Calvin Ridley, WR, Alabama
17. Los Angeles Chargers – Da’Ron Payne, DT, Alabama
18. Seattle Seahawks – Marcus Davenport, DE, UTSA
19. Dallas Cowboys – Leighton Vander Esch, LB, Boise State
20. Detroit Lions – Harold Landry – DE, Boston College
21. Cincinnati Bengals (from Buffalo Bills) – James Daniels, C, Iowa
22. Buffalo Bills (from Kansas City Chiefs) – D.J. Moore, WR, Maryland
23. New England Patriots (from Los Angeles Rams) – Kolton Miller, T, UCLA
24. Carolina Panthers – Jaire Alexander, CB, Louisville
25. Tennessee Titans – Rashaan Evans, LB, Alabama
26. Atlanta Falcons – Taven Bryan, DT, Florida
27. New Orleans Saints – Hayden Hurst, TE, South Carolina
28. Pittsburgh Steelers – Justin Reid, S, Stanford
29. Jacksonville Jaguars – Isaiah Wynn, OL, Georgia
30. Minnesota Vikings – Frank Ragnow, C, Arkansas
31. New England Patriots – Mason Rudolph, QB, Patriots
32. Philadelphia Eagles – Derrius Guice, RB, LSU
