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My First 2018 NFL Mock Draft

It's an offensive loaded first round

Matt Roleck

Jan 09, 2018

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For football pundits such as me, the NFL Draft is considered a national holiday. The excitement of watching where all of the nation's top college stars end up is the same to a kid in a candy store. The intensity of watching the clock for teams to make a pick is always an exciting feeling due to the uncertainty as to who will be picked or what could possibly happen. Will the team on the clock actually time out and get moved down a slot? Will there be a mega deal involving many draft picks in place? Those are some things that always make the NFL Draft a must-watch for me. For us football pundits, it is never too early to start looking at, and start creating, NFL Mock Drafts for the coming spring. Here is my first 2018 NFL Mock Draft.

NOTE: The order used for picks 21-32 comes from seeding of playoff teams. This article was written on Friday, January 5th, 2018, one day before the start of the NFL Playoffs. So my order for those 12 picks will probably change upon the publishing of this article based off of playoff results that have not happened at this time. I also will project possible first round trades that I believe might happen.

1. Cleveland Browns- Lamar Jackson- QB Louisville

2. New York Giants- Orlando Brown Jr.- OT Oklahoma

3. Indianapolis Colts- Quenton Nelson- OG Notre Dame

4. Cleveland Browns (Acquired via Texans)- Saquon Barkley- RB Penn State

5. Denver Broncos- Sam Darnold- QB USC

6. New York Jets- Josh Rosen- QB UCLA

7. Tampa Bay Buccaneers- Arden Key- DE LSU

8. Chicago Bears- Calvin Ridley- WR Alabama

9. San Francisco 49ers- James Washington- WR Oklahoma State

10. Oakland Raiders- Joshua Jackson- CB Iowa

11. Miami Dolphins- Roquan Smith- ILB Georgia

12. Los Angeles Chargers (Projected trade with Cincinnati)- Baker Mayfield- QB Oklahoma

13. Washington Redskins- Derwin James- SS Florida State

14. Buffalo Bills (Projected trade with Green Bay)- Mason Rudolph- QB Oklahoma State

15. Arizona Cardinals- Josh Allen- QB Wyoming

16. Baltimore Ravens- Courtland Sutton- WR Southern Methodist

17. Cincinnati Bengals (Trade with LAC)- Mike McGlinchey- OT Notre Dame

18. Seattle Seahawks- Minkah Fitzpatrick- CB/FS- Alabama

19. Dallas Cowboys- Maurice Hurst- DT Michigan

20. Detroit Lions- Ogbonnia Okoronkwo- DE Oklahoma

21. Green Bay Packers (Trade with Buffalo)- Bradley Chubb- DE North Carolina State

22. Atlanta Falcons- Vita Vea- DT Washington

23. Tennessee Titans- Mark Andrews- TE Oklahoma

24. Carolina Panthers- Conor Williams- OT Texas

25. Green Bay Packers (Trade with Buffalo, Kansas City's original pick)- Kolton Miller- OT UCLA

26. New Orleans Saints- Marcell Ateman- WR Oklahoma State

27. Jacksonville Jaguars- Anthony Miller- WR Memphis

28. Los Angeles Rams- Isaiah Oliver- CB Colorado

29. Pittsburgh Steelers- Tremaine Edmunds- ILB Virginia Tech

30. Indianapolis Colts (Projected Trade with Minnesota)- Dorian O'Daniel- OLB Clemson

31. Philadelphia Eagles- Chukwuma Okorafor- OT Western Michigan

32. New England Patriots- Denzel Ward- CB Ohio State

ROUND TWO:

33. Cleveland Browns- Deshon Elliot- SS Texas

34. New York Giants- Derrius Guice- RB LSU

35. Cleveland Browns (From Houston)- Will Hernandez- OG Texas El-Paso

36. Minnesota Vikings (Trade with INDY)- Braden Smith- OG Auburn

37. New York Jets- Frank Ragnow- C Arkansas

38. Tampa Bay Buccaneers- Bryce Love- RB Stanford

39. Chicago Bears- Josey Jewell- ILB Iowa

40. Denver Broncos- Josh Allen- LB Kentucky

41. Oakland Raiders- Ronald Jones II- RB USC

42. Miami Dolphins- Taven Bryan- DT Florida

43. New England Patriots (From San Francisco 49ers)- Logan Woodside- QB Toledo

44. Washington Redskins- Christian Kirk- WR/KR Texas A&M

45. Green Bay Packers- Hayden Hurst- TE South Carolina

46. Cincinnati Bengals- Marcus Davenport- DE UTSA

47. Arizona Cardinals- Jaleel Scott- WR New Mexico State

48. Cincinnati Bengals (Trade from Los Angeles Chargers)- Jaire Alexander- CB Louisville

49. New York Jets- Damien Harris- RB Alabama

50. Dallas Cowboys- Mike Hughes- CB UCF

51. Detroit Lions- Sony Michel- RB Georgia

52. Baltimore Ravens- Anthony Averett- CB Alabama

53. Buffalo Bills- Tyrell Crosby- OT Oregon

54. Tennessee Titans- Cameron Smith- LB USC

55. Atlanta Falcons- Isaiah Wynn- G Georgia

56. Carolina Panthers- Kameron Kelly- CB San Diego State

57. Kansas City Chiefs- Holton Hill- CB Texas

58. Jacksonville Jaguars- Dallas Goedert- TE South Dakota State

59. San Francisco 49ers (From New Orleans Saints)- Nick Chubb- RB Georgia

60. Buffalo Bills (From Los Angeles Rams)- Derrick Nnadi- DT Florida State

61. Minnesota Vikings- Ryan Finley- QB North Carolina State

62. Pittsburgh Steelers- Harold Landry- EDGE Boston College

63. Cleveland Browns (From Philadelphia Eagles)- Tre'Quan Smith- WR UCF

64. New England Patriots- Armani Watts- FS Texas A&M

Please let me know what you think of these picks!

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Dealing with the inevitable realities of college life.

Don't freak out

Email the professor

Attend the first class

Keep attending class

Have a backup plan

Remember that everything works out at the end

It's mandatory to have these conversations.

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2. What's your favorite color?

3. Do you have any siblings?

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