More than any other year in recent memory, no one really knows what’s going to happen atop the NFL Draft. While Saquon Barkley might be a long-shot for the top pick if the Browns decide they are happy with any three remaining quarterbacks with the fourth pick, it looks like it’s going to come down to Sam Darnold, Josh Allen, and Baker Mayfield. Whatever happens at number one will have a ripple effect on the entire draft, and here are three different scenarios that could play out.
1. CLE
QB Sam Darnold | QB Josh Allen | QB Baker Mayfield
2. NYG
RB Saquon Barkley | QB Sam Darnold | QB Sam Darnold
3. NYJ (via IND)
QB Baker Mayfield | QB Baker Mayfield | QB Josh Rosen
4. CLE (via HOU)
EDGE Bradley Chubb | RB Saquon Barkley | RB Saquon Barkley
5. DEN
QB Josh Allen | EDGE Bradley Chubb | QB Josh Allen
6. IND (via NYJ)
OG Quenton Nelson | LB Roquan Smith | S Minkah Fitzpatrick
7. TB
S Minkah Fitzpatrick | S Derwin James | S Derwin James
8. CHI
CB Denzel Ward | OG Quenton Nelson | OG Quenton Nelson
9. SF
LB Roquan Smith | S Minkah Fitzpatrick | CB Denzel Ward
10. OAK
OT Mike McGlinchey | RB Derrius Guice | LB Roquan Smith
11. MIA
S Derwin James | QB Josh Rosen | QB Lamar Jackson
12. BUF (via CIN)
CB Josh Jackson | QB Josh Allen | CB Isaiah Oliver
13. WAS
RB Derrius Guice | CB Denzel Ward | DT Vita Vea
14. GB
CB Isaiah Oliver | CB Jaire Alexander | WR Calvin Ridley
15. ARI
CB Jaire Alexander | WR Calvin Ridley | WR Christian Kirk
16. BAL
WR Calvin Ridley | QB Lamar Jackson | LB Rashaan Evans
17. LAC
QB Lamar Jackson | DT Vita Vea | LB Tremaine Edmunds
18. SEA
LB Tremaine Edmunds | CB Josh Jackson | OT Mike McGlinchey
19. DAL
LB Rashaan Evans | LB Tremaine Edmunds | LB Leighton Vander Esch
20. DET
DT Vita Vea | LB Rashaan Evans | EDGE Marcus Davenport
21. CIN (via BUF)
QB Josh Rosen | LB Leighton Vander Esch | CB Josh Jackson
22. BUF (via KC)
QB Mason Rudolph | OT Mike McGlinchey | TE Hayden Hurst
23. NE (via LAR)
LB Leighton Vander Esch | CB Isaiah Oliver | CB Jaire Alexander
24. CAR
WR D.J. Moore | WR Christian Kirk | CB Mike Hughes
25. TEN
WR Christian Kirk | EDGE Marcus Davenport | EDGE Lorenzo Carter
26. ATL
EDGE Lorenzo Carter | TE Mike Gesicki | OG Isaiah Wynn
27. NO
DT Da’Ron Payne | LB Malik Jefferson | TE Mike Gesicki
28. PIT
LB Malik Jefferson | EDGE Lorenzo Carter | RB Derrius Guice
29. JAX
TE Mike Gesicki | TE Hayden Hurst | QB Mason Rudolph
30. MIN
OG Will Hernandez | OG Isaiah Wynn | C James Daniels
31. NE
CB Mike Hughes | RB Nick Chubb | DT Da’Ron Payne
32. PHI
RB Nick Chubb | CB Mike Hughes | WR D.J. Moore
Probably a 5% chance of one being 10% correct lol (not a knock, just how mock drafts are)
looks like #3 is the winner