One cannot cover the NFL draft without putting together a mock draft.
OK, that’s not entirely true, but the NFL mock draft – as challenging as it might be to actually project the picks correctly – has become an annual rite of passage for football writers everywhere, as prognosticators take their best shot at forecasting how the draft will play out before chaos reigns as it always does when the actual draft begins Thursday night.
This year’s draft is as unpredictable as ever, with rumors still abound less than two days before the draft about three different quarterbacks – USC’s Sam Darnold, Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield and Wyoming's Josh Allen – all being possibilities for the Cleveland Browns at the No.