Hello, readers. If you are not in the mood for a mock draft, I will not take it personally. If you are looking for a distraction, go ahead and pick it apart. Mock drafts are largely an exercise in futility—though last year I did win a bottle of rose wine courtesy of Albert Breer for blindly throwing a few darts into the bullseye, so I can’t say this annual ritual is all bad.
1. Cincinnati Bengals: Joe Burrow, QB, LSU
Other teams around the league have the sense that the Bengals are locked in on Joe Burrow, and vice versa.