In this first round mock draft, I have moved forward with the assumption that the Redskins and quarterback Kirk Cousins have agreed to a long-term contract keeping him in D.C. for the foreseeable future.
Below are my selections for each team in the first round. Keep in mind, picks 1-24 are set (minus a coin-flip between the 49ers and Raiders to determine pick 9). Picks 25-32 are just projections at this time.
1 Cleveland Browns: Saquon Barkley RB PSU 2 New York Giants: Josh Rosen QB UCLA 3 Indianapolis Colts: Bradley Chubb EDGE NC St 4 Cleveland Browns: Sam Darnold QB USC 5 Denver Broncos: Josh Allen QB Wyoming 6 New York Jets: Baker Mayfield QB Oklahoma 7 Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Harold Landry EDGE BC 8 Chicago Bears: Denzel Ward CB Ohio St 9 San Francisco 49ers: Calvin Ridley WR Alabama 10 Oakland Raiders: Connor Williams OT Texas 11 Miami Dolphins: Quenton Nelson G Notre Dame 12 Cincinnati Bengals: Mike McGlinchey OT Notre Dame 13 Washington Redskins: Roquan Smith ILB Georgia 14 Green Bay Packers: Josh Jackson CB Iowa 15 Arizona Cardinals: Mason Rudolph QB Oklahoma St 16 Baltimore Ravens: Courtland Sutton WR SMU 17 Los Angeles Chargers: Derwin James S Florida St 18 Seattle Seahawks: Tarvarus McFadden CB Florida St 19 Dallas Cowboys: Christian Wilkins DT Clemson 20 Detroit Lions: Clelin Ferrell EDGE Clemson 21 Buffalo Bills: Vita Vea DT Washington 22 Buffalo Bills: Lamar Jackson QB Louisville 23 Los Angeles Rams: Isaiah Oliver CB Colorado 24 Carolina Panthers: Orlando Brown OT Oklahoma 25 Tennessee Titans: Marcus Davenport EDGE UTSA 26 Jacksonville Jaguars: James Washington WR Ok St 27 Atlanta Falcons: Da’Ron Payne DT Alabama 28 Philadelphia Eagles: Chukwuma Okorafor OT W Mi 29 New England Patriots: Sam Hubbard EDGE Ohio St 30 Minnesota Vikings: Billy Price C/G Ohio St 31 New Orleans Saints: Christian Kirk WR Texas A&M 32 Pittsburgh Steelers: Rashaan Evans ILB Alabama
Below are my 25 next best available players heading into round two:
Derrius Guice RB LSU
Arden Key EDGE LSU
Austin Bryant EDGE Clemson
Malik Jefferson OLB Texas
Dallas Goedert TE S Dakota St
Mo Hurst DT Michigan
Brice Love RB Stanford
Jaire Alexander CB Louisville
Dre’Monte Jones DT Ohio St
Anthony Averett CB Alabama
Jerome Baker ILB Ohio St
Luke Falk QB Wash St
Tremaine Edmunds OLB VT
Ronnie Harrison S Alabama
Equanimeous St.