There’s no Combine this year, and 2021 is a draft preparation environment like none before it. That’s not going to get in the way of my mock drafting extravaganza, however. These mocks are a great tool for fans to familiarize themselves with college talent in advance of the real thing. I’ve previously used the Fanspeak.com mock drafting tool for these articles. This time I decided to try out PFF’s mock draft simulator. Unfortunately, PFF doesn’t provide a link to the full draft.
Given the level of uncertainty around talent evaluation this year, as well as the fact that a number of top players sat 2020 out as a result of COVID-19, compounded with the caliber of players likely to be available at pick #19, I’m very supportive of the idea of trading back from our first round pick this year for more shots on Day 2.