Nfl Mock 2019 Draft
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Defense a major theme of this NFL draft This year’s draft, which begins Thursday night, is stocked with defenders who can be difference makers. Many of them play up front and will go very high. Here’s one view of the first round, presuming no trades – something extremely unlikely. NFL MOCK DRAFT • ROUND 1 PICK TEAM/PLAYER/POS/SCHOOL SKINNY 1 Arizona Cardinals New coach Kliff Kingsbury gets his ideal fit to run his scheme KYLER MURRAY, QB, OKLAHOMA 2 San Francisco 49ers Pedigree means plenty at this spot, yet another D-line early pick NICK BOSA, DE, OHIO STATE 3 New York Jets Could trade down, if they stay put will take a dynamic guy for trenches QUINNEN WILLIAMS, DL, ALABAMA 4 Oakland Raiders They fill the chasm created by trading Khalil Mack last summer JOSH ALLEN, LB, KENTUCKY 5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Too many studs on the other side of the ball to pass on one of them DEVIN WHITE, LB, LSU 6 New York Giants No QB here, defense first, if that sounds familiar in this draft MONTEZ SWEAT, LB-DE, MISS. ST. 7 Jacksonville Jaguars Tom Coughlin stays in-state for a protector for new QB Nick Foles JAWAAN TAYLOR, OT, FLORIDA 8 Detroit Lions Another team staying within state boundaries for its choice RASHAN GARY, DL, MICHIGAN 9 Buffalo Bills Did we mention this is a defense-first draft? ED OLIVER, DL, HOUSTON 10 Denver Broncos Elway traded for Joe Flacco so he goes defense here BRIAN BURNS, LB-DE, FSU 11 Cincinnati Bengals Another in-state pick, this one a gamble and not for an immediate need DWAYNE HASKINS, QB, OHIO ST. 12 Green Bay Packers High for a tight end, but there are two worthy of first-round status T.J. HOCKENSON, TE, IOWA 13 Miami Dolphins Vegas sees the Dolphins as the worst team in 2019, they go D-line CLELIN FERRELL, DE, CLEMSON 14 Atlanta Falcons Falcons see the top cornerback in this crop on the board and grab him GREEDY WILLIAMS, CB, LSU 15 Washington Redskins If he wasn’t a QB wouldn’t have cracked the top half of the first round DANIEL JONES, QB, DUKE 16 Carolina Panthers Another team looking for a developmental passer, but need help here JONAH WILLIAMS, OT, ALABAMA 17 New York Giants (from Cleveland) New York figured it could get Jones here, sorry Big Blue DEVIN BUSH, LB, MICHIGAN 18 Minnesota Vikings If they go by need, have their choice of blockers to fill a major void CODY FORD, OL, OKLAHOMA 19 Tennessee Titans Temptation could be to take a tight end or wideout here D.K. METCALF, WR, MISSISSIPPI 20 Pittsburgh Steelers Strange to see Pittsburgh with so many holes BYRON MURPHY, CB, WASHINGTON 21 Seattle Seahawks Have a wise front office and coaches that can retool and have success D. LAWRENCE, DT, CLEMSON 22 Baltimore Ravens Could go defense, but the offensive line needs bolstering ANDRE DILLARD, OL, WASH. ST. 23 Houston Texans Blocking needs fortifying, sticking with that approach, they get ... DALTON RISNER, OT, KANSAS ST. 24 Oakland (from Chicago) Jon Gruden adores tight ends who can block and catch the ball NOAH FANT, TE, IOWA 25 Philadelphia Eagles Select a college champion who they couldn’t imagine would fall to them C. WILKINS, DL, CLEMSON 26 Indianapolis Colts Don’t doubt GM Chris Ballard after pulling off a great 2018 draft DEANDRE BAKER, CB, GEORGIA 27 Oakland (from Dallas) After missing on Baker, go for other backfield and a do-everything RB JOSH JACOBS, RB, ALABAMA 28 Los Angeles Chargers Do they wait for DT Jeffery Simmons to recover from injury, or play it safer JEFFERY SIMMONS, DT, MISS. ST. 29 Seattle Seahawks (from Kan. City) The Seahawks dealt front-line stud Frank Clark to KC for this spot. N. ADDERLEY, CB, DELAWARE 30 Green Bay (from New Orleans) Packers to fill a hole in their secondary yet again JUSTIN LAYNE, CB, MICHIGAN ST. 31 Los Angeles Rams The most talented roster in the league adds to it up front GARRETT BRADBURY, OL, NC ST. 32 New England Patriots Predicting Pats’ moves on draft day is like predicting Brady’s retirement A.J. BROWN, WR, MISSISSIPPI.