The Fan’s Los Medina Ranks the HEADLINED BY Top 50 Players in the 2021 NFL Draft THE QB CLASS OF Player Profiles 2021 Top 50 Draft Board 1st Round Mock 2021 NFL DRAFT PREVIEW WELCOME TO THE 2021 NFL DRAFT By Los Medina
The Draft Is Where You Build Your Team Every March the NFL headlines explode with moves during NFL free agency. But free agency is the place where you fix your mistakes and fix holes in your roster. The NFL Draft is where the foundational pieces of championship teams come from. In 2020, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed Tom Brady and grabbed those headlines. But many of the key aspects of the Buccaneers roster were secured with draft picks and draft day trades. While the brilliance of Tom Brady got the headlines in 2020, the team’s first round pick turned into one of the best players in the league. Right tackle Tristan Wirfs was perhaps the best right tackle in all of the NFL and gave the team a dependable right side for their passing and rushing attack.
Building The Draft Board 2021
The 2021 draft will look like a previous draft at the top but will also feature just where the NFL is at this point. The 1999 NFL Draft was the first and only draft to feature three quarterbacks going in the top three picks. The 2021 draft should mimick that as well, with the possibility of four quarterbacks going in the top four picks. That has never happened in NFL draft history.
The 2020 season was also the highest scoring season in NFL history. The rest of the top ten in this draft is going to display just how many teams have gone for all-out offense. Nine teams in the NFL averaged at least 28 points per game last season...all of them made it to the playoffs. This league is now all about scoring as many points as possible. What we are going to see is a top ten where only one or two defensive players will be selected in the top ten. It’s entirely possible that the first defensive player off the board may not come until ninth or tenth overall.
What to Watch in This Draft:
The situation that these quarterbacks at the top find themselves in will be a big key to their future NFL success. Trevor Lawrence looks to step into a rebuild situation in Jacksonville with a first time NFL head coach but a brilliant offensive mind in Urban Meyer. Zach Wilson will find the same challenges in New York that other young Jets quarterbacks have encounterd. Whoever goes to Kyle Shanahan in San Francisco will have the benefit of a good team and his brilliant offensive mind. The Falcons present an opportunity for a young quarterback to sit and learn rather than being thrown to the wolves.
There is a lack of elite pass rushers in this draft. Every edge player has issues with size, injuries or a lack of production at the college level. Seeing one in the top ten would be an absolute surprise.
Happy NFL Draft season to all of you NFL lovers out there! -los
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1ST ROUND MOCK DRAFT 2021 By Los Medina
1. Jacksonville Jaguars: Trevor Lawrence - QB 17. Raiders: Jeremiah Owusu-Koromoah - LB/S
2. New York Jets: Zach Wilson - QB 18. Miami Dolphins: Kwity Paye - Edge
3. San Francisco 49ers: Trey Lance - QB 19. Washington: Teven Jenkins - RT
4. Atlanta Falcons: Justin Fields - QB 20. Chicago Bears: Jaelan Phillips - Edge
5. Cincinnati Bengals: Kyle Pitts - Weapon 21. Indianapolis Colts: Jayson Oweh - Edge
6. Miami Dolphins: Ja’Marr Chase - WR 22. Tennessee Titans: Rashod Bateman - WR
7. Detroit Lions: Penei Sewell - LT/G 23. New York Jets: Alijah Vera-Tucker - G
8. Carolina Panthers: Rashawn Slater - LT/G 24. Pittsburgh Steelers: Najee Harris - RB
9. Denver Broncos: Patrick Surtain II - CB 25. J’ville Jaguars: Christian Barmore - DT
10. Dallas Cowboys: Jaycee Horn - CB 26. Cleveland Browns: Joe Tryon - Edge
11. New York Giants: Devonta Smith - WR 27. Baltimore Ravens: Zaven Collins - LB
12. Philadelphia Eagles: Jaylon Waddle - WR 28. New Orleans Saints: Kadarius Toney - WR
13. Los Angeles Chargers: Christian Darrisaw - LT 29. GB Packers: Landon Dickerson - C/G
14. Minnesota Vikings: Azeez Ojulari - Edge 30. Buffalo Bills: Eric Stokes - CB
15. New England Patriots: Micah Parsons - LB 31. Kansas City Chiefs: Samuel Cosmi – LT
16. Arizona Cardinals: Caleb Farley - CB 32. TB Buccaneers: Gregory Rousseau - Edge
2021 NFL Draft