Eleven Warriors

Nothing feels certain going into this year’s draft, which means this year’s mock requires even more guesswork than usual. Alabama quarterback Bryce Young appears likely to be the No. 1 overall pick, but it’s still not out of the question the Carolina Panthers could make C.J. Stroud the first Ohio State quarterback to go with the top pick. There’s no consensus on what the Houston Texans will do with the No. 2 overall pick, leaving endless possibilities for how the draft could play out from that point forward. Even so, I’ve taken my best shot at sifting through all the rumors and analyzing which players fit best with each team to take my best guess at how all 31 picks in this year’s first round (there are only 31 because the Miami Dolphins had their first-round pick taken away for tampering) will play out. Here’s hoping for a better performance than last year, when I correctly predicted only three-first round picks after matching eight first-round picks with the correct teams in 2021.