The Athletic

● By Nick Baumgardner

Accuracy: 9.38%635th Place
Round 1 gets all the hype (for good reason), but a team’s NFL Draft class is only as good as what happens the rest of the weekend. That’s especially true on the draft’s second day, because there always are plug-and-play, impact starters to be found in Rounds 2 and 3. How should each team approach its early picks? Here’s a look at how the first three rounds could go — the picks are followed by a team-by-team breakdown of those three-round hauls.

Top Players Not Included

These players appear in the top 31 of our

Consensus Big Board

, but do not show up in this mock.