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● By Gennaro Filice
On the verge of a major pre-draft set piece -- the NFL Scouting Combine -- questions about the 2025 NFL Draft begin, well, at the beginning. And per usual, they revolve around the quarterbacks. Namely, Cam Ward and Shedeur Sanders. Will everyone's top two signal-callers both fly off the board in the first handful of picks? Will one? Will none? With so many QB-needy teams lurking, it's hard to see either Ward or Sanders making it out of the top 10 -- at least at this juncture of draft season. The coming week in Indianapolis is sure to shake up the prospect pool in myriad ways, but in the calm before the spandex storm, here is my initial vision of how Round 1 will play out.

Top Players Not Included

These players appear in the top 32 of our

Consensus Big Board

, but do not show up in this mock.