In this second version of my NFL Mock Draft, we have the Cleveland Browns taking Louisville QB Lamar Jackson as the first pick in the 2018 NFL Draft. Other boards had the Browns taking USC QB Sam Darnold first, but the worm that is the idea Lamar Jackson can be a game-winning quarterback at what’s called “the next level” is turning, and now many, like former NFL QB Chris Simms, see Jackson as the best signal-caller of the group.
The Browns selection of Jackson as number one shakes up the 2018 NFL Draft from picks 1 through 4, and conceivably through the first ten selections. With Jackson gone to the Browns, rather than Saquon Barkley, the Penn State star now become the newest employee-of-note of the New York Giants at number two. The Indianapolis Colts remain firm with the idea of taking Bradley Chubb the North Carolina State defensive end. The Browns, wanting to beef up their offensive line with someone athletic enough to be effective in a Lamar-Jackson-ran offense, use their second pick to get Notre Dame Offensive Guard Quenton Nelson.
With that, here’s the rest of the selections:
ROUND ROUND PICK OVERALL TEAM NOTES PLAYER
1 1 1 Cleveland Browns – Lamar Jackson QB – Louisville
1 2 2 New York Giants – Saquon Barkley RB – Penn State –
1 3 3 Indianapolis – Bradley Chubb DE – NC State
1 4 4 Cleveland Browns – from Houston – Quenton Nelson OG Notre Dame
1 5 5 Denver – Orlando Brown OT – Oklahoma
1 6 6 New York Jets – Sam Darnold QB – USC
1 7 7 Tampa Bay Bucs – Roquan Smith LB – Georgia
1 8 8 Chicago – Calvin Ridley WR – Alabama
1 9 9 San Francisco – Minkah Fitzpatrick FS – Alabama
1 10 10 Oakland – Courtland Sutton WR – SMU
1 11 11 Miami – Mason Rudolph QB – Oklahoma St.
1 12 12 Cincinnati – Josh Rosen QB UCLA
1 13 13 Washington – Derrius Guice RB – LSU
1 14 14 Green Bay – Ogbonnia Okoronkwo DE – Oklahoma
1 15 15 Arizona – Connor Williams OT – Texas
1 16 16 Baltimore – Vita Vea DT – Washington
1 17 17 Los Angeles Chargers – Taven Bryan DT – Florida
1 18 18 Seattle – Chukwuma Okorafor OT – W. Michigan
1 19 19 Dallas – Denzel Ward CB – Ohio St.
1 20 20 Detroit – Ronald Jones II RB – USC
1 21 21 Buffalo – Da’Ron Payne DT – Alabama
1 22 22 Buffalo – from Kansas City Marcus Davenport DE – UTSA
1 23 23 Los Angeles Rams – Isaiah Oliver CB – Colorado
1 24 24 Carolina – Dorian O’Daniel LB – Clemson
1 25 25 Tennessee – Mark Andrews TE – Oklahoma
1 26 26 Atlanta – Darius Leonard LB – S.C. State
1 27 27 New Orleans – Baker Mayfield QB – Oklahoma
1 28 28 Pittsburgh – Harrison Phillips DT – Stanford
1 29 29 Jacksonville – Braden Smith OG – Auburn
1 30 30 Minnesota – Arden Key DE – LSU
1 31 31 New England – Kameron Kelly CB – San Diego St
1 32 32 Philadelphia – Auden Tate WR – Florida
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