Now that the first round of the 2023 NFL draft is in the books, there’s very little sleep for the league’s shot-callers. You go back and look at your board, move some guys around, talk to other shot-callers about possible trades, and get ready for the second day of the draft, which starts at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
“We know where we’re positioned,” Houston Texans general manager Nick Caserio, who did all kinds of wheeling and dealing to come away with C.J. Stroud with the second and third overall picks, said about Day 2. “So we have 65 and 73 and then the two fours, the fifth, the three sixth, the two seventh. We have a little bit of flexibility. Tonight we’ll go back and kind of see what’s left, understanding there’s probably going to be another 30-ish, 35 players that are probably selected before we pick.
“Could we move from 65 into the second round? That’s a possibility, but that’s going to be player driven. So I think we’ve identified players that we like. We also understand we’re going to lose players. That’s the reality of it. We’re going to lose players along the way. I think, in that general range, kind of how we have the players graded relative to their value and potentially what their role could be, we think there will be an opportunity to add some players to our team that we’ll be happy to have in the building.”
It will be some manner of this process for all of the NFL’s evaluators, and there’s all kinds of talent left on those boards. So, here’s how the second round of the draft might go, were we calling the shots for every NFL team.
32. Pittsburgh Steelers (from Chicago Bears): Jory Porter Jr., CB, Penn State
33. Arizona Cardinals (from Houston Texans): Brian Branch, DB, Alabama
34. Detroit Lions (from Arizona Cardinals): Will Levis, QB, Kentucky
35: Indianapolis Colts: Jalin Hyatt, WR, Tennessee
36. Los Angeles Rams: Drew Sanders, LB/EDGE, Arkansas
37. Seattle Seahawks (from Denver Broncos): John Michael Schmitz, C, Minnesota
38. Las Vegas Raiders: Michael Mayer, TE. Notre Dame
39. Carolina Panthers: Keion White, DL, Georgia Tech
40. New Orleans Saints: O'Cyrus Torrence, OG, Florida
41. Tennessee Titans: Cedric Tillman, WR Tennessee
42. Green Bay Packers (from Cleveland Browns): Jonathan Mingo, WR, Mississippi
43. New York Jets: Dawand Jones, OT, Ohio State
44. Atlanta Falcons: Hendon Hooker, QB, Tennessee
45. Green Bay Packers: Luke Musgrave, TE, Oregon State
46. New England Patriots: Sam LaPorta, TE, Iowa
47. Washington Commanders: Steve Avila, OG, TCU
48. Detroit Lions: Keeanu Benton, DI, Wisconsin
49. Pittsburgh Steelers: Trenton Simpson, LB, Clemson
50. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Sydney Brown, S, Illinois
51. Miami Dolphins: Tucker Kraft, TE, South Dakota State
52. Seattle Seahawks: Zach Charbonnet, RB, UCLA
53. Chicago Bears (from Baltimore Ravens): Tyrique Stevenson, CB, Miami
54. Los Angeles Chargers: Cam Smith, CB, South Carolina
55. Detroit Lions (from Minnesota Vikings): Darnell Washington, TE, Georgia
56. Jacksonville Jaguars: DJ Turner, CB, Michigan
57. New York Giants: Josh Downs, WR, North Carolina
58. Dallas Cowboys: Daiyan Henley, LB, Washington State
59. Buffalo Bills: Clark Phillips III, CB, Utah
60. Cincinnati Bengals: Jartavius Martin, DB, Illinois
61. Chicago Bears (From San Francisco 49ers): Cody Mauch, OL, North Dakota State
62. Philadelphia Eagles: Chandler Zavala, OG, North Carolina State
63. Kansas City Chiefs: Devon Achane, RB, Texas A&M
