Now that the 2023 NFL regular season is over, every team turns its attention to the draft — even those teams that are part of the postseason. Area scouts will start to move to the home facility to interact with scouting directors and general managers, and with the scouting combine less than two months away, it’s time to start putting your big boards together.
This applies especially to those teams with crucial quarterback decisions to make. For the purposes of this mock draft, we’ll assume that the Chicago Bears are sticking with Justin Fields, the Arizona Cardinals are committed to Kyler Murray, the Tennessee Titans think they have a future franchise quarterback in Will Levis, and the New York Jets think that eventually, Aaron Rodgers will stop shooting his mouth off long enough to play quarterback in 2024.
Conversely, the Washington Commanders, New England Patriots, New York Giants, and Atlanta Falcons will avail themselves of the best draftable quarterbacks possible in the interest of turning things around.
So, four quarterbacks go in the first round here, with more teams looking to build around the guys they’ve already got. That makes for one notable omission (Oregon’s Bo Nix), and a whole bunch of talented prospects at other positions pushing themselves up the boards.
1. Chicago Bears (from Carolina Panthers): Marvin Harrison Jr., WR, Ohio State
2. Washington Commanders: Caleb Williams, QB, USC
3. New England Patriots: Drake Maye, QB, North Carolina
4. Arizona Cardinals: Malik Nabers, WR, LSU
5. Los Angeles Chargers: Rome Odunze, WR, Washington
6. New York Giants: Jayden Daniels, QB, LSU
7. Tennessee Titans: Olumuyiwa Fashanu, OT, Penn State
8. Atlanta Falcons: Michael Penix Jr., QB, Washington
9. Chicago Bears: Jer'Zhan Newton, DI, Illinois
10. New York Jets: Joe Alt, OT, Notre Dame
11. Minnesota Vikings: Kool-Aid McKinstry, CB, Alabama
12. Denver Broncos: Dallas Turner, EDGE, Alabama
13. Las Vegas Raiders: Cooper DeJean, CB, Iowa
14. New Orleans Saints: Brock Bowers, TE, Georgia
15. Indianapolis Colts: JC Latham, OT, Alabama
16. Seattle Seahawks: Laiatu Latu, EDGE, UCLA
17. Jacksonville Jaguars: Terrion Arnold, CB, Alabama
18. Cincinnati Bengals: Taliese Fuaga, OT, Oregon State
19. Green Bay Packers: Bralen Trice, EDGE, Washington
20. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Chris Braswell, EDGE, Alabama
21. Arizona Cardinals (from Houston Texans): Jared Verse, EDGE, Florida State
22. Los Angeles Rams: Kamren Kinchens, S, Miami
23. Pittsburgh Steelers: Nate Wiggins, CB, Clemson
24. Miami Dolphins: Amarius Mims, OT, Georgia
25. Philadelphia Eagles: Tyler Nubin, S, Minnesota
26. Kansas City Chiefs: Keon Coleman, WR, Florida State
27. Houston Texans (from Cleveland Browns): Troy Franklin, WR, Oregon
28. Detroit Lions: Leonard Taylor III, IDL, Miami
29. Buffalo Bills: Brian Thomas Jr., WR, LSU
30. Dallas Cowboys: Kris Jenkins, IDL, Michigan
31. San Francisco 49ers: Ennis Rakestraw Jr., CB, Missouri
32. Baltimore Ravens: Ladd McConkey, WR, Georgia
