Top 23 Orders and Picks After 2023 Wild Card

NFL Mock Draft: The initial 23 picks have been set. Here’s the first mock draft guess at what the top picks might be after the 2023 Wild Card round

NFL Mock Draft – Top 23 Orders and Picks Post 2023 Wildcard

Mock drafts are always a work in progress, and this year it’s going to be even more fluid than 2022.

Seriously, Travon was the No. 1 overall player last year. Seriously, who had Travon Walker go No.

In 1989, I published my first mock NFL draft for college paper. Ever since nailing the first two picks – Troy Aikman to Dallas and Tony Mandarich to Green Bay, and totally whiffing everything else – I’ve had one unwavering belief I’ve never strayed from.

Never ever, ever project any trade. And ignore every mock draft that attempts to do so. You can’t make a trade happen, or even accurately project one without totally screwing up the rest of the order.

This is why I am going on a pretentious ramble before I get to the fun. The Chicago Bears will trade the first overall selection.

They have to, and if they don’t it’s all-time draft malpractice with a combination of 1s, 2s, and 4s – along with a delightful array of meats and cheeses – there for the taking from some desperate team that needs one of the amazing quarterback prospects in this draft.

Until the Bears actually make the trade, I’m still playing this straight.

Kentucky QB Will Levis will – probably – be the first overall pick, but no, Chicago isn’t taking a quarterback and it’s not trading away Justin Fields. So for now, here’s the first NFL Mock Draft of the silly season.

The Divisional Round will determine the next round.

2023 NFL Draft Underclassmen Projections, Position Rankings

23 Minnesota Vikings

2023 Mock Draft: Cam Smith CB South Carolina

22 Baltimore Ravens

2023 Mock Draft: JaxonSmith-Njigba Ohio State

21 Los Angeles Chargers

2023 Mock Draft: Broderick Jones OT Georgia

Miami Dolphins (forfeited pick that would’ve been the 21)

20 Seattle Seahawks

2023 Mock Draft: Brian Branch S Alabama

19 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

2023 Mock Draft: Anthony Richardson QB Florida

18 Detroit Lions

2023 Mock Draft: Keleeringo CB Georgia

17 Pittsburgh Steelers

2023 Mock Draft: O’Cyrus Torrence OG Florida

16 Washington Commanders

2023 Mock Draft: Christian Gonzalez CB Oregon

15 Green Bay Packers

2023 Mock Draft: Brian Bresee DT Clemson

14 New England Patriots

2023 Mock Draft: Bijan Robinson RB Texas

13 New York Jets

2023 Mock Draft: Anton Harrison OT Oklahoma

12 Houston Texans (from Cleveland).

2023 Mock Draft: Quentin Johnson WR TCU

11 Tennessee Titans

2023 Mock Draft: Paris Johnson OT Ohio State

10 Philadelphia Eagles (from New Orleans).

2023 Mock Draft: Joey Porter Jr. CB Penn State

9 Carolina Panthers

2023 Mock Draft: Myles Murphy EDGE Clemson

8 Atlanta Falcons

2023 Mock Draft: Tyree Wilson EDGE Texas Tech

7 Las Vegas Raiders

2023 Mock Draft: Peter Skoronski OT Northwestern

6 Detroit Lions (from LA Rams).

2023 Mock Draft: Michael Mayer TE Notre Dame

5 Seattle Seahawks (from Denver).

2023 Mock Draft: CJ Stroud QB Ohio State

4 Indianapolis Colts

2023 Mock Draft: Bryce Young QB Alabama

3 Arizona Cardinals

2023 Mock Draft: Will Anderson EDGE Alabama

2 Houston Texans

2023 Mock Draft: Will Levis QB Kentucky

1 Chicago Bears

2023 Mock Draft: Jalen Carter DT Georgia

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2023 NFL Draft Underclassmen Projections, Position Rankings

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