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NFL Draft 2017: Final Mock Draft Predictions Before Wild Card Weekend
- Updated: January 7, 2017
Over the past week, fans not lucky enough to have a team in the running for the Lombardi Trophy have come to the realization they might have something even better—a first-class ticket to draft season weeks in advance.
Some might debate whether this is better than a playoff berth, but only one team wins a title. The rest come up short of expectations and have a lesser draft pick as a result.
Even worse, those teams that hardly qualified for the playoffs in the first place now reside in a bit of a purgatory with a middling pick.
The early arrival of draft season means mock drafts, which means an all-encompassing tool giving fans a look at the order, team needs and prospect value in one convenient chart. Here’s a look at the latest before the playoffs kick off.
2017 NFL Mock Draft
Philadelphia and Indianapolis will flip a coin for No. 14 and No. 15 at the NFL combine.
The Obvious Pick: Browns Nab Myles Garrett
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This is one of the easiest No. 1 picks in modern history.
Thanks to some savvy, finesse work by the front office, the Cleveland Browns clutch two picks in the top 12 this year. In other words, the team could take a “no, thank you” on one of the quarterbacks in a muddled class and take the best player in the draft.
Granted, such a status remains up for debate. In the coming months, fans should expect the battle to be a two-man show between Alabama’s Jonathan Allen and Texas A&M’s Myles Garrett.
Cleveland can’t really go wrong with either, not after coughing up 28.3 points per game and a ridiculous 142.7 rushing yards on the ground.
As of right now, Garrett looks like the best prospect on the board. It was impossible to miss No. 15 on the field for the Aggies this year, his 6’5″, 270-pound frame abusing offensive linemen on the way to disrupting quarterbacks.
As Bleacher Report’s Matt Miller noted, his best comparison might be a rookie who just wreaked havoc on the NFL:
The best comparison for Myles Garrett …
