NFL Mock Draft 2016: Early Predictions for Nation’s Top Prospects

Let’s talk quarterbacks.

No position is more regularly compelling at the NFL draft, and no position affects the draft more. After much deliberation, I’ve settled on four quarterbacks to be selected in the first round on Thursday, keeping in mind one of the NFL’s fondest trends: reaching for QBs in the first round.

First, let’s take a look at my updated mock draft: 

At least until a compelling report convinces me otherwise, it seems the Los Angeles Rams will select Jared Goff with the top overall pick. He seems like less of a project for starters, and before the Wentz buzz became all the rage, he was considered the top quarterback in this class.

When ESPN asked 13 NFL and draft insiders who they felt was the best quarterback in the draft, nine picked Goff (and Todd McShay, who picked Wentz, said he heard that the Rams were leaning toward Goff).

In that article, Louis Riddick offered the following reasoning for choosing Goff:

Goff has superior feet in the pocket, rush awareness, poise and accuracy under pressure. He also has superb decision-making, touch and accuracy at all three levels. This kid took a beating and never flinched. He has a Joe Montana-like presence in his movement and demeanor. He will get bigger and stronger, and his hand-size issues are overblown. He just needs the right pieces around him, and he will have a great career.

The Rams will be getting a good player regardless. But for the moment, it would appear more likely that Goff will be the pick.

Wentz is going to be the pick at No. 2 for the Philadelphia Eagles, then, and it appears he’s the player Philly wanted all along, per Mark Maske of the Washington Post:

Many within the league have been convinced since last week that the Eagles’ trade-up target has been Carson Wentz.

— MarkMaske (@MarkMaske) April 20, 2016

The Eagles traded the farm for the right to …

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