Pro Football Focus

Everybody loves a mock draft — or at least critiquing them — but to correctly evaluate them, it’s important to understand what kind of mock this is. This is what would happen if I were selecting players as the general manager for each team. That gets a little complicated when I’m trying to execute trades, as I have to be OK with both sides of the deal and can’t just exploit a player slipping on the board who I know other teams like more. There’s also a degree to which team fit matters, and as much as in abstract terms I like some players drafted here less than others who were still on the board after the first round, as general manager of a specific team, I liked the fit better than the guy I left on the board. As discussed on the PFF NFL Podcast, this is my 2023 NFL mock draft.