“A universe of surprises is what I pray for!”
Much like Dune 4’s prescient man/worm emperor Leto II, at this point in draft season we gladly welcome any surprises we can get. Luckily, in our latest league-wide mock draft we were treated to a couple of them in the top five. After USC’s Caleb Williams and North Carolina’s Drake Maye came off the board at No. 1 and No. 2 overall respectively we expected the pattern of at least four QBs being taken in the top five picks to continue.
However, the Patriots and Cardinals both went in a different direction and we didn’t see another quarterback get drafted until LSU’s Jayden Daniels fell to the Vikings at No. 11. Then Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy went to the Broncos at 13, followed by a long gap between QB picks. Eventually, Oregon’s Bo Nix and Washington’s Michael Penix Jr. fell to the Patriots and the Raiders in Round 2, respectively.
Here’s how our full three-round, 100-pick mock draft played out.