It’s a near certainty a quarterback will be the first player selected at the 2024 NFL Draft. But who it will be and which franchise drafts him remains a mystery.
Southern California’s Caleb Williams and North Carolina’s Drake Maye have followed up stellar 2022 seasons with strong 2023s, staking their claim as the top two prospects at the most important position in football. And in a season marred by mediocre-to-awful passers, they’ll be hot commodities as teams plot their paths back to contention.
After that, things get a little messy. But not so messy I can’t take a few educated guesses at how next April’s draft will unfold with this, FTW’s first in-season mock draft of the year.
The issue with a mock draft this early is that there are so many unknowns left to deal with. Which free agents will re-sign with their clubs early in the 2024 offseason? Which new arrivals will plug holes a rookie would otherwise address? What’s the draft order actually going to look like — a valid concern considering the Detroit Lions were 1-6 after eight weeks of the 2022 season before rallying to finish with a winning record.
For that final concern, we’re just using our Week 10 power rankings to discern who’s picking where. It’s not even close to what the exact draft order will be, but it’s in the ballpark and, since we’re doing a mock draft in November, that’s about par for the course.