The blessing of the NFL draft — or the curse depending on your point of view — is that it taps into the inner scout and/or general manager in all of us. Any man or woman who has simulated through a season of Madden to get to the off-season and draft, or who has even just picked teams for a game of flag football on the weekend, has our own thoughts and notions for scouting and roster construction.
Beyond that, it also taps into another essential part of being a fan.
Second guessing decisions.
Spend an afternoon going down a YouTube rabbit hole of reaction videos to draft picks, particularly when the New York Jets are on the clock and the draft was in New York City, and you can see why the draft is one of the year’s biggest events on the football calendar.
That is why we all love putting together mock drafts.
In that vein, here is a look at how the first round might unfold if, for some bizarre and insane reason, teams let me in on the decisions. Here is the “what I would do” version of a mock draft.