NFL draft: The best pick at every first-round selection spot since 2002

The NFL draft, as we know it, began in 2002, when the arrival of the Houston Texans expanded each round to 32 picks. Eighteen drafts have been conducted since, leaving a fun sample size that we can construct a dream first round from. So who was the …

32. Lamar Jackson (2018)

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The reigning NFL MVP couldn’t convince the rest of the league to make him a first-round pick, but all it took was faith from the Ravens to get him on this list just under the wire. We’d say it’s paid off.

In the conversation: Logan Mankins (2005), Teddy Bridgewater (2014)