2023 mock draft: 3 rounds of March madness

A 3-round 2023 NFL mock draft projecting picks after the first week of free agency and March Madness

If we’ve learned anything from the first two rounds of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, it’s that anything can happen. March Madness earned that nickname for good reason, and this year proves it.

The unpredictability extends into April for the NFL and the upcoming draft. Predicting exactly what will happen some six weeks out is like trying to fill out a perfect bracket; it’s a brilliantly fun exercise in abject futility, even if you get very close to the outcomes.

Yet here were are with my first mock draft since taking the reins as the co-editor here at Draft Wire. This one goes three full rounds with no trades.

An explanation of how I approach mock drafts:

The picks are an attempt at predicting what the team would do in the given situation. They do not necessarily represent the choices I would make. I do one “what I would do” mock draft every year. This is not that edition.