Pro Football Rumors

The NFL draft is less than three weeks away, and teams are in a fervor trying to adjust draft boards and uncover every little piece of information they can about each prospect. A lot can and will happen between now and April 28th, and there are still plenty of teams near the top that could go in a number of different directions on draft day. As draft day nears, teams are forced to tip their hands at least a little — by bringing in specific players for private workouts and attending certain pro days with more enthusiasm than others, clubs’ needs and targets are becoming more public. Of course, that’s in direct conflict with the amount of bad information and smokescreens most teams are putting out to mask which prospects they truly value. Pro Football Rumors’ first mock draft of 2016, which can be found below, starts with a pair of picks that aren’t outside the realm of possibility, but certainly aren’t the consensus selections for the Titans and Browns. Unlike in some past seasons, those top two selections aren’t set in stone yet, and the direction taken by Tennessee and Cleveland will have a significant impact on the rest of the board, as this mock shows. For now, here is – to the best of my abilities – a breakdown of which players teams might be targeting in the first round at the end of April, even if these clubs ultimately take an approach much closer to chalk on draft day….