Sports Illustrated

Slotting the top-ranked quarterback prospect to the team with the first pick is typically step one of creating an NFL mock draft. In fact, a quarterback has kicked things off in 18 of the past 24 drafts, including each of the past four years. After selecting Trevor Lawrence No. 1 last year, the Jaguars clearly won’t use the top pick on a quarterback again. Given how quarterbacks are often pushed up the board, however, would any other team select one if they were in Jacksonville’s (draft) position? That’s unlikely given this year’s crop of signal-callers, which in turn reduces the potential for a QB-needy franchise to make an aggressive move to the top spot in this draft.