The Athletic

With a new team picking No. 1, the first wave of free agency behind us and the 2023 NFL Draft just over a month away, the first round is starting to come into focus, but some mysteries remain. Our NFL reporters gathered for the second of three virtual mock drafts this spring. As with our first beat writer mock last month, we encouraged our writers to trade picks to move up or down as they saw fit, and there was wheeling and dealing throughout Round 1. Here’s how it played out: