For The Win

Part of the reason mock drafts are so impossible to get right with any statistical certainty is the slew of trades that shake up each draft night. Teams will vault up and slide down the expected order to pick up the guys they feel are can’t miss prospects or maximize the return for a high value slot. We may think we know who’ll go in the top 10 selections, but all these educated guesses get thrown out the window when, say, the Denver Broncos leap up the board for a franchise quarterback. So what if we treated every pick as if it were being dealt?