Feeling the Draft 2017

Here comes Yours Truly's non-scientific and non-sensible takes of the upcoming NFL Draft:

- At number one, the Cleveland Browns "should" select Texas A&M's defensive end Myles Garrett, the consensus best player available. Notice the word "should" here. Yours Truly has serious doubt as to whether the perpetually-cursed Browns, now run by a former baseball executive (a good one, to be fair), will do the sensible thing. Given the rumours that they love the hugely-inexperienced North Carolina quarterback Mitchell Turbisky and that they passed up Carson Wentz last year, a move that they still regret, Yours Truly boldly predicts that they will select Turbisky first overall and let Garrett slide down the board.

- And Garrett's slide will be minimal, as the San Francisco 49ers will not believe their good fortune and gladly pick up the Aggie at number two.

- For the third pick, the Chicago Bears can go many directions. Yours Truly always believes that if a team doesn't have a good quarterback (like the Bears, even though they have just signed Mike Glennon, technically speaking a career backup) and like to draft one in the draft (like the Bears), they should do it high and early and shouldn't get too cute by trading down to pick up more picks. So the Bears should go ahead and draft one and Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson, who thrived in big games during his collegiate career, should be their choice.

- The Jacksonville Jaguars will rue the Bears' choice of Watson as it's been rumoured that they want Watson to eventually replace Blake Bortles, who was a disappointment last year. Yours Truly believes that instead of replacing Bortles, why not give him help by drafting a workhorse running back in LSU's Leonard Fournette? Remember the Dallas Cowboys drafted Ezekiel Elliot at number four last year and it worked out not bad.

- Tennessee Titans will pick fifth after last year's trade with the Los Angeles Rams involving the first pick overall. Their glaring need is wide receiver but unlike quarterback, they can always find a good one later in the draft. So Yours Truly will give them Solomon Thomas, defensive end from Stanford who has been rumoured to go as high as number two in a lot of mock drafts.

So to recap:

1. Mitchell Trubisky, QB, Cleveland Browns

2. Myles Garrett, DE, San Francisco 49ers

3. Deshaun Watson, QB, Chicago Bears

4. Leonard Fournette, RB, Jacksonville Jaguars

5. Solomon Thomas, DE, Tennessee Titans

Of course, these predictions are likely to be way off, just like any other mock drafts by the experts.