2023 NFL mock draft with all trades: Deals for all 31 Round 1 picks
Time to share my favorite article of the offseason. You've read lots of 2023 mock drafts this spring. I feel pretty confident in saying none of them looks anything like this one. Most mock drafts don't include any trades. This one only includes trades. Yes, it's my annual all-trades mock draft, where I come up with a trade for each and every pick in the first round of the NFL draft.
Usually, that means 32 trades. This year, with the Dolphins losing their first-round pick to tampering charges, you're getting 31 trades. I can't opt out or say a team is going to stay put, even if history and logic tell me a team isn't going anywhere from its current draft slot. Every pick is getting traded, some more than once. Some players are joining the fray: There are deals for Lamar Jackson, DeAndre Hopkins, Aaron Rodgers and another future Hall of Famer.
Here are a few important pieces of information to skip past so you can get mad at the trade for your favorite team:
Each trade exists in its own universe. There are multiple trades for the No. 3 pick in this piece. Those trades don't build on each other; each trade occurs under a unique set of circumstances. Likewise, I might mention that a team could be considering a trade up for a player with one pick and then suggest another team could consider trading up for that same player in a later deal. Obviously, in each scenario, I'm starting fresh and assuming that prospect is still on the board.
I'm attempting to use each team's track record and current situation to judge what they're likely to consider, not what they should do. I don't have any expectations about ever getting one of these trades spot on, but I do want to try to think the way these teams do as they approach the draft. The