Author: Joe Cecil

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Guess what day it is? Mock Draft Monday! The draft is about 1 month away. Most dominoes have fallen in Free Agency. It is time to revisit what to expect next month in Kansas City. To that end, I have put together a look at what to expect in this 3 round mock draft exercise. Be sure to follow NFL Draft Lounge for more coverage on the 2023 NFL Draft, as well as 2023 NFL Mock Draft 4 rounds coverage. As always, you can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. And away we go. Mock Draft Monday 1.0: Mock Draft Monday 1.0 Round 1: 1.…

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Any NFL mock draft is an imperfect exercise, ultimately be rooted in futility. Even the most accurate prognosticators are lucky to nail more than a handful of picks perfectly. There is variability with day-of trades, surprising selections upending months of speculation, etc. With that being said, I was working on a mock draft this week and had just wrapped up some final thoughts when a notification popped up on my screen: BEARS TRADE #1 PICK. Back to the drawing board. That mock drafting exercise as a whole was upended by the deal. I still want to share some player-team pairings…

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