2018 NFL Mock Draft: Surprising records lead to a surprising order
By Brad Weiss
The 2017 NFL season is already entering Week 5, and there has certainly been some surprising outcomes thorough the first four weeks of the season.
With four weeks already done in the 2017 NFL season, we take a look at our latest NFL Mock Draft. So many teams have gotten off to surprising starts, including the winless Los Angeles Chargers and New York Giants. A familiar face has the No. 1 pick, as the Cleveland Browns are looking for their first win, as well are the San Francisco 49ers.
The team expected to pick first, the New York Jets, have started the year 2-2 and could win again in Week 5 when they play the Browns. The Buffalo Bills are currently in first place in the AFC East, and the Los Angeles Rams have surprised everybody out the gate. The 2018 NFL Draft will likely look a lot different than it does today, but nonetheless, let’s take a look at our latest mock draft.
Saquon Barkley
Running Back, Penn State
The Cleveland Browns were beaten pretty badly in Week 4, as quarterback DeShone Kizer called it a “wake-up call.” Well, the Browns are exactly who we thought they would be in 2017 and this season is really just another building block. Kizer has shown he can definitely play the position at the NFL level, and for that reason, there is no way they take a quarterback with the first overall pick.
That pick should be a cornerstone running back and Saquon Barkley from Penn State is just that. While running backs usually do not go first overall, Barkley is a player like we have not seen in a long time. Just this past week, the junior threw a touchdown pass, as well as returned a kick 98 yards for a score, showing he can do just about anything within the white lines of a football field.
The Browns have had to roll with Isaiah Crowell and Duke Johnson at running back, and they are fine supplementary players. If they hope to take it to the next level, they need a playmaker that is going to do damage all over the field. That player is Barkley, who by all accounts, is the best player in college football right now. He would not only be a safe pick but a great pick at No. 1.