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2019 NFL mock draft: Kyler Murray, Nick Bosa kick things off

By Matt Verderame

May 8, 2014: Final preparations are made prior to the start of the first round of the NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan, NY. (Photo by Rich Kane/Icon SMI/Corbis via Getty Images)
May 8, 2014: Final preparations are made prior to the start of the first round of the NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan, NY. (Photo by Rich Kane/Icon SMI/Corbis via Getty Images) /
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ANN ARBOR, MI – NOVEMBER 17: Michigan Wolverines linebacker Devin Bush (10) plays defense during a game between the Indiana Hoosiers and the Michigan Wolverines (4) on November 17, 2018 at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
ANN ARBOR, MI – NOVEMBER 17: Michigan Wolverines linebacker Devin Bush (10) plays defense during a game between the Indiana Hoosiers and the Michigan Wolverines (4) on November 17, 2018 at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images /

16. . LB. Buffalo Bills. Devin Bush. 9. player

Plenty of teams pay lip service to taking the best available player. The Bills should actually be following that idea, considering the team has legitimate holes across the roster. While the tendency might be to plug an offensive player into this spot, Devin Bush is simply better than any of those remaining players.

Bush would immediately give Buffalo another top-end defender to put on a unit that is rapidly becoming one of the best in the league. Buffalo can make up for its offensive issues in the later rounds, hopefully finding value on the second day.

45. . QB. Denver Broncos. Drew Lock. 10. player

This screams John Elway from the hilltops. Elway loves his quarterbacks to be strong-armed and built big (see Brock Osweiler and Paxton Lynch), and Drew Lock checks both of those boxes. Denver traded for Joe Flacco back in March, but don’t think that will impact Elway’s decision here. If he believes Lock is a franchise quarterback — and his thoughts on Lock have been the worst-kept secret throughout football for months — he won’t hesitate.

The AFC West isn’t going to be won by mediocre quarterback play considering Patrick Mahomes and Philip Rivers reside in it. Elway knows he needs to upgrade under center, and Lock represents a chance to do that.

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