PICK 1 Cleveland
Deshaun Watson, QB, Clemson
As is tradition, we lead off with the quarterback the Browns should have selected. Is 2018 the year the Browns do the right thing? Nah. They'll go Saquon Barkley at No. 1 and Bradley Chubb at No. 4, only to trade back into the first to take Mason Rudolph. Sorry, I'm projecting.
Actual pick: Myles Garrett, DE, Texas A&M.
PICK 2 San Francisco
Myles Garrett, DE, Texas A&M
I'm going to assume the 49ers still end up with Jimmy G (I know, this time travel stuff is weird -- try pragmatically thinking your way through the "Back to the Future" movies), so it makes sense to go with the biggest impact player on the defensive side of the ball. But in this redo, you don't get the Bears' picks.
Actual pick: Solomon Thomas, DE, Stanford (at No. 3 overall following trade with Bears).
PICK 3 Chicago
Mitchell Trubisky, QB, North Carolina
Did I make a YouTube video complaining about this pick in the aftermath? I did. Do I regret it now? I do. Are rhetorical questions the laziest of the writing devices? Sure are. But Mitch can play.
Actual pick: Mitchell Trubisky, QB, North Carolina (at No. 2 overall following trade with 49ers).
PICK 4 Jacksonville
Leonard Fournette, RB, LSU
Alvin Kamara and Kareem Hunt might be better all-around backs, but Fournette fits better with Doug Marrone's smashmouth style.
Actual pick: Leonard Fournette, RB, LSU.
PICK 5 Tennessee
Marshon Lattimore, CB, Ohio State
Tennessee's actual pick, Corey Davis, has potential at receiver, but Lattimore is a true difference maker on defense.
Actual pick: Corey Davis, WR, Western Michigan.
PICK 6 NYJ
Patrick Mahomes, QB, Texas Tech
Jamal Adams was a great pick. But the Jets have longed for a quarterback since the Chad Pennington era. Mahomes brings some excitement and, you know, is a quarterback.
Actual pick: Jamal Adams, S, LSU.
