When free agency begins, and the first wave of signings occur in the NFL, it begins to become clearer who or what teams may be targeting early in the draft. With the first rush of free agency completed, mock drafts start to take on a more realistic image of what could happen on April 26th.
But that certainly doesn’t mean that prospective trades and surprise selections have fallen by the wayside in various mocks.
That is very much the case in a new mock draft from Sporting News writer Eric Galko. In predicting how the first round will shake out, Galko has the Jacksonville Jaguars making a daring move and trading first round picks with the San Francisco 49ers, all the way up to the 9th selection.