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Sam Darnold favored in Daniel Jeremiah’s first 2018 mock draft

Mock draft season for the 2018 NFL Draft is in full swing, with the first mock from NFL.com’s Daniel Jeremiah giving Sam Darnold some love as the No. 1 pick of the Cleveland Browns.

That vote of confidence for Darnold comes on the heels of ESPN’s Mel Kiper sliding the Trojan quarterback down to No. 5, behind Wyoming’s Josh Allen and UCLA’s Josh Rosen.

In Jeremiah’s view, Darnold will be the first player and quarterback off the board, with the New York Giants spurning the chance to take a QB themselves by taking Penn State’s Saquon Barkley at No.