Stephen Reed’s Mock Draft 2.0

Here’s a two-round mock draft—with trades—as requested. As always, things will change between now and draft day.

ROUND 1

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1. Cleveland Browns: Sam Darnold - QB - USC

It’s really down to Josh Allen or Darnold for this pick. We’ve heard mixed signals on who this pick will be but Vegas favors it being Darnold. We’ll see if that holds true.

—TRADE - Tampa Bay Buccaneers trades picks 7, 38 and a 2019 RD1 to the New York Giants for pick 2—

2. Tampa Bay Buccaneers:...

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Draft Week is finally here! Although the information-gathering phase is never complete, I’m ready to put out my final seven-round Indianapolis Colts mock draft of the year.

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