2017 NFL Mock Draft: Projected First Round After Week 4
By Tyler Brooke
Prospects around the country are starting to show that they’re worthy of being taken in the first round of the 2017 NFL draft after four weeks of college football games.
The 2017 NFL draft is still over half a year away, but a select few prospects are already making big names for themselves through the first four weeks of this college football season.
Of course, the draft order will change dramatically be the end of the year, as will the first-round prospects. However, here is what the entire first round of next year’s draft would look like if it took place today.
Note: Draft order is based off of Super Bowl odds as of September 20th from OddsShark.
After all of the quarterbacks that have come through Cleveland, I’m still tempted to have the Browns take another QB in 2017. They could very well do so with two first-round draft picks, but they can’t pass up on the most dominant defensive talent available with their first pick.
Texas A&M’s Myles Garrett is an absolute beast. At 6’5” and 270 pounds, he’s two inches taller and 20 pounders heavier than former Aggies edge rusher Von Miller. He’s not the speed edge rusher that Miller is, but he’s a dominant defender that utilizes his strength to dominate opposing offensive tackles.
Could Garrett not pan out in Cleveland? Sure, but he’s such an incredible talent on that side of the ball that the Browns would be crazy not to give him a chance to be the franchise’s star defensive player.