2017 NFL Mock Draft: Projecting First Three Rounds before Scouting Combine

The New Orleans Saints could use some help on defense just about every offseason. They could very well look to add some secondary help with their first-round pick, but it’ll be hard to pass up on Alabama’s Reuben Foster if he somehow falls out of the top 10.

Since I started scouting players for the 2014 NFL draft, Reuben Foster is the best linebacker I’ve watched. He’s instinctive with great closing speed and consistently wraps up ball carriers to stop them in their tracks. Foster should be a lock as a top-10 pick, even if inside linebackers aren’t as valuable as they once were.

Let me start this by saying that I don’t currently have Mitch Trubisky in the top 50 of my big board. Having said that, there’s still a very good chance that the Tar Heels quarterback prospect will go early in the first round.

The Browns are going to want to find a young quarterback to build around if they don’t trade for Jimmy Garoppolo. Trubisky is from the state of Ohio and was reliable in his one year as the starter for North Carolina. He’s got a decent arm with really solid accuracy and the pocket awareness to avoid pressure and extend plays.

If it were up to me, I wouldn’t draft a quarterback this year, but the Browns seem to be looking for a franchise QB in every draft.