Welcome to Wednesday’s installment of the With the First Pick newsletter — it’s time for you to get your NFL Draft fix to kickstart your day. It’s a more effective boost than coffee or that new all-natural energy drink in the cool can you’ve been wanting to try.
As for the newsletter itself, we’ve rebranded the Pick Six newsletter through the end of April. And I, CBS Sports NFL Draft analyst Chris Trapasso, will be with you every step of the way. This daily newsletter’s sole purpose is to track everything transpiring in the NFL and spin it into a draft angle.
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Today’s NFL mock draft 🔮: Austin Ekeler traded to Eagles for seventh-rounder
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I started on this seven-round mock in the middle of last week. And it’s finally live on CBSSports.com. I feel like Andy Dufresne in Shawshank.
Just like Ryan Wilson yesterday and Josh Edwards tomorrow, it features pick predictions for all 259 selections in the 2023 NFL Draft. For realism purposes, I included plenty of trades, including a seismic one near the end of the first round — the Eagles swinging a monster trade while they’re on the clock for the second straight year, this time snagging Ekeler from the Chargers for a late pick.
I also had the Chiefs replenishing their receiver room with a trio of wideout selections in Round 3, Round 4 and Round 7.
Some other notable prospect-team pairings:
17. Pittsburgh Steelers – Jordan Addison, WR, USC
48. Detroit Lions – Trenton Simpson, LB, Clemson
74. Seattle Seahawks – Cedric Tillman, WR, Tennessee
136. Chicago Bears – Byron Young, EDGE, Tennessee
197. Miami Dolphins – Mo Ibrahim, RB, Minnesota
‘With the First Pick’ podcast 🎧: Tiers and clusters
The latest episode features Rick Spielman and Ryan Wilson discussing the method of utilizing tiers and clusters to rank players on a Big Board. It’s not exactly a mainstream way to do things this time of year, but it’s often utilized by teams and provides a different picture as to the level of prospect a team would be drafting every time it goes on…
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