Pat Mayo, Thor Nystrom, and Ray Garvin go pick-by-pick in their 2023 First Round NFL Mock Draft.
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2023 First Round NFL Mock Draft
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1) Carolina Panthers (from Chicago) — Bryce Young
2) Houston Texans — Will Levis
3) Arizona Cardinals — Tyree Wilson
4) Indianapolis Colts — CJ Stroud
5) Seattle Seahawks (from Denver) — Anthony Richardson
6) Detroit Lions (from L.A. Rams) — Will Anderson Jr.
7) Las Vegas Raiders — Christian Gonzalez
8) Atlanta Falcons — Jalen Carter
9) Chicago Bears (from Carolina) — Peter Skoronski
10) Philadelphia Eagles (from New Orleans) — Devon Witherspoon
11) Tennessee Titans — Paris Johnson Jr.
12) Houston Texans (from Cleveland) — Lukas Van Ness
13) New York Jets — Broderick Jones
14) New England Patriots — Jaxon Smith-Njigba
15) Green Bay Packers — Dalton Kincaid
16) Washington Commanders — Joey Porter Jr.
17) Pittsburgh Steelers — Nolan Smith
18) Detroit Lions — Bryan Bresee
19) Tampa Bay Buccaneers — Myles Murphy
20) Seattle Seahawks — Zay Flowers
21) Los Angeles Chargers — Bijan Robinson
22) Baltimore Ravens — Deonte Banks
23) Minnesota Vikings — Jordan Addison
24) Jacksonville Jaguars — Dawand Jones
25) New York Giants — Brian Branch
26) Dallas Cowboys — O’Cyrus Torrence
27) Buffalo Bills — Jack Campbell
28) Cincinnati Bengals — Michael Mayer
29) New Orleans Saints (from San Francisco through Miami and Denver) — Calijah Kancey
30) Philadelphia Eagles — Darnell Wright
31) Kansas City Chiefs — Jahmyr Gibbs
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Pat Mayo is an award-winning video host and producer of long and short-form content, and the host of The Pat Mayo Experience daily talk show. (Subscribe for video or audio). Mayo (@ThePME) won the 2023 Fantasy Sports Writing Association Podcast of the Year and was a finalist for three FSWA Awards in 2023 (Best Podcast, Daily Fantasy Writer of the Year, Golf Writer of the Year). His 27 FSWA nominations lead all writers this decade and are second-most all-time.
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