The NFL draft is in just over two months. Free will will change the needs of many teams before that. But we are kick-starting the annual NFL selection meeting with a new draft from our The Athletic writers, who cover the 32 league teams.
1. Jacksonville Jaguars: Trevor Lawrence, QB, Clemson
If it wasn’t obvious that the Jaguars intended to beat Lawrence before, it certainly was last week, when Jacksonville’s new coach, Urban Meyer, spent all of Lawrence’s professional training at a distance from a defender who was designed to be No. I. I chose this draft, since he played for Cartersville (Georgia) High.
This is a franchise that has been looking for a QB franchise since Mark Brunell left 17 years ago. Blaine Gabbert (2010) and Blake …