The NFL Draft really does hold a special place in the hearts of sports fans. The NBA and NHL Playoffs are in full swing, baseball hasn’t gotten boring yet, and MMA and Boxing are hitting their summer blockbuster stride. Yet the NFL Draft lauds over these puny institutions as though it were some overwhelming force of nature; unavoidable and unignorable.

The other rule, at least for this first mock draft, is that this is a determination of what I think these teams should do with their picks. I will likely get a lot of this wrong but as it currently stands, it feels too early to accurately predict what some of these insane organizations will do with their picks. Maybe after the combine I will update this with trades and randomness. For now, let’s do some mocking. With the First Overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft, the Indianapolis Colts select: