2017 NFL Mock Draft: Pre-Wild Card Round Predictions for 1st-Round Prospects

January 7, 2017   ·   Tyler Conway   ·   Jump to comments

Twenty of the 32 first-round selections in the 2017 NFL draft have been set. Another four will be put into place this weekend, with Saturday and Sunday's wild-card games eradicating a third of the playoff field.
The Cleveland Browns have the No. 1 overall pick. The last time the Browns had the top overall selection, they picked Courtney Brown. Penn State pride aside that, uhh, could have gone better. Brown finished his NFL career with 19 sacks and played one full 16-game season.
The time before that, the Browns took Tim Couch. Tim Couch made Courtney Brown look like Reggie White. The Browns spent five years trying to make Couch happen and it went about as well as Gretchen's attempts at fetch.
The San Francisco 49ers, sitting at No. 2, are somehow arguably more dysfunctional. They'll be on their fourth coach in as many seasons in 2017 after firing Chip Kelly and will have a new general manager after jettisoning Trent Baalke. They have not had a single winning season not c...

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