NFL Mock Draft 2023: Seahawks take top-5 QB to succeed Geno Smith; Texans, Buccaneers, Giants all trade up

With just more than a week before the 2023 NFL draft, I wanted to take my first crack at a mock draft.

The first pick is already decided. And even though the trend right now is to say that Bryce Young may be the only quarterback in the first five picks, I just don’t see it playing out that way just yet.

I also tried my best to have some realistic mock trades in here. Teams will be hesitant to go up or down too much this year with so few first-round grades on players. I’d expect the moves to be smaller than what we’ve been used to in past years.

Note: There are only 31 picks in this mock draft because the Dolphins were stripped of their first-round pick due to tampering.

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