2024 NFL Mock Draft: Jayden Daniels goes No. 1 overall in Pete Prisco's what teams 'should

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Mock drafts are predictive. My who-they-should-take-mock is not.

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It's the players I would take if I were doing the picking for all the NFL teams. There are no trades in this mock in large part because I would be trading with myself. That's not fair.

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This year, my first pick would be Jayden Daniels over Caleb Williams. Yeah, yeah, Williams is this and that and special and generational and every other superlative. But there are also flaws that stand out to me, one being he holds the ball too long.

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Daniels might be slight in build, but he can run, can throw it and he's the most-improved player I've even seen from early in his career to now. I know there are some critics who say he leaves pockets too soon, but that's the curse of quarterbacks who can move. Lamar Jackson won two MVPs and he had the same flaw early in his career.

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So I would take Daniels first and Williams second. I would not take Michigan's J.J. McCarthy in the top 10 as you will see.

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I like Nabers more than Marvin Harrison, which is why this is the pick. Nabers has more wiggle in my mind. Both will be great, but my preference is Nabers.

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