Here are the biggest mock draft takeaways before the 2016 NFL Draft

After months of mock drafts, the 2016 NFL Draft is around the corner and the final predictions for the first round on Thursday are rolling in.

Here at SB Nation, we’ve been tracking and charting every major mock draft since February to see which player each team is projected to take. Trades involving the first two picks shook things up in April, sending the Tennessee Titans and Cleveland Browns down the draft order and launching the Los Angeles Rams and Philadelphia Eagles.

But now that the dust has settled, there are a few takeaways before the Rams go on the clock at No. 1:

After the first two picks, which are overwhelmingly projected to be Jared Goff to the Los Angeles Rams and Carson Wentz to the Philadelphia Eagles, there are only a few pairings of player and team that are in the majority of mock drafts.

Vernon Hargreaves to the Buccaneers

The Buccaneers struggled to stop opposing passers in 2015, and benched both Alterraun Verner and Johnthan Banks at points during the season. The addition of Brent Grimes adds to the secondary, but it’s far from a solution for Tampa Bay. So adding a playmaking cornerback makes for a logical pick.

While Jameis Winston would prefer his former Florida State teammate Jalen Ramsey, it seems doubtful that he’s available at the end of the top 10. Instead, the majority of mock drafts have the Buccaneers slated to take Winston’s former college rival Vernon Hargreaves, who played for Florida.

Sheldon Rankins to the Saints

The Saints need to upgrade the defense and have needed to for a long time. No team allowed more points, more passing touchdowns or more yards per rushing attempt in 2015, and it’ll take more than adding James Laurinaitis, Nathan Stupar and Nick Fairley to patch the whole thing up.

But a player like Rankins could boost both the pass defense and run defense, and he could give the Saints a cog in the middle of their defensive line to work around. The 299-pound defensive tackle is perfect for a 4-3 and is the type of penetrating player who can create interior pressure on quarterbacks.

When there isn’t one clear-cut favorite like the Rams, Eagles, Buccaneers or Saints, sometimes there are just a few possibilities that experts are divided on. In the case of the Minnesota Vikings, four wide receivers split almost the entire chart and a small group of others round out the possibilities.

But some teams don’t have a distinct need that has to be addressed and it leads to mock drafts tossing out all kinds of names. Unsurprisingly, it’s near the end of the draft order that the “others” category starts to grow.

Leading the way are the Kansas City Chiefs at No. 28. The 2015 playoff team is paired with over 30 different names and doesn’t have a single player taking up more than a quarter of the chart.

The database will continue to be updated until the first round begins on Thursday night, but with 100 mock drafts surveyed, we can look at how the first 31 picks are projected to go. Some players who are sure to be first-round picks, including Florida State’s Jalen Ramsey, aren’t the favorite for any team and somehow manage to not appear at all:

1. Los Angeles Rams - Jared Goff, QB, California

2. Philadelphia Eagles - Carson Wentz, QB, North Dakota State

3. San Diego Chargers - Laremy Tunsil, OT, Ole Miss

4. Dallas Cowboys - Joey Bosa, DE, Ohio State

5. Jacksonville Jaguars - Myles Jack, LB, UCLA

6. Baltimore Ravens - DeForest Buckner, DE, Oregon

7. San Francisco 49ers - Ronnie Stanley, OT, Notre Dame

8. Cleveland Browns - Ezekiel Elliott, RB, Ohio State

9. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Vernon Hargreaves, CB, Florida

10. New York Giants - Leonard Floyd, LB, Georgia

11. Chicago Bears - Shaq Lawson, DE, Clemson

12. New Orleans Saints - Sheldon Rankins, DT, Louisville

13. Miami Dolphins - Eli Apple, CB, Ohio State

14. Oakland Raiders - William Jackson, CB, Houston

15. Tennessee Titans - Jack Conklin, OT, Michigan State

16. Detroit Lions - Jarran Reed, DL, Alabama

17. Atlanta Falcons - Darron Lee, LB, Ohio State

18. Indianapolis Colts - Taylor Decker, OT, Ohio State

19. Buffalo Bills - Reggie Ragland, LB, Alabama

20. New York Jets - Paxton Lynch, QB, Memphis

21. Washington - A’Shawn Robinson, DT, Alabama

22. Houston Texans - Corey Coleman, WR, Baylor

23. Minnesota Vikings - Josh Doctson, WR, TCU

24. Cincinnati Bengals - Will Fuller, WR, Notre Dame

25. Pittsburgh Steelers - Mackensie Alexander, CB, Clemson

26. Seattle Seahawks - Robert Nkemdiche, DL, Ole Miss

27. Green Bay Packers - Andrew Billings, DT, Baylor

28. Kansas City Chiefs - Artie Burns, CB, Miami (Fla.)

29. Arizona Cardinals - Ryan Kelly, C, Alabama

30. Carolina Panthers - Kevin Dodd, DE, Clemson

31. Denver Broncos - Connor Cook, QB, Michigan State

*The New England Patriots forfeited a first-round selection for the DeflateGate scandal

After the first round I’ll take a look at which picks were correctly projected and which came out of left field, so check back on Friday to see how well mock drafts predicted the 2016 NFL Draft.