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NFL draft 2017: Ranking QBs, potential trades, and more in the Mocking the Draft podcast

At least for a short time, the Mocking the Draft podcast is back.

NCAA Football: CFP National Championship-Clemson vs Alabama
NCAA Football: CFP National Championship-Clemson vs Alabama
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After a strange amount of demand, the Mocking the Draft podcast is back. Well, for short time at least.

Looking ahead to the 2017 NFL draft, I’m joined as always by co-host Matthew Fairburn, Buffalo Bills beat writer for the Syracuse Post-Standard. This week we take a deep dive into the top quarterbacks in the draft and find out how we differ on Clemson’s Deshaun Watson and where he should be ranked. We also ponder whether or not the Cleveland Browns should be considering North Carolina’s Mitchell Trubisky with the first overall pick.

We also detail what teams could be in the market for a quarterback in the draft. *cue clickbait* Some of them may surprise you and blow your head off.

If all of that doesn’t entice you to listen, we talked so long we split this week’s podcast into two episodes. In part two, we answer your draft questions where the topics include potential draft trades, Reuben Foster’s teetering draft stock, how an average offensive line group changes their value, why cheesesteaks are a bad idea, and much more.

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