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

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 coached by Jim Harbaugh since 2002.

So, yeah, this draft will be interesting. Or maybe a train wreck. Or maybe an interesting train wreck. Here's a look at how things are shaking out heading into Wild Card Weekend.

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School
1	Cleveland Browns	Myles Garrett	DE	Texas A&M
2	San Francisco 49ers	Jonathan Allen	DL	Alabama
3	Chicago Bears	Jamal Adams	S	LSU
4	Jacksonville Jaguars	Leonard Fournette	RB	LSU
5	Tennessee Titans (from LA)	Jabrill Peppers	S/LB	Michigan
6	New York Jets	Tim Williams	LB	Alabama
7	San Diego Chargers	Marlon Humphrey	CB	Alabama
8	Carolina Panthers	Mike Williams	WR	Clemson
9	Cincinnati Bengals	Derek Barnett	DE	Tennessee
10	Buffalo Bills	Reuben Foster	LB	Alabama
11	New Orleans Saints	Marshon Lattimore	CB	Ohio State
12	Cleveland Browns (from PHI)	Cam Robinson	OT	Alabama
13	Arizona Cardinals	Mitch Trubisky	QB	North Carolina
14	Philadelphia Eagles (from MIN)	Corey Davis	WR	W. Michigan
15	Indianapolis Colts	Dalvin Cook	RB	Florida State
16	Baltimore Ravens	Charles Harris	DE	Missouri
17	Washington	JuJu Smith-Schuster	WR	USC
18	Tennessee Titans	John Ross	WR	Washington
19	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Malik McDowell	DL	Michigan State
20	Denver Broncos	Christian McCaffrey	RB	Stanford
21	Detroit Lions	Charles Walker	DT	Oklahoma
22	Miami Dolphins	Teez Tabor	CB	Florida
23	New York Giants	O.J. Howard	TE	Alabama
24	Oakland Raiders	Sidney Jones	CB	Washington
25	Houston Texans	Carl Lawson	LB	Auburn
26	Green Bay Packers	Takkarist McKinley	LB	UCLA
27	Seattle Seahawks	Dan Feeney	OG	Indiana
28	Pittsburgh Steelers	Ryan Ramczyk	OT	Wisconsin
29	Atlanta Falcons	Jake Butt	TE	Michigan
30	Kansas City Chiefs	Jarrad Davis	LB	Florida
31	Dallas Cowboys	Gareon Conley	CB	Ohio State
32	New England Patriots	Lowell Lotulelei	DT	Utah

1. Cleveland Browns: Myles Garrett, DE, Texas A&M

The Browns need a quarterback. They needed one a year ago. They'll probably need one 12 years from now. But last season they rightly took a look at the landscape, determined Carson Wentz wasn't their guy and brought back a ton of draft assets.

Wentz had a decent rookie season but is far from a surefire superstar. The Browns are in a similar position to where they were a year ago, where they could go with an unproved quarterback prospect like Mitch Trubisky, trade back or take the best player available.

Should they do the latter, Garrett's the pick. He's an elite talent at a premium position, a 6'5" beast in the mold of Mario Williams who should produce double-digit sacks for a decade to come. The Browns need help everywhere. Quarterback is a concern, but fortifying the remainder of the roster should take precedent in this class of players.

8. Carolina Panthers: Mike Williams, WR, Clemson

It's possible this looks a little low come April. Williams has done everything and then some to add dynamism to Clemson's passing game this season, working as a big-play threat and red-zone target for Deshaun Watson.

The problem is we have only one year of truly elite tape and some questions about his durability. Williams' 2015 season ended after two receptions due to a freak neck injury. Should his medicals check out, Williams can be the elite receiving target to go alongside Kelvin Benjamin that Devin Funchess has decidedly not.

The Panthers offense, particularly their passing game, needs an injection of life after an ugly regression in 2016. A Williams-Benjamin duo on the outside would make life easier for Cam Newton.

15. Indianapolis Colts: Dalvin Cook, RB, Florida State

The Colts haven't found any success in surrounding Andrew Luck with competent linemen, so perhaps a running back can help. Dalvin Cook should be an instant upgrade over the ageless Frank Gore, who went over 1,000 yards yet again in 2016 but has next to nothing to offer in big-play ability. Gore had one 20-yard carry the entire season; Cook had three carries of 70 yards or more.

T.Y. Hilton already gives Luck a borderline elite talent at wide receiver, and adding Cook would make the Indianapolis offense even more dynamic.