First-Round 2020 NFL mock draft with many interesting trades

Let’s mix it up a bit. In this 2020 NFL mock draft, we are going to get a little trade crazy and look at some interesting potential scenarios.

We can only comb through and predict the same draft order so many times. In this 2020 NFL mock draft, we are going to mix it up a bit. We are going to try to predict the entire first round of the 2020 NFL Draft and include some potential trade scenarios throughout the round.

Obviously, making an extremely unpredictable process even more unpredictable is not going to make this process easy, but this is not about getting everything exactly right. We are putting together this 2020 NFL mock draft to look through potential scenarios and prospect fits for these NFL teams.

Will your favorite team trade around the board or will they stand pat and simply take a prospect to help them going forward? Follow along to find out.

Note: This 2020 NFL mock draft was completed using The Draft Network’s Mock Draft Machine.

We can probably write this one down in sharpie. The Cincinnati Bengals need a new quarterback to re-energize their franchise and Joe Burrow is the right guy to lead them. Burrow just had one of the greatest seasons for any quarterback in college football history. He was absolutely dominant throughout the year, won the Heisman Trophy and led LSU to a National Championship.

Burrow is an extremely smart and athletic quarterback who moves in the pocket extremely well and rarely makes a bad decision. He is also extremely accurate to all fields and has more than enough arm talent to make any throw. Burrow is undoubtedly the real deal and should be the easy pick for the Bengals at number one.

This one may not be quite as set in stone as Burrow to Cincinnati, but it is pretty easy as well. Unless the Washington Redskins completely fall in love with a quarterback, Ohio State edge rusher Chase Young will be the pick here.

Young can do it all on the edge, showing an impressive combination of size, power, quickness and athleticism. He is explosive off of the ball and constantly gets fantastic upfield burst. Young can win with raw power or dominate with an array of speed moves. He bends around the edge with ease and closes on the quarterback in an instant. He is a tremendous pass rusher who also excels against the run.

Edge rusher may not be the biggest need for the Redskins, but Young is a special prospect who Washington could build their defense around. Make no mistake about it, Chase Young is the right pick for the Redskins a No. 2.