Cheer up, draftniks. The first NFL mock drafts for 2018 are right around the … wait … what?
You mean they're already available?
Well, I guess it has been like 30-some hours since the 2017 NFL draft ended. But if months of hype, coverage and recap weren't enough, let us throw another pebble on the '17 pile with … (insert drumroll and Countdown Clock ticking to :00) … A look at the 10 most intriguing draft picks by Vikings opponents. In reverse order, of course:
10, Mitchell Trubisky, QB, Bears
Round/overall pick: 1/2
I was going to limit this to picks that played more than 13 college games and didn't cost their teams a bounty of picks that could have been used to upgrade a defense that had only 11 takeaways a year ago. But Mike Glennon is Chicago's tentative starting quarterback. And the Bears open the season with Atlanta, at Tampa Bay, Pittsburgh and at Green Bay on a Thursday night. Then they have 11 days before playing host to the Vikings on Monday Night Football. Can you say 0-4 and Mitchell Time!?
9, O.J. Howard, TE, Buccaneers
Round/overall pick: 1/19