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The following 2018 NFL mock draft contains analysis, speculation, informed opinion, guesswork, a few stabs at humor, some obvious picks, some surprising picks, one or two pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey picks, risers, fallers, reaches, sleepers and trades.

Yes, trades! We peer into the crystal ball and make some teams wheel and deal in the first round. Because if you're going to guess, guess like there's no tomorrow. So stay on your toes, scrollers: Your favorite team may not be where you expect it to be!

This may be the toughest first round to predict in my 16 years of draft coverage. Good luck sorting through five top quarterbacks with no consensus about who ranks where; great guards but not-so-great tackles; confusion at wide receiver; and old-fashioned running backs like Saquon Barkley trying to find their place in a Moneyball world. It all makes the first round nearly impossible to prognosticate.

But let's have some fun trying. We may even learn a thing or two along the way.