Mock drafts within 48 hours of the NFL Draft are about accuracy. Mock drafts any other time are about examining plausible scenarios, especially this far out.



And trade action is part of those scenarios.



Over the last four years, there have been at least five draft-day trades involving first-round picks, including seven first-round trades last year. With some teams willing to push all the chips in the middle of the table and others targeting specific players (i.e. quarterbacks), it is a good bet that we will see over five draft-day trades on Day 1 again this April.



Free agency and other offseason moves could alter these scenarios, but with what we know right now, these five trades in the first round make sense for a variety of reasons.



1. Cincinnati Bengals – Joe Burrow, QB, LSU



The Bengals’ ownership and front office march to the beat of their own drum, making them unpredictable on draft weekend. But until the commissioner steps...