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The NFL combine is the official jumping-off point for many of the rumors and news we hear in the draft world that affects where each player is selected and who teams are looking for. With the combine in the rearview mirror and my notebook full of player evaluations and rumors, it's time to update you with a seven-round mock draft.

It's important to note that this mock draft is pre-free agency. That means I'm speculating where Kirk Cousins will land and what teams will do in free agency to fill needs. This is also a mock draft without trades, which as we all know will mess up every prediction within the first hour or two of the actual draft.

What this aims to accomplish is this: to entertain, to inform about team needs and player values and to give us a look at what might happen if the draft were today.

Let's go.