The regular season is dead! Long live draft season!

The official 2017 NFL draft order is (almost) cemented at the top. You can find it HERE. We still have that coin flip to see if the Indianapolis Colts or Philadelphia Eagles end up with pick 14, but considering their respective team needs, it shouldn’t make a huge difference.

But for some, those one or two picks separating teams with the same team needs are a huge deal. It means the difference between just sitting there and letting your guy come to you; needing to trade up (and relinquish precious draft capital) to get your guy; or just missing out on your top prospect altogether.

So let’s unwrap the draft order and team needs to predict some draft day trade scenarios that we should be thinking about leading up to the NFL Draft.

The New York Jets (pick 6) trade up to pick 1 or 2 to get ahead of the Chicago Bears (pick 3)

However many elite QB prospects you think there might be in this draft (my guess is the number sits somewhere between 0 and 3) it might not matter to the Jets if they stand pat at pick 6. The first three teams (CLE, SF, CHI) all need a QB, and there is a good chance that Kizer, Trubisky, and Watson are all gone by the time the Jets pick rolls around. That will not fly in New York. I think the Jets force themselves to fall in love with someone at the top, and make the move into the top 2 to guarantee they get a QB at the top of the first round.

The Carolina Panthers (pick 8) trade with the Tennessee Titans (pick 5) to get ahead of the San Diego Chargers (pick 7)

I fully expect the Titans to move back a few spots in this draft, and the Panthers present them the perfect opportunity to do so. Both the Panthers and the Chargers need an OT in the worst way, and with the dearth of talent at the position in this year’s draft, I expect the Panthers to make a bold move to land the top prospect. As for the Titans, their primary need is at CB, which is a position group that is very deep this year. They will still land an elite playmaker 3 picks later, picking up additional draft picks in the process.

The Tennessee Titans (pick 18) trade with the Arizona Cardinals (pick 13) to get ahead of the Philadelphia Eagles (pick 14 or 15)

And what better way to use those additional draft picks than to move up to grab another player at a position of dire need? Whether the Eagles win or lose the coin flip won’t make much difference to the Titans, who pick after them and also badly need an influx of talent at WR. Emboldened by their deal with the Panthers, I think the Titans would definitely look to move ahead of the Eagles and grab the top rated WR on their board. Though, if they really fall in love with Mike Williams or Corey Davis, I could even see them taking a WR with their first pick, ahead of Buffalo at 10, then grabbing their CB at pick 18.