NFL mock draft: The Broncos outbid the Patriots to trade up for a QB and the Eagles cause chaos

Stunners from the Falcons, Bengals and the Packers.

It’s hard to believe four quarterbacks will actually go in the top four picks of the 2021 NFL Draft, largely because it’s never happened before. But this year’s draft class might just be the exception. And the Atlanta Falcons seem interested in facilitating history. Per reports, they’ve openly begun shopping fourth overall.

With the Jacksonville Jaguars, the New York Jets and the San Francisco 49ers looking like locks to take quarterbacks 1-2-3, it’s only a matter of if the Falcons can find a satisfactory offer from a bidder, who almost definitely will be moving up to take a signal-caller. We may not see the execution of that trade until the 49ers make their selection at No. 3, because there’s still some mystery around who San Francisco will select. Some think it’ll be Alabama’s Mac Jones. Some can’t believe that. (I, for one, am having a hard time believing it — and this mock draft reflects that.)

But depending upon that selection, we could see a bidding war for fourth overall. That’s one of the many things we simulated here, with the New England Patriots and Denver Broncos vying for that fourth-overall pick.

All that — and so much more — in this mock draft.