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2018 NFL Draft top-10 mock: Bradley Chubb or Quenton Nelson fall to 49ers?

By Peter Panacy

PHILADELPHIA, PA - APRIL 27: Commissioner of the National Football League Roger Goodell speaks during the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on April 27, 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PA - APRIL 27: Commissioner of the National Football League Roger Goodell speaks during the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on April 27, 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images) /
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CHAPEL HILL, NC – NOVEMBER 25: Bradley Chubb #9 of the North Carolina State Wolfpack leaves the field with a piece of the Kenan Stadium hedges between his teeth following a win against the North Carolina Tar Heels on November 25, 2016 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. North Carolina State won 28-21. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
CHAPEL HILL, NC – NOVEMBER 25: Bradley Chubb #9 of the North Carolina State Wolfpack leaves the field with a piece of the Kenan Stadium hedges between his teeth following a win against the North Carolina Tar Heels on November 25, 2016 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. North Carolina State won 28-21. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) /

The 2018 NFL Draft was shaken up by the New York Jets and Indianapolis Colts making a move. How does this push talent down to the San Francisco 49ers. Let’s look in this top-10 scenario.

There’s going to be a big run on quarterbacks in the top 10 selections of the 2018 NFL Draft.

On Saturday, multiple reports surfaced the Indianapolis Colts were sending off the No. 3 overall pick to the New York Jets in exchange for New York’s No. 6 overall pick, as well as pick Nos. 37, 49 and a 2019 second-round selection.

Now, the top-10 draft order looks like this (h/t ESPN’s Field Yates):

This only serves to benefit the San Francisco 49ers, who are one of the handful of top-10 picking teams not in need of a quarterback this offseason.

For starters, it drives up the market on quarterbacking prospects. Teams outside the top 10, such as the Buffalo Bills at No. 12 or the Arizona Cardinals at No. 15, may be inclined to get aggressive and trade up.

In turn, this will push non-quarterback prospects even further down the NFL Draft board.

And that helps San Francisco immensely.

We’ll dive into the latest projection on how the first 10 picks of the 2018 NFL Draft go, speculating which players go where. Most importantly, we’ll link it to how the Niners can benefit.

So here are the picks, Nos. 1 through 10.