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2020 NFL Draft: Way-too-soon mock breakdown for all 32 teams

By Peter Panacy

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - APRIL 25: A general view as the Arizona Cardinals make their #1 overall draft pick during the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft on April 25, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - APRIL 25: A general view as the Arizona Cardinals make their #1 overall draft pick during the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft on April 25, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /
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SANTA CLARA, CA – JANUARY 07: Tua Tagovailoa #13 of the Alabama Crimson Tide reacts against the Clemson Tigers in the CFP National Championship presented by AT&T at Levi’s Stadium on January 7, 2019 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
SANTA CLARA, CA – JANUARY 07: Tua Tagovailoa #13 of the Alabama Crimson Tide reacts against the Clemson Tigers in the CFP National Championship presented by AT&T at Levi’s Stadium on January 7, 2019 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) /

While the 2019 NFL Draft wrapped up less than two months ago, Niner Noise takes a too-soon look at what teams might do in our first mock for the 2020 draft.

Hopefully you miss all those NFL Draft mocks, and it seems like forever ago since we’ve been pouring over them ahead of the Arizona Cardinals’ number being called for the 2019 draft in Nashville, Tennessee.

The Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers and New York Jets did what many mocks and analysts thought they would do: grab Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray, Ohio State EDGE Nick Bosa and Alabama defensive tackle Quinnen Williams in that order, respectively.

After that, things started to get interesting, likely throwing off most mocks out there once the Oakland Raiders took Clemson EDGE Clelin Ferrell at No. 4 overall.

Still, we love mock drafts. And while the 2020 NFL Draft in Las Vegas, Nevada is still a long way away, it’s never too soon to start the speculation and wonderment surrounding what each of the teams wind up doing with their first pick.

So, because we can and want to, Niner Noise dishes out our first league-wide mock for the 2020 draft.

To make things easy, we’ll simply use the draft order dished out by Tankathon. And there won’t be any trades (seriously, it’s too early for draft-day trade talk).

And Tankathon has the Miami Dolphins on the clock, so they’re now officially on the clock… unofficially.

59. . Quarterback. Alabama. Tua Tagovailoa. 1. player

The Dolphins finally moved on from oft-injured and under-delivering quarterback Ryan Tannehill during the offseason, acquired a stopgap option in the veteran, Ryan Fitzpatrick and then made that blockbuster trade for former Cardinals quarterback Josh Rosen

Fitzpatrick isn’t a long-term answer, of course, and there’s a very real chance Rosen flames out in his first year out in Miami. After all, the situation with the Dolphins isn’t exactly much better than what he struggled with in Arizona.

One player shaping up to be the best in this class, of course, is Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa. Just because the Dolphins made the move for Rosen shouldn’t prevent them from grabbing the Crimson Tide signal-caller with the first pick.

Especially if he winds up having an excellent 2019 collegiate campaign.

Poor Rosen, though. Imagine being chased off twice by rookie quarterbacks in back-to-back years.