2021 NFL Mock Draft: Falcons grab Matt Ryan’s replacement, Dolphins target ’Bama – The Athletic

The NFL Draft is in just more than two months. Free agency will shift the needs of many teams before then. But we’re kick-starting the run-up to the annual NFL Selection Meeting with a new mock draft from our writers at The Athletic who cover the league’s 32 teams. 

1. Jacksonville Jaguars: Trevor Lawrence, QB, Clemson

If it wasn’t obvious the Jaguars intended to take Lawrence before, it certainly was last week when new Jacksonville coach Urban Meyer spent the entirety of Lawrence’s pro day workout within hair-flip distance of the quarterback who has been projected to be the No. 1 pick in this draft since he played for Cartersville (Ga.) High.

This is a franchise that has been in search of a franchise QB since Mark Brunell’s departure 17 years ago. Blaine Gabbert (2010) and Blake…