2020 NFL mock draft: Jordan Love, Justin Herbert plummet

To some degree, every NFL team drafts for need. Teams like the New England Patriots will claim they don’t. But Bill Belichick also acknowledges he won’t draft a player if he doesn’t see a role for that player. So logic says that if there’s too much depth at a position, then there’s no role (aside from maybe special teams). So after the big free agency flurry, NFL teams have fewer needs, which will impact how the draft will shake out.

The quarterback situations is particularly complicated, with there being few teams that actually need a quarterback. We’re seeing Cam Newton and Jameis Winston sitting and waiting on the open free agency market. And so, Jordan Love and Justin Herbert nearly slide out of the first round, before a pair of surprising teams stop their fall. Meanwhile, Tua Tagovailoa is the heart-throb, who tempts one AFC team to mortgage a blockbuster trade.

Here’s a look at our latest mock draft. Stay for the end. We’ve got the Buccaneers trading into the back end of the first round to get Tom Brady a huge weapon for 2020.