
Now that the first round of the 2023 NFL draft is in the books, there’s very little sleep for the league’s shot-callers. You go back and look at your board, move some guys around, talk to other shot-callers about possible trades, and get ready for the second day of the draft, which starts at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
“We know where we’re positioned,” Houston Texans general manager Nick Caserio, who did all kinds of wheeling and dealing to come away with C.J. Stroud with the second and third overall picks, said about Day 2. “So we have 65 and 73 and then the two fours, the fifth, the three sixth, the two seventh. We have a little bit of flexibility. Tonight we’ll go back and kind of see what’s left, understanding there’s probably going to be another 30-ish, 35 players that are probably selected before we pick.
“Could we move from 65 into the second round? That’s a possibility, but that’s going to be player driven. So I think we’ve identified players that we like. We also understand we’re going to lose players. That’s the reality of it. We’re going to lose players along the way. I think, in that general range, kind of how we have the players graded relative to their value and potentially what their role could be, we think there will be an opportunity to add some players to our team that we’ll be happy to have in the building.”
It will be some manner of this process for all of the NFL’s evaluators, and there’s all kinds of talent left on those boards. So, here’s how the second round of the draft might go, were we calling the shots for every NFL team.
32. Pittsburgh Steelers (from Chicago Bears): Jory Porter Jr., CB, Penn State

33. Arizona Cardinals (from Houston Texans): Brian Branch, DB, Alabama

34. Detroit Lions (from Arizona Cardinals): Will Levis, QB, Kentucky

35: Indianapolis Colts: Jalin Hyatt, WR, Tennessee

36. Los Angeles Rams: Drew Sanders, LB/EDGE, Arkansas

37. Seattle Seahawks (from Denver Broncos): John Michael Schmitz, C, Minnesota

38. Las Vegas Raiders: Michael Mayer, TE. Notre Dame

39. Carolina Panthers: Keion White, DL, Georgia Tech

40. New Orleans Saints: O'Cyrus Torrence, OG, Florida

41. Tennessee Titans: Cedric Tillman, WR Tennessee

42. Green Bay Packers (from Cleveland Browns): Jonathan Mingo, WR, Mississippi

43. New York Jets: Dawand Jones, OT, Ohio State

44. Atlanta Falcons: Hendon Hooker, QB, Tennessee

45. Green Bay Packers: Luke Musgrave, TE, Oregon State

46. New England Patriots: Sam LaPorta, TE, Iowa

47. Washington Commanders: Steve Avila, OG, TCU

48. Detroit Lions: Keeanu Benton, DI, Wisconsin

49. Pittsburgh Steelers: Trenton Simpson, LB, Clemson

50. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Sydney Brown, S, Illinois

51. Miami Dolphins: Tucker Kraft, TE, South Dakota State

52. Seattle Seahawks: Zach Charbonnet, RB, UCLA

53. Chicago Bears (from Baltimore Ravens): Tyrique Stevenson, CB, Miami

54. Los Angeles Chargers: Cam Smith, CB, South Carolina

55. Detroit Lions (from Minnesota Vikings): Darnell Washington, TE, Georgia

56. Jacksonville Jaguars: DJ Turner, CB, Michigan

57. New York Giants: Josh Downs, WR, North Carolina

58. Dallas Cowboys: Daiyan Henley, LB, Washington State

59. Buffalo Bills: Clark Phillips III, CB, Utah

60. Cincinnati Bengals: Jartavius Martin, DB, Illinois

61. Chicago Bears (From San Francisco 49ers): Cody Mauch, OL, North Dakota State

62. Philadelphia Eagles: Chandler Zavala, OG, North Carolina State

63. Kansas City Chiefs: Devon Achane, RB, Texas A&M
