
We are nearing the midway point of the 2023 NFL season and the 2023 rookie class is really starting to show itself. Teams are relying heavily on rookies. But as always, there are players who step up and prove they should have been drafted sooner and others make it clear they might have been drafted too early.
We decided to jump into our time machine and draft the first round of the 2023 NFL draft all over again with all the information we know now.
1 - Carolina Panthers - QB CJ Stroud, Ohio State

Original pick: QB Bryce Young, Alabama
2 - Hoston Texans - QB Anthony Richardson Jr., Florida

Original pick: QB CJ Stroud, Ohio State
3 - Houston Texans - EDGE WIll Anderson Jr., Alabama

Original pick: EDGE Will Anderson Jr., Alabama
4 - Indianapolis Colts - QB Bryce Young, Alabama

Original pick: QB Anthony Richardson Jr., Florida
5 - Seattle Seahawks - CB Devon Witherspoon, Illinois

Original pick: CB Devon Witherspoon, Illinois
6 - Arizona Cardinals - OT Dawand Jones, Ohio State

Original pick: OT Paris Johnson Jr., Ohio State
7 - Las Vegas Raiders - DT Jalen Carter, Georgia

Original pick: EDGE Tyree Wilson, Texas Tech
8 - Atlanta Falcons - RB Bijan Robinson, Texas

Original pick: RB Bijan Robinson, Texas
9 - Philadelphia Eagles - CB Christian Gonzalez, Oregon

Original pick: DT Jalen Carter, Georgia
10 - Chicago Bears - DL Byron Young, Tennessee

Original pick: OT Darnell Wright, Tennessee
11 - Tennessee Titans - QB Will Levis, Kentucky

Original pick: OL Peter Skoronski, Northwestern
12 - Detroit Lions - RB De'Von Achane, Texas A&M

Original pick: RB Jahmyr Gibbs, Alabama
13 - Green Bay Packers - WR Puka Nacua, Stanford

Original pick: EDGE Lukas Van Ness, Iowa
14 - Pittsburgh Steelers - DB Brian Branch, Alabama

Original pick: OT Broderick Jones, Georgia
15 - New York Jets - RB Jahmyr Gibbs, Alabama

Original pick: EDGE Will McDonald IV, Iowa
16 - Washington Commanders - CB Joey Porter Jr., Penn State

Original pick: CB Emmanuel Forbes, Mississippi State
17 - New England Patriots - WR Zay Flowers, Boston College

Original pick: CB Christian Gonzalez, Oregon
18 - Detroit Lions - LB Ivan Pace Jr., Cincinnati

Original pick: LB Jack Campbell, Iowa
19 - Tampa Bay Buccaneers - DT Keeanu Benton, Wisconsin

Original pick: DT Calijah Kancey, Pitt
20 - Seattle Seahawks - WR Tank Dell, Houston

Original pick: WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Ohio State
21 - Los Angeles Chargers - EDGE Tuli Tuipulota, USC

Original pick: WR Quentin Johnston, TCU
22 - Baltimore Ravens - WR Jordan Addison, Pittsburgh

Original pick: WR Zay Flowers, Boston College
23 - Minnesota Vikings - WR Marvin Mims Jr., Oklahoma

Original pick: WR Jordan Addison Pitt
24 - New York Giants - WR Rashee Rice, SMU

Original pick: CB Deonte Banks, Maryland
25 - Buffalo Bills - TE Sam LaPorta, Iowa

Original pick: TE Dalton Kincaid, Utah
26 - Dallas Cowboys - DT Kobie Turner, Wake Forest

Original pick: DT Mazi Smith, Michigan
27 - Jacksonville Jaguars - OT Darnell Wright, Tennessee

Original pick: OT Anton Harrison, Oklahom
28 - Cincinnati Bengals - CB Deonte Banks, Maryland

Original pick: EDGE Myles Murphy, Clemson
29 - New Orleans Saints - RB Zach Charbonnet, UCLA

Original pick: DT Bryan Breese, Clemson
30 - Philadelphia Eagles - OL Peter Skoronski, Northwestern

31 - Kansas City Chiefs - WR Josh Downs, North Carolina

Original pick: EDGE Felix Anudike-Uzomah, Kansas State