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The 2021 NFL season is nearly halfway complete, with most teams having played eight of their 17 regular-season games. That gives us a fairly solid baseline for the range in which teams will be drafting and the needs they figure to try and fill with those picks in the 2022 NFL Draft. This is the first mock projection for the year. The draft order here is based upon the current standings prior to the Monday Night Football game in Week 8. I went two rounds to get almost every team included, and this mock draft was begun just minutes before the Rams traded away their Day 2 picks to the Broncos for Von Miller. The picks here represent an early guess at what I believe the teams would do with the given slot, not necessarily what I would do if I were making the pick. Because it’s early on, my own preferences do carry more weight than later versions will once we know more about both the teams and the prospects.