Let’s re-draft the 2021 NFL Draft after 5 years

JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA - JANUARY 11: Trevor Lawrence #16 of the Jacksonville Jaguars runs out prior to the AFC Wild Card Playoff game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Buffalo Bills at EverBank Stadium on January 11, 2026 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images) | Getty Images Five years is plenty of time to evaluate a draft class, and hoo boy is there a lot of room to correct what happened in 2021. It was a year of desperate quarterback reaches, mammoth busts at a variety of positions, and a plethora of teams that simply screwed up the process — but also gave us some of the best talent in all of the NFL.

Now’s our chance to right the wrongs of the past and re-draft the first round from 2021. Pick Team Original Pick Position New Pick Position 1 Jacksonville Jaguars Trevor Lawrence QB Trevor Lawrence QB 2 New York Jets Zach Wilson QB Micah Parsons EDGE 3 San Francisco 49ers Trey Lance QB Patrick Surtain II CB 4 Atlanta Falcons Kyle Pitts TE Ja’Marr Chase WR 5 Cincinnati Bengals Ja’Marr Chase WR Penei Sewell OT 6 Miami Dolphins Jaylen Waddle WR Amon-Ra St. Brown WR 7 Detroit Lions Penei Sewell OT Jaylen Waddle WR 8 Carolina Panthers Jaycee Horn CB Landon Dickerson OT 9 Denver Broncos Patrick Surtain II CB Jaelan Phillips EDGE 10 Philadelphia Eagles DeVonta Smith WR Trey Smith OL 11 Chicago Bears Justin Fields QB Rashawn Slater OT 12 Dallas Cowboys Micah Parsons EDGE Travis Etienne RB 13 Los Angeles Chargers Rashawn Slater OT Creed Humphrey OL 14 New York Jets Alijah Vera-Tucker OL Spencer Brown OL 15 New England Patriots Mac Jones QB Gregory Rousseau EDGE 16 Arizona Cardinals Zaven Collins LB Kwity Paye EDGE 17 Las Vegas Raiders Alex Leatherwood OT Nico Collins WR 18 Miami Dolphins Jaelan Phillips EDGE Jonathon Cooper EDGE 19 Washington Commanders Jamin Davis LB Nick Bolton LB 20 New York Giants Kadarius Toney WR Kyle Pitts TE 21 Indianapolis Colts Kwity Paye EDGE Azeez Ojulari LB 22 Tennessee Titans Caleb Farley CB Jaycee Horn CB 23 Minnesota Vikings Christian Darrisaw OT Christian Darrisaw OT 24 Pittsburgh Steelers Najee Harris RB Najee Harris RB 25 Jacksonville Jaguars Trevor Etienne RB Chuba Hubbard RB 26 Cleveland Browns Greg Newsome II CB Pete Werner LB 27 Baltimore Ravens Rashod Bateman WR Quinn Meinerz CB 28 New Orleans Saints Payton Turner EDGE Dan Moore OL 29 Green Bay Packers Eric Stokes CB Rhamondre Stevenson RB 30 Buffalo Bills Gregory Rousseau EDGE Talanoa Hufanga S 31 Balitmore Ravens Odafe Oweh EDGE Christian Barmore DT 32 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Joe Tryon-Shoyinka LB Odafe Oweh EDGE We went from four first round quarterbacks to one.

Regardless of how great the other players in this class were, I still think the Jaguars go with Lawrence here to find their franchise QB. In total we had 15 players fall out of the first round who were originally first round picks. The biggest riser in the 2021 class was OL Trey Smith, who moves from pick No.

226 to No. 10. The biggest conceivable fall in the redraft would be OL Alex Leatherwood, who was the No.