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Can you believe it?

The big event − the 89th NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting in Detroit − is almost here!

One thing seems 99.9% certain ... the Chicago Bears will use the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft to select USC quarterback Caleb Williams.

What happens after that is anyone's guess.

What will the Washington Commanders do at No. 2? Draft North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye? Opt for the 2023 Heisman Trophy winner, LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels? Take a flier on Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy?

The top five of Paste BN Sports' Nate Davis' latest mock draft goes something like this:

  1. Chicago Bears — Caleb Williams, QB, USC
  2. Washington Commanders — Jayden Daniels, QB, LSU
  3. New England Patriots — Drake Maye, QB, North Carolina
  4. Arizona Cardinals — Marvin Harrison Jr., WR, Ohio State
  5. Minnesota Vikings (via proposed trade with Los Angeles Chargers) — J.J. McCarthy, QB, Michigan

Complete first-round projection

The top five of Paste BN Sports' Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz's latest mock draft goes something like this:

  1. Chicago Bears — Caleb Williams, QB, USC
  2. Washington Commanders — Jayden Daniels, QB, LSU
  3. New England Patriots — J.J. McCarthy, QB, Michigan
  4. Arizona Cardinals — Marvin Harrison Jr., WR, Ohio State
  5. Minnesota Vikings (via proposed trade with Los Angeles Chargers) — Drake Maye, QB, North Carolina

Complete first-round projection

Top 50 prospect list

The 2024 draft rankings reflect a prospect group driven by offense, with three quarterbacks, three wide receivers and a tight end at the head of the class.

Complete top 50 NFL draft prospect rankings

Draft Wire's top 200 draft prospect rankings

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50 biggest draft busts of last 50 years

X plus three years is generally accepted as the appropriate time span to fairly evaluate a given NFL draft.

And while the 2021 "Player Selection Meeting" had already come into fairly clear focus, its near-rampant disappointment from a quarterback perspective continues to crystallize. While the indictment of the 2021 NFL draft's arms may smack of recency bias, some of its members have truly earned a spot on this list of the 50 hugest busts of the past 50 years.