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Photo courtesy of the Detroit Lions NFL scouting reports on Calvin Johnson back in 2007 made it clear he would one day become a candidate for the Pro Football Hall of Fame EDITOR’S NOTE: Rick Gosselin spent 20 years as the NFL columnist for the Dallas Morning News, including 20 offseasons studying and researching prospects for the NFL draft. He didn’t watch any tape – he was a writer, not a scout – but he talked to the men who did watch tape. He built a network of NFL general managers, head coaches, personnel directors, scouts and assistant coaches from all 32 teams who would share wi...

2021 NFL mock draft: Two rounds [The San Diego Union-Tribune :: BC-FBN-MOCKDRAFT:SD] College football finished its season and crowned a champion. The NFL remains on schedule to do the same. However, it will continue to be business unusual with the pandemic continuing to rage out of control for the foreseeable future. A memo informed all 32 pro teams this week the Combine “will be conducted in a different format.” In actuality, the Combine in Indianapolis has been canceled with all workouts taking place during individual pro days on college campuses. The league will work with schools to en...

2021 two-round NFL mock draft [The San Diego Union-Tribune :: BC-FBN-MOCKDRAFT:SD] The first two selections in the 2021 NFL draft are officially locked in. The Jacksonville Jaguars will pick first — and also likely Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence assuming he forgoes his senior season — while the New York Jets earned the second overall pick. There is no consensus choice after Lawrence. The Jaguars can thank the ol’ strength of schedule tiebreaker for their good fortune. The next 16 spots will be decided after Sunday. Picks 19-through-32 will be determined by the playoffs. The 10-5 Mi...

2021 NFL mock draft: Jaguars land Lawrence [The San Diego Union-Tribune :: BC-FBN-MOCKDRAFT:SD] Everyone who saw the 17-point underdogs inexplicably beat the Rams in Los Angeles on Sunday had the same thought immediately after the game. “Man, even when the Jets win, they lose.” That’s because the Jaguars now have a 71 percent chance of landing the No. 1 pick, according to ESPN’s FPI. This changes things. Mostly because Justin Fields’ recent struggles against Northwestern and Indiana killed the momentum he had earlier in the season, leaving Trevor Lawrence on the mountain top all alo...

2021 NFL mock draft: First-round projections [The San Diego Union-Tribune :: BC-FBN-MOCKDRAFT:SD] The biggest question during this draft season will be how teams judge the top prospects who chose to opt out due to COVID-19. I currently have six of those players in my top 20. Will they be docked because the most recent tape a scout can watch comes from 2019? If two players are considered similar, does tie go to the player who played this season? Or will teams favor those who are fresher with less wear and tear on their bodies? In the past, we’d get most of these answers at the NFL combine in...