2021 NFL Mock Draft: Patriots get Trevor Lawrence in all-trades, chaos edition

Trade: Bears send No. 20 and 52 overall, 2022 and 2023 first-round picks to Bengals for No. 5 overall – With the Chargers trading up for Sewell, the natural progression for the Bengals would seemingly be to just take Ja’Marr Chase and pair the wide receiver with his former college quarterback Joe Burrow. For me, I think they should open up their options further by seeing if they could possibly get more value for the No. 5 pick as two of the top-five quarterbacks are still on the board. And they find the desperate Bears here to make that trade up.

Cincinnati gets a slew of valuable picks while Chicago doesn’t have to go into the 2021 season with Andy Dalton as their unquestioned QB1. The Bears whiffed wildly on the Mitchell Trubisky pick and they’re now reeling after striking out all offseason. We know general manager Ryan Pace is on a short leash and that only increases the sense of urgency to make a move up for a player like Justin Fields if he’s conceivably within reach.

(Pick via Eagles) – The fact that every wide receiver is on the board for the Dolphins with the No. 6 pick might lead you to believe that they would simply take whichever player they liked better at that position. But when you look at Brian Flores and his Patriots roots, would it not make sense for them to see the value in waiting a bit at such a talent-rich position and, instead, keep building in the trenches?

Rashawn Slater is a perfect prospect for the Dolphins given his talent and versatility. He has the polish as a technician blended with quality athleticism and strength to be a starting tackle on either side. More importantly, though, he could also be a guard. That would give the Dolphins the ability to shuffle around Slater, Robert Hunt and Austin Jackson to find the best combination and spots for those players to fully shore up the young line in front of Tua Tagovailoa.