The NFL Draft offseason mock cycle is near its conclusion with the actual draft taking place tomorrow night. Millions of words have been typed and thousands of mock drafts have been published leading us to this extraordinary occasion. Rather than share another mock draft written by an NFL outsider, we thought we’d do something fun, silly and, in the grand scheme of things, sort of meaningless — a 2024 NFL Mock Draft crafted by AI. Why? Why not? At the very least, it’s a thought-provoking and conversation-inducing exercise.

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AI tools such as ChatGPT can be useful for things like planning your family’s annual trip itinerary. It can also go off the rails and give us a list of the Top 100 best players in the NFL and exclude Patrick Mahomes. One thing to keep in mind with ChatGPT is that it’s only as good as the prompts you provide. For this exercise, we asked ChatGPT to craft its optimal 2024 NFL Mock Draft using the current 2024 NFL Draft order (so no trades) and base it off a list of Pro Football Focus’ (PFF) Top 100 NFL Draft Prospects and every team’s needs, according to NFL Mock Draft Database.

With that information in mind, let us present you with ChatGPT’s final 2024 NFL Mock Draft. Takeaways from the mock draft can be found following the mock.

ChatGPT 2024 NFL Mock Draft (Without Trades)

1. Chicago Bears: Caleb Williams (QB – USC) 

2. Washington Commanders: Marvin Harrison Jr. (WR – Ohio State)

3. New England Patriots: Drake Maye (QB – North Carolina) 

4. Arizona Cardinals: Malik Nabers (WR – LSU) 

5. Los Angeles Chargers: Joe Alt (OT – Notre Dame) 

6. New York Giants: Rome Odunze (WR – Washington) 

7. Tennessee Titans: Brock Bowers (TE – Georgia)

8. Atlanta Falcons: Cooper DeJean (CB – Iowa)

9. Chicago Bears: Quinyon Mitchell (CB – Toledo) 

10. New York Jets: Laiatu Latu (EDGE – UCLA)

11. Minnesota Vikings: Jer’Zhan Newton (DL – Illinois) 

12. Denver Broncos: Byron Murphy II (DL – Texas)

13. Las Vegas Raiders: Taliese Fuaga (OT – Oregon State) 

14. New Orleans Saints: Terrion Arnold (CB – Alabama)

15. Indianapolis Colts: Troy Fautanu (OT – Washington)

16. Seattle Seahawks: Dallas Turner (EDGE – Alabama)

17. Jacksonville Jaguars: Olumuyiwa Fashanu (OT – Penn State) 

18. Cincinnati Bengals: JC Latham (OT – Alabama)

19. Los Angeles Rams: Jared Verse (EDGE – Florida State) 

20. Pittsburgh Steelers: Amarius Mims (OT – Georgia) 

21. Miami Dolphins: Jayden Daniels (QB – LSU) 

22. Philadelphia Eagles: Adonai Mitchell (WR – Texas) 

23. Minnesota Vikings: Graham Barton (iOL – Duke) 

24. Dallas Cowboys: Nate Wiggins (CB – Clemson) 

25. Green Bay Packers: Brian Thomas Jr. (WR – LSU) 

26. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Kool-Aid McKinstry (CB – Alabama) 

27. Arizona Cardinals: Jackson Powers-Johnson (iOL – Oregon) 

28. Buffalo Bills: J.J. McCarthy (QB – Michigan) 

29. Detroit Lions: Troy Franklin (WR – Oregon) 

30. Baltimore Ravens: Payton Wilson (LB – NC State) 

31. San Francisco 49ers: Tyler Nubin (S – Minnesota) 

32. Kansas City Chiefs: Ladd McConkey (WR – Georgia) 

ChatGPT 2024 NFL Mock Draft Takeaways

Biggest Surprise: Marvin Harrison Jr. Second Overall

A majority of mock drafts have the Washington Commanders zeroed in on quarterback. Which one is a different question. However, if, for whatever reason, they felt like bypassing the position altogether, the consensus No. 1 non-quarterback offensive player is a solid consolation prize.

Imagine a Washington offense led by Marvin Harrison Jr., Terry McLaurin, Jahan Dotson and Austin Ekeler. The latter three combined for 179 receptions and 1,956 receiving yards on 289 targets last season. While Harrison Jr. is coming off back-to-back campaigns of 1,200+ yards and 14 touchdowns at Ohio State.

The biggest winner of this pick would be whoever Washington’s quarterback is in 2024, be it a rookie or Marcus Mariota. Currently, 38 signal-callers are listed in our average draft position (ADP) — Mariota is nowhere to be found, making him a potential late-round quarterback target.

Most Intriguing Pick for Fantasy: Brock Bowers to the Titans

Chigoziem Okonkwo had a respectable season, for a tight end, since we know how much of a wasteland the position is. Yet, 54 receptions, 77 targets and 528 receiving yards are nothing to sneeze at. All were top-20 marks at the tight end position. However, he only scored a paltry 3.5 half-PPR points per game.

Enter Brock Bowers. A perennial top-10 pick in mock drafts, Bowers is a game-changer at the position and could easily vault into the top five of fantasy tights like Sam LaPorta did last season. Bowers recorded 175 receptions, over 2,500 receiving yards and scored 31 total touchdowns (26 receiving, five rushing) in college.

Will Levis would be saddled with one more playmaking weapon that could turn him into a fantasy QB1 if this pick were to come true.

Biggest Snub: Xavier Worthy

ChatGPT broke a lot of hearts excluding speedy Texas wide receiver Xavier Worthy from its mock draft. Following his blistering and record-breaking 4.21-second 40-yard dash at this year’s combine, Worthy shot up draft boards and mock drafts. One consistent landing spot saw him linked to the Kansas Chiefs. That move still has an 18% mock draft popularity score on NFL Mock Draft Database. Fantasy managers are salivating at the thought of Worthy in a Patrick Mahomes-led offense devoid of much talent at receiver.

However, ChatGPT went another route with the selection of Georgia WR Ladd McConkey at 32, who has been picking up steam in the mock draft streets lately. He is currently the No. 32 player in NFL Mock Draft Database’s consensus big board, and our own Thor Nystrom has him ranked as his No. 4 WR prospect overall. Maybe ChatGPT is going with the eventual chalk on this pick?

Biggest Reach: Adonai Mitchell Over Brian Thomas

To be honest, it was hard settling on a “biggest reach” in this mock draft. (Maybe Payton Wilson at 30, but we’ll leave that analysis to the IDP pros). Not to say there weren’t some head-scratching moves in this mock but the majority of picks made sense in some manner. Settling on Adonai Mitchell as the biggest reach mainly came down to the fact he was selected over Brian Thomas Jr.

Thomas is the WR18 in consensus mock drafts, according to NFL Mock Draft Database, while Mitchell is at WR28. In terms of the site’s consensus big board, they hold similar ranks. In his final mock draft, Thor Nystrom has Thomas going to the Pittsburgh Steelers at pick 20, while Mitchell is nowhere to be found in round one.

Biggest Fallers aka ChatGPT Hates Quarterbacks

We saved the best for last here. We noted earlier the Washington Commanders have been linked to the top quarterback prospects in this draft class not named Caleb Williams as it’s a near-certain lock the Bears will select the former USC Trojan first overall. That leaves Drake Maye, Jayden Daniels and J.J. McCarthy battling it out to be selected as the second quarterback off the board.

ChatGPT swerved us with its pick of Marvin Harrison Jr. second overall, perhaps not wanting to deal with the headache of picking the wrong quarterback. We don’t blame it but Commanders general manager Adam Peters does not have the same luxury. (The Patriots took Drake Maye at third overall, which made plenty of sense.)

We have to analyze what occurred in this mock, though. With Washington passing on Jayden Daniels and J.J. McCarthy, they both took a draft day tumble here, with Daniels falling to the Dolphins at pick 21 and McCarthy landing with the Bills at pick 28. Neither team desperately needs a quarterback, so both taking one doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. Neither does quarterback-needy teams like the Vikings, Broncos and Raiders, who pick back-to-back-to-back at picks 11, 12 and 12, not rushing to the podium to grab their potential quarterback of the future.

This was the biggest headscratcher of ChatGPT’s mock draft and the most unlikely scenario come tomorrow night. Whether you agree with some of ChatGPT’s mock draft picks or believe it’s 100% completely wrong, it’s hard to argue that the slides of both McCarthy and Daniels make any sense.

What do the Experts Think?

We asked one of the most accurate mock drafters we know, Scott Smith, who was the most accurate mock drafter in 2018 and a yearly accurate mocker, what he thought about ChatGPT’s mock draft. Here’s what he had to say:

• ChatGPT struggles with offensive line designations and has a hard time differentiating between tackles who might need to switch to guard.
• Positional value doesn’t seem to matter and it’s just spreading out positions.
• The Troy Franklin/Payton Wilson/Tyler Nubin consecutive picks from 29-31 stand out.
• Best Picks: Drake Maye/Taliese Fuaga
• Worst PIcks: Tyler Nubin/Payton Wilson

There you have it. A 2024 NFL Mock Draft from ChatGPT. Let’s see how it does compared to the real thing. Below you will find a video breakdown of its previous attempt at a 2024 NFL mock draft (Spoiler Alert: No Malik Nabers).

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