Football fans are counting down the weeks to the 2024 NFL Draft, and mock drafts are starting to look more and more alike acro s the board.The NFL Combine and the early stages of NFL free agency are in the books, and that typically allows draft analysts a better idea of what teams need and are targeting with each of their early selections.Some quarterback vacancies have been filled. The Falcons aren't likely to draft a quarterback early after signing Kirk Cousins, so the No. 8 pick now becomes a potential landing spot for the first defensive player in 2024.That makes many want to focus on picks 11-13, where the Vikings, Broncos, and Raiders will all be drafting with needs at quarterback.There isn't yet a consensus on what those teams will do. Some draft analysts have J.J. McCarthy, Bo Nix, and even Michael Penix Jr. coming off the board with those selections. Others have the teams eschewing quarterback and opting for elite talent at other positions.As always, a few NFL writers are even trying to mix up their mocks by projecting trades that could shake up the 2024 draft altogether.With Ha-Seong Kim Jersey that in mind, Sporting News is breaking down several top mock drafts with the bulk of NFL free agency in the books. Here's how several experts see the first round taking shape.MORE NFL FREE AGENCY:|||Vinnie Iyer's mock draft (The Sporting News): Pick Team Player Position School 1 Chicago Bears (from CAR) Caleb Williams QB USC 2 Washington Commanders Drake Maye QB North Carolina 3 New England Patriots Jayden Daniels QB LSU 4 Arizona Cardinals Marvin Harrison Jr. WR Ohio State 5 Los Angeles Chargers Malik Nabers WR LSU 6 New York Giants Rome Odunze WR Washington 7 Tenne see Titans Joe Alt OT Notre Dame 8 Atlanta Falcons Dallas Turner EDGE Alabama 9 Chicago Bears Laiatu Latu EDGE UCLA 10 New York Jets Taliese Fuaga OT Oregon State 11 Minnesota Vikings J.J. McCarthy QB Michigan 12 Denver Broncos Bo Nix QB Oregon 13 Las Vegas Raiders Nate Wiggins CB Clemson 14 New Orleans Saints Olumuyiwa Fashanu OT Penn State 15 Indianapolis Colts Brock Bowers TE Georgia 16 Seattle Seahawks Jared Verse EDGE Florida State 17 Jacksonville Jaguars Terrion Arnold CB Alabama 18 Cincinnati Bengals Amarius Mims OT Georgia 19 Los Angeles Rams Cooper DeJean CB Iowa 20 Pittsburgh Steelers J.C. Latham OT Alabama 21 Miami Dolphins Byron Murphy II DT Texas 22 Philadelphia Eagles Quinyon Mitchell CB Toledo 23 Minnesota Vikings (from HOU via CLE) Jer'Zhan Newton DT Illinois 24 Dallas Cowboys Jackson Powers-Johnson G Oregon 25 Green Bay Packers Tyler Guyton OT Oklahoma 26 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Kool-Aid McKinstry CB Alabama 27 Arizona Cardinals (from HOU) Troy Fautanu G Washington 28 Buffalo Bills Brian Thomas Jr. WR LSU 29 Detroit Lions Chop Robinson EDGE Penn State 30 Baltimore Ravens Jordan Morgan OT Arizona 31 Ronald Bolanos Jersey San Francisco 49ers Graham Barton OT Duke 32 Kansas City Chiefs Kingsley Suamataia OT BYUNoteworthy: Five quarterbacks go within the top 12 picks, as the Vikings and Broncos take J.J. McCarthy and Bo Nix, respectively. Neither team made a significant quarterback addition during free agency (no, Sam Darnold does not count), so each team considered a signal-caller in a loaded cla s is reasonable. Drake Maye is ahead of Jayden Daniels in this mock, albeit by one pick. The UNC and LSU products are believed to be competing to be the Commanders' No. 2 overall pick. The offensive slant of the 2024 NFL Draft is undeniable. Five quarterbacks, four receivers, and 11 offensive linemen are included within the top 32 selections. Tight end Brock Bowers brings the total number of offensive players selected in the first round to 21.MORE: Mel Kiper's mock draft (ESPN): Pick Team Player Position School 1 Chicago Bears (from CAR) 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 Los Angeles Chargers Malik Nabers WR LSU 6 New York Giants Rome Odunze WR Washington 7 Tenne see Titans Joe Alt OT Notre Dame 8 Atlanta Falcons Dallas Turner EDGE Alabama 9 Chicago Bears Jared Verse EDGE Florida State 10 New York Jets Brock Bowers TE Georgia 11 Minnesota Vikings J.J. McCarthy QB Michigan 12 Denver Broncos Bo Nix QB Oregon 13 Las Vegas Raiders JC Latham OT Alabama 14 New Orleans Saints Olumuyiwa Fashanu OT Penn State 15 Indianapolis Colts Quinyon Mitchell CB Toledo 16 Seattle Seahawks Troy Fautanu G Washington 17 Jacksonville Jaguars Terrion Arnold CB Alabama 18 Cincinnati Bengals Taliese Fuaga OT Oregon State 19 Los Angeles Rams Byron Murphy II DT Texas 20 Pittsburgh Steelers Brian Thomas Jr. WR LSU 21 Miami Dolphins Graham Barton C Duke 22 Philadelphia Eagles Nate Wiggins CB Clemson 23 Minnesota Vikings(from HOU via CLE) Cooper DeJean CB Iosa 24 Dallas Cowboys Tyler Guyton OT Oklahoma 25 Green Bay Packers Laiatu Latu EDGE UCLA 26 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Xavier Worthy WR Texas 27 Arizona Cardinals (from HOU) ChopRobinson EDGE Penn State 28 Buffalo Bills T.J. Tampa CB Iowa State 29 Detroit Lions Xavier Legette WR South Carolina 30 Baltimore Ravens Amarius Mims OT Georgia 31 San Francisco 49ers Roger Rosengarten OT Washington 32 Kansas City Chiefs Adonai Mitchell WR TexasNoteworthy: Like Iyer's draft, five quarterbacks are selected within the top 12 picks, including three going consecutively to start it off. The major difference? Washington goes with Jayden Daniels over Drake Maye this time. Combine star Xavier Worthy, who blazed the , goes 26th overall to the Buccaneers. He pairs with Mike Evans and Chris Godwin in what would be a dynamic receiving corps around Baker Mayfield. Five cornerbacks are off the board in the first round of this mock, good for half of the defensive players taken in the first round. Kiper is among the few notable analysts to have Iowa State's T.J. Tampa in the first round, so that explains why his mock skews toward cornerback when teams aren't looking to beef up their offenses (22 of 32 first-round picks).Daniel Jeremiah's mock draft (NFL Network): Pick Team Player Position School 1 Chicago Bears (from CAR) Caleb Williams QB USC Wil Myers Jersey 2 Washington Commanders Drake Maye QB North Carolina 3 New England Patriots Jayden Daniels QB LSU 4 Minnesota Vikings (projected trade with ARI) J.J. McCarthy QB Michigan 5 New York Jets (projected trade with LAC) Marvin Harrison Jr. WR Ohio State 6 New York Giants Malik Nabers WR LSU 7 Tenne see Titans Joe Alt OT Notre Dame 8 Atlanta Falcons Dallas Turner EDGE Alabama 9 Chicago Bears Rome Odunze WR Washington 10 Los Angeles Chargers (projected trade with NYJ) Taliese Fuaga OT Oregon State 11 Arizona Cardinals (projected trade with MIN) Jared Verse EDGE Florida State 12 Denver Broncos Brock Bowers TE Georgia 13 Las Vegas Raiders Michael Penix Jr. QB Washington 14 New Orleans Saints Olumuyiwa Fashanu OT Penn State 15 Indianapolis Colts Quinyon Mitchell CB Toledo 16 Seattle Seahawks Troy Fautanu OT Washington 17 Jacksonville Jaguars Terrion Arnold CB Alabama 18 Cincinnati Bengals JC Latham OT Alabama 19 Los Angeles Rams Laiatu Latu EDGE UCLA 20 Pittsburgh Steelers Tyler Guyton OT Oklahoma 21 Miami Dolphins Graham Barton OL Duke 22 Philadelphia Eagles Nate Wiggins CB Clemson 23 Arizona Cardinals (projected trade with MIN) Brian Thomas Jr. WR LSU 24 Dallas Cowboys Jackson Powers-Johnson OL Oregon 25 Green Bay Packers Amarius Mims OT Georgia 26 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Darius Robinson EDGE Mi souri 27 Arizona Cardinals (from HOU) Byron Murphy II DT Texas 28 Buffalo Bills Jer'Zhan Newton DT Illinois 29 Detroit Lions Kool-Aid McKinstry CB Alabama 30 Baltimore Ravens Cooper DeJean CB Iowa 31 San Francisco 49ers Chop Robinson EDGE Penn State 32 Kansas City Chiefs Adonai Mitchell WR TexasNoteworthy: Jeremiah gets a little crazy with this one, as he has the Vikings trading up to No. 4 to get J.J. McCarthy. Four quarterbacks have never gone consecutively to start a draft, so a trade-up from Minnesota could make history. Jeremiah is also the only analyst to have Michael Penix Jr. in the first round of his mock draft. He has the Washington product going to the Raiders at 13 because he thinks Penix "is a unique fit for the Raiders style of play." Bo Nix doesn't make the cut in this mock draft despite Penix's inclusion. That's partially because the Broncos one of Nix's top projected landing spots went with tight end Brock Bowers at 12 overall rather than a quarterback.Todd McShay's mock draftMcShay has not yet released Allen Craig Jersey his first full mock draft for 2024.Dane Brugler's mock draft (The Athletic): Pick Team Player Position School 1 Chicago Bears (from CAR) Caleb Williams QB USC 2 Washington Commanders Drake Maye QB North Carolina 3 Atlanta Falcons (from NEP) Jayden Daniels QB LSU 4 Arizona Cardinals Marvin Harrison Jr. WR Ohio State 5 Chicago Bears (from LAC) Rome Odunze WR Washington 6 New York Giants Malik Nabers WR LSU 7 Minnesota Vikings (from TEN) J.J. McCarthy QB Michigan 8 New England Patriots (from ATL) Joe Alt OT Notre Dame 9 Los Angeles Chargers (from CHI) Taliese Fuaga OT Oregon State 10 New York Jets Olumuyiwa Fashanu OT Penn State 11 Tenne see Titans (from MIN) J.C. Latham OT Alabama 12 Denver Broncos Brock Bowers TE Georgia 13 Las Vegas Raiders Quinyon Mitchell CB Toledo 14 New Orleans Saints Dallas Turner EDGE Alabama 15 Indianapolis Colts Brian Thomas Jr. WR LSU 16 Pittsburgh Steelers (from SEA) Amarius Mims OT Georgia 17 Philadelphia Eagles (from JAX) Terrion Arnold CB Alabama 18 Cincinnati Bengals Byron Murphy DT Texas 19 Los Angeles Rams Jared Verse EDGE Florida State 20 Seattle Seahawks (from PIT) Jackson Powers-Johnson G/C Oregon 21 Miami Dolphins Troy Fautanu G Washington 22 Jacksonville Jaguars (from PHI) Nate Wiggins CB Clemson 23 Houston Texans (from CLE) Laiatu Latu EDGE UCLA 24 Buffalo Bills (from DAL) Adonai Mitchell WR Texas 25 Green Bay Packers Cooper DeJean CB Iowa 26 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Graham Barton G/C Duke 27 Arizona Cardinals (from HOU) Darius Robinson DL Mi souri 28 Dallas Cowboys (from BUF) Tyler Guyton OT Oklahoma 29 Detroit Lions Chop Robinson EDGE Penn State 30 Carolina Panthers (from BAL) Ladd McConkey WR Georgia 31 San Francisco 49ers Jordan Morgan Matt Szczur Jersey OT/G Arizona 32 Kansas City Chiefs Xavier Worthy WR TexasNoteworthy: Brugler's projecting a trade-filled first-round. There are seven trades made in the draft, including the Falcons moving up to third overall and the Panthers moving into the first round by dealing with the Ravens. The runs on quarterbacks, receivers, and offensive tackles ensures that a defensive player doesn't come off the board until the 13th pick. That would be Toledo's Quinyon Mitchell, who seems increasingly likely to be the first cornerback selected after his stellar showing at the NFL Combine. This is another mock that has McCarthy rising. He goes at No. 7 overall to the Vikings, who trade up to get him. That jump isn't as high as the leap the Vikings make in Jeremiah's mock, but clearly, draft analysts believe that Minnesota likes McCarthy.