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In the third and final in this series of transcripts from Mike Mayock’s recent conference call, Mayock shares some general thoughts on this year’s draft.

Mayock thinks that this year’s first round may be deeper than in previous years and shares his thoughts on how the lack of free agency could affect the draft and any potential draft day trades.

The transcript is provided by the NFL Network, we have simply grouped some of the Q&As that deal with draft topics that are not player-specific.

Q. I’m wondering how many first round grades you have on players, and if this might be one of those years where you get into the 20’s, if there’s a clump of players that might be the same maybe down early into the second round?

MIKE MAYOCK: I think that’s an interesting question. I’ve got a deeper first round than I’ve had in the past several years. I think it starts because of the defensive line class, and let me give you an example.

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