The Chronicle’s 2018 mock NFL draft, 1st round

The Chronicle’s Eric Branch, who covers the 49ers, and Matt Kawahara, who covers the Raiders, have swapped their beatwriter hats for front-office fedoras in a NFL first-round mock draft. Branch won the toss, will pick No. 1 and then handle the odd-number picks; Kawahara will flash hit football knowledge on the even-number picks.

Without further delay, with the first pick of the draft, Branch selects ...

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