I don't know if this started in the past, but I started noticing it being pretty common to include mock trades in the mock drafts this year. At their best, mock drafts can be fun to see who your team might get and prompt discussion. They are, however, kind of pointless because, aside from the first couple picks, they never come close to the real draft. There's always a surprise pick or a run on a position that no one ever predicts. To try to project hypothetical trades seems like a waste of time. If the NFLN predicted a hypothetical blockbuster trade between the Patriots and Broncos in their mock draft and then had the Broncos reject, then that's just insane.