NFL DRAFT : The Day Goes as Planned : Overview: Bledsoe and Mirer go 1-2; Jet-Cardinal deal works out well for both teams.

It figured. Most of it, anyway. Form held for hours Sunday as NFL teams drafted college football’s class of 1993.

Bearing out the predictions of many scouts, agents and coaches, these things happened on schedule:

--Two quarterbacks went first, Washington State’s Drew Bledsoe to the New England Patriots and Notre Dame’s Rick Mirer to the Seattle Seahawks, although, as scouts insisted, neither performs with the polish of an old pro. Or even a young pro.

“(Bledsoe) will play when he’s ready,” Patriot Coach Bill Parcells promised.

--USC wide receiver Curtis Conway, who was rated as high as the fifth most-talented player in the country last year, depending on which scout had been called to the witness stand, was drafted seventh, by the Chicago Bears.

“Conway gives Chicago the speed they haven’t had since they lost Willie Gault (to the Raiders),” New York Jet General Manager Dick Steinberg said.

--Florida State linebacker Marvin Jones and Georgia running back Garrison Hearst, who could have been drafted third and fourth, were drafted fourth and third by, respectively, the Jets and Phoenix Cardinals.

The Jets made the trade of the day to land Jones. They were getting set to take him when the Cardinals, who coveted Hearst, called seeking a trade. The Jets agreed to exchange selections if the Cardinals threw in running back Johnny Johnson, their leading rusher in 1990 and 1991.

The deal gave the Cardinals the running back they wanted. And it gave the Jets the linebacker they wanted--plus Johnson.

On a day when seven of the first 10 selections were offensive players, 12 linemen were chosen--six offensive, six defensive--in perhaps the most formful first round in NFL history.

There seemed to be two reasons why it was so predictable.

First, the needs of the teams closely coincided, for a change, with the players available.

Second, the data in the heavy pre-draft media blitz--data provided by NFL scouts--apparently helped convince those same scouts that they had it right.

Making that point, Tampa Bay Buccaneer Coach Sam Wyche said, after drafting Alabama defensive lineman Eric Curry with the sixth pick: “There were a handful we would have been happy with.”

Alabama’s other All-American defensive lineman, John Copeland, was one of that handful. He and Curry were drafted back to back, Copeland by the Cincinnati Bengals.

Before the end of the first round, the San Francisco 49ers, who spent the early part of the day trading down, plucked two defensive linemen consecutively--Dana Stubblefield of Kansas and Todd Kelly of Tennessee.

Finally, two Smiths were consecutive first-round picks--tight end Irv of Notre Dame by the New Orleans Saints and running back Robert of Ohio State by the Minnesota Vikings.

Notre Dame placed four men in the first round, one short of USC’s record--Mirer, Bettis, defensive back Tom Carter (Redskins) and tight end Smith; and two more in the second round: linebacker Demetrius DuBose (Buccaneers) and running back Reggie Brooks (Redskins).

These were some of the other developments on the busiest day of the off-season for most coaches:

--After taking Mirer and UCLA defensive back Carlton Gray 1-2, Seattle’s leaders considered their draft the best they have had recently. They got Gray as the first pick in the second round.

Said Mirer: “I think I have all the tools it takes to be a great quarterback. It’s just a matter of time now.”

His evaluation matches that of many scouts, who suggested that Seattle, after the Kelly Stouffer fiasco and then the Dan McGwire experiment, will--in time--have a winning quarterback with Mirer.

--The Cardinals, despite the loss of running back Johnson, are perhaps closing in on a turnaround season. Under personnel chief Bob Ackles, they had two of the first 18 selections in Sunday’s draft--Hearst and an offensive tackle to block for him, Ernest Dye of South Carolina.

In the free-agent market, Ackles had upgraded the Phoenix offense with quarterback Steve Beuerlein, the former Raider and Dallas Cowboy; and Gary Clark of the Washington Redskins, who might have been the most valuable of the talented Redskin receivers.

--After the Houston Oilers traded up to No. 13 to get Illinois tackle Brad Hopkins as a blocker for quarterback Warren Moon, they gave the next pick to new defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan, who named Miami linebacker Micheal Barrow.

In his analysis, Ryan characteristically said: “We looked at about 40 linebackers in the draft, and he’s the best one. He makes plays that win football games.”

--The Saints, after retaining linebacker Pat Swilling last year by matching the Detroit Lions’ $1.7-million offer, traded him to Detroit on Sunday for draft picks: a first and a fourth.

That’s four new veterans for the Lions, who in recent weeks have signed three free agents, all offensive linemen--Bill Fralic of Atlanta, Dave Lutz of Kansas City and Dave Richards of San Diego.

Said sudden big spender William Clay Ford, who owns the Lions: “We’ve improved our team in two months in a way that might otherwise have taken several years.”

The last four rounds will be today.

The First Round

NO. TEAM PLAYER POS. COLLEGE 1. NEW ENGLAND Drew Bledsoe QB Washington State 2. SEATTLE Rick Mirer QB Notre Dame 3. PHOENIX Garrison Hearst RB Georgia (from New York Jets) 4. NEW YORK JETS Marvin Jones LB Florida State (from Phoenix) 5. CINCINNATI John Copeland DT Alabama 6. TAMPA BAY Eric Curry DE Alabama 7. CHICAGO Curtis Conway WR USC 8. NEW ORLEANS Willie Roaf OT Louisiana Tech (from Detroit) 9. ATLANTA Lincoln Kennedy OT Washington 10. RAMS Jerome Bettis RB Notre Dame 11. DENVER Dan Williams DE Toledo (from Cleveland) 12. RAIDERS Patrick Bates DB Texas A&M; 13. HOUSTON Brad Hopkins G Illinois (from Philadelphia) 14. CLEVELAND Steve Everitt C Michigan (from Denver) 15. GREEN BAY Wayne Simmons LB Clemson 16. INDIANAPOLIS Sean Dawkins WR California 17. WASHINGTON Tom Carter DB Notre Dame 18. PHOENIX Ernest Dye OT South Carolina (from K.C. through San Francisco) 19. PHILADELPHIA Lester Holmes OT Jackson State (from Houston) 20. NEW ORLEANS Irv Smith TE Notre Dame (from Phoenix through S.F.) 21. MINNESOTA Robert Smith RB Ohio State 22. SAN DIEGO Darrien Gordon DB Stanford 23. PITTSBURGH Deon Figures DB Colorado 24. PHILADELPHIA Leonard Renfro DE Colorado 25. MIAMI O.J. McDuffie WR Penn State 26. SAN FRANCISCO Dana Stubblefield DE Kansas (from New Orleans) 27. SAN FRANCISCO Todd Kelly DE Tennessee 28. BUFFALO Thomas Smith DB North Carolina 29. GREEN BAY George Teague DB Alabama (from Dallas)

Other rounds completed Sunday appear on C15.

Trade Winds Are Blowing Some of the 20 transactions made during the NFL Draft on Sunday: Cleveland Browns

Traded their first-round pick (11th overall) to the Denver Broncos for their first-round pick (14th overall) and a third-round pick (83rd overall). The Browns selected C Steve Everitt (Michigan) and LB Michael Caldwell (Middle Tennessee State) with those draft choices. Dallas Cowboys

Traded their first-round pick (29th overall) and a fourth-round pick (112th overall, later acquired by the Chicago Bears) to the Green Bay Packers for two second-round picks (46th and 55th overall), a fourth-round pick (94th overall) and an eighth-round pick. Dallas selected WR Kevin Williams (Miami) and RB Derrick Lassic (Alabama). Indianapolis Colts

Traded their second-round pick (44th overall) to the Pittsburgh Steelers for their second- and fourth-round picks (49th and 107th overall). New Orleans Saints

Traded linebacker Pat Swilling to the Detroit Lions for a first-round pick (eighth overall) and a fourth-round pick (89th overall). The Saints selected New Orleans selected OT Willie Roaf (Lousiana Tech) and RB Lorenzo Neal (Fresno State) with those draft choices. New York Jets

Traded their first-round pick (third overall) to the Phoenix Cardinals for their first-round pick (fourth overall) and running back Johnny Johnson. The Cardinals selected RB Garrison Hearst (Georgia) with the third pick and the Jets took LB Marvin Jones (Florida State) at No. 4. Philadelphia Eagles

Traded their first-round pick (13th overall) to Houston for the Oilers’ first-round pick (19th overall) and a third-round pick (75th overall). The Oilers selected G Brad Hopkins (Illinois). The Eagles selected T Lester Holmes (Jackson State) and DB Derrick Frazier (Texas A&M;). Raiders

Traded a second-round pick (41st overall) to the San Francisco 49ers for second- and third-round picks (56th and 81st overall). Raiders selected QB Billy Joe Hobert (Washington) and traded the third-round choice to the Green Bay Packers. Traded their third- and sixth-round picks (64th and 152nd) to the Green Bay Packers for their third-round pick (72nd overall).

Rams

Traded their third-round pick (65th overall) to the Indianapolis Colts for their third- and fifth-round picks (73rd and 127th overall). Rams selected RB Russell White (California) with the 73rd pick. San Diego Chargers

Traded OT Broderick Thompson to the Philadelphia Eagles for a fourth-round pick (104th overall, later acquired by Tampa Bay). San Francisco 49ers

Traded their first-round pick (18th overall) to Phoenix for the Cardinals’ first-round pick (20th overall) and fifth-round pick (116th overall); the Cardinals selected T Ernest Dye (South Carolina). The 49ers then traded the 20th overall selection to New Orleans for the Saints’ first-round pick (26th overall) and a third-round pick (81st overall); the Saints selected TE Irv Smith (Notre Dame). San Francisco selected DT Dana Stubblefield (Kansas) and traded the third-round choice to Green Bay. The 49ers subsequently traded their picks in the second through fifth rounds to San Diego for the Chargers’ second-round pick (48th overall) and 1994 first-round choice. With the No. 48 pick, the 49ers selected DB Adrian Hardy (NW Louisiana).