Post by plax on Oct 9, 2013 13:47:12 GMT -5
We are all aware of not even how deep this class is, but how top-heavy it is as well. One position to look at is the QB position. This QB class truly has the potential to be one of the best ever when it is all said and done.
As of right now, there can possibly be at least 6 or 7 QBs taken in the 1st round. Here are teams that could possibly take a QB in the 1st round:
Jacksonville Jaguars
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Philadelphia Eagles
Minnesota Vikings
Cleveland Browns
Houston Texans
Arizona Cardinals
St. Louis Rams
I definitely see JAX, TB, MIN, and CLE taking a QB. I have a feeling HOU goes for one. I can see ARZ taking one to take the next step. Really wouldn't understand PHI as they got Foles two years ago and Barkley this past year - however, there are QBs that would fit Chip's scheme almost perfectly. And the Rams may be growing impatient with Bradford. Now, he doesn't have a stud to rely on, but I can see the Rams going for the reset button and get a guy to spark some life into the team.
Here is an NFL.com article from yesterday:
So today I check CBSsports and check their latest mock drafts. One of the two men had these QBs going in the 1st (in order):
1. JAX Bridgewater, 2. TB Hundley, 7. PHI Mariota, 8. MIN Boyd, 13. CLE Mettenberger, 17. HOU Manziel
The other had this:
1. JAX Bridgewater, 2. TB Mariota, 7. PHI Manziel, 8. MIN Hundley, 13. CLE Boyd, 17. HOU Mettenberger, 27. KC Carr
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It is crazy to think that after the previous draft that only had one QB taken in the 1st and one taken in the 2nd, that we can see 9 or 10 guys go in that same span this year (with Murray, McCarron, and Fales also having shots at going in the 2nd).
So, what do you guys think? How many QBs have a shot at going in the 1st?
As of right now, there can possibly be at least 6 or 7 QBs taken in the 1st round. Here are teams that could possibly take a QB in the 1st round:
Jacksonville Jaguars
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Philadelphia Eagles
Minnesota Vikings
Cleveland Browns
Houston Texans
Arizona Cardinals
St. Louis Rams
I definitely see JAX, TB, MIN, and CLE taking a QB. I have a feeling HOU goes for one. I can see ARZ taking one to take the next step. Really wouldn't understand PHI as they got Foles two years ago and Barkley this past year - however, there are QBs that would fit Chip's scheme almost perfectly. And the Rams may be growing impatient with Bradford. Now, he doesn't have a stud to rely on, but I can see the Rams going for the reset button and get a guy to spark some life into the team.
Here is an NFL.com article from yesterday:
In a year where at least nine NFL teams could be in the market for a franchise quarterback, at least one NFL scout believes there are an equal amount of college signal-callers who could potentially receive first-round grades in the 2014 draft.
"It would not surprise me when we make our board if we have nine quarterbacks with first-round grades," the scout told NFL writer Peter King of TheMMQB.com. "Not at all. Obviously, that depends on which underclassmen declare, and you hear things out there. But I could see it."
NFL Media draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah, who has studied many of the top quarterbacks in college football this season, thinks that number is high. "I'd say 5-6 first-round grades and another five as second-round types," said Jeremiah, a former scout with the Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens and Philadelphia Eagles.
The most quarterbacks ever taken in the first round is six in the 1983 draft that produced three Hall of Famers -- John Elway, Jim Kelly and Dan Marino. Only one quarterback, E.J. Manuel, went in the first round in 2013, considered one of the poorest QB drafts in many years.
Regardless of how many could eventually receive first- or second-round grades in 2014, the sheer number of quarterbacks in college football this season who are considered franchise types might be unprecedented.
Arizona, Cleveland, Jacksonville, Minnesota, Philadelphia and Tampa Bay would seem to be the teams most interested in getting a new quarterback in the 2014 draft, if they don't address the position in free agency or trade. Houston, Oakland and Tennessee would seem to be possibilities as well. The jury is still out on Sam Bradford in St. Louis, and at some point Denver and New England will have to find successors to their aging stars, so the number of teams could grow.
The top senior quarterbacks in college football are Clemson's Tajh Boyd, LSU's Zach Mettenberger, Alabama's AJ McCarron, Fresno State's Derek Carr, Miami's Stephen Morris and Georgia's Aaron Murray. There are also several high-profile junior and third-year sophomore quarterbacks that could opt for early entry into the draft.
"It would not surprise me when we make our board if we have nine quarterbacks with first-round grades," the scout told NFL writer Peter King of TheMMQB.com. "Not at all. Obviously, that depends on which underclassmen declare, and you hear things out there. But I could see it."
NFL Media draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah, who has studied many of the top quarterbacks in college football this season, thinks that number is high. "I'd say 5-6 first-round grades and another five as second-round types," said Jeremiah, a former scout with the Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens and Philadelphia Eagles.
The most quarterbacks ever taken in the first round is six in the 1983 draft that produced three Hall of Famers -- John Elway, Jim Kelly and Dan Marino. Only one quarterback, E.J. Manuel, went in the first round in 2013, considered one of the poorest QB drafts in many years.
Regardless of how many could eventually receive first- or second-round grades in 2014, the sheer number of quarterbacks in college football this season who are considered franchise types might be unprecedented.
Arizona, Cleveland, Jacksonville, Minnesota, Philadelphia and Tampa Bay would seem to be the teams most interested in getting a new quarterback in the 2014 draft, if they don't address the position in free agency or trade. Houston, Oakland and Tennessee would seem to be possibilities as well. The jury is still out on Sam Bradford in St. Louis, and at some point Denver and New England will have to find successors to their aging stars, so the number of teams could grow.
The top senior quarterbacks in college football are Clemson's Tajh Boyd, LSU's Zach Mettenberger, Alabama's AJ McCarron, Fresno State's Derek Carr, Miami's Stephen Morris and Georgia's Aaron Murray. There are also several high-profile junior and third-year sophomore quarterbacks that could opt for early entry into the draft.
1. JAX Bridgewater, 2. TB Hundley, 7. PHI Mariota, 8. MIN Boyd, 13. CLE Mettenberger, 17. HOU Manziel
The other had this:
1. JAX Bridgewater, 2. TB Mariota, 7. PHI Manziel, 8. MIN Hundley, 13. CLE Boyd, 17. HOU Mettenberger, 27. KC Carr
===
It is crazy to think that after the previous draft that only had one QB taken in the 1st and one taken in the 2nd, that we can see 9 or 10 guys go in that same span this year (with Murray, McCarron, and Fales also having shots at going in the 2nd).
So, what do you guys think? How many QBs have a shot at going in the 1st?