We’re less than a week away from the opening night of the NFL draft, and it’s still anyone’s guess how the first five picks will unfold. Four quarterbacks are almost certain to make up picks 1-4, but good luck finding NFL executives who agree in what order those four will go — or who even want to venture an educated guess about it.
After Caleb Williams goes to the Chicago Bears with the first pick, it seems anything is on the table. Usually by now, there is at least some consensus within NFL front offices about the first 10 picks; this year, not so much. The teams making said picks have done a great job of keeping their intentions quiet. In some order, LSU’s Jayden Daniels, Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy and North Carolina’s Drake Maye will come off the board next, with at least one via trade.
Meanwhile, the closer we get to the draft, the more people I speak to expect the New England Patriots to keep the third overall pick and use it on a passer — and McCarthy is held in very high regard in New England, from what I gather.It remains to be seen which team moves up into Arizona’s slot to land the fourth quarterback; the New York Giants, Minnesota Vikings and Las Vegas Raiders, rival executives believe, are the teams most motivated to do so.
No matter the order, I’m convinced that quarterbacks and offensive linemen will dominate the first round, and particularly the first half of it.“When you do your mock draft, I’d put six in the first 16 ,” the first executive said. “They are going to fly off the board, and the offensive linemen, too.”
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