1. Two teams you don’t think will go quarterback relatively early will go quarterback relatively early
We all know that Trevor Lawrence of Clemson will be the No. 1 overall pick next year if he comes out, and Justin Fields is the likely No. 2.
North Dakota State’s Trey Lance is projected to be the third quarterback off the board, and I’m pushing so hard for Stanford-turned-Mississippi State QB KJ Costello that he owes me a rep fee, but it’s questionable after next year’s top two franchise-makers.
Obviously, all of the attention for weeks has been on the respectively sad quarterback situations at Cincinnati, Miami, LA Chargers and Jacksonville, but there are a whole lot of other teams that need to find another option.
The likely playoff contenders aren’t going to be plan on being within 100 miles of getting Lawrence or Fields, but they’re going to have to think hard about 2021 no matter what happens with 2020.
CFN in 60 Video: 5 Bold 2020 NFL Draft Predictions …
[jwplayer qKsSftL6]
Tom Brady will be 43 next year at this time. Aaron Rodgers will be 37, Philip Rivers and Ben Roethlisberger will be 39, and then-42-year-old Drew Brees will be resting his pipes for either Notre Dame football on NBA, or the Monday Night Football booth.
Do Tampa Bay, Green Bay, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh and/or New Orleans go with a top draft pick as a missing piece of the puzzle to try making a run at the Super Bowl, or do any or all of them pull a 2005 Green Bay – when it took Rodgers when it already had Brett Favre – and groom the future main man?
New England has to at least think about another option to push or take over for Jarrett Stidham, Atlanta’s Matt Ryan is going to be 36 when the 2021 season starts, the Raiders are begging anyone to take Derek Carr, and Detroit appears to be willing to part with Matt Stafford.
With the last nutty call in the 2020 NFL Draft …
Between New England, Detroit and the Raiders, one of them will maneuver its way to get either Tua Tagovailoa or Justin Herbert.
Between Tampa Bay, Indianapolis, and Pittsburgh, one of them will find a way to get Jordan Love to develop for 2021 or 2022.
Happy draft weekend, everyone. We all need and deserve it.
CFN 2020 NFL Draft Prospect Rankings
from the college perspective …
QB | RB | WR | TE | OT | OG & C
DE | DT | LB | CB | Safeties
Greatest NFL Draft Picks From Each School
ACC | Big Ten | Big 12 | Pac-12 | SEC
32 Greatest Draft Picks of All-Time
Full 2020 NFL Draft Order
CFN Top 106 Player Rankings (1st 3 rounds)
How Will Leagues Do in 1st Round?
ACC | Big Ten | Big 12 | SEC
2021 NFL Draft Top 32 Prospects
PHOTO CREDITS: Swift Credit: Mark Zerof; Judge Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran; Brady Credit: Kim Klement; Love Credit: Brian Losness-USA TODAY Sports
[protected-iframe id=”361699434b6d70baf15f631ed2408ac1-97672683-92922408″ info=”https://www.googletagservices.com/tag/js/gpt.js” ]