2021 NFL Draft Wacky Call No. 3: What’s the 2021 NFL Draft Jordan Love-to-Green Bay pick going to be?
Green Bay drafted Aaron Rodgers with the 24th pick in the first round of the 2005 NFL Draft because he was a ridiculous value get, and grooming him behind Brett Favre – who never, ever missed a game – seemed like a good idea and good drafting. That worked out okay.
So it was hard to blame the Packers last year when they looked for lightning to strike again by taking Utah State QB Jordan Love with the 26th overall pick. Rodgers won the MVP, but he also turned 37. Now there’s rumbling that taking Mr. Love might have been a mistake, but there was that chatter about Rodgers early on, too.
It’s about to happen again, but not at Green Bay. Some other team that has legitimate Super Bowl aspirations – and could use another piece of the puzzle – will take a quarterback when it doesn’t really need to.
Ryan Tannehill will turn 33 this year. Tennessee might think about a quarterback to work with at the 22.
Pittsburgh definitely needs to address its quarterback situation and has the 24th pick, New Orleans could take a flier at the 28, and Tampa Bay could get greedy and go with one at the 32 to sit on a for a few years before TB12 decides to go live the life of being TB12.
Las Vegas has a decent quarterback in Derek Carr, but now that the franchise is full-force in Las Vegas, it could use a new look at the 17.
Minnesota has a crippling cap hit coming with Kirk Cousins, and it needs an offensive tackle at the 14, but a quarterback there would energize the base – at least the part that doesn’t want better blocking.
And then there are the New York Giants. They went weird with the Daniel Jones call at the 6 in the 2019 NFL Draft, but his main claim to fame is that Washington face-planted harder taking Dwayne Haskins at the 15.
Okay, so Jones isn’t that bad …
Wacky 2021 NFL Draft prediction that just might be right: It’ll be Chicago or Washington that makes the big move for a quarterback.
If everyone stays put, the call is that Chicago puts together a package to move up from the 20 to get one of the sliding quarterbacks among the big five. There’s too much smoke coming from a few low Chicago media people in high places to ignore the possibility.
Andy Dalton as the Chicago starting quarterback and Nomadland – what are two things no one really wants to watch for $400.
However, Washington taking a quarterback at the 19 is the more likely pick.
The Football Team isn’t going to dive into the future with Ryan Fitzpatrick – and once again, Fitzpatrick will say he’s disappointed when the team goes with the more promising and talented rookie.
And that starting quarterback will be… ? That’s the No. 1 prediction here, but first …