One of the most intriguing things about the NFL draft each and every year is the fact that a lot of talented players likely never see their full potential based on where they go to play their professional ball. Unlike at the college recruiting level, where players get to pick and choose which coaches they want to play for, and select the system that best fits their skill set, the NFL doesn’t work that way.
Instead, a team could draft someone based on their talent, but for various reasons, a fit may never end up happening, and that talented player may never see that high ceiling that they left college with.
In a perfect world for players, they would get to choose the teams they go to, but that isn’t the world that we live in.
On Monday’s episode of the Sco-ing Long Podcast, though, hosts Zachary Neel and Jonathan Stewart took a trip to that “perfect world” and tried to figure out where the best landing spot would be for each member of the Oregon Ducks who is anticipated to get drafted this year. From Bo Nix to Khyree Jackson, the two considered coaching, fit, scheme, and location, among other things, to pick where each Pro Duck should ideally land.
Here’s what they ended up with: