We have not yet made it to Thanksgiving, but for many NFL franchises, draft season is upon us. Teams like the New York Jets, the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Atlanta Falcons already have their eyes on the horizon, thinking of ways their franchises can be improved in the upcoming offseason.
And the eyes of their respective fan bases are staring at what could be around the corner as well.
For many NFL teams, the path to the playoffs begins with sorting out the quarterback position. The modern NFL in many ways remains a quarterback-driven league, and if you do not have the guy, you are floundering. This season has provided us with many examples of this basic tenet of the modern game.
Given this, many fan bases are clamoring for a new face at the position. With players such as Trevor Lawrence, Kyle Trask, Zach Wilson, Justin Fields, Trey Lance and Mac Jones looming as potential answers for franchises, fans are hopeful that one of these players could deliver to their team what young QBs such as Kyler Murray, Patrick Mahomes, Joe Burrow, Tua Tagovailoa, Lamar Jackson and Justin Herbert have delivered to other teams.
Hope.
After all, the NFL Draft is packaged hope. It gives fans of all 32 teams the hope that next year will be the year, and that better days – or in the case of the defending Super Bowl Champion continued success – is just around the corner.
With that in mind, what teams are really going to be in the mix for a new face at the position? In this edition of Monday Overreactions, we look at the teams that could be pondering a switch, and decide whether they should.