C'mon now, Lewis is only 66. Lol It's Petey that's in his 70s --- isn't he considered the "Jack LaLanne" of NFL coaches?Rex is going to be the Jets HC, Pete Carroll is Coach Emeritus in Seattle, and Marvin Lewis is 90 years old. If only they had been talking to Belicheck this entire time...
So, based on that, where would you draft him? #3 overall as a CB?
There are a lot of people certain Shedeur will go #1 overall, and Ward #2, and think both should. To me this would be very similar to the year Winston and Mariotta went 1 & 2 overall. Both guys had okay careers, that's about it. Or this should be like 2013 when EJ Manuel went #16 overall, and Geno Smith fell to the Jets at the top of the 2nd around.
If I had the #1 or #2 overall pick, and someone wanted to give up a haul of picks to get Shedeur or Ward, I'd absolutely listen and get ready to make a deal. Then draft one of the other QBs in rounds 2-4 (Ewers, Beck, Allar, Milroe if he declares, maybe even Gabriel), then have that guy sit at least a full season and learn. See if he really has what it takes.
Hunter will go to a team that doesn't have an immediate need for a QB obviously. That would probably be Jacksonville or NE - two teams that should have a top 3 or 4 pick. Realistically, I think he'll be drafted as a corner & that's where he could make his biggest impact, IMO (maybe he could also return punts/kickoffs & play some WR on situational downs, etc). There's a premium on shutdown corners. The Broncos have two top ones in PS2 & Moss. Moss gets injured & can't play against Cleveland & look at how the secondary went to crap. I say welcome to NFL as a corner Travis.
The QB situation with Sanders & Ward is stranger by the minute. I was watching a college playoff/bowl game preview show on ESPN this morning. They had Cam Ward as a guest. The ESPN guy told Ward that you're projected to go "#2" to the "Raiders" (that would presume the Giants get the #1 OA pick & take Sanders - would this be "okay" with Sanders & his dad? Lol).
Of course Ward said all the right things that it would be honor to play for the Raiders, that he'll work hard to be the best QB for them, and so-on & so forth. I guess ESPN must have a crystal ball or something to determine that the Giants get the #1 OA pick over the Raiders when the season is not even over yet. Lol.
The rest of the QBs you mentioned are not looking too hopeful. Ewers is contemplating playing another year & transferring to Oregon. Same with Milroe. Beck's stock has really dropped with that injury now to his throwing elbow sustained in the SEC championship game. And I don't think Aller nor Gabriel is on anyone's radar as an upper-round pick. And the guy I like the best, Jaxson Dart from Ole Miss, has gone down from a projected 1st rounder to maybe a third rounder. Damn...how did that happen. Lol.
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