Second QB Run Could Begin In First Round Of Draft
Second QB Run Could Begin In First Round Of Draft
10 months ago
The Athletic's Dane Brugler believes the second quarterback run in this year's NFL draft will start at pick No. 19, sending Michigan's J.J. McCarthy to the Los Angeles Rams as the heir apparent to Matthew Stafford. He also has Oregon's Bo Nix going No. 34 to the New England Patriots and Washington's Michael Penix Jr. going 44th overall to the Las Vegas Raiders in Round 2. But on The Athletic's consensus board, Penix was the highest-ranked of those three QBs at No. 24. In addition to the Rams, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Pittsburgh Steelers could be several teams that could consider jumping on a signal-caller late in the first round. And the Washington Commanders, New York Giants or Minnesota Vikings could think about trading back into Round 1 to pounce on a QB.