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Teddy Bridgewater with a top three pick? The talent doesn't fit the draft pick value. Why take an average quarterback like Bridgewater when we can take a player at another position with elite talent? Say Texas A&M OT Jake Matthews or Michigan OT Taylor Lewan. Matthews is clearly the best football player in the draft. Lewan is not far behind him and carries the highly coveted 'Big Nasty' reputation.


I want 'Big Nasty' on my football team.

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NFL media draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah says that if Louisville junior quarterback Teddy Bridgewater decides to turn pro, he will be "elevated above his ability."


"He's not in the same class as some of the elite guys we've seen come out over the last few years," Jeremiah said this week on Fox Sports' Peter Schrager Podcast. "He's not Cam [Newton], he's not Andrew Luck. I liked 'RG3' [Robert Griffin III] better when he came out, as well. I do like him better than anyone we had in last year's draft class. If he does come out, I see him getting elevated above his ability."

NFL Media draft analyst Charles Davis said on the same podcast that he likes Bridgewater "a bunch." But he also said, "I'm not sure he's a top-10 guy, but I think he may get picked in the top 10."

Davis said quarterbacks often get overrated because if an NFL team doesn't have a guy it can count on at the position, "You're in trouble. I think sometimes we artificially boost these guys up because people are just terrified. What's the alternative? What do we do? Where do we go?"


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