Quote:I discussed this in more depth in a different thread, but let me give the Cliff's notes version....

 

I see Arizona ending up with Kizer.  He represents the big strong armed prototypical QB that Arians has historically worked with.  He even brought in Leftwich to be QB coach, and Leftwich was the big, strong armed guy in that mold.  Washington needs a long term answer whether it is Cousins or someone else.  But as it stands now, they have Cousins and their pick is too low to trade up to us without giving up a truckload.  If they trade Cousins, presumably to SF, they would definitely be in the market for a QB, but they'd presumably pick two spots ahead of us and there would be no need for them to trade up with their original first round pick.  Clevelandmight be one of those teams who might deal up, and they have the ammunition to do it, and they are not too low for us to deal down IMO.  However, SF aside, the one team in the top ten they need to move ahead of to guarantee a QB would seem to be the Jets at 6, and they can deal with Tennessee at 5 to move ahead of them.  New Orleans could use a QB to groom to replace Brees,  But Payton has also been clear throughout the offseason he needs pass rushers, and the Saints two picks in the first round are ideally placed to land one of the edge rushers.  Buffalo just signed Taylor to a new deal.  While neither his new deal nor his prior performance is an absolute bar to the Bills being in the market for a QB, I am not inclined to put the Bills in the "most desperate" category.

 

I agree about Arizona. I have them taking the best defensive player in round 1 and selecting Kizer in round 2. I don't see any way he gets selected in round 1, but who knows? I could be surprised.

 

I see no way to repair the Cousins/Washington rift. I believe he plays out this year and moves on via free agency in 2018, since Washington can't franchise him anymore. I think he will have several suitors, but will end up in Frisco. I think Washington knows this and will take his replacement. I have them taking DeShaun Watson at #17. I don't see the Niners taking a QB too high, because they wanna get it right and they know they have a good shot at Cousins in 2018. If they do take a QB, I think it will be on day 3.

 

I don't see the Jets taking a QB. They have several developmental QB's already on their roster and since there is no standout QB's in this draft and they are in total rebuild, I believe they will roll with Josh McCown in 2017 and focus on a true franchise QB in 2018. I believe they will be favorites to land Sam Darnold.

 

New Orleans is intriguing. I see them taking the best DE on the board at #11 and seeing who falls to #32. I believe they are gonna target Mahomes with that pick and then take a CB in round 2. 

 

I believe the Bills are a wildcard. They actually made Taylor take a huge pay cut to stay with the team and made it a lot easier to cut him at the end of the 2017 season. For some reason they are doing everything in their power to distance themselves from him. 

 

It'll be interesting to see what Cleveland does. It's almost a certainty they will take Garrett #1, but I know they love Trubisky. Do they wait to try and get him at pick #12 or do they try to trade up and get ahead of teams like New Orleans, Buffalo, the Jets and maybe even San Diego to land him? 

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