(12-11-2017, 12:05 PM)Kane Wrote:

(12-10-2017, 03:19 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: I was watching ESPN the other day and Todd McShay and Mel Kiper both agreed that they believe he will go somewhere high in round 1. The guy that they projected much lower was Lavar Jackson. They even suggested that he may need to find a new position to play in the NFL. I was really surprised by this. While I'm certainly no Jackson fan, I assumed he would always be a high first rounder, based on his athletic ability alone. They had Jackson outside of their top 5 QB's. Both had Josh Allen ranked either 2nd or 3rd in this draft class and for the life of me, I just don't get it. What do they see in him that I don't?

Allen is that one QB that everyone is gonna hype going into the draft and the guys whose jobs actually depend on making the pick will pass.
Until the 2nd or 3rd at least.

Unless he just shows out at combine and such.

I believe he'll get taken in the first round out of nothing more than shear desperation, because A lot of teams need starting QB's and teams like Pittsburgh, Arizona, L.A. Chargers, New England and New Orleans will have to start thinking about grooming a successor to their current QB. I just don't think Allen is gonna go ahead of guys like Rosen, Darnold, Mayfield, Rudolph or Jackson. Of of those guys I mentioned, I see Allen having much less success in the NFL. I just can't see why some scouts have him ahead of those guys. He may prove me wrong, but he looks very inconsistent and lacks accuracy.

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