The 2019 NFL Draft could produce four first-round QBs, but there’s far from a consensus opinion on just how good any of them will be.
The 2019 NFL Draft is set to get underway in just over one month and there still might not be a consensus opinion on any of this year’s quarterbacks, let alone the expected top pick, Kyler Murray.
According to Yahoo Sports’ Charles Robinson, NFL evaluations of this year’s class of passers are anything but uniform.
“The NFL evals on the QB class are all over the map,” Robinson tweeted Tuesday. “Not wildly unusual, but even top guys (Sooners Kyler Murray, Buckeyes Dwayne Haskins, Missouri’s Drew Lock) carry some strong conflicting opinions. Don’t be surprised if either Haskins or Lock experience a mini slide.”
This shouldn’t come as a shock for draft fans who’ve been paying attention to this year’s class. Haskins feels very much like a player being propped up as a high-first-round-pick mainly because of the position he plays rather than how well he plays it, and Lock’s tape is littered with red flags regarding decision-making and accuracy.
But in a quarterback-starved league, if you look the part? Hey, maybe you can play the part too.
The only sure-fire first-round quarterback in this class, in my opinion, is Murray. And it’s not because he plays the position how a scout hopes to see from a top-overall pick. In fact, it’s for the exact opposite reasons. Murray is such a unique talent because of his ability to beat you with his arm and his legs that’s it’s impossible to expect anything less than a lot of wins as a pro; think Russell Wilson with more juice.
As for the other guys? Sure, they have a chance to be solid NFL starters, and there’s value — potentially first-round value — in that.
But to expect more than one quarterback to be drafted in the top-10 is a setup for disappointment. It’s not going to happen in 2019.