Due to an absurd second wave of free-agency news, NFL draft season was delayed. It officially starts… now. Conor and Gary dive into the biggest storylines of the draft. That starts with examining the claim that it’s not a particularly good draft, and what effects that could have on the teams (most of them) that wouldn’t mind getting the heck out of Round 1. As always, any first-round shuffling will be quarterback centric—a look at the five potential first-rounders among this class of passers.
Speaking of quarterbacks, a discussion of this year's round of QB musical chairs, which seems to now be frozen in place. Is someone going to get Baker Mayfield (and how badly did the Browns screw this up)? Or Jimmy Garoppolo? And what to make of the presumed QB vacancies in Carolina and Seattle?
Finally, a fittingly underwhelming discussion of the underwhelming new overtime rules.
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The following transcript is an excerpt from The MMQB NFL Podcast. Listen to the full episode on podcast players everywhere or on SI.com.
Gray Gramling: What we’re going to do is give you a broad view of the draft on this show. And as we go on over the next couple of shows we are going to break down some position groups, break down lots of outrageous takes... we’ll see how it goes. And of course, in a couple of weeks have our mock draft series. But we are starting this by getting you all amped for the draft by pointing out that this is maybe not a very good draft. There’s just not a whole lot at the top that’s getting anyone very excited.
