Kiper Back in Action for NFL Draft
As we usher ourselves through Bowl Season, it’s the last time we’ll see a lot of these guys play college football. And in the bizarre world of the NFL Draft, it’s never too early to fall in and out of love with quarterbacks who will be playing on Sundays. As the Draft starts to appear on the horizon, take a moment to laugh about how many baseless discussions will be had concerning different 22-year-olds who were good QBs in college… Even though we have zero actual clue how good they’ll be at the next level.
The slicked-back stallion himself, Mel Kiper Jr., released his first official Mock Draft recently. As a guy who refuses to pay for ESPN+, it really makes me feel like a peasant for not having access to this elite corner of the internet. There is nothing as lame as the ESPN+ paywall. Especially because they end up saying all of this NFL Draft stuff on SportsCenter repeatedly. Anyways, I’d like to thank the good people over at 247sports.com for their piece dissecting Kiper’s Top 25 prospects.
Only One QB in Kiper’s Top 20
What sticks out to me more than anything with this early mock: How unrealistically it projects multiple QB’s to go late in the first round. Everyone knows this isn’t the strongest QB class ever. That being said, I can’t wait to watch how many QB’s creep into the lottery in the coming months. Right now, the only QB who Kiper has going in the Top 20 is Kenny Pickett (20th overall).
Granted, it’s extremely difficult to project big time picks when most of these first round picks aren’t even solidified with specific teams yet. But this is the NFL Draft process we’re talking about here- the process that revolves around glamorizing QB prospects and talking ourselves into how high these guys’ ceilings are. This process is just as guaranteed as “accidentally” running into your high school ex at a hometown bar during Winter Break. And pretending to be super mature and have your life together, when in reality you’re an absolute train wreck.
Admit It, You Love Pro-Day Highlights Too
It happens every year. We talk ourselves into these QB’s and look at them under a microscope from January-May. We wildly overreact to every single thing they do. It’s like clockwork. We see people losing their minds on Twitter after seeing clips of dudes in gym shorts throwing missiles to wide open receivers. We have guys flying up draft boards for scoring 2 points higher than another guy on the Wonderlic Test. As the draft process goes on, we gas up these quarterbacks just because they’re quarterbacks.
As football fans, we’ve proven every year that we can’t help it. Hand up, I’m 1000% guilty of this too. I can’t wait to revisit this blog after the Draft to see how many of these QB’s go in the Top 20. I’ll set the over/under at a generous 4.5 and we’ll see what happens.
-Cam Duley (Twitter: cammy_coco_)
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