The 2023 NFL Draft is right around the corner and the first round is likely to be shaped by what happens with the quarterbacks at the very start of the draft.<\/p>\n
Teams have already done some jousting for position atop this year\u2019s NFL Draft, with the Carolina Panthers maneuvering to get the top overall selection.<\/p>\n
But it\u2019s what happens after the first overall pick that will be most interesting.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know Bryce Young<\/a><\/strong>\u2018s going one, right?\u201d ESPN analyst Todd McShay<\/strong> said on the Pardon My Take<\/em><\/a> podcast. \u201cCJ Stroud<\/a><\/strong>, if it\u2019s not two, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to be four. Indianapolis at four is the next team that needs a quarterback, assuming no one trades up, and they\u2019ve been linked heavily, I think that\u2019s real, with Will Levis<\/a><\/strong>. I think that\u2019s their guy.\u201d<\/p>\n McShay sees a real possibility that Stroud could slip past the first four picks.<\/p>\n There\u2019s been some discussion about whether a low NFL S2 cognitive test might negatively impact Stroud\u2019s 2023 NFL Draft status, or whether his lack of mobility compared to the other potential first-rounders is a legitimate hang-up.<\/p>\n In any case, McShay could see a scenario unfolding where Stroud falling actually bounces another quarterback back.<\/p>\n \u201cAll the information I\u2019m getting is that Will Levis is going to go four,\u201d McShay said. \u201cSo if that\u2019s the case you\u2019ve got two quarterbacks off the board and Stroud\u2019s still sitting there. Five I\u2019ve heard Seattle is \u2014 everyone\u2019s going to tell you this week that Seattle\u2019s not in the quarterback market and I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s going to be at five \u2014 but I\u2019m told there\u2019s a very strong chance they exit round one with a quarterback.<\/p>\n \u201cNow it could be five, it could be 20, it could be them moving from 20 back up to get a guy who starts to fall. I\u2019ve heard with Seattle Stroud\u2019s a possibility because he\u2019s young. Whether it\u2019s Stroud or Anthony Richardson<\/a><\/strong>, and I\u2019ve heard Richardson there, but that\u2019s about the only team I\u2019ve heard with Richardson. All these guys have been linked to different teams. Richardson has gotten a little loving in Seattle but I\u2019ve not heard many other teams with him. But if Seattle\u2019s going to take a guy it makes sense, because Stroud\u2019s going to be 21 before the, or he turns 21 I think in season. They\u2019re both going to be 21 as rookies, Richardson and Stroud.\u201d<\/p>\n The point being that Seattle is one of the destinations that can afford to give a first-round draft pick at quarterback a little bit more time to develop.<\/p>\n \u201cSo if you\u2019ve got Geno (Smith)<\/a><\/strong> you\u2019re at least going to sit them for a year,\u201d McShay said. \u201cYou don\u2019t want Hendon Hooker<\/a><\/strong>, who\u2019s going to be 26 next January. You don\u2019t want Will Levis, who\u2019s going to be 25 by his second season. You\u2019d rather a younger quarterback.\u201d<\/p>\n However, if Stroud lasts past pick No. 4, it could mean Richardson is set to further tumble down the 2023 NFL Draft board.<\/p>\n After all, he\u2019d be the only first-round selection at quarterback in the last 20 years to have started as few as 13 games in college. He doesn\u2019t have the lengthiest track record, nor the most consistent performance in his lone year as the starter.<\/p>\n Could Richardson be the odd man out tumbling down draft boards come Thursday evening?<\/p>\n \u201cIf it goes Young one, Levis four, maybe Stroud five or six to Seattle or Detroit, then all the sudden Anthony Richardson\u2019s the fourth guy up,\u201d McShay said. \u201cAnd I\u2019ve heard Houston has interest in Hendon Hooker, possibly at 12. And Tennessee\u2019s picking at 11, I\u2019ve heard has some interest in Hendon Hooker if they can\u2019t move up to go get their guy.<\/p>\n \u201cSo Richardson could be in for a little bit of a fall, because you get past 11, who\u2019s taking a quarterback? Washington is apparently happy with its situation at 16. I don\u2019t understand how they are, but they are. And then Tampa Bay\u2019s at 19 and Seattle\u2019s at 20, Minnesota\u2019s at 23. So it could be a little bit of a long night for Anthony Richardson assuming a team like Minnesota from 23 or Seattle from 20 doesn\u2019t move up to get him somewhere in the teens.\u201d<\/p>\n The post Todd McShay offers insight on where 2023 NFL Draft quarterbacks will go<\/a> appeared first on On3<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 2023 NFL Draft is right around the corner and the first round is likely…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3652\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}