The draft class this year at Quarterback is looking really poor in my opinion. Just three guys are likely to get picked at some point in the first round: Blaine Gabbert of Missouri, Cam Newton (pictured) of Auburn and maybe Jake Locker of Washington. Locker could also easily drop to the 2nd round.
After those guys, there’s 3 other prospects that I view as worth taking and the rest are shaky propositions at best. You’ve got Christian Ponder of Florida State, Ryan Mallett of Arkansas and Andy Dalton of TCU. Of all these names I just listed, I think…
that Gabbert and Dalton are the two guys I see potentially having success at the next level. The others I don’t really see breaking it big. Newton is a huge question mark because his style of play doesn’t always translate well at the next level, Mallett has character and work ethic issues, Locker has big time accuracy issues, and Ponder has potential but the big question is whether he can read NFL defenses or not.
Good thing the Saints are set at quarterback with Brees and Chase Daniel as a reliable backup. I know there’s a lot of teams that are desperate for help at quarterback, and they will reach on some of these guys. Ultimately their franchises may continue to suffer from drafting a questionable prospect too high.
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