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At least outside Cam Ward, there is no consensus about where each of the harvest of quarterbacks this year can be drawn up. After Ward probably becomes a Tennessee Titan, the rest of the group is a complete mystery. It is just as likely that Ward is the only quarterback that we see on Thursday evening when it is that four quarterbacks go in the first round.
Fortunately for us, we are going to cut all that uncertainty and play a quarterback matchmaker, where we are placed all this year’s best Quarterback prospects in the teams that are most logical. In some cases that has more to do with what kind of quarterback the team needs; In others it is about finding the right environment to get the most out of a certain skills.
Let’s go to the beautiful new couples.
Cam Ward: Tennessee Titans
All signs indicate that Ward is the Quarterback of the Titans next year. At the moment it is not even worthwhile to entertain different options for QB or team. Ward fits both well for the core of Brian Callahan’s attack and would bring elements that did not do the Quarterbacks from Titans last season.
The 2024 attack of the Titans was all over maximizing the playing opportunities and attacking the field. Ward has the arm talent and fearlessness as a pitcher to excel in that area. Ward, however, also greatly improved his fast-game operation at the university, and he is much more comfortable playing spread and empty formations than Will Levis has ever been. Ward is jumps for Levis (or Mason Rudolph) like a maker outside the bag.
There will be growth pains early with Ward’s overy playing style, but they will be worth it in the long term. Ward has both a floor and the ceiling that is worth the number 1 in this class.
Shedeur Sanders: New Orleans Saints
Finding Sanders the best fit was more difficult than I expected. Kevin Stefanski’s Downfield Play-Action attack in Cleveland is not ideal; The faster passing attack by Brian Daboll in New York may be logical, but that attacking line is a sieve and Sanders is not athletic enough to use some of the best parts of Daboll’s playbook.
However, the idea that Sanders Kellen Moore’s first crack is on a quarterback is intriguing. Sanders is at his best operational spread -passing concepts, especially in the lower area. He is a reliable passer -by who is briefly used in the area who uses the intervening and deeper parts of the field to keep the defense honest, instead of making his preferred areas of attack. That is great for a west coast -inspired attack.
Of course, falling until the ninth in general is not a guarantee. The browns or the giants can feel the itch of despair and sketch Sanders in the top three. However, if Sanders slips a little, however, it would not be a shock to stop the saints that fall.
Jaxson Dart: Seattle Seahawks
It would be amazing if the Seahawks left the first two days of the design without a quarterback. The deal that Sam Darnold has signed in March is effective a one-year contract with team options from that moment-if that does not scream “a development quarterback is coming”, I don’t know what that does.
Seattle can go in a few directions, but Dart is logical for their new attack under Klint Kubiak, and vice versa.
Dart reminds me a lot of Jimmy Garoppolo as a passer -by. The two are quite similar in Build, poor talent and skills in the middle of the field. A majority of Dart’s best throws on film are splitting, short posts and crossers. The same applied to Garoppolo at its best in San Francisco. Neither Dart nor Garoppolo is a quarterback that you often want to read full progression.
In theory, Kubiak’s attack plays all of that. It is made up of the Run-Game, which is then parlayed in a strong play-action attack. This simplifies that not only reads for the quarterback, it also requires that the QB often throws tightly over the center of the field, where Dart shines.
With a year on the couch to learn the pace of the competition, Dart might be able to make it work with the Seahawks.
Tyler Shegh: Cleveland Browns
The best path from the browns to a quarterback is to prepare the day 2 player the most to start immediately. For my money that is that shouldgh.
Besides Ward, Shegh is the most talented pitcher in the classroom. He has a flexible but explosive release that works well from all platforms, in and out of the bag. Although he is more of a straight-line pitcher than someone with a fantastic touch, he still gets the job from an accuracy perspective.
Shegh is also a quality processor. Just like Ryan Tannehill, he can slowly be a hair that comes early in the downs, but generally does not make bizarre mistakes, and he protects the ball well.
In terms of professional readiness and poor talent, Shegh is simply the most logical for the attack of Kevin Stefanski at the moment.
Jalen Milroe: Los Angeles Rams
If Sean McVay wants to keep the attack about the same in a final post-Matthew Stafford World, Milroe is not the answer that is actually the furthest thing Van Stafford in this concept class (apart from the two or three bizarre misfires, every QB has every game).
However, McVay has long flirted with the idea of a mobile quarterback. He wanted to give John Wolford a chance to the end of the Jared Goff -Saga and then held him as the backup of the team through the 2022 season. McVay also gave Bryce Perkins a start in 2022, a game in which Perkins wore the ball 19 times for 90 meters.
Milroe will enter the competition as one of the best athletes in the position. As a passerby, he needs at least a year to repair his footwork and adapt to the speed of coverage at the NFL level, but that’s okay. There would be no pressure on Milroe to compete with Stafford for the job.
This would be a long game. Regardless of whether it is a good or realistic idea, I just want to see the world in which McVay can reconnect the boot game and make a Quarterback-Central Hurry attack.
Riley Leonard: New York Giants
The best work by Brian Daboll over the years – outside of his time at Josh Allen – was in Alabama in 2017, with Jalen Hurts and in 2022 with Daniel Jones.
Although players of different quality, pain and Jones can both be described in general as sturdy, athletic quarterbacks with the arm talent to push the ball a little over the field. Both players added something to the attack via their mobility and Daboll benefited.
Apart from perhaps Milroe, Leonard is the best swing from Daboll at that kind of athlete. Leonard is 6-foot-4, 218 pounds with serious wheels. He is fairly explosive in short areas and excels when he really passes, similar to Jones. He is clearly a weapon in the designed game and the red zone.
Leonard still has much to prove as a passerby, but his athletic skills and toughness give him a floor to work with while he finds out.
Kyle McCord: Dallas Cowboys
It is difficult to find and hold good back -up Quarterbacks – The Cowboys were lucky to set up Cooper Rush and to keep it as long as they did. Boring because he is to look, Rush was a perfectly competent quarterback when it came to running the attack and not playing outside his means.
With Rush Now in Baltimore, the cowboys are looking for the next man who plays that role. McCord is their best gamble.
McCord is not a overwhelming talent. His arm is just okay, and he is not going to scare anyone on the way. Like any good NFL -Backup, MCCord can, however, make an attack efficiently and consistently. He really learned to play in himself in Syracuse, with a good rhythm and decision -making as a pitcher.
It is unlikely that he will ever be above a very good back -up, but that is pretty good for a cowboys team that shops exactly on that kind of player.
Will Howard: Pittsburgh Steelers
They have to prepare someone, right? Even under the assumption that Aaron Rodgers finally drops the Charade and signs, the Steelers must make a kind of effort to secure a young quarterback.
Howard, if nothing else, fits in with the violation of Arthur Smith. He is not someone who should be a high volume forbijger, who is already leaning in the Run-first approach of Smith. Moreover, Howard’s best properties are his size and arm talent, so that he can throw the field comfortably, as well as a sufficient athletic capacity for a player of his size. The entire Play-Action and Boot menu from Smith would be open with Howard at Quarterback.
It is difficult to imagine that Howard develops the down-to-down accuracy and plays speed to really thrive as an NFL starter, but the attack by Smith in Pittsburgh would at least give Howard the opportunity to hide his weaknesses and lean in his strengths.
Dillon Gabriel: Miami Dolphins
The short Lefty Quarterback propect like a backup for the short Lefty NFL Quarterback feels like a bit, but it is not. It makes sense if you consider the strengths of each player and the dynamics of a left -handed versus right -handed pitcher.
Firstly, passcatchers often talk about the flight and the spider of the ball that is different from Lefty Quarterbacks-the ball rotates in the opposite direction of 99 percent of the Quarterbacks, so it looks different to get into the vision of a receiver.
Gabriel thrives, just like Tua Tagovailoa, also with RPOs and throws over the middle. It has a flexible and explosive release, making it perfectly equipped to manage those RPOs at a high level. And he thrives in breaking throws, and even offers more speed than tagovailoa.
The dolphins have to invest desperately in a back -up quarterback. Gabriel fits.
Quinn Ewers: Buffalo Bills
Not every player or team gets his ideal match in an exercise like this. Sometimes teams have to settle for the one who is left on the dance floor.
From the perspective of the Bills, a young back -up Quarterback has to be on the table, because Mitchell Trubisky has only had a year left. It makes sense for the bills to walk for things early and to get a development player in the pipeline.
Ewers would bring functional athletics and poor talent for Joe Brady. He is still struggling with the presence of the bag and accuracy, especially in the field, but there is enough talent to form a functional backup.
(Top photo of Jaxson Dart: Justin Ford / Getty Images)