Exploring NFL Draft Odds and Top Picks for Key Teams

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00:00All right. The NFL draft is a month away and you've got the draft odds. So let's start with

00:07the Titans at number one. What are those odds for Cam Ward? And I've said from day one since

00:13early January, Cam Ward is the best quarterback for this draft. It's not even close. He's minus

00:171100 to go to the Titans at number one. Now, other teams have told me they're very open to moving

00:23down. But here's the thing, Scott, when you don't have a franchise quarterback, you're looking for

00:27one. You've got a new front office. Will Levis was not their guy. They didn't draft him. Levis,

00:32by the way, was not a first-round pick. Cam Ward's got to be that guy. I would agree with

00:36those odds. I'll tell you when I don't agree with the odds. I'd agree with that at minus 1100

00:40that he'll go to the Titans at number one. All right. What about the Browns? And Abdul Carter

00:47is the favorite there, right? All right. So you and I last talked about Carter at the Combine

00:52when the story broke that he's got a stress reaction, which is a foot issue where that

00:58could be a precursor to a broken foot. It's real simple. If the Browns are comfortable with the

01:03scans, right, that they don't think this is going to be a big deal, he's going to go at number two.

01:08And I would agree with Carter at plus 600. If they're not, if they're concerned that there's

01:14a long-term issue, they can't go with him. And then Travis Hunter would be that guy.

01:18But those are the three guys. See, I just, Shador Sanders is an interesting guy, and we'll talk

01:24about the Giants in a second. But the bottom line is, if Carter gets cleared medically,

01:30he is going number two to the Browns. Can you imagine having Myles Garrett on one side

01:35and Abdul Carter on the other? And again, it comes down to medical. That'd be a huge pick for,

01:40that'd be a great get for them at number two. Okay. So the said Giants at number three.

01:46All right. So here's where the odds are. Now, again, they hold the pick.

01:52Understand these odds. It's the player who's going to go at number three. Travis Hunter right

01:57now, if you look at the, if you look at that pick right now, Travis Hunter's plus 235,

02:02Sanders is plus 105. Now the Giants hold that pick, and Abdul Carter would be plus 275,

02:07because obviously he's expected to go no worse than number two to the Browns.

02:12To me right now, if it goes Ward and Abdul Carter, it's got to be Travis Hunter. Absolutely

02:18has to be Travis. Well, it doesn't have to be Travis Hunter. Shador Sanders, again,

02:22it's the quarterback. But again, they have to figure out, is the value there? He's plus 105.

02:27He's the favorite. I don't disagree with that. But Travis Hunter is a better football player.

02:32See, when you put together a value board, it's who's the best player available.

02:37Travis Hunter is the best player, but quarterback supersedes any need because

02:41it's the most important position in professional sports, as you well know.

02:46And then the other guy plays two positions, which is crazy when you think about it. Let's talk about

02:51total quarterbacks drafted in the first round.

02:56I love this one. I love this one. It's funny. Craig Mesh and I have been talking about this

02:59for a month on Newswire, and here's the way I see this. The over is two and a half, okay? That's

03:05minus 600. We know it's a lot that two quarterbacks are going to go in there. Could the

03:10Mississippi quarterback go in the first round? Yes. I think it's going to happen.

03:18It's minus 600 for the over, and I would agree with that. The under is plus 425.

03:22It's a quarterback-driven class. You always know. It always happens, Scott.

03:27Three to five quarterbacks go in the first round every year. The over is the play there.

03:31Now, running backs in the first round. This is where it gets fascinating. The over two and a

03:37half is plus 250. It's a lot that two, Hampton, the running back from North Carolina, and Gente,

03:44but after that, there are two that will go in the top 40. I like the kid Henderson who's super

03:50explosive, as one source told me. He's not as big physically as Jameer Gibbs, but he's so explosive.

03:57You pair Travion Henderson, the running back from Ohio State, with a power back, and you've got a

04:03phenomenal one-two punch, but I don't see him right now, Scott, because I don't know that he's a bell

04:08cow back. If you're not a three-down back, if you're not a guy who's going to handle a significant

04:12amount of touches, you're probably not going to go in the first round at the running back position.

04:16The under, by the way, is minus 360 for two and a half running backs. Wide receiver, Scott. This is

04:21a fascinating one. It's not a great receiver class, just like quarterback. It's really not.

04:27The over two and a half wide receiver is minus 300, Scott. It's minus 300. I would agree with

04:33that. I'd say three to four receivers is going to be the number, and here's why. Golden, the receiver

04:40from Texas, ran an incredible 40. He's going to go in the first round. Matthew Golden, who's going

04:45to go somewhere between 20 and 32. He's a guy you and I will be talking about more as we get closer

04:50to the draft, because he's a guy that a lot of people don't talk enough about, but he's an

04:55absolute stud. But again, I like the over minus 300. The under is plus 220. I cannot see just two

05:02receivers. There's no way. Luther Burnrad of Missouri, by the way, will most likely be the

05:07second receiver off the board. He's really, really gifted.

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