Predicting First Round QB Picks in NFL Draft: Odds & Insights

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00:00The question is, how many are we going to see in the opening round?

00:04And as the odds maker suggests now, Jackson Dart out of Ole Miss,

00:09a minus 700 place to be a first round pick with Jalen Milrow,

00:14not all that far behind at plus 135.

00:18So Mark Zinno, tell us, how many QBs are going in the first round

00:21exactly one week from tonight?

00:24I would think it would be four.

00:26I would kind of be surprised if Jalen Milrow doesn't get taken in the first round.

00:33More, if anything, than the scenario that happens where, you know,

00:38let's just say for your argument's sake, the Browns pass on a quarterback

00:42and somehow, you know, two guys go and the Saints pass on a quarterback.

00:45But either one of those teams trades back in late into the first round

00:49to go grab Jalen Milrow just because of the 50-year option.

00:52We've seen teams exploit this before.

00:54The Ravens did it most notably with Lamar Jackson.

00:56And I'm not expecting Jalen Milrow to turn into Lamar Jackson.

00:59But what I am expecting is that teams look at that as a value and say,

01:02that 50-year means everything to us.

01:04It's salary control.

01:05It's an extra year of contract.

01:07And, you know, it keeps our cap number down,

01:09especially if the young quarterback blows up before we get to that scenario

01:13and starts to look like an everyday starter in the NFL.

01:16So I think you're going to get four.

01:18There's always just a need for it.

01:20You know, a lot of this may depend, too, on where Shador Sanders falls, right?

01:25If somehow he falls outside of the top 10,

01:27then I don't think you get the run on quarterbacks that you need.

01:30But if somebody grabs him inside the top 10,

01:33whether it's the Giants or the Saints, whoever it may be,

01:35then the other two will most notably come out in the first round as well.