INDIANAPOLIS — Some folks may have a hard time wrapping their mind around Quenton Nelson’s being considered one of the top picks in the upcoming draft. It’s not that he isn’t talented. It’s not that he isn’t dominant. It’s not that he isn’t one of the surest bets of any player available.
It’s that he’s a guard.
The NFL has not selected a guard in the top half of the first round since 2013, when Jonathan Cooper and Chance Warmack were taken seventh and 10th, respectively. Before that you have to go all the way back to 2001, when Leonard Davis was the No.