Two years ago, it was Will Levis. Last year, it was Michael Penix Jr. And this year, it will almost surely be Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders.
Despite the ceaseless collection of data, a titanic amount of brain power and the endless decoding of intelligence, NFL teams fail to correctly assess the destinations of quarterback prospects. Franchises will pin grades to players, stack their positional rankings and take their best shot at how the draft is likely to unfold. More often than not, they come up with positional rankings and guesstimations that are fairly similar — with an acute perception of what players are most likely to be first-round draft picks and what teams are targeting them.