Football fans who have grown accustomed to teams at the top of NFL drafts targeting elite quarterback prospects will likely be disappointed April 28. At least that was the initial thought process being held in many mock drafts up until last week.
Initially, oddsmakers believed this year’s draft would not be filled with more than two quarterbacks in the first round. However, oddsmakers at SI Sportsbook have now heavily juiced the “over” on the betting projection of 2.5 quarterbacks selected in the first round to odds of -200. Those odds sat at -150 less than a week ago
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Only two players were originally rumored to be strongly in the mix in the first round: Liberty’s Malik Willis and Pittsburgh’s Kenny Pickett.