With just over two days left until the 2019 National Football League Draft, the talk is heating up, as are the projections for the draft order. More and more scenarios are starting to pop up, with a lot of NFL analysts painting very different pictures. The following points listed below are the top things to watch at this year's draft, and how they could potentially affect the draft order itself, as well as the strategies of all the 32 teams.
Will the 49ers trade, again? As a fan of the San Francisco 49ers, this was something that made we very angry at last year's draft. Once again, they have the second overall pick, but really need to use it wisely. Last year's deal with the Bears negated an early QB pick (because no one expected the signing of Garoppolo, including myself), and sent all of us 49ers fans into a frenzy. Hopefully, they'll use said pick on a much needed player this time around.
Kyler Murray. Every major sports analyst has weighed in on this, having Murray go as high as the number one pick, and as low as the number seventeen pick. The Cardinals apparently want Murray, but suddenly have said they'll pass on him. It's hard to know who to believe in this saga, and I firmly think that if Arizona doesn't take him with the number one pick, he'll get picked up at number five by the Buccaneers, or number six by the Giants.
What are the Raiders up to? With the fourth pick in the draft, and a hell of a lot of questions, the Raiders have been all over the place as of late, with Jon Gruden spewing tons of misinformation about what his team is actually up to. They could use a quarterback, with Derek Carr not really the answer they had expected, and could definitely use upgrades on the O-line as well. The Raiders seem to be a bigger mess than the Jags for once, so I honestly don't know which direction they are going. We'll all have to wait and see on this one.
The Giants' heir apparent. It's no secret that Eli Manning's best days are now behind him, with the New York Giants looking for a successor at this year's draft. Kyler Murray could be an option (providing the Cardinals don't yank him first overall), but they could also draft Dwayne Haskins to fill the role they need as well. They could even take Duke's Daniel Jones as well, depending on how the first five picks go down. With OBJ now gone from New York, the Giants will also need to acquire some weapons for their new quarterback in order to compete quickly.
Boo birds. Last but not least, expect league commissioner to get loudly booed every time he steps up to the podium during the draft. No one can really stand the guy, especially after the debacle at the NFC Championship game back in January. He's probably going to get booed louder than he ever has been, and that is music to the ears of regular football fans everywhere. You reap what you sow, right?
Enjoy the draft! TTS will have the picks here on draft night!
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