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Which way are Commanders leaning with No. 2 pick in 2024 NFL Draft? originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
The New England Patriots will have the opportunity to select one of the top-tier quarterback prospects in the 2024 NFL Draft, but the players available to them with the No. 3 overall pick in the first round largely will be determined by what the Washington Commanders do.
The Commanders own the No. 2 pick and, like the Patriots, desperately need a franchise quarterback. North Carolina’s Drake Maye was the No. 2 rated QB prospect in this year’s draft class for most of last season, but LSU’s Jayden Daniels has leapfrogged him in many pre-draft rankings after a sensational Heisman Trophy-winning campaign.
Which way might the Commanders be leaning? NBC4 Sports’ JP Finlay, who has covered Washington D.C. area teams such as the Commanders for many years, recently joined Tom E. Curran on NBC Sports Boston’s Patriots Talk Podcast to discuss this subject and much more.
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“I want to be crystal clear that I don’t know and nobody does,” Finlay said. “You could tell that new Washington general manager Adam Peters absolutely came up in that Bill Belichick lineage because they are silent, man. Being a Washington guy, this is very different for us.
“But it seems they’re leaning Jayden Daniels. If you think about the type of player you can get there, the immediate high ceiling he seems to offer. Repeatedly, new head coach Dan Quinn and Adam Peters have talked about how important mobility is in the modern game. Then if you factor in Josh Harris as the new owner has said that he wants to model his organization like the Ravens — nobody’s Lamar Jackson, but certainly Jayden Daniels can run. I think that’s the lean.”
“But I think Drake Maye is certainly in play. I think J.J. McCarthy might be in play. I keep reminding myself…
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Publish date : 2024-04-05 02:25:10
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