NFL Draft: Top 100 big board goes in-depth on names to know ahead of marquee offseason event

My top 50 big board has expanded to 100 as we kick into the homestretch of the draft silly season. Some of my assessments remain the same, while others have evolved.

1. Drake Maye, QB, North Carolina

Nothing has changed at the top for me. I view both as elite talents and both a full tier above the other options in this year’s group of quarterback prospects.

Maye is an excellent combination of age, size, athleticism and arm talent, with more feel in the pocket and creativity to his game than I think he’s gotten credit for. Williams has superb accuracy, clean footwork and has more overall soundness to his game than he’s gotten credit for, along with the ability to extend and create and work throws from angles that other quarterbacks cannot even fathom. Both of these players show the ability to work from the pocket (when it was clean enough to), mitigate sacks, push the ball and create big plays with their arms and legs; these are all the prerequisites for upper-echelon modern quarterback play.

Both have plenty to work on — Maye with slowing down his heat checks and tightening up some footwork, and Williams with trying not to press, and both with cutting their sacks down a bit — they are true prizes in a draft group with the upside to contend for MVPs in their careers.

3. Marvin Harrison Jr., WR, Ohio State

I’ll just keep repeating what I ended my piece on Harrison with: Do. Not. Overthink. Him. A special combination of size, speed, footwork, catching range and route running polish, Harrison has the maturity to step in right away and eat targets in a passing game as the leading man. Even things like Ohio State expanding his role this season with more snaps from the slot, mostly out of necessity, allowed Harrison to showcase even more to his deep game.

With college basketball almost over, MLB Opening Day in the rearview mirror and the Masters still days away, attention is heating up on the NFL’s marquee offseason event. Let’s make our turn toward the NFL Draft….

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Publish date : 2024-04-08 13:00:54

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