Adam WellsApril 20, 2024
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It’s been presumed for weeks that 4 quarterbacks were ensured of being picked in the preliminary of the 2024 NFL draft, however there is growing buzz that a 5th gamer must be contributed to the group.
On the Saturday early morning SportsCenter (begins at 1:50 mark), ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler stated Michael Penix Jr. is a gamer who “appears to be increasing” up draft boards and “a number of groups” think he will be picked at some time in the preliminary.
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There has actually been growing speculation the Las Vegas Raiders might be a landing area for Penix.
ESPN’s Matt Miller reported on Friday the Raiders “actually simulate” Penix and might utilize their very first choice at No. 13 total to choose him.
The Raiders’ present quarterback depth chart includes Aidan O’Connell, Gardner Minshew II and Anthony Brown Jr. Head coach Antonio Pierce has actually spoken openly about the requirement to discover a quarterback due to the fact that they require somebody who can assist them keep up considering that they play in the very same department as Patrick Mahomes.
For the majority of the lead up to the draft, it’s been presumed that Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, Drake Maye and J.J. McCarthy were ensured to be first-round choices. It would not even be a surprise if those are the very first 4 choices, based upon the requirements of the leading 3 groups (Chicago Bears, Washington Commanders and New England Patriots) and possibility of a group like the Raiders, New York Giants, Minnesota Vikings or Denver Broncos trading into the leading 4.
If those 4 quarterbacks come off the board within the very first 5 or 6 choices, other groups searching for a beginning choice will need to find out what they wish to do.
Penix is not without defects, consisting of a comprehensive injury history that consists of tearing the ACL in his ideal knee two times in 3 seasons when he dipped into Indiana. He’s the 89th-ranked possibility in the 2024 class by B/R’s NFL hunting department.
All it takes is one group that saw what Penix did over the previous 2 seasons at Washington and thinks that will equate to the NFL for him to end up being a day one choice.
Penix ended up in the leading 10 in Heisman ballot in each of the previous 2 years, consisting of a second-place surface in 2023. He tossed for 4,903 lawns and 36 goals to assist Washington win the Pac-12 title and reach the College Football Playoff Championship Game last season.