Jets Predicted to Acquire ‘Clutch’ Young Franchise QB This Offseason
Perhaps a solution at the QB position will fall right into the New York Jets’ laps this offseason.
That is exactly what NFL draft analyst Eric Edholm predicted in his mock draft for the NFL Media Group. He had Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders slipping to the No. 7 overall pick in the first round landing with the Jets.
“I’m not buying the ‘Sanders at No. 1’ talk, and I thought about sliding him down further (to the Steelers?), but then I remembered the Jets don’t really have a QB. Maybe it doesn’t happen, but this pairing would be … interesting,” Edholm wrote.
“One of the most clutch quarterbacks in the nation,” Colorado Football wrote about Sanders on his team bio page.
Edholm said he isn’t buying the hype that Sanders, the son of Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, will be selected at the top of the draft.
He isn’t alone in his skepticism.
“The idea that he is just going to walk in and be the No. 1 pick, that is probably pushing it,” Pelissero explained. “I would just say in my conversations there is healthy skepticism among people in the league that when it comes to the end of this process, we get to that last week of April, that somebody is going to jump out there and use a really high pick on making him a franchise QB.”
That uncertainty could open the door for a potential draft day slide for Sanders. Initially, at the beginning of the draft process, the Jets seemed out of the race for one of the top quarterbacks only having the No. 7 overall pick in the first round.
However, there is a chance that Sanders is still on the clock when the Jets are picking
