Colin Cowherd’s best 2024 NFL Draft landing spots for QBs Jayden Daniels, J.J. McCarthy, more

NFL Draft season is in full swing, and all eyes are turned towards the quarterbacks expected to be taken at the top of the 2024 draft — and how quickly teams will look for quarterbacks after the seeming top tier of quarterbacks are off the board.

The consensus top quarterback and top overall player in the 2024 NFL Draft class, Caleb Williams, is the overwhelming favorite to go No. 1 overall to the Chicago Bears. But what about after that? Colin Cowherd examined the next four quarterbacks expected to come off the board after Williams and gave his best team fits for each signal-caller.

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Here’s who Cowherd believes would be the best fits between player and team, with some additional commentary on J.J. McCarthy from FOX Sports college football analyst Brock Huard, who covered McCarthy at Michigan during the latter’s 2023 national championship season with the Wolverines.

Jayden Daniels, LSU
Cowherd’s best team fit: Washington Commanders (No. 2 overall pick)

Cowherd’s thoughts: “He’s played out west [at Arizona State]. He’s played in the SEC. Now he goes to the northeast. He gets an experienced playcaller with Kliff Kingsbury who’s had quarterbacks that move — [Patrick] Mahomes and Kyler Murray. … They’ve got cap space. They will shore up some of their issues. They’ve already got good weapons who have been in the league. Terry McLaurin’s obviously very good. His coordinator has coached similar style players, and I think Kingsbury is telling [head coach] Dan Quinn that — ‘I’ve had this quarterback before.'”

Drake Maye, North Carolina
Cowherd’s best team fit: New York Giants (No. 6 overall pick)

Cowherd’s thoughts: “[If] he drops, I think the Giants would be perfect. Maye has a relationship with Eli Manning. We know [head coach] Brian Daboll has had a quarterback who’s tall and moves, but needs refinement — Josh Allen — tall, ineffiecient, sort of hot-and-cold, but man,…


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Publish date : 2024-03-07 00:33:04

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