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I actually think it's highly unlikely Darnold goes #1 in 2018.
He's good, and the QB class is strong, but he's not Peyton Manning. Guys who have started only two years don't go #1 most of the time.
Like I said, it's a LOT like the 2004 QB class:
Eli #1 (probably overdrafted)
Rivers #4
Roethlisberger #11
Losman #22
The Chiefs can probably move into the 5-15 range with their three first round picks (provided we're again drafting in the low 20s) and get someone like Darnold, who may not even be the #1 pick, because he's only going to have two years of starting experience.
Even if Darnold does go #1, you're still going to get the second best QB if you trade into the top 10, more than likely. I'll be just fine taking Mason Rudolph or Jake Browning or Josh Rosen at #11.
And who knows: if you trade your 2017 first, maybe it turns into a 2018 top 10 pick right out due to a team going tits up, and you don't have to trade anything else, and you fall ass over teakettle into your QB. There are just so many positives to flipping that pick to next year.
I've thought this thing through from every angle. You guys are just desperate and don't care about repeating the mistake that burned the Jets.
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