Clayton
Well-Known Member
It is earlier in the draft process than normal but the gist Ive been hearing is that Anthony Richardson is ahead of Malik Willis as a prospect and Richardson is Qb4 at best.I dont think it is going to matter in the least.
Bears will take Anderson. Houston will take probably Young (maybe Stroud when it all plays out). Same situation that we would have seen if their positions in the draft were flopped.
The QB's in this draft flat out arent good enough of prospects IMO for teams to sell the farm for and trade up for the #1 overall pick. Each one has some pretty big warts when you break them down. People have to remember it is EARLY in the draft process. At this point last year, people were saying Malik Willis was going to be a top 10 pick.
And Anderson is too good of a prospect for Chicago to drop out of position to take him without getting a gigantic package for.
Hell in the end the only thing that this is likely to accomplish is that the Bears will end up paying Anderson more than they would have if they would have had the overall #2 pick.
What teams think about Young, Stroud, and Levis is everything in this conversation. If one of them is Andrew Luck and every team will do anything to trade up then the Bears will draft him and ship out Fields imo.
If Young is clearly better than the other two then I could see the Bears being able to get the Texans to trade up and give up a lot in a bidding war with teams like the Colts. I just cant imagine the Texans organization is dumb enough to have not seen this coming when their last game was against the Colts. I dont think this scenario is as likely as what initially appears and if it is then Houston is clearly a hot mess. I just dont think that should be the default assumption.