What are you most curious about in this draft?!
In 12 days, the 2022 NFL Draft will kick off in Las Vegas. One of the most fascinating things about the draft is its uncertainty. Therefore, Xiaobian listed the 7 issues that are currently the hottest discussed in the draft!
Who will be selected by the Jaguars with a champion?
Before the joint test, Aiden Hutchinson from the University of Michigan had almost locked in the title of this year in advance. However, what people did not expect was that Trevon Walker from the University of Georgia played a beast-level performance in the draft, which made the suspense of the title of this draft rise again.
Hutchinson broke the University of Michigan's single-season tackle record with 14 tackles last season, and his passing skills have led many teams to see him as the best player in the draft. For the Jaguars, a team that is in the process of rebuilding, Hutchinson can also give them the leadership they want, bringing a winning culture to the dressing room.
However, Walker's performance on the joint test was simply amazing. As a 6'5-foot-tall player weighing 275 pounds, Walker was amazingly capable of running 4.51 seconds in 40 yards! His results in the vertical jump, the long jump and the 3-point turnback run also show his amazing athletic ability. He is also capable of defending multiple positions on the front line, whether it is an inside or outside pass, he can easily do it. Compared to Hutchinson, he is also more suited to the Jaguars' 3-4 defensive formation.
Will a team choose a quarterback in the top ten picks?
In the past 7 drafts, at least 2 quarterbacks have been selected in the top ten picks, so will there be this year? This draft is widely considered a quarterback junior, but will there be no quarterback in the top ten picks?
The two quarterbacks most likely to be selected in the top ten picks are Kenny Picket of the University of Pittsburgh and Malik Willis of Liberty University, but they both have some more obvious weaknesses. Piquet may already be a mature quarterback, but he has been mediocre until last season and his arm talent is questionable, raising concerns about his ceiling after entering the NFL. Unlike Piquett, Willis's ceiling is high, but his passing accuracy and passing options need to be improved, and whether it is worth being selected with the top ten picks is still debatable.
Which team would unexpectedly pick a first-round quarterback?
Remember when the Chiefs took out Mahomes with the 10th pick in the 2017 draft, a commenter's sentence is still fresh in my mind: If you like a first-round quarterback, choose him, even if you don't need him. The Chiefs traded away the team's original starting quarterback Alex Smith in the following offseason, righted Mahomes and won the 54th Super Bowl.
With the Sheikhs' lessons in mind, will there be a team in this draft that unexpectedly chooses a first-round quarterback? Tannhill is about to turn 34 and has been making mistakes last season, will the Titans choose? Both Brady and Rogers' careers are coming to an end, with pirates and packers being elected?
If you've been following this draft since half a year ago, but most of the mock draft predicts that Kaiwang Thibodeau from the University of Oregon will be the winner of this draft. However, since entering 2022, his draft market has fallen all the way. Many scouts felt he was smaller than expected, while others questioned his lack of stable output. Even building his own personal brand makes one wonder if his mind is not on rugby.
Recently, more and more negative rumors have come out: Thibodeau may directly fall out of the top ten, the Lions head coach does not like him... But could it all be smoke bombs from a team that wants to pick up his leaks in the low post and want to make a fortune? We don't know that, but we may not be able to get an answer until the day of the draft.
Will the number of external receivers selected in this first round be record-breaking?
In the past two years, more and more teams have tended to choose external receivers in the first round. Six of the 2020 drafts were selected in the first round, five in the 2021 class, and the record number of outside receivers in the first round was 7 in 2004.
Did the Packers pick a first-round takeover for Rogers?
However, as the biggest demand in the team at the moment, and the Packers have had a rare two first-round picks this season, it seems reasonable to choose a first-round receiver. What's more, there are also a number of plug-and-play ready-to-play outside receivers in this year's draft, so it sounds like a good idea for them to help Rogers complete the final impact of the Super Bowl again.
Will this be the third time in history that there will be no first-round running backs?
As we enter the 21st century, the NFL is becoming more and more pass-driven, with more and more teams no longer choosing running backs in the first round. The most typical example is 2013 and 2014, when two consecutive drafts did not have a first-round running back, and this year may also become the third time in history that there has been no first-round running back.
Two runners are still likely to be selected in the first round this year, Caucus State University's Bris Hall and Michigan State University's Kenneth Walker III. However, it seems that the most likely runner to choose in the first round is the Buffalo Beales at the end of the first round, but if they don't choose a running back, there is a good chance that we will not see a running back removed in the first round.
The draft is coming soon!
Can't wait to find out the answers to these questions!