North Carolina quarterback Mitch Trubisky figures to go early in this year’s draft, though Cardinals head coach Bruce Arians is concerned that he only started one year with the Tar Heels. “A really talented player,” Arians said of Trubisky (via Mary Kay Cabot of cleveland.com). “The growth potential is obviously there. The question is why wasn’t all that talent starting for the last three years? That’s always bugging me. So you have to go and answer those questions with him, with his coach, but the physical talent is there.” Arians isn’t the only talent evaluator around the NFL who’s leery that Trubisky was a backup prior to 2016, as another one told Cabot he has similar concerns.
More on the upcoming draft…
- Cognizant that Ben Roethlisberger isn’t going to be around forever, the Steelers have made it known that they’ll consider drafting a potential long-term successor this year. That could be Texas Tech’s Patrick Mahomes, whom the Steelers observed Friday at his pro day. Pittsburgh sent “at least one” representative to watch Mahomes, writes Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.com.
- The Browns worked out Florida cornerback Teez Tabor on Friday, tweets Ian Rapoport of NFL.com. It’s unclear how early Tabor might go in the draft – while Daniel Jeremiah of NFL.com places him 35th overall among prospects, Matt Miller of Bleacher Report could see the defender lasting until Day 3. Tabor’s stock seems to be dropping on account of subpar 40-yard dash times.
- Wisconsin’s T.J. Watt, brother of Texans superstar J.J. Watt, is drawing interest from a bevy of teams and getting looks at various front seven positions. The younger Watt has lined up at outside linebacker, inside linebacker and along the defensive line in recent workouts. Watt told Jeremy Bergman of NFL.com that he has worked out for the Cowboys, Lions and Patriots in the past week. He’s scheduled to work out for the Panthers, too, and will visit the Cowboys’ and Redskins’ facilities soon.
I realize the Browns need a CB, but I don’t think Tabor is the answer.
I could see if it he fell to the 5th round
T.J Watt should end up playing for the Texans maybe not as a starter but a backup… After all his brother does play on that team.
Yeah, thats a perfectly good reason to draft him. Because his brother plays there. I mean teams should base their draft picks on if they have one of the prospective draftees relatives on their team. Who cares if the team needs a QB or an OL, if one of their players has a relative in the draft, thats who they should draft. It only makes sense. Who cares about whats best for the team, their fans, or the owners/front office/league/city right ? Revenue, tix sales, merch, profit margin, season tix holders be damned. Screw the 52 other players on team who have spent their lives pursuing this dream. Its all about drafting relatives. Because THAT’S what you think makes sense.
And THAT’S why you dont work for an NFL team in any capacity. Because of asinine comments that suggest drafting someone BECAUSE his brother plays there. Stick to Madden on rookie. Turn off the trade settings. Build your team the way you want. Turn up the human skill set to 100 and the AI down to wherever you need it to be. Leave running multi hundred billion dollar organizations to the pros man.