With the NFL Scouting Combine changing formats this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Reese s Senior Bowl was the last opportunity NFL scouts and decision-makers will have to see such a large cluster of top-level talent compete for positioning in the 2021 NFL Draft.
Most who excelled at the Senior Bowl are listed in my first mock draft of the year. Quarterback Mac Jones (Alabama) played well enough during practices to secure first-round grades. Edge rusher Carlos Boogie Basham was dominant at the point of attack, showing that his relative drop in production in 2020 should not overshadow his talents. Receivers lacking size but displaying great quickness made names for themselves, with D Wayne Eskridge (Western Michigan), Cade Johnson (South Dakota State) and Amari Rodgers (Clemson) turning heads. Small-school offensive linemen Quinn Meinerz (Wisconsin-Whitewater) and Dillon Radunz (North Dakota State) backed up their tape with outstanding performances against FBS stars.
The Big Ten s Rashod Bateman and Rondale Moore are among the six receivers taken in Round 2 of Chad Reuter s first three-round mock of the 2021 NFL Draft.
Texans’ Deshaun Watson trade rumors: NFL head coach predicts no deal because price tag is way too high
Updated Feb 05, 2021;
Posted Feb 05, 2021
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“I personally look at this like a fantasy world here,” said Gruden. “They have a new [general manager in Nick Caserio] in Houston who comes from New England who just went through a year in New England without Tom Brady. I think he has a pretty good idea how important Deshaun Watson is to the Texans. I don’t think there is any way in the world they trade Deshaun Watson. And if they did, the compensation is going to be like . they’d have to give up seven No. 1s. They’ll never draft again.”