Supposedly, this is a quarterback-heavy NFL Draft. But it also might be a collection of the most quarterback-needy teams we have seen.
This was the draft order, via Tankathon, as of Saturday morning. (Results Sunday have already changed this order but the order as of Week 6 is not particularly important.) Let’s just look at the first 18 selections.
(1) Carolina – needs QB
(2) Las Vegas – could draft QB
(3) Pittsburgh – has QB
(4) Detroit – could draft QB
(5) Houston – needs QB
(6) Chicago – unlikely to draft QB
(7) Washington – needs QB
(8) Atlanta – needs QB
(9) Houston second pick
(10) Philadelphia – has QB
(11 & 12) Seattle – could draft QB
(13) New England – has QB
(14) Arizona – has QB
(15) Detroit second pick
(16) Cincinnati – has QB
(17) Jacksonville – has QB
(18) Indianapolis – eventually Chris Ballard has to draft a QB, right?
The Chicago Bears have picked the right year to be a bad football team.
Of the first 18 picks in the 2023 NFL Draft, 11 are in-play at the quarterback position. The Bears don’t need to have the first pick in the draft, but if they are picking ahead of Detroit and Houston (multiple picks), Atlanta, and Washington, they could be looking at a haul from a quarterback-desperate franchise.
