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The is about 48 hours from kicking off. The hay might very well be in the barn in some spots, but the reality is we have no idea how the opening minutes of the draft are going to play out. That's in large part to the , whose quarterback situation is providing the with exactly as much drama as the league can handle with respect to the top overall pick. that , the Oklahoma Heisman Trophy winner, might actually not end up going No. 1 overall and that Arizona could end up standing pat with . We discu sed this on the latest Pick Six Podcast -- listen in the player below; we'll also be doing live draft shows from Nashville all week long and -- with the entirety of our panel believing it's much le s than a sure that thing the
Keita Bates-Diop Jersey Cards take Murray.This is far from a consensus of course. But it's becoming a more and more popular opinion. and had Kent Somers, longtime Arizona Republic writer, handle the Cards pick at No. 1. Somers went with , noting that the "Cardinals like Josh Rosen, and I don't see them taking a quarterback in the first round two years in a row." Somers is a columnist now and not a beat guy/reporter per se, but he has been covering this team a long time, so it's not like this is out of thin air.CBS Sports' own Pete Prisco went on record during our CBS Sports HQ Live Mock Draft (rewatch it all on YouTube below) as saying the Cardinals won't be taking Murray first and instead will go with Williams or Ohio State pa s rusher . There's a whole host of people getting on board this Williams bandwagon. There are also a whole bunch of people who are staunchly AGAINST the idea that the Cardinals will do anything other than take Murray first overall. Peter Schrager of "Good Morning Football" was one of the early adopters when it came to predicting Kyler to the Cardinals with the first overall pick. And he continued to do so on Tuesday, saying he would double down on the idea of Murray going first overall.CBS Sports NFL Insider Jason La Canfora has done the
Carmelo Anthony Jersey same, refusing to back off the idea that Arizona will do anything other than take Murray with the first pick.Peter King of NBC Sports wrote that he can easily see the Cardinals bailing on Murray ... and had Murray going first overall in his final mock draft anyway. That's not calling King indecisive or anything -- no one really knows what Arizona is going to do. Even the Cardinals. According to multiple reports, the primary decision makers for Arizona are huddling up on Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday to firm up a plan. Expect something to leak on Thursday morning; that's what happened last year with going first overall. (Although it could have been John Dorsey finally telling Hue Jackson, who somehow avoided breaking a bone sprinting to tell media members what was happening.)One would think that part of those meetings are reaching out to other teams and inquiring about what they might give up for Rosen in a po sible trade. You know, hit up the and see if they'll give up a second-round pick for the former first-round pick. However, according to NFL Media's Ian Rapoport the Cardinals aren't even calling teams to talk Rosen trades."I talked to several teams that need a quarterback and the Cardinals haven't called any of those teams," Rapoport said. "They simply ... have just ... not. So we are still wondering exactly what is happening
Markus Howard Jersey with the Cardinals quarterback situation." If the Cardinals don't call anyone about trading Josh Rosen, it's going to be really hard to trade Josh Rosen! It's entirely po sible Arizona wants to wait as long as po sible to a) avoid letting Rosen know what might be happening and b) avoid letting other teams know they're taking Murray first overall. If you're trying to trade Rosen and calling around about it, there's a good chance you're taking Murray first.That would not only ruin the NFL's drama, but it would reduce the Cardinals leverage.And it would eliminate them from potentially pulling off the biggest po sible coup still on the table for Arizona. Let's break down what could happen in a potential scenario that involves a blockbuster trade, one which actually kind of makes sense. In this scenario, the and Cardinals -- who traded last draft for a quarterback situation -- end up pulling off a ma sive blockbuster deal that ends up with the Raiders holding the No. 1 overall pick and taking Kyler.Why does this make sense for the Raiders? Well, if you believe Jon Gruden is a fan of Murray -- and ESPN's Todd McShay said this week on NFL Live that "Gruden loves Murray" -- it's not hard to imagine him taking the Oklahoma quarterback, with the freedom to
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