NFL Draft 2022 Kenny Pickett believes he will be the first quarterback taken

NFL Draft 2022 Kenny Pickett believes he will be the first quarterback taken

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We are Asdrubal Cabrera Jersey le s than a month away from the 2022 NFL Draft. Unlike recent years where there has been a clear quarterback prospect that is sitting atop the cla s -- like (2020) or (2021) -- this signal-caller group is lacking top-tier pedigree to make any one of them a slam dunk selection like we've seen in the past. However, that does make for an interesting storyline to follow heading into the draft, specifically regarding which quarterback will hear his name called first.If you ask Pitt's Kenny Pickett, as he believes he'll be the first QB to shake Roger Goodell's hand on stage."I think so," Pickett told Breneman, as transcribed by . "I think there's a lot of reasons for it. You look at the game now and how it's changing. . . . I'm a mobile guy that played in a West Coast pro-style system. I started at a program that was 5-7 the first year I was in. We left as ACC champions, 11-2. So I know how to win. I know the proce s it takes to get there. It's never an easy thing and I'll make that transition, I feel like, faster in the NFL now because of that experience . . . that I know how to go about my busine s as a pro, kind of being an Neil Walker Jersey older guy. At the end of the day, that's what . . . coming around to the position, it's like, 'Can you win? Do you know how to handle all the things it takes to be a quarterback?' I definitely do. So I think I am QB1." Currently, have Pickett as the third-ranked quarterback in this cla s and the No. 25 ranked player overall. At his position, Pickett is looking up at the top-ranked quarterback in Matt Corral out of Ole Mi s and Liberty's Malik Willis. Caesars Sportsbook currently lists Willis as the favorite to be the first quarterback drafted at -200 with Pickett second in those odds at +190. In his latest mock draft, has Willis as the first pa ser drafted, being selected by the at No. 6 overall. Wilson has Pickett coming off the board at Lenny Dykstra Jersey No. 18 overall where the are currently slated to pick."Pickett made the right decision to return to Pitt for the '21 season, and in the proce s, he worked himself into the first-round conversation," Wilson writes in his explanation for placing Pickett in New Orleans. "The question is where does he get selected because, depending on who you talk to, it could be anywhere from top-10 to bottom of Round 1." Other QB-needy teams in the first round that could be a landing spot for Pickett include the Carolina Panthers (No. 6 overall), (No. 8), or the (No. 20) if he falls.