A quarterback the Denver Broncos are reportedly targeting in the 2024 NFL Draft was recently compared to former San Francisco 49ers signal caller Colin Kaepernick. After releasing Russell Wilson, the Broncos have one of the weakest quarterback rooms in the league this offseason.
Remember when Colin Kaepernick was with (Jim) Harbaugh out in San Francisco?’’ Miller said. “Everything was a fastball. He could never make touch throws. He could never go up and down, over the linebacker because everything was a three-quarter (delivery) fastball. (McCarthy’s) a lot like that and he misses a lot of throws over the middle where he’s behind the receiver.”
We’re in the home stretch of draft season with the 2024 NFL Draft being held at the end of this month (April 25-27) in Detroit.
My last mock covered the draft’s first four rounds, but this version goes one stanza further. While fifth-round picks don’t get the spotlight like players selected on Thursday and Friday night, several fifth-rounders from 2023 made strong contributions as rookies, including Green Bay receiver Dontayvion Wicks, New Orleans safety Jordan Howden and Los Angeles Rams record-setting receiver Puka Nacua.
Many other fifth-round picks have made major impacts on Sundays: Stefon Diggs, Tyreek Hill, Aaron Jones, Matt Judon and George Kittle are just a few examples of mid-Saturday selections proving themselves worthy of notice.
The mock includes six trades, including five in the first round and one at the top of the second. Let’s get to it.
