Video: Joe Burrow Is "The Clear Cut No. 1 Pick," Mel Kiper Jr. Says

You're right but I remember Russell in college and I remember thinking he wouldn't succeed in the NFL because he was all arm and couldn't read a defense. I'm sure the NFL guys thought they could teach him how but it's clear that isn't the case. The biggest thing Burrow has going for him is the fact he can read a defense and make quick decisions. Because of that I believe he will be very successful.

Give me a break. There's absolutely no comparison between Jamarcus Russell and Joe Burrow. Russell used to actually hide during Oakland practices because he couldn't grasp the offense. That will never be the case with Joe Burrow.

So put yourself in 2007 and tell me where Jamarcus should have gone *based solely on college performance*. The only other alternative is the Raiders taking Megatron and if that happens, Jamarcus sure as hell wasn’t slipping past the ever-QB-needy Browns. Jamarcus was rated that high because he was the best QB available *given what everyone knew at the time*. All you’re doing here is lazy, Monday morning quarterbacking because nobody in 2007 would have predicted that Jamarcus would give up on life and eat himself out of the league.