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The hyped 2027 QB draft class has gotten messy
Posted on 10/27/26 at 10:38 am
Posted on 10/27/26 at 10:38 am
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Only a few months ago, the quarterback class heading for the 2027 NFL draft looked special.
“Oh yeah — there’s some dudes,” an NFL general manager said in August. “Right now, I’ve got five quarterbacks in the first round, if you include [Brendan] Sorsby.”
The GM had been getting up at 4 a.m. during camp, watching film and writing two player reports a day in an effort to get ahead on his evaluations. And what he saw in those early morning hours was living up to predictions that another bumper crop of QB talent was heading for the league.
“You think the quarterback class will hold up?” I asked.
“Definitely,” he replied. “Between Dante Moore, we’ll see how the LSU kid Sam Leavitt plays and if his foot is OK. I think he could go in the first. The five, I think it’s [Notre Dame’s CJ] Carr, Arch [Manning of Texas], Dante, Leavitt and Sorsby, depending how he looks.”
Less than three months later? It has not held up.
As often happens in college football seasons, the forthcoming NFL quarterback class is going sideways. So much so, Carr might be the only certain first-round quarterback on that GM’s list from August. That’s how much has changed.
In that widening uncertainty, Oklahoma State’s Drew Mestemaker has gone from being off the first-round radar to being the hottest prospect in the group. To the point that Mestemaker could end up being the first QB selected, while Manning, Moore, Leavitt and Sorsby fall out of the first round entirely.
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“It’s almost the same story as last year,” one longtime executive told NFL Blue Book on Monday. “All the hype and buildup without people really asking the experts who have known all along that there were issues with all these guys. It’s so bad across the landscape of college football that the NFL is actually excited about a former walk-on [in Mestemaker], who never started a varsity game at quarterback in high school.”
“Mestemaker and a triple [school] player in [Miami’s Darian] Mensah are likely at the top now, along with a 5-foot-10 Ferris State transfer [in Trinidad Chambliss], who got pinned in the pocket on Saturday and looked really average for most of the game. … There’s more money involved than ever before and the quality of quarterback play is down at the college level.”
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If tweet fails to load, click here. Posted on 10/27/26 at 10:56 am to RLDSC FAN
if Leavitt continues to operate the offense the way he has the last few weeks, I think he's a first rounder.
I question any GM/scout that graded arch as a first rounder going into the year, he hasn't shown that ability at all and you're purely wishcasting
I question any GM/scout that graded arch as a first rounder going into the year, he hasn't shown that ability at all and you're purely wishcasting
Posted on 10/27/26 at 10:57 am to RLDSC FAN
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To the point that Mestemaker could end up being the first QB selected, while Manning, Moore, Leavitt and Sorsby fall out of the first round entirely.
Someone will take a gamble on Sorsby
Posted on 10/27/26 at 10:57 am to RLDSC FAN
These GM’s are going to talk themselves into almost all of these guys they already liked. This is all bullshite
Posted on 10/27/26 at 11:00 am to Mingo Was His NameO
quote:Correct. There's a massive emphasis on "flashes." They'll lock-in on that and think they'll be able to fix that QB to show those flashes more consistently at the next level.
These GM’s are going to talk themselves into almost all of these guys they already liked.
Posted on 10/27/26 at 11:02 am to castorinho
I don't think picking a guy too high is the issue. It's that they throw the players out there before they're ready. There's no patience. Some guys need time to develop
Posted on 10/27/26 at 11:03 am to RLDSC FAN
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All the hype and buildup without people really asking the experts who have known all along that there were issues with all these guys.
Anthony Richardson went #4 overall. They'll draft them anyway.
Posted on 10/27/26 at 11:04 am to RLDSC FAN
I dont know mestemaker and Mensah seem pretty good to me. And since when did chambliss suck?
Posted on 10/27/26 at 11:53 am to RLDSC FAN
Manning will be a 1st rounder whenever he comes out. He’s got the frame, arm talent, mobility and pedigree.
His WR’s have dropped 3 passes a game, several would have been TDs. He's played the hardest schedule in CFB in the first half of the season.
Is he as good as his hype train, absolutely not, but if he wasn’t a Manning he wouldn’t be getting all this hate.
His WR’s have dropped 3 passes a game, several would have been TDs. He's played the hardest schedule in CFB in the first half of the season.
Is he as good as his hype train, absolutely not, but if he wasn’t a Manning he wouldn’t be getting all this hate.
Posted on 10/27/26 at 11:58 am to RLDSC FAN
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“It’s almost the same story as last year,” one longtime executive told NFL Blue Book on Monday.
Nuss and Klubnik say hello.
This post was edited on 10/27/26 at 12:00 pm
Posted on 10/27/26 at 11:59 am to Tiger Prawn
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Someone will take a gamble on Sorsby
ISWYDT
Posted on 10/27/26 at 12:10 pm to Dantheman504
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Nuss and Klubnik say hello.
Just trade Nuss for Simpson. 5 QBs will be taken in the first round
Posted on 10/27/26 at 12:15 pm to chew4219
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Is he as good as his hype train, absolutely not, but if he wasn’t a Manning he wouldn’t be getting all this hate.
If his name wasn’t manning he wouldn’t be even considered for a second day pick
Posted on 10/27/26 at 12:18 pm to Oilfieldbiology
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If his name wasn’t manning he wouldn’t be even considered for a second day pick
Some of yall are seriously retarded
Posted on 10/27/26 at 12:21 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
Where would John Mateer be ranked as a prospect? His numbers are comparable, and arguably better than Manning this year and is widely considered a better runner. Manning has been really bad this year outside of a few drives.
If his same wasn’t manning, he would not even be discussed as a top draft pick candidate.
If his same wasn’t manning, he would not even be discussed as a top draft pick candidate.
Posted on 10/27/26 at 12:26 pm to Oilfieldbiology
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Where would John Mateer be ranked as a prospect? His numbers are comparable, and arguably better than Manning this year and is widely considered a better runner.
Watch the games
Posted on 10/27/26 at 12:34 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
I have. They look really freaking similar in their inability to run the offense that the coaches are calling. Yes, Mateer is way more spastic, but Arch has been BAD bad outside of the first series of scripted plays.
Posted on 10/27/26 at 12:38 pm to Oilfieldbiology
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Arch has been BAD bad outside of the first series of scripted plays.
Arch started 18/23 with two drops against Ole Miss. one of the drops was a wide open TD
Posted on 10/27/26 at 12:41 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
Yes. Those first several series/drives are scripted and practiced. Then after that and adjustments were made he looked like dog crap, throwing inexcusable pics and had to be carried by his running game and Pete Golding’s idiotic coaching decisions to a win.
He’s just simply not nearly as good as he was hyped to be, and the main reason he was hyped was because of his last name and his family.
He’s just simply not nearly as good as he was hyped to be, and the main reason he was hyped was because of his last name and his family.
This post was edited on 10/27/26 at 12:42 pm
Posted on 10/27/26 at 12:45 pm to Oilfieldbiology
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He’s just simply not nearly as good as he was hyped to be,
I agree, there’s just a whole hoard of posters, including you, who are more hyperbolic than teenage girls
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