Field Yates' Top-50 NFL Draft Prospects: Mel Kiper Jr. Reacts!
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- Опубліковано 18 чер 2024
- Field Yates & Mel Kiper dive into the quarterback class. In this episode of First Draft, the dynamic duo explore the next generation of quarterback talent set to shake up the league in the 2024 NFL Draft. They touch on the buzz surrounding JJ McCarthy & highlight a few guys expected to be drafted in the later rounds. Plus, Mel Kiper reacts to Field's top-50 draft prospects, including a couple of their favorite running backs!
00:00 Intro
2:55 - The 2024 Quarterback Class
18:00 - Late round Quarterbacks
23:15 - Field's Top-50: Laiatu Latu
26:00 - Field's Top-50: Wide Receivers
33:10 - Field's Top-50: Brian Thomas Jr.
34:57 - Favorite Running Backs
38:00 - Olu Fashanu's hand measurements
55:00 - Stock Up on who?!
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Guys sitting around naming dudes…love it
Worthy doesn't run routes anywhere close to Devonta Smith. That's the major difference. It blows my mind how caught up in the 40 people get every single year. Go to the tape, Worthy didn't separate as often as people try to make it seem.
He doesn’t even have the same hands as smith. Terrible comp
Kiper's hair looking exceptionally fluffy today.
Will we ever see a bald kiper?
Dude using that coconut shampoo 😂
like the joker
I love draft talk
Me 2
Same here. It's also been right around my b-day.
When the sample size seems smaller with McCarthy you have to look at what he did well and he had an historically high conversion rate on third and long. How did he do when he had to bail out the team, he excelled. McCarthy also has a magnetic personality that draws in players and they believe in him, at the Combine the other QBs crowded around and were drawn to him because of his personality, he exudes leadership.
TCU?
@@JJ-zr6fu NC State? Clemson? Those are the first stat sheets I saw from Drake Mayes profile. Very impressive lol
@JJ-zr6fu oh you found his ONLY loss in his entire college career? When he was 19 years old? He still led his team to the playoffs while putting up 400 yards of offense and 3 TDs. 2 costly pick 6s that decided the game, but I think he made up for it by winning his team their first Natty in almost 30 years 1 season later.
Also u said leadership isn't that the best compliment you can give a QB at the next level tom brady was terrible pro prospect but his leadership was unbelievable and his work ethic. I'm not drafting some hotshot duoshbag over some guy that will hand it off 20 times straight and not say a dam word and win a championship
Drafting
As a Texans fan I hope all the QB's go in the first round.
Your best example would’ve been Drew Brees. He went in the top of the second round to the chargers. And he did win the Super Bowl 😊
As for places to see in Oregon, Columbia River Gorge is a must.
Everyone is sleeping on Taulia. He’s the only QB that came close to beating Michigan because of QB play. Everyone and anyone else struggled. Taulia is a big time play type of guy. He could be the Purdy of this draft.
@ESPNNFL Field Yates, Jaylen Wright has the most YAC of all power five guys! I'm with you for what my rb does in the hole and how he evades defenders...but I factor in the strength of schedule and offensive line rankings more importantly. Check the linemans eoy PFF grade. I'd prefer to run behind fsu's line over UT's. Jaylen would have run circles endzone to endzone in the ACC. That's the difference.
Penix should be the second qb taken but for the injuries. It’s insane he’s in the same category as Bo nix and below mccarthy
💯💯💯
He’s a statue, simple as that, needs to go to a team with the right system and protection, other qb are more versatile
It's incredible the work agents do to move players up the board during the offseason.
Can you all discuss more on offensive/defensive line prospects? We only hear about the top guys
JJ the goat
straight up
Thank you
I would laugh so much if Harbaugh drafts McCarthy and trades Herbert for a bundle of draft picks 😅
Just think how much cap room they would generate over the next few years by playing with a QB on a rookie deal.
One of the reasons he went to the Charger's is Herbert so don't think you will be having that laugh
Need 3 ratings-Draft overall rating, Position rating, Individual particular team’s rating
If your rating system isn't to predict draft order or value to a team what is it for?
Whats the point of a C being rated at 20 if the QB rated at 30 makes a bigger difference to the team in terms of winning?
Is this about fantasy value?
A team obviously has a list based on need and fit but what are you actually rating?
Every player will have a different value for every team. Obviously. These are generalizations for conversation sake.
They are referring to a teams actual draft boards not his. Each team rates the players in house and develops a draft board according to their ratings.
Field, I think a good player comparison for Xavier Worthy is Anthony Carter. Very explosive.
Carter had better hands
Kipper is an animal, fin love this dude.. he has made this story funner with his contributions 🎉 legend
JJ moving into the top 5!!
Love me some Trey benson, Xavier legette, and Keon Coleman
Comparing lance to JJ is crazy lol
I agree. I just don't see the comparisons when it comes to physical gifts. Lance is, flat out, just a better overall athlete than JJ is. Lance's arm strength and arm talent is better than McCarthy's and these "analysts" that make these comparisons need to have their jobs/positions reevaluated.😂
Penix is gonna be a NFL star.
"what is coachable and what is not coachable " excellent observation young man.
Clearly it's a player that can't be coached and one that can...
@@juandoe7802 Clearly......
Field, check out Rennie’s in Eugene’s!
I’d like two see two graphics please. 40 time for top 50 WRs and CBS all time . The best top 10 picks in the last 15 years in order
I love how every yea they takt the most average QB and start to sell him. "Hes so smart", "its the intangibles", "his arm talent"... Some dumb team draft him high, then regrets it every year.
Love Mel Kiper Jr.Love the time with the Colts general manager.
KIPERS Great.. man. We Need #MOREMELKIPERJR PLEASE!!!
Less fields waaaaaaay less fields, no one in the history of the draft has made me feel less excited about players then fields Yates.
He's a yes man who's to TV trained. #robot
@@lukeluna3732😂😂 never seen field hate before
@@hueyhoopin he's absolutely insufferable. It's not even that he agrees with everything it's more that fact he talks like a kid in class who wants the teacher to notice him.
@@lukeluna3732completely agree. Makes me miss Todd
Field Yates knows his stuff and Kiper knows it! Honestly Mel sees Field as his successor!
I've always thought Kiper is a generous guy! Mcshay was jealous of Kiper!
Maye to Washington!
thats why those guys dont go deep .... chris simms said drake maye is not a 1st rounder. highlight tape is so great..... but he doesnt watch highlight... he will drop like will levis when after free agency scouts will get into the evaluation....
I think Bo being a “Conservative” QB is good for the NFL, I’m an Oregon fan I watched every game. He makes the right play when you need it, yea he sees pressure and immediately dumps it off to a playmaker; that’s a good thing. I hear coaches always say process and get the ball out fast. Bo does that well
That's called a check down which in college when you're playing tomato can state it's a TD but in the NFL it a 3 yard gain.
Who knows though Bo Nix might be the next Brock Purdy for all we know
Tomato can state got me dying😂
Brock Purdy and Tom Brady were both criticized coming out of college for having mediocre arm talent and just being consistent QBs with low ceilings. Bo isn't either of those guys, but he could be good in the NFL.
He definitely evolved since his time at Auburn, similar to Jalen Hurts after he transferred to Oklahoma.
Maye dropping like a rock
I would be stoked to see Maason Smith come to Dallas
Just draft them both and combine them into one guy named Michael BoNix
My god..
BoMichael PenNix.
What the duck
Gotta try Tilikum Pizza in Portland!
How does penix Jr move down? He's gonna be a problem
It has been said that his medical were better than expected. During Combine preparation he apparently ran very good 40 times. I’m personally less concerned about torn ACLs than I am about a history of concussions. If the Vikings can’t get Drake Maye, then I would not complain if they take Penix at #11. Sure, it probably will be considered a reach, but him passing to Jefferson, Addison, and Hockenson will be scary.
penix has the best oline in the country last year. he is terrible under pressure.
@@21234uso invest in the OL maybe? 🤔 if he can do that in the NFL with a good OL, logic says that’s one of the best QBs in the NFL.
He’s 29 and had 3 season ending surgeries. However, I will take him in LV
@cperkins5050 he’s 23 and has the best arm talent in the draft.
This Draft reminds me so much of 2021 Draft 3 QB's 1,2,3 Trevor Lawrence Zach Wilson Trey Lance ... I remember we were all talking as we are now. ......Only time will tell.... another thought. Is Joe Alt another Trent Williams?? OL seems a safer Bet... BUT if you hit the right QB, it is GOLD....... Tough Choice......
Comparing Alt to Trent is crazy.
Really? Russell Okung was ahead of Trent W in Draft Grading in 2010... Quote "I loved Okung. Scouts and others say he’s the safer pick" .. Alt will be arouind a long time.. a Safe pick...... BUT . . I Want a QB just pick the right one.....@@FantasySportsZen
@@dennis2782I watch the guys myself if I'm going to provide an opinion. I never go by "consensus opinion". Trent is the best OT of the last 20 years. Maybe he was mis-evaluated by the "draft experts", that wouldn't be a shock haha. I dont remember, but the comparison is clearly aimed at what Trent has become. Not fair to Joe.
Alt is like Nate Solder, Taylor Decker, that class/type, to me. Absolute best case would be Andrew Whitworth but that's crazy to me too. He was unreal.
Yeah I’m getting that feeling too with the qbs. It seems like if Maye and Williams hadn’t been consensus top two for a year the qbs wouldn’t be rated as high.
Ja'lynn Polk's comp is Aiyuk for me and Aiyuk only ran a 4.5
Mel “ohkayyyyy “
I'm a Bills fan and I absolutely agree that the Jets have more talent than the Bills. Still picking the Bills because you can't just assume Rodgers will still be great at 40 years old and coming off an Achilles.
Did you guys see Fashonu in the short shuttle? Super quick feet. Much quicker than Joe Alt.
I thought he played better vs Michigan than JC Latham
Michigan destroyed Bama oline Washington too.
Penn State struggled offensively but he held nicely vs murder row which will get him drafted high.
I remember Alt struggling vs Marshall.
No, and neither did you. Fashanu hurt himself doing the 40-yard dash and never did a shuttle. *Fake news alert*
Also gets blown off the line regularly
Also Alt had the fastest shuttle time of the tackles.
The sooner people realise that agents pay Mel to push certain prospects up his board the better. He’s a media personality, not an expert
will one of the top six QBs be there for the giants in the 2nd round and will the giants have the sense to draft him?
Likely 1 will be there, but Pennix is not mobile enough for Dabols offense and Bo’s arm is not what he will want
@@user-lr1ng7xy8w ok, well, williams and daniels will be long gone before the giants first pick and JJ is thought by many to be daniel jones part deux. maye will also be gone, and thought by many to be hopelessly flawed, zach wilson part deux. so what's my answer? rattler in round 3 or is that also no good?
@@jabbahursty personally I think trade up if Daniels is available at 3, or stick at 6 and take best player available. But I only believe in Caleb and Daniels to be franchise caliber. So I wouldn’t want us to take anyone else.
I wonder what dabol would do with Milton. Big body huge arm possibly could be developed like Josh Allen.
@@JJ-zr6fu he makes me think "cardale jones" but if he can be gotten cheaply enough, i'd love to see the giants try, especially as i don't see devito having any NFL future, at least not as a starter
Arizona should go Turner at 4 and Mitchell or Colmen in the 2nd.
JJ…. LOL bro he’s a 2/3 RD pick! He’s the Danial jones of the 2024 draft! Facts
I would argue more like Trey Lance. Rising up boards because of interviews and not tape.
@@JJ-zr6fu 💯
It’s all good let worthy fall to the Texans and he’ll do what Tank did and eat. Everyone said Tank was frail and too small
Didn't Tank Dell break is leg last year? Not exactly a good argument for not being too frail and small lol
Why would you want the same type of player that’s already on your team
U mean ne
@@darnellharris111Texans fans don't understand how to build a team. 😂
@@Andrew-ps2fhWatch the play. He got rolled up on while blocking at the goal line. Lots of "experts" questioned why a smaller WR was blocking so close to the interior with a bulldozer (Damien Pierce) running it in. That contact would've broken the leg of a lot of WRs. Just sayin ....
Jayden Daniels is quintessential modern qb
People are sleeping on Travis. Milton is a future TE.
JJ is a dark horse in this draft. Could be the next Arron Rodgers or the next Zach Wilson 🤷♂️
Expected trade down teams NE, AZ, LAC, SEA. Expected trade up teams Minnesota, Buff, Philadelphia, LV.
I don’t see NE trading down, if they don’t like the QB there at 3 , then I say they get MHJ.
I love Eugene, Oregon
Always consider that home away from home
There is only one play you need to watch if you think JJ's "intangibles" are not a big deal or that he is not fast.
Watch the play where he hands off to Corum at his own 35 yard line. 99.99% of QBs would be completely out of the play after the handoff. Not JJ. He sprints down the right sideline, outrunning the entire defense and his RB then blocks two guys at the other team's 35, enabling a TD.
I never saw a QB block for a RB that is sprinting at full speed 30 yards downfield. Ever.
This specific play is important because it shows how unselfish JJ is. Teammate universally rave about JJ because he does stuff like this. That is the kind of stuff that motivates other players to give an extra 5% to win. Not pad stats... WIN.
Because if the qb is valuable you don’t want him blocking. I rather my qb distribute the ball instead of block for the ball carrier. But you do you
@@JJ-zr6fu Seriously. Watch that play. It is an epic highlight. Something that shows how much he wants to win and how much of a team player that he is AND how fast he is AND how smart he is as a football player in terms of technique.
Actually, Caleb had 31 career fumbles.
People are going to be really pissed about this list😂
"wHaT aBoUt LeViS" Mel being wrong until the end
I heard the Giants trading up to the number one spot to pick Drake maye.
( sarcasm )
They might take nabers
@@zachaddington5264 we should
I’m a pats fan saying this
Could ESPN address the issue with Mel Kiper's voice in these videos? Implementing a compressor plugin on his microphone might help. Kiper's constant movement near and far from the mic makes it difficult to listen to.
Smaller fingers means they may have a harder time of grabbing jersey. Could be a natural puncher by default. 🤷🏻♂️
I didn't hear anything about Cornelius Johnson at WR. He was brilliant at Michigan last year especially, but actually throughout his career, especially in some of the biggest games, and had a top 1% All Time combine performance. What's not to like?
1%? Didn't show on the field at the Combine. Looked just eh.
@@FantasySportsZen Johnson had a 4.45 40-yard dash. At 6’2 6/8” and 212 LBs, Johnson has NFL size and speed. His RAS score of 9.90 ranks 32nd out of nearly 40 years of WRs testing at the combine.
People need to remember that this is the time of year that everyone lie and I feel all the hype for JJ McCarthy is literally all smoke to push him up so that other players fall
Doubtful. Plenty of teams will have genuine interest.
It’s working. At the beginning of last the narrative was JJ needs to sit and develop then based off nothing he’s the third best qb people are going to lose their jobs because they drafted him
I think tyler boyd is jalynn polks floor super safe pick
3 Year Accuracy Rate for Mel is WHAT?
What is an accuracy rate, and how might one calculate it?
I don’t know why people are so high on Maye
Mel Kiper " there's the media guys and the internet guys" ......ummm sorry Mel but you're both of those things 😂😂
I'd love to have JJ drop to 29th so the Lions could take him and have him sit behind Goff for a couple seasons...not gonna happen though.
I wish I had a dollar every time Mel mention will levis
Who's the robot on the right.
They used to call guys TV personalities because ypu atleast had to hqve one. Fields is a suck up happy to be there, hopefully at some point he shows himself. #toddmcshay
It's so interesting to hear people talk about Joe's Milton Negatives:
1). Accuracy
2). Decision making
3). Making the throws reasong coverages.
Josh Allen Narrative. Milton is more Talented than Allen. Weird
Xavier Worthy to Miami 🚀
Go to Calzones and hen you’re there! So yummy! 🔥🔥🔥
Mel looking like saban today
JJ McCarthy will continue to rise.
I know all the Michigan haters will need a tissue😂😂😂😂😂
Especially if their team drafts him because he’s a bust
Man , I think Bo Nix is the perfect QB . Everyone so much in agreement with hyped up players so glad Nix will fall to me . Caleb will be Kyler like. Nix will be drew brees with more rings
You don't know someone's hend size and we literally just had the combine?
Devonte smith was breaking all kinds of records in college & was in a different universe than Xavier Worthy. The comp is not reasonable
Systems make players. GM’s need to draft the best players for their system not what analysts say.
This statement is so incorrect it's funny. 😂😂😂
Idgaf where JJ goes long as it’s not with the Pats in the 1st round. No thank you, respectfully 🙏🏽
Fashanu dropping for hand size is laughable. He is an offensive lineman. I would be concerned if he was a quarterback or defensive back. Fashanu is a stud and somebody is going to be thrilled if he drops out of the top ten.
Certainly not laughable. If he had 31" arms to go with those hands and was 6'2" he'd go in the 5th round or later. All the measurements "matter", in proper context. Luckily for Olu he is 6'6" with like 34" arms, i.e. the hand size is less detrimental than it would be on a smaller guy. And he's good. Range is probably like 15-25 ish.
@@FantasySportsZen That is my exact point. The dude is an offensive lineman with great tape. His hands matter at QB or wide receiver.
It’s a lot harder to grab and hold on to blocks with smaller hands
Love Mel, but he’s “crazy eyes old guy” a little bit here 😂
First Draft > State of the Union
Drake May is going to be a buster
Trubisky
Surely McConkey is Top 50
JJ is a 7th rd qb and will get a lot of jobs lost
BEAR DOWN
Mel will be wrong about JJ like his wrong about so many other quarterbacks. It happens every single year.
Why is it so many ESPN youtube videos have bad video/audio? Is it to seem like they are a small company? You are owned by f*cking Disney, and have worse quality than content creators who are just starting out, completely independent, and a $500 setup. Its like Liz Loza on FF now, and this side content.
This is Mel Kiper, and Field Yates, and this is the best you can produce?
JJ over Maye is a joke
It’s unacceptable
It seems like there are a number of evaluators that have him sliding
@@nicholaswoods4055yes
That would be the Vikings ideal situation 😅
The NFL scouts disagree...you know the people that matter.
Looks like the B1G/SEC are playing different level of football, sorry.
Comparing Bo Nix to Kenny Pickett is ridiculous. Pickett is terrible and wasn’t even close to as good as Nix in college. Nix is way closer to a Kirk Cousins than a Kenny Pickett.
Nix will be a way better pro QB than JJ McCarthy. Guaranteed. Penix will be better than JJ too.
If my Pats take JJ at 3 I will riot.
I bet JJ would too.
No QB wants to get drafted to the Pats
You guys have 0 weapons
Draft MHjr
@@florida1289 who is going to throw to him? This is one of the deepest WR drafts in the last 10 years and the top 3 QB’a are better than what you normally get in a draft, don't want to waste that opportunity. Get a QB and then get a WR in the second round, and a tackle in the 3rd. Pick up another WR and tackle in free agency. You can go from terrible to good really fast with a good QB, just ask the Texans. There are good WRs every year in both the draft and free agency, but that's not always the case with QBs.
At yet another Pats super bowl victory parade?
I went to the Lions Patriots game in 2022. The Pats won that game 27-0. I saw Pats fans mock Lions fans after that game. WOW have things changed since that game.
JJ is a winner. Fully expect whatever team he goes to... to start winning. May be a blessing in disguise if he slips a little so he goes to a team that is better than the Patriots.
@@farriskhan2352 I live in Michigan and have been a Michigan fan my entire life. I like JJ, but he's so raw and so much unknown. I think he has the potential to be great if he held a clipboard for a year or two, those kinds of guys can't be drafted in the top 5. If he was there in the second round I would be all for it. I could see him being a great pickup for the Rams. Learn under Stafford for a couple of years. Maye is taller, heavier, just as big of an arm, very athletic, way more experienced at nearly the same age, and has more upside. He could also bust, but I think it's way less likely, and has the potential to be a top 5 QB in the league.
I knew Zach Wilson and Bryce Young would be busts
I'm not giving up on Bryce just yet but I understand what you mean
zach and bryce were drafted for completely different reasons
Same. Too small.
Every year it’s almost predictable and it’s usually the guy that rose late in the process two years of tape of mccarthy then he after interviews he starts to rise. Bo nix as well.
I prefer Mad Mel to Mel Jr.
Dutch Bros coffee
Maye is another Blake Bortles. Sloppy feet and scatter arm.
The first thing I noticed about him is he constantly drifted while throwing in the pocket. He needs to clean that up in the pros.
Malik Washington is a Percy Harvin clone with a better attitude and will succeed in the NFL.
Harvin was close to 6' tall and Malik is like 5'8", but I get your comparison. Not bad.
first 20 minutes I felt they kept beating down the same point. Unwatchable!! Supposed to be bout the top 50. seems i walked into lecture about making mock drafts
Constructive criticism: I hate the close-up shots of these dudes just talking. Maybe this is good for scouts but as a casual it is boring. Bring in some video footage/images of the sport and players from games instead of just close-ups of these guys just talking.
McCarthy is going 6th book it
I hope so because I want people to fall, but a total overdraft if JJ goes #6.
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