'Misinformation and mixed signals rank right up there in the process with 40-yard dash times and three-cone drills,' writes columnist Jarrett Bell for usatodaysports
CLOSE SportsPulse: USA TODAY Sports' Nate Davis has the Raiders, Jets and Patriots being very active on draft night and Kyler Murray falling down the board. USA TODAY Sports
This time, with the three-day draft kicking off Thursday in Nashville, it has been widely reported that Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins’ stock is supposedly slipping – just as Missouri’s Drew Lock and Duke’s Daniel Jones are climbing the QB charts.QB CONCERNS: Which NFL teams could draft quarterback? Ranking all 32 teams by need for a passer
Still, stuff is out there from all angles. For instance, Brandt warns it could be a mistake to read too much into the 30 players each team is allowed to bring for official visits – presumably because they have more than casual interest. Some teams use the visits as a sleight-of-hand move in an attempt to conceal true intentions about prospects they could draft.
“Anything that you say into a microphone can go all over the country instantly,” Phil Savage, former Browns GM and Ravens personnel director, told USA Today Sports. Sure, every team runs its draft differently. Bill Belichick typically will have only four or five staff members in the Patriots’ war room during the draft . Others fully involve scouts, even to the point of including them in open war-room discussions during the draft.
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