D(r)afty

Guy asked me the other day what I thought was going to happen in the NFL draft, this being Combine Week and all. I said, "Don't ask me."

No, really, folks. Don't ask me.

If you do, I'm gonna say I haven't the slightest, which is not what you'll hear from the all the draft gurus out there. Every one of them is lying, see. You can tell because every one of them has a different scenario. 

Which means they haven't the slightest, either, but don't want to lose valuable Draft Guru points by admitting it.

Me?

Hey, I got no points in this hunt.

And so the most I'll say is the Bears could trade the No. 1 pick, on account of they don't need a quarterback but need a bunch of other key parts.

And they could trade it to the Texans, although the Texans are sitting at No. 2 and are going to get first crack at a quarterback, anyway, unless they're afraid the Bears trade the top pick to someone else who'll jump the line and get first crack at a QB.

And they could trade it to the Seahawks, because Pete Carroll says they wouldn't be opposed to getting first crack at a QB -- which must really crisp Geno Smith's bacon, seeing how Geno was the Comeback Player of the Year and had an amazing 2022 season for the 'Hawks.

And they could trade it to the Colts, who are sitting at No. 4 and desperately need a quarterback, and like a lot of others want Bryce Young really, really badly. GM Chris Ballard didn't say that the other day, but the Indy media says that's what he meant.

Also, there's Georgia's monster play-wrecker Jalen Carter, who was arrested for reckless driving and racing the other day because of his involvement in a January crash that killed a Georgia teammate and football staffer in the car Carter was racing.

 The timing could not be worse for Carter, who showed  up at the combine fresh from being bailed out of jail. On the other hand, reckless driving and racing are just misdemeanors in Georgia, because it's Georgia and racing is what they do down there, especially if your last name is Elliott and you come from Dawsonville and you do it legally. 

So this might not affect Carter's draft status at all. Or, it might. NFL teams get really hinky about bad judgment stuff like this. 

Does that mean the Bears might be willing to swap the No. 1 pick further down, if they decide Carter's off their board? Does it mean they'd trade the pick to Houston or Indianapolis anyway, because there'll be other pieces they need at No. 2 or No. 4?

Will the Colts get Bryce Young, or will they take Will Levis, this year's Mitchell Trubisky?

Beats me. The only thing I know for sure is this: Whatever happens, the Colts will find some way to screw it up. 'Cause they're the Colts.

Sometimes past performance DOES guarantee future results, you see. Truth.