Mel Kiper Jr. Mock Draft 1.0: Will Drake Maye or Jayden Daniels go number 2 overall? | First Draft

Mel Kiper Jr. and Field Yates discuss whether Drake Maye or Jayden Daniels will be the second quarterback taken in this years draft.

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We’re not going to give you the full 16 Picks M but we will give you number two because things get interesting my friend the commander take a quarterback but might not be the one that America is thinking who you got I’m going Jaden Daniels uh quarterback from LSU formerly of Arizona

State who Herm Edwards who recruited him I said give me a c he gave me Randall Cunningham Herm did who knows Jaden Daniels as well as anybody everybody says Lamar Jackson he went with Randle Cunningham you look at the skill set field the Dual threat capabilities and

The fact that he was aggressive with his throws aggressive running with the football yet he didn’t turn it over and that’s a tough tap dance to be able to throw 40 touchdowns four picks only don’t turn it over yet go out there and just let it rip field and he would let

It ripped to Brian Thomas Jr and Malik neighbors Malik neighbors has a chance to be a really high pick Brian Thomas Jr has a chance to be a mid-ir rounder so he did add two great receivers to throw to but you look at the Improvement he showed this year look at the touchdown

Way up right completion percentage wasn’t that bad I mean it was bad it was outstanding in 2022 okay he did some great things at Arizona State before he came there he put on a little weight he was not about a 180 185 any longer so I think the fact that Jaden Daniels did

What he needed to do this year in terms of adding weight to that frame improving in all areas to the point field where he went from a third four fifth round type of pick to a top five pick guaranteed and I think the second pick over all so

When I look at you mentioned the quarterbacks okay momes extending things Josh Allen being Superman out there Lamar Jackson being unbelievable doing what he does okay those types of quarterbacks that really I think when you talk about threatening a defense stressing a defense you think you H you

Have a defense you saw spag on the sidelines when Josh made that remarkable play touchdown P to Shakir okay he’s just saying I there’s nothing else we can do just chalk it up to being a great quarterback Josh You’re great and Mahomes you’re great the great ones make

Unbelievable plays okay nobody else can Jaden Daniel showed that capability that’s why I think the Dual threat capability that he has the ability to do things that very few can do is the reason why I think he could go number two overall and also the fact that Drake

May late in the year the Virginia NC State missing open receivers not as accurate and precise as he has been and could be in the NFL so I Still Love Drake may I don’t think there’s any doubt about that he’s going to go I think either two or three but for Jaden

Ride that momentum look at where he is as a player right now and look at the league and what those defenses really struggle against that’s a quarterback like Jaden Daniels absolutely M and by the way we are you know Monday morning quarterbacking right now as it pertains

To the divisional round of the playoffs and so often we are talking about quarterbacks in clutch moments how do they perform when the lights are shining brightest when the stakes are at their highest under two minutes to go got to have it situations down big in the

Fourth quarter you name it your defense is doing absolutely nothing for you whatever the circumstances might be and find me a player this year in college football who more often than not put his team on its back when he needed to and the results were borderline lights out

Now you think about the Florida game 295 rushing yards for Jaden Daniels the Missouri game that Missouri team who’s going to be loaded with NFL draft prospects probably a first round corner on Andis rraw Jr they’ve got Chris Abrams dra another maybe third fourth round pick at corner Darius Robinson

Going be a second third round pick at defensive end I mean we got all kinds of NFL Talent on that defense and they had no answers none for Jaden Daniels when that game was coming down to it in the fourth quarter even Alabama a team that

We know not only has guys who will go in the first round this year on defense mail but unless they lose them all to the transfer portal it’s got to have probably I don’t know 10 12 guys that will eventually be drafted in the first round currently on the roster that

Aren’t even draft eligible yet Jaden Daniels compared to his own standards was just okay against Alabama Mel and he had nearly 400 yards of offense when the moment was at its biggest Jaden Daniels was at his best I’m a big believer in the importance of clutch production for

Quarterbacks like the ones that show they can consistently do it are a Difference Maker whether it’s a Patrick Mahomes who has been the standard at least in terms of the quarterbacks that are out there right now Tom Brady obviously defined it for 20 plus years Lamar Jackson sted to pile up those

Moments at least this past Saturday was a good step in that direction to me The Moxy the intangibles that Jaden Daniels brings to the table are just so good that it’s hard for me to bet against him you mentioned Drake mayil and I think that one of the realities when it comes

To these mock drafts is that when you’re taking one guy it’s viewed as a slight against the other guy but why not Drake May number two overall well I just look at a couple games and it’s a couple games against teams they should they were 24o favorite

Over Virginia lose the game NC State better team but he still struggled in that game PR particularly early on you think about not having TZ Walker early in the year think about what he was able to do you see him there catching the touchdown pass had he had him from the

Get-go which he should have but the NCA said no and he had a wait right he didn’t have Downs who moved on to the NFL in the Indianapolis coach green as well lost his two top targets so again and then didn’t have walker uh early in the year but the precise passing putting

The ball on the money where the receiver can do the maximum with the football after the catch that was lacking on some plays now again is it nitpicking well it’s a couple games against teams you where the pressure wasn’t there he had time to throw in the pocket had guys

Open and they flat out missed them and I think when you look at Drake I think you look at the ability to move he can do that he can stress the defense with his legs he’s an outstanding athlete he’s got a heck of an arm people compare him

To Justin Herbert I had no problem with that Justin Herbert was a third quarterback taken when he came out right behind Joe burrow and Tua Josh Allen was a third quarterback taken people forget get that third quarterback taken behind Baker Mayfield and Sam darnold right Ben rothberger third quarterback taken

Behind Eli Manning and Philip Rivers that third quarterback over the years I can go one and one there’s more than what I said but we know we got time here we can’t do it all about this pick here and all about this one quarterback but the third quarterback off the board has

Hit big in a lot of years and Drake May or Jaden Daniel whoever that third quarterback is history tells us uh there’s a chance he’s going to have success and for Drake May these teams also think about New England Washington Chicago and where we are right now where

They are a quarterback they gave Sam how a chance ma Jones I don’t I M Jones got a raw deal I mean M Jones was not dealt a great hand there uh you thought about the coordinator think about the SE sex they had as a rookie then the

Coordinators changes they bring guys in that aren’t offensive coordinators you think about where we are right now in terms of receivers at New England the offensive line Washington as well uh you with you Sam H now needing a quarterback so these teams they gave the guy a shot

Uh and it just did didn’t work and some no fault of MC Jones I think M Jones needs help and he didn’t get it he’s not a quarterback and carry on a team on his shoulders and offense so uh with Drake may you still got to help him Outfield

You got to get some help on the offensive line you got to get receivers we know that so it doesn’t matter who the quarterback is you got to get those guys around to help and New England’s going to have some work to do other than just getting a quarterback and pick

Number three yeah two closing thoughts there one I think you and I should both get a tattoo I don’t think either of us is Big tattoo guys yet M but we should get a a tattoo maybe across our forehead that says I in all capital letters love

Qb3 because whoever it is is still a player that we love it’s just that somebody has to be quarterback one someone’s going to slide in between quarterback three and quarterback one and then someone’s be quarterback three like it’s okay jayen Daniels or Drake May or even if it’s Caleb Williams

Somehow we’re all awesome awesome players to go third amongst these quarterbacks