2021 NFL Draft: Patriots nab star wide receiver in full Round 1 mock
By Adam Weinrib
OL. Penei Sewell. 5. 56. Scouting Report. Pick Analysis. Oregon. player
2021 NFL Draft: Joe Burrow just exhaled loudly.
In perhaps the draft’s biggest no-brainer beyond Lawrence, the Cincinnati Bengals have to secure their future in Joe Burrow, who couldn’t be kept upright in his rookie season, then was felled on a freak play and could miss the majority of this season, too.
Burrow/Tee Higgins is an exciting QB/WR duo, despite the 2020 season going largely off the rails. Now it’s time for Cincy to pack the pocket with big bodies, and Sewell, who could be the second-most talented player in this entire draft, is too perfect to pass on here.
WR. 54. Alabama. Jaylen Waddle. 6. player. Scouting Report. Pick Analysis
Lots of chatter about the Eagles potentially splurging for a QB here a year after selecting the promising Jalen Hurts, but, like … it’s bad chatter. What is that chatter?
Philadelphia will entertain the idea of selecting another signal caller, sure. It’s the smokescreen they’d all like you to be considering as they select one of the draft’s many game-breaking wideouts and thank their lucky stars they were able to get one more beautiful tank out of Doug Pederson before his unceremonious firing.
When Waddle was on the field running full speed this season, he racked up 591 yards on just 28 total receptions, with a season-long of 90. That’ll play. Perhaps he and Hurts can reminisce about how neither of them left Alabama with particularly positive feelings about Tua Tagovailoa.