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March 26, NFL Draft News & Rumors

J.J. McCarthy to the Commanders?

According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, “executives for other teams” believe Commanders GM Adam Peters will select Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy with the second overall pick. 

So do we have a new favorite to land at No. 2 overall? Probably not. 

Peters comes from San Francisco, where the 49ers have had success with game-manager-type quarterbacks, and McCarthy fits that mold best among this year’s first-round quarterback prospects. So that’s likely the explanation for the answer Pelissero has heard. 

However, almost every year teams inside the top 10 stray from their typical team-building trends. The reason is pretty simple: the opportunity to land an elite talent at the top of the draft only comes around every so often. 

In fact, we saw Peters and the 49ers buck their quarterback trend inside the top 10 just four years ago when they swung for the fences on Trey Lance’s upside. 

So Peters may like McCarthy enough to draft him under different circumstances, but passing over the ceiling that Jayden Daniels or Drake Maye provides seems unlikely.

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