NFL Draft 2019: 7-Round Mock Draft projections for every team

A week ago it looked like a foregone conclusion that the Cardinals would be using the No. 1 overall pick on Kyler Murray. Now, there’s at least a little bit of doubt in the air in regards to the team’s decision. I imagine that’s all a smoke screen at this point, and Arizona has made up their minds already that Murray is the guy.

After drafting Josh Rosen in the first round last year, and despite his struggles as a rookie, it probably doesn’t make a ton of sense to turn around and draft a quarterback a second year in a row. But the circumstances surrounding this selection are different.

New head coach Kliff Kingsbury has long been infatuated with the Heisman Trophy winner, and regardless of your feelings about Kingsbury or Murray’s long-term prospects in the NFL, it’s hard not to be excited about the possibility of what the two could accomplish together. If either are going to be successful at this level, it would be with each other.

If the Cardinals do indeed take Murray, then their attention will turn to trading Rosen. There will be a significant market for the former UCLA quarterback, but I’m not sure if Arizona would be able to get back the first round pick they invested in him. They might have to settle for a second rounder.

A team like the Patriots, armed with 12 total picks, including two second rounders and three thirds, could swing a deal for Rosen if they aren’t infatuated with any of the other signal callers as they search for Tom Brady’s eventual replacement.