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2020 NFL Mock Draft: First round projections after Week 1

By Tanner Nestle

SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 07: Jerry Jeudy #4 of the Alabama Crimson Tide celebrates his 62 yard touchdown reception thrown by Tua Tagovailoa #13 against the Clemson Tigers during the first quarter in the College Football Playoff National Championship at Levi's Stadium on January 07, 2019 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 07: Jerry Jeudy #4 of the Alabama Crimson Tide celebrates his 62 yard touchdown reception thrown by Tua Tagovailoa #13 against the Clemson Tigers during the first quarter in the College Football Playoff National Championship at Levi's Stadium on January 07, 2019 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images) /
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Washington Huskies Quarterback Jacob Eason
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – AUGUST 31: Jacob Eason #10 of the Washington Huskies looks to throw the ball in the first quarter against the Eastern Washington Eagles during their game at Husky Stadium on August 31, 2019 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images) /

Scouting Report. Pick Analysis. QB. player. 44. Washington. Jacob Eason. 17

I’m hoping I’ve been rational enough for this to be the first pick that makes you really scratch your head. But hear me out. Matt Ryan isn’t getting any younger. He’s already 34. And Matt Schaub can’t hang around forever as a backup quarterback. At the very least, Schaub definitely isn’t the future. He’s 38.

Atlanta isn’t in the market for a new quarterback yet, but they will be in a couple of years. So why not take a quarterback now so when ‘a couple of years’ comes they’ll already have a guy being groomed behind Ryan?

Eason has had an undesirable college career. He started as a freshman at Georgia and looked good. Then he lost the starting job the Jake Fromm after being injured, transferred to Washington, and will finally play his second whole season this year for the Huskies.

Eason has a cannon for an arm which could make him a super version of Ryan with some tuning. I mentioned that he hasn’t seen consistent action in college, and he has changed programs in that span, so he’s essentially a first-year starter. Those kinds of quarterbacks need time. And I just have a strange feeling about this one.

The Falcons could easily go somewhere else here, especially at running back with the talent on the board, but I wanted to think about some of the developmental quarterback situations in this draft. Atlanta is one of them.

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