2020 NFL Mock Draft, Week 6: Chase Young takes top spot

The Cincinnati Bengals could certainly address their offensive line early in the 2020 NFL Draft, but how long does current quarterback Andy Dalton have left in the tank? And would first-year head coach Zac Taylor, a former quarterback himself, not want to get his hands on an elite prospect like Tua Tagovailoa to see if he can mold him into a NFL star?

We’ve seen how drafting a quarterback without a plan to protect him can go wrong (Andrew Luck, Deshaun Watson is reaching that point), but Tagovailoa is too good to pass up. He’s shown an ability to perform in big moments, most notably the 2018 CFP National Championship when he was thrust into the game at halftime. And while he’s been surrounded by the best group of talent in college football, Tagovailoa’s stood out above his peers.

Save for last season’s CFP National Championship against Clemson, we hadn’t seen the 6-foot-1 signal-caller from Hawaii all that rattled. He was hampered by injuries down the stretch, but he never let that become an excuse.

He’s started 20 games at Alabama, and while the Tide under Saban’s been a force defensively and a ground-and-pound team, Tagovailoa’s made the coach tweak the offense’s approach. They’re still scoring plenty of points, but Tagovailoa’s racking up more passing touchdowns than nearly every Alabama quarterback who’s come before him. He’s thrown 23 through just five games in 2019.