Washington football: Why Jacob Eason’s decision makes sense

Why it makes sense: All it takes is one team

As we’ve seen in the NFL draft historically, it only takes one team to fall in love with you as a prospect. Your tape can say one thing, but when you start slinging it around at the combine and your pro day, that one GM falls in love with a quarterback throwing in gym shorts to uncovered receivers.

This just doesn’t extend to receivers, but to any position; remember Marco Battaglia and Mike Mamula? Probably not, unless you love the combine — they had two of the best workouts in the history of the combine and did little in the NFL.

This isn’t to say drafting Jacob Eason in the first round is a reach. There have been, however, teams that fell in love with a guy and reached to get him. The quarterback position is the most important position on the field at any level of football, so when you think a prospect has the potential to lead your franchise; you sacrifice something to get him.

Think back to the 2011 NFL Draft when there were three quarterbacks taken in the top 10. One of them was Jake Locker. This year, there are three teams that definitely need a quarterback, and three that are shaky at the position. Could the Panthers be ready to move on from Cam Newton or the Chargers take Eason over Herbert possibly? The Dolphins might fall in love with Eason and stay away from Tua.

All he needs is one team to fall in love, and love will make you do wrong.