Sunday morning draft buzz

April 25, 2021

Sunday morning draft buzz … It started almost as a joke a few backs, but there is a growing buzz around the league that Dallas could actually be seriously considering making a play for Florida TE Kyle Pitts at this week’s draft. There were early reports that Cowboys’ owner Jerry Jones was totally enamored with Pitts, who most people now consider the clear top non-QB prospect, if not the best prospect overall in this year’s draft class. But those reports kind of got laughed off as ‘just Jerry being Jerry’ getting excited about a shiny new toy when in fact almost all of Dallas’ biggest issues are on the defensive side of the ball. In the last week or so, though, that buzz has grow to a dull roar, although the Cowboys are still sitting at the 10th pick. Of course, if Jones and company want Pitts they’ll have to move to the 4th or 5th pick to get ahead of Miami which reportedly has Pitts in their sites at the 6th pick. And that wouldn’t be cheap in that it would cost them at least their second round pick this week and likely more.

Meanwhile, reports continue to bubble that the most eager teams to move up into the top ten are New England and Arizona. Not surprisingly, most rumors associated with New England have the Patriots moving up to get a QB. However, we are also picking up some whispers that Bill Belichek is actually happy enough with Cam Newton, but would like to get him a few more weapons, especially after dependable go-to WR Julian Edelman retired earlier this month, and might actually be targeting a receiver like Alabama’s DeVonta Smith. And that could put the Patriots in competition with Arizona which is also believed to be looking to trade up to get a downfield weapon for young QB Kyler Murray.

Just a cautionary note, though, on trade talk. The past couple of pre-draft periods were also rife with plenty of trade talk in the week leading up to the draft, but nothing much really came to fruition once the picking actually started. Remember it takes two to tango. It also takes a lot of draft resources to move up and teams start to get cold feet when the realize that they may be giving up the better part of their remaining draft to get just one player when in fact few teams are just one player away!