Washcoms, Pats confirm leaning QB, other options still on table … Maybe one of the worst kept secrets toward the 2024 draft – which for the record is a month Monday – is that Washington and New England, which have the 2nd and 3rd picks respectively in this year’s opening round, have QB as a priority. And the head coaches of both teams pretty much confirmed during interviews over the weekend, but both also left the door sightly ajar for other options. Washington’s Dan Quinn, for example, said “it’d be fair to envision we’d be taking a QB” at this year’s draft, but was a little more coy on which round saying that would be up to GM Adam Peters. At the same time, Quinn also confirmed that the Commanders had taken several calls about the pick and were at least prepared to listen, but that any offer “better be good.” Meanwhile, New England’s Jerod Mayo said the Patriots’ “priority” is to take a quarterback with their opening round pick. Mayo added though that “you have to really be in love with the guy to take him at #3. So really all the options are still open for us.” Translated, it sounds like both this close to taking a QB with those early picks, but just might be willing to trade if someone made them an offer that literally knocked their socks off.
