Yes. I'm a big fan of QB's sitting a year no matter where they come from, where they're drafted, or how good in college they are. Dart specifically needs time to adapt to the NFL. Everything is there from leadership to physical capabilities and football IQ (supposedly) but he does lack experience in an NFL style offense. I do think Warren or Jeanty would elevate this offense this year, but theres greater value in finding a franchise QB for the next decade.
Not true. I've been beating the Dart horn for a few months now. Anyone who's watched Sanders, Dart, Nuss, Allar and Ewers consistently could see the potential Dart has. He was greater then all of them on the field with an offense lacking talent. Ole Miss just wasn't in the media hype train like Colorado, Penn State or Texas.
On top of that, that's not how the draft works. We see it every year. Plenty of players fall a few or even several rounds. Some players are taken a few rounds sooner. QB isn't much different because its typically in a constant spot light but we see how the media gets it wrong even there. We saw this with Bo Nix and Penix last year. We also watched it happen with Sam Howell who was slated to be a 2nd round pick and ended up being selected with the 1st pick in the 5th round in 2022.
It seems many here hold the media's rankings as gospel, and that's extremely odd to me because they are always far, far off.
I've watched about every other game of his since 2023, and he's going to struggle in the NFL a lot. He's just not elite at all. He was massively hyped up the media consistently even in bad games against bad defenses. I believe this was mostly because of his blood line and who is coach was. Everyone found interest in the QB son/HOF NFL player as head coach who happened to be a Dallas Cowboy during the height of the franchise whether they were rooting for success or failure. Loads of drama and the media loves reporting on drama. It garners the most income and views.
Dart just isn't going to be there second round. The media is way off on this. Dart is viewed by the majority of the NFL as a franchise QB and he won't make it past the Steelers @21. In truth, I don't even believe the Steelers will wait till 21. I wouldn't be surprised if they try to move up for him. Dart is a lock for top 15. If this draft had a lot of expectational talent in quantity, he may have lasted till the end of the first round or early second round. But that's just not the case. There's only 4 superb talented players in this draft (Carter, Graham, Jeanty and Warren) and rumored to be 12 players with a first round grade by teams. Which means by pick 13, teams will be selecting 2nd round graded talent. This will likely have significant impact on when premium positions are mostly selected, which are usually QB, LT and EDGE.