After the 2016-17 college football season ended, people as usual already started thinking about the upcoming draft and who the players to watch for were. One big name being discussed at the time was Notre Dame QB prospect DeShone Kizer. As the first pre-draft rankings came out, Kizer was ranked the best QB in the draft by multiple sources including the biggest one, NFL.com. Kizer did have his flaws but was thought of as a top, first round selection at QB. As it got closer to the draft, Kizer began to slide in the rankings and raw QB prospect Patrick Mahomes was started to float up. When the draft finally came, Mahomes who was once considered a second round talented had floated to a first round prospect. Kizer was now considered a 2nd rounder. Things went according to plan and Kizer went in the 2nd round...to the Browns. As we all know the Browns have had horrible QB issues in the past few seasons and every year it seems they draft or sign a good QB prospect and then it totally backfires. This time, Cleveland hoped that the trend would end when they picked Kizer. After the draft, it was talked about that the Browns were likely going to bench Kizer this season and train him up to be ready to be their future QB while recent bust QB Brock Osweiler took the reigns this season. When training camp begun, Kizer from day 1 dominated camp. He out performed backups Cody Kessler and Kevin Hogan and apparently BLEW by likely starter Brock Osweiler. Still, Osweiler was named starter of the first preseason showing. In that game, Osweiler struggled and Kizer shined. The
next week was the same, Kizer kept playing better but Osweiler was named the next preseason game starter. Finally after another star outing for Kizer and bad outing for Osweiler, coach Hue Jackson named DeShone Kizer the Browns preseason week 3 starter. Thats when all rumors got louder. It was looking like Kizer would take the starting job. Just that happened. Osweiler struggled yet again but game starter DeShone Kizer had another amazing game. Showing he could throw from all over the pocket, scramble, and make accurate throws. After the game rookie QB DeShone Kizer was named the Browns starting QB for the regular season. It looks like the Browns could have found their future. Kizer has played amazing this pre-season outperforming all the QBs picked ahead of him and is the only rookie passer who has been named a starter. Kizer could actually this time be the Browns QB of the future. It is great that the Browns are starting him. Why? Because he will only get better if he plays so throwing him in could end up helping. Also Kizer has looked great in the pre-season so he should be good in the regular season. If they try Kizer for the year and realize he is a bust or something then they can draft a QB from the upcoming draft class that is the most QB stacked that we have seen in awhile. Best case scenario Browns play Kizer early in his career so the talented player gets even better and looks like their QB of the future. Worst case 
Thanks for reading.
Photo Cred: Sporting News, ESPN.com
No comments:
Post a Comment