2024 NFL Draft: Brock Bowers, Drake Maye, Malik Nabers, Caleb Williams (2024)

The Kansas City Chiefs are a week removed from winning their second straight Super Bowl. But for 31 other teams and fan bases, the official conclusion to the 2023-2024 season marks the official beginning of draft season.

What makes the 2024 NFL Draft particularly unique is that the questions truly start at the very beginning. We’ve seen plenty of drafts where the No. 1 pick is a foregone conclusion. We’ve also seen plenty of drafts where it’s fairly obvious that a team is looking to trade out of the top pick. But it’s rare to have a situation as polarizing as the decision the Chicago Bears must make with the top overall selection.

Here are all of our burning questions for the 2024 NFL Draft. Below we dive into a few notable 2024 NFL Draft Prospects.

2024 NFL Draft Burning Questions

Do Three QBs Get Taken in the First Three Picks?

Right now, half of the mock drafts aggregated by Mock Draft Database suggest the first three picks will be Williams, Drake Maye, and Jayden Daniels, in some order.

But I’m curious to see what the Patriots do at No. 3, and I’m not sold that they’ll choose the third-best QB left on the board over a potential superstar skill weapon in Harrison Jr.

Listen, I’m far from a Mac Jones advocate. But you’re lying to yourself if you think he was the sole problem last season. A big part of New England’s offensive issues stemmed from a miserable group of weapons. And our consensus big board puts Harrison as the second-best prospect in this draft, with Daniels ranking fifth.

Again, that isn’t a gigantic difference, but I do think New England could have a tricky decision on its hands between the draft’s top skill weapon and the reigning Heisman Trophy winner.

If the first three picks are quarterbacks, then Arizona suddenly enters a position of power. With two first-round picks, thanks to their trade with Houston last draft, they could keep it simple and snag a legitimate weapon as they look to build around Kyler Murray. But you’d have to think the phones will be ringing off the hook with teams looking to jump up to acquire Harrison.

The Cardinals could be one of the big winners of this year’s draft just by standing pat and letting the QB frenzy play out.

Do the Giants Take a Replacement for Daniel Jones?

The Daniel Jones contract extension was a colossal failure. And no, injury isn’t primarily to blame. The fact is Jones is an average NFL starter at best, and if the Giants were wise, they’d take a serious look at replacing him.

However, there are two impediments: the first is the aforementioned Jones contract, which doesn’t have a reasonable out until 2025 (which would still cost $22 million in dead cap space). The other impediment is their draft position, as they’d most likely have to trade into the top three to land one of the prized prospects.

The most likely scenario is New York scoops up the next-best receiver on their draft board after Harrison, most likely Malik Nabers or Rome Odunze. But the 2025 draft is not expected to be a tremendous quarterback class, which could have teams like New York thinking aggressively about finding their long-term answer.

Where Does Brock Bowers Land?

Mixed in with all the quarterback intrigue is another intriguing prospect in Bowers. The Georgia tight end has seemingly been a household name for years but is coming off of a year in which he posted lows in yardage and touchdowns while dealing with injuries.

The consensus appears to suggest Bowers is a lock to finish inside the top 10, but will recent history give teams pause about investing a premium pick on this position? Kyle Pitts hasn’t quite panned out after going fifth overall to Atlanta years ago.

However, the Chargers, Giants, Titans, Bears, and Jets all make at least reasonable sense as a landing spot for Bowers within the top 10. I’ll be fascinated to see which team takes the chance and whether Bowers can join an emerging crop of exciting young tight ends.