Adam Schefter Seems Confident He Knows the No. 1 Pick in the NFL Draft

He has been consistent with his take since March.

Alabama quarterback Bryce Young has consistently been considered the No. 1 pick in the upcoming NFL draft and ESPN’s Adam Schefter is so confident in the scenario that he doesn’t think Young should visit any other teams. 

“Bryce Young is gonna visit the Houston Texans—I think it’s a waste of time,” Schefter said Wednesday. “I think the ship has sailed. I think Bryce Young is gonna be the No. 1 pick. They’re [Texans] not gonna have a chance to take the guy that, I think, they would’ve liked to have taken. So now they’re sitting there at No. 2 and what do you do?"

Houston could have gotten the No. 1 pick in the draft, but instead won its regular-season finale against the Colts and finished with the second-worst record in the league. The Bears finished with the worst 2022 season and went on to trade the top pick to the Panthers, who are expected to take Young.       

The ESPN analyst—along with most of the sports world—has been consistent on Carolina taking Young since March. 

“Going into the process of evaluating the quarterbacks, I think that Bryce Young is the favorite to become the No. 1 overall pick,” he said last month. 

Young won the Heisman during his sophomore year in 2021 and finished his junior season tallying 3,328 passing yards and 32 touchdown passes to just five interceptions. The NFL draft is scheduled to start on April 27 at 8 p.m. ET. 

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