That is unless you’re the Patriots, who lost their first round draft pick this year for cheating.
The Miami Dolphins have already taken Jake Long, and now the St. Louis Rams are on the clock. This sucks for the Rams, who really wanted Jake Long. The remaining top draft picks might be Matt Ryan, Glenn Dorsey, Chris Long or Vernon Gholston. But people now expect the Rams to try to trade down with a team interested in Matt Ryan, possibly the Baltimore Ravens, who would be stealing him from the Atlanta Falcons.
Matt Ryan has been hyped a lot this year, and he very well could be a quarterback that could lead a team to the playoffs and Super Bowl, but it’s pretty early to bet on it. Rookie QBs often take sometime to adjust to the NFL, and grow with their team. Both Eli and Payton Manning have won the Super Bowl, but they weren’t even close to the Big Game in their first few years in the league. Betting on Rookie QBs to lead teams to victory are very risky. Not every team has a Tom Brady to win them the Super Bowl, and most young quarterbacks aren’t surrounded by as much talent as he was.
I like to bet on the Super Bowl. Betting the Big Game is a lot of fun, and betting the Super Bowl winner during the preseason is a great way to start. Teams that I don’t think have a shot at winning the Super Bowl this year have to be any team with a Rookie QB. Them and the Bears, but that’s another story.
