Three teams that should try to trade up for a QB in the 2024 NFL Draft

The 2024 NFL Draft is wanting prefer it may very well be one in all the deeper quarterback courses in latest reminiscence, and that may create the risk for some large trades as teams try to discover their subsequent QB. 

NFL.com’s Daniel Jeremiah recently speculated that as many as 4 or 5 teams may very well be wanting to transfer up to choose a signal-caller. Not solely as a result of this class is robust, but additionally as a result of subsequent yr’s class shouldn’t be wanting as deep. 

Chicago (No. 1), Washington (No. 2) and New England (No. 3) all appear seemingly to take quarterbacks with their picks. 

But would any of them take into account shifting again? The Bears are reportedly in search of a “historic” haul to even take into account passing on a No. 1 quarterback two years in a row, whereas it might additionally in all probability take a large supply to get the Commanders or Patriots to chew given their quarterback wants. 

Caleb Williams (USC), Drake Maye (North Carolina) and Jayden Daniels (LSU) are robust candidates to go in these prime three spots irrespective of which teams make the picks. 

The extra practical trade intrigue could be when it comes to the second-tier quarterbacks, together with Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy and Oregon’s Bo Nix. 

So which teams should take into account a transfer up? Here are three that should strongly take into account it. 

Atlanta Falcons

Unless the Falcons completely love McCarthy or Nix at the No. 8 spot, they should be one in all the teams that aggressively tries to make a daring transfer up to the prime of the draft. 

The NFC South is extraordinarily winnable, and the Falcons may very well be in that combine in the event that they land the proper quarterback — particularly given a few of the talent place gamers they’ve on offense. The Desmond Ridder expertise has been an underwhelming failure they usually want to discover a approach to take a large swing to discover their long-term reply. 

Minnesota Vikings

The Vikings are nearly definitely going to lose veteran Kirk Cousins in free company, leaving a large gap in their offense as none of Joshua Dobbs, Nick Mullens or Jaren Hall determine to be long-term solutions. 

With Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison at huge receiver, the Vikings can’t threat losing their prime years with sub-par quarterback play. They have the No. 11 total choose and 9 picks total, so there may very well be some trade capital there to make a transfer. 

Seattle Seahawks

This is a actual wild-card staff in this dialogue. Geno Smith is a fantastic stop-gap answer, however he’s in all probability not a true long-term reply and he’s in all probability not going to be the quarterback that makes them a Super Bowl contender. 

They personal the No. 16 total choose which additionally places them into some kind of a grey space when it comes to the quarterback choices. They are clearly out of vary for the Williams, Maye, Daniels trio, and may not have a likelihood to land McCarthy or Nix relying on how the draft unfolds. 

This could be a robust alternative to transfer up into the prime 10, take McCarthy or Nix, and let that choose sit and watch for a yr behind Smith.