NFL scouts cool on 2027 QB draft class: Why Arch Manning and others could benefit from staying in college

By the end of September, there was consistent enthusiasm among NFL personnel staffers regarding certain college quarterbacks and their future as NFL draft prospects.

It was enthusiasm — based on the standout play of a few specific quarterbacks — that was shared unprompted by a combination of NFL player personnel directors, college scouting directors and scouts during conversations with CBS Sports.

Except it hasn't been about the quarterbacks that those NFL personnel staffers originally expected to be talking about at this point. As was the case in the media space, there was a feeling around the NFL personnel world heading into the season that there were a number of quarterbacks with a chance to be early-round picks in next year's draft, including several that at that point they believed had first-round (and possibly early first-round) potential. The consistent belief going into the season was that it was a good year if you were an NFL team that needed a quarterback and that it could end up being one of the stronger QB draft classes in recent years.

That's no longer the case. Instead, the universal belief in the NFL space is that most of these quarterbacks once viewed as intriguing…

Original source: https://www.cbssports.com/