Nick Shook

I don't know how to project him necessarily.

But I think that personality-wise, they paired him with the perfect quarterback.

with the Raiders in Kirk Cousins.

And I believe that

Not only did the Raiders luck out by the fact that Cousins was available, but I also think they were very wise in the idea that, hey, let's sign him.

Let's put him at the front of the room to start.

And we'll allow Fernando to kind of get acclimated at his speed and not have the pressure of putting this entire franchise on his shoulders and on his back and carrying them forward.

And so I think that projection-wise, I think he'll

Kidd has made a lot of great plays.

He's mobile, more mobile than you realize.

He's tough as nails.

I think about that stretch that began essentially with the Big Ten title game and finished the national championship game as all the tape that you really needed to see when it comes to just explaining his strengths.

I had this thought last night before the draft began and everyone's got their best available boards and they're scrolling on the ticker on the bottom and everyone's got Mendoza and they're one.

And I was thinking to myself,

To be honest with you, if a team that didn't need a quarterback was drafted at number one, I don't know if he would go to number one.

That's easy to say, but is he really the best player available in this draft?

I'm not sure.

That's the thing that I still need to figure out with him.

He's got the physical traits.

physical you know at least the the size and and we've seen what he's done in college but i think that you know some of the book is is yet to be written on him in terms of an evaluation i'm excited to see what he looks like the nfl level because i think that's going to give me some clarity but i also know that he's not in the worst situation in the world because they have kirk cousins well speaking of quarterbacks what did you think about alabama quarterback ty simpson going 13th overall to the rams