In today’s Fact or Fiction — NFL Draft edition — I look at three big recent topics around the NFL Draft and decide whether the statement is indeed FACT or if it’s FICTION.
1. Anthony Richardson will go No. 1 overall.
Farrell’s take: FICTION
Some team will be tempted. The kid is 6’4″ and 240+ pounds and runs like a WR and jumps like a CB. But his intermediate passing at the combine was average, and it was noticed. He lacks starting experience, he’s very raw as a passer and very up and down, and while he will go top 10, he just won’t be the guy a team can trade up and take No. 1. It takes some draft capital to move up and if you do so you better not risk it on a project like Trey Lance and the 49ers. That’s who he reminds me of, even if he’s more athletic.
2. Christian Gonzalez secured CB1.
Farrell’s take: FACT
6’1″ and nearly 200 pounds with sub 4.4 speed and amazing hops have him CB1 for me and for many scouts. I love Devon Witherspoon from Illinois and Joey Porter Jr. from Penn State as well, but Gonzalez is just a freak with size who has shown he can shut down elite players at Oregon. He doesn’t get past the Eagles at No. 10.
3. Lukas Van Ness is now a round one player.
Farrell’s take: FACT
Van Ness wasn’t even a starter under Kirk Ferentz at Iowa, and now he’s a first rounder. He ran a 4.58 at 272 pounds and amazing 3-cone and short shuttle times, and he was productive with double-digit sacks the last two seasons. I have him landing in the 20-30 range now, and I wonder why the heck he never started? C’mon Kirk.
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