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The Rant with Jeff Ratcliffe

Rookie QB Rankings & Player Comps

The Rant with Jeff Ratcliffe

Jeff Ratcliffe

Sports, Fantasy Sports, Football

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Jeff Ratcliffe breaks down his fantasy football scouting reports for this year’s rookie quarterbacks and gives you his pre-draft rankings. In the process, Jeff tells you his thoughts on the strengths and weaknesses of each player and provides some player comps for this year’s top options at the position in the NFL draft.

Transcript

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0:00.0

What is up, it's the rant. My name is Jeff Rackliffe and it is Friday, April 9th. We're less than three weeks away from the NFL draft. I'm starting to get really fired up about all that.

0:28.0

That's what we're going to talk about on the show today. I'm going to do my quarterback rankings for you. We'll talk some player comps as well and everybody loves player comps.

0:37.0

So we'll talk about who these guys in this year's draft class are most similar to. They're not going to be those players. Let's be clear about that.

0:45.0

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Stating interest sections apply seasite for full terms and restrictions. All right, let's dive into it here. Again, the NFL drapped rapidly approaching and also Monday freaking Monday.

2:01.0

The FTN rookie guide produced by yours truly will release that things going to drop over a FTN fantasy.com you got to be a subscriber to get it.

2:11.0

But use the promo code rap packet yourself a little bit of a discount. It's not not much to subscribe you get everything for the year.

2:17.0

You get all my rankings all the projections you get everything from Brad Evans you get everything from all the rest of our team.

2:24.0

So it's exactly what you're looking for right there. Get it now and then you get it when that things release. We'll also do an update after the draft there in the very beginning of May for your rookie draft. So let's dive into the quarterbacks.

2:37.0

At number one, I don't think there's any question here. It is Trevor Lawrence and you know, I mean, we say can't miss. I really do think he is can't miss.

2:45.0

He has everything you're looking for in an NFL quarterback. He's got the size. He's got the modern athleticism. He has the high processing speed, the super high football IQ really everything and anything you could ask for.

3:00.0

I think he is the next coming of, you know, Andrew Luck in terms of that long line of can't miss. It's not a very long line. You look at John Lway, Pete Manning, Andrew Luck. Well Trevor Lawrence will now be on that list.

3:12.0

Generational is a word I don't like to use unless I really mean it. He is generational. Don't say that about quarterbacks less quarterback. I said I said that about was Andrew Luck.

3:24.0

So Lawrence awesome. Now number two in my fantasy rankings is actually different than number two on my NFL draft board.

3:33.0

Number two on my NFL draft board is Zach Wilson, but I do not think that he is the number two fantasy prospect in this year's class because I don't think that he lands in exactly the best spot.

3:46.0

And it's close. Don't get me wrong. I think you really have Lawrence in a tear by himself and then the next three are a tear together. So I actually have it currently as Justin Fields.

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