As NFL free agency rages on, things are slowing down just a little bit on that front. Teams are looking ahead to the 2025 NFL Draft while still filling in holes during the second wave of free agency, and the Tennessee Titans still have one enormous opening at quarterback.
With all of the recent news and potential movement going on at the quarterback position around the league, one particular move seems to have thrown another team into the mix at quarterback for the draft.
Former Dallas Cowboys backup quarterback Cooper Rush recently signed with the Baltimore Ravens, leaving Dak Prescott without insurance. This wouldn't seem like that big of a deal if it weren't for a recent report from NFL Network's Ian Rapoport on the latest edition of the NFL Insiders Podcast.
Rapoport believes the Cowboys will draft a quarterback to back up Prescott and one who could ultimately end up starting some games because of Dak's shortened seasons due to injury. This rookie might even be ready to take over the starting job in two or three years, as Rapoport hinted.
“How high do they go? Because if you’re going to wait until the fifth or sixth or seventh round, you don’t know what kind of backup quarterback you’re getting. And honestly, by then, they may all be gone," Rapoport said.
The Titans need to take a quarterback at first overall and get it over with
Rapoport went on to hint that Dallas might even entertain taking a quarterback in Round 1.
“This at least, to me, means the Cowboys are considering taking one (a quarterback) if not Thursday, maybe on Friday," he finished.
If the Titans are planning on taking Abdul Carter first overall and going into Day 2 thinking they'll have a chance at someone like Jaxson Dart, Quinn Ewers or Jalen Milroe, the Cowboys just might surprise us all and take one of them in the first round.
That would leave Tennessee with one less option to pick from in the second round, and with this year's quarterback class not being very good, they'd be left with a less-than-ideal situation.
In this case, selecting Miami's Cam Ward first overall seems like the play. The closer we've gotten to the draft, the more his stock has risen above that of Shedeur Sanders. If Tennessee wants their best shot at a franchise quarterback in this draft, it has to be Ward. Otherwise, if they waited until Day 2, they might see the second, third and even fourth-best backup plans selected before they're on the clock again.