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"Three-Quarters of The Time, He Is Washed Up" | Mailbag

"Three-Quarters of The Time, He Is Washed Up" | Mailbag

Quarterback Roulette and Top NFL Draft Prospects Take Center Stage

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Apr 04, 2025
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The NFL Draft is approaching, and the music is about to stop in the game of quarterback musical chairs.

Inside this week’s mailbag, league sources share the dirt on how teams are viewing Abdul Carter’s injury ahead of the draft, what exactly Aaron Rodgers is at this stage of his career, as well as my thoughts on a best wide receiver fit for the Green Bay Packers in the NFL Draft.

All that and more, so let’s get right to your questions!

Predict where Abdul Carter goes in the NFL Draft (
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Fast forward five years into the future, and it isn’t difficult to imagine Abdul Carter being easily the premier player to have emerged from this draft class, and likely staring down a contract extension mirroring the $160 million deal Myles Garrett just signed and approaching whatever Micah Parsons puts pen to paper on with the Dallas Cowboys.


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But, with the draft approaching and whispers about teams being worried about the shoulder injury suffered in Penn State’s College Football Playoff win over Boise State and the foot injury that kept him from working out at the Nittany Lions’ Pro Day last week, and as it turns out—at least from my conversations with league sources I trust, those worries are merely media created speculation.

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