🏈 This Year's NFL Draft Is All About QBs

There is no consensus top pick, which is part of the draw. But QBs are all the talk. [View in browser]( [FOX SPORTS INSIDER WITH MARTIN ROGERS] In today’s FOX Sports Insider with Martin Rogers: The NFL Draft is always a fun time, but when there are potential franchise quarterbacks in play at the top, it gets exciting … The Bears have a lot of options with the ninth pick, but which makes the most sense? … and more! It is easy to wax lyrical about the NFL Draft and how it is one of those odd things in sports that is more than the sum of its parts. On the surface, it shouldn't be that interesting but it is, of course, so much so that it has morphed over time from a meeting of suits in a conference room into a bona fide festival. It is its own thing, a critical part of the football calendar that doesn't feature any actual football. It is "just" a long series of administrative procedures, but as we know, much, much more. The draft gets us going for plenty of reasons, one of the main ones being that it confers opportunity, firstly, to ambitious young men for whom the round and number of their selection will instantaneously become a permanent attachment to their story, no matter what happens later. Those tales of hope and fulfillment in making it to the biggest league in American sports can melt even the most skeptical heart, but the dreaming extends to the fans too, especially those belonging to downtrodden franchises, who can cling to the belief that better times are just one man, and one inspired pick, away. But if we're being true to ourselves and our tastes in entertainment, an admission must be made that not all drafts are created equal, and that there is one key separator in how fervently any given draft week accelerates our sporting taste buds. It would be possible to classify drafts in all sorts of ways, but the easiest and most accurate is to lump them into one of two camps. When late April rolls around, it has always been apparent whether the draft will be notable because of the quality and number of the quarterbacks … or less so because of the lack of the exact same thing. Quarterbacks rule the show, because no position has more potential to be a franchise-shifter than the athletes who get the ball in their hands and try to make magic happen. Which is why this year's draft, now two weeks away on April 27, is one of those juicy ones where the anticipation starts early, and why years like 2004 and 1983 flex heavier in our memories than, hmm, last year? For the rest of the story, [click here.]( [STORY IMAGE 1] [IN OTHER WORDS] - The Chicago Bears pick ninth in the 2023 NFL Draft. Carmen Vitali [lays out four options]( and lets you choose — while adding how that could affect the Bears' next pick. - In four months, Colorado has gone from 1-11 to having a sold-out spring game, with fans of all kinds locked in. Such is the [impact of Deion Sanders]( writes RJ Young. - The USWNT has a deep player pool to choose from, but only 23 can make the trip to Australia/New Zealand. Laken Litman examines the choices with her first [World Cup roster projection](. - While the transfer portal is filled with a host of talented players, some teams are making noise by [convincing their stars to stick around]( John Fanta writes. For the latest news and updates, [click here.]( [VIEWER'S GUIDE] Minnesota Twins at New York Yankees (MLBN, 7:05 p.m. ET) The Twins look to pick up a key road win when they head to New York to battle the Yankees. Winnipeg Jets at Colorado Avalanche (ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET) Two of the best in the Western Conference collide when the Jets head to Colorado to take on the Avalanche. Milwaukee Brewers at San Diego Padres (MLBN, 9:40 p.m. ET) The Padres look to defend their home field when they welcome the Brewers to San Diego. For all of today's games and scores, [click here](. [BET OF THE DAY] Odds provided by [FOX Bet]( José Abreu to win 2023 AL MVP (+6000) From FOX Sports MLB Betting Analyst: Edward Egros And now we have come full circle. The former MVP has some of the longest odds on the board, but he is now in a new place in Houston, where sluggers always seem to find their swing. Aside from the narrative that a slightly older player returns to form, the new Astros first baseman still has a lot of power. One thing to consider when looking at futures bets is finding hitters who may have had bad luck the season before, believing that luck will revert in the other direction the next season. When it comes to expected weighted on-base average, Abreu ranked in the top 70 in terms of a negative difference (-0.012) in 2022. In other words, physical factors like his exit velocity and launch angle suggested he would have a .373 xwOBA, but his actual wOBA was .361. Often, that imbalance swings the other way the following season. If it does for Abreu, he could finish as one of the top sluggers and capture another MVP honor. For the latest betting odds, [click here](. [FOLLOW FOX SPORTS] [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [YouTube]( [Instagram]( Download FOX Sports App: [Fire TV]( [Roku]( [Google Play]( [App Store]( [Fire TV]( [Roku]( [App Store]( [Google Play]( Also available on these devices: [fireTV | AppleTV | ROKU | Google Chromecast | XBOX ONE | SAMSUNG Smart TV | Vizio | LG Smart TV] [fireTV | AppleTV | ROKU | Google Chromecast | XBOX ONE | SAMSUNG Smart TV | Vizio | LG Smart TV] Trademark & Copyright Notice: ™ and © 2023 Fox Media LLC and FOX Sports Interactive Media, LLC. All rights reserved. Please do not reply to this message. If you do not wish to receive emails like this in the future, please [unsubscribe](. FOX Sports respects your privacy. Click [here]( to view our Privacy Policy. Fox.com Business & Legal Affairs - Manager Digital Media P.O. Box 900 Beverly Hills, California 90213-0900