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— Members of the San Francisco 49ers are ready for Colin Kaepernickto take over the starting quarterback job. That's what multiple players told me this week, as teammates are rallying behind Kap. Blaine Gabbert's play isn't helping matters.
— Deshaun Watson opened the college football season as the clear-cut No. 1 quarterback on most big boards, but now multiple NFL scouts tell me they see Watson as the No. 3 passer behind Notre Dame's DeShone Kizer and Miami's Brad Kaaya.
— The Ohio State defense is rock-solid again in 2016, and that is likely to have an effect on the 2017 draft class. Two NFL scouts told me this week that cornerback Gareon Conley, safety Malik Hooker and linebacker Raekwon McMillan all carry Round 1 grades. What's notable is that one scout mentioned Conley and Hooker as top-10 players.
— Ohio State isn't the only school loaded with talent on defense. An NFC West scout working the Southeastern Conference told me Floridahas four potential first-rounders in Quincy Wilson (CB), Jalen "Teez" Tabor (CB), Caleb Brantley (DL) and Jarrad Davis (LB).
— In a press conference this week, Notre Dame's Mike McGlinchey announced he would return for his senior season and not enter the 2017 draft. McGlinchey, a fringe Round 1 prospect amid a weak left tackle class, is making his announcement early, which means anything can change, but scouts I spoke to this summer felt he wasn't a lock to leave school no matter how highly he was projected to be drafted.
— Illinois defensive end Dawuane Smoot has been on the top 20 of my big board since the season began, but an area scout I spoke to for an NFC East team said he graded Smoot in the "Round 2-3 range." My board won't change based on this note, but Smoot's stock among teams might not be as high as my view of him.
— "No f--king thanks." That's what an AFC director of player personnel said when I asked him about Alabama edge-rusher Tim Williams. "Let me see him do something against the run. There are five guys just like him in the SEC without off-field [issues]."
— Deshaun Watson opened the college football season as the clear-cut No. 1 quarterback on most big boards, but now multiple NFL scouts tell me they see Watson as the No. 3 passer behind Notre Dame's DeShone Kizer and Miami's Brad Kaaya.
— The Ohio State defense is rock-solid again in 2016, and that is likely to have an effect on the 2017 draft class. Two NFL scouts told me this week that cornerback Gareon Conley, safety Malik Hooker and linebacker Raekwon McMillan all carry Round 1 grades. What's notable is that one scout mentioned Conley and Hooker as top-10 players.
— Ohio State isn't the only school loaded with talent on defense. An NFC West scout working the Southeastern Conference told me Floridahas four potential first-rounders in Quincy Wilson (CB), Jalen "Teez" Tabor (CB), Caleb Brantley (DL) and Jarrad Davis (LB).
— In a press conference this week, Notre Dame's Mike McGlinchey announced he would return for his senior season and not enter the 2017 draft. McGlinchey, a fringe Round 1 prospect amid a weak left tackle class, is making his announcement early, which means anything can change, but scouts I spoke to this summer felt he wasn't a lock to leave school no matter how highly he was projected to be drafted.
— Illinois defensive end Dawuane Smoot has been on the top 20 of my big board since the season began, but an area scout I spoke to for an NFC East team said he graded Smoot in the "Round 2-3 range." My board won't change based on this note, but Smoot's stock among teams might not be as high as my view of him.
— "No f--king thanks." That's what an AFC director of player personnel said when I asked him about Alabama edge-rusher Tim Williams. "Let me see him do something against the run. There are five guys just like him in the SEC without off-field [issues]."