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The 2027 NFL Draft No. 1 Pick Isn't Arch Manning, Dante Moore or CJ Carr · Bleacher Report

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  Speaker 1: The future number one pick in the NFL draft, Drew Mestemaker.
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  Speaker 1: He's the Oklahoma State Cowboys quarterback. Why is he the
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  Speaker 1: greatest story? Because he's a zero-star kid coming out of
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  Speaker 1: high school. You know what else he was? Zero career
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  Speaker 1: starts in high school. Here's the thing about Drew Mestemaker.
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  Speaker 1: He has all of the tools that you want to see.
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  Speaker 1: He's 6'3, he's 225, and he's sneaky athletic. We'll start there.
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  Speaker 1: He's got the big arm. He can throw in the man.
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  Speaker 1: He can throw in the zone. But this is the
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  Speaker 1: first play versus Oregon for Oklahoma State on offense. I
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  Speaker 1: don't think Oregon had any chance in heck that they
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  Speaker 1: thought this would happen. Right here, comes across the formation.
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  Speaker 1: This is zone read. They didn't think Messamaker was going
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  Speaker 1: to pull. Look at 44 chasing him down the line. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: it ain't done. Look at the safety trying to take
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  Speaker 1: an angle. Whoa, I'm going to get him. Wait a minute. 6'3, 220?
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  Speaker 1: Looks like he's slow. He was like, oh, I did
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  Speaker 1: not know he was that bad. And then look, just
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  Speaker 1: keep going, keep going, keep going. I mean, so I'm
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  Speaker 1: just saying, that's the guy that played safety in high school.
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  Speaker 1: So the athletic ability is there, which is obviously something
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  Speaker 1: you want. Like you see so many of these quarterbacks,
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  Speaker 1: you want to see the athletic ability. Okay, dude, I
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  Speaker 1: just want you to watch this throw. Like, the number
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  Speaker 1: one thing you have to be able to do, have
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  Speaker 1: arm talent, check. Size, check. Athletic ability, check. What else
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  Speaker 1: is Mastomaker going to be the number one overall pick?
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  Speaker 1: You better be able to throw in tight windows. You
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  Speaker 1: better have some arm arrogance, okay? The ability to throw
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  Speaker 1: the football where it shouldn't fit there, but I'll fit
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  Speaker 1: it there. Just watch. This is zone coverage. I want
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  Speaker 1: you all to watch these guys right here. Zone coverage, man.
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  Speaker 1: So this guy right down here is going to be
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  Speaker 1: slipping behind this zone right here, dude. And what you're
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  Speaker 1: going to see is why would you throw this football?
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  Speaker 1: Can you make this throw? Play. He ain't open. Oh, bro.
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  Speaker 1: Over the top. I'm going to show you from the
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  Speaker 1: other angle because it gets even better. Just look at
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  Speaker 1: the ability to put this in. Watch when he throws
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  Speaker 1: the football. First of all, quick, compact release. Look when
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  Speaker 1: he's throwing the football. This is the equivalent of going
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  Speaker 1: to the golf course, okay? I got to get this up,
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  Speaker 1: but it's got to also be able to come down
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  Speaker 1: at the right spot. And it's got to come down
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  Speaker 1: between the safeties. Look at, you can't tell me, where
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  Speaker 1: is he throwing this ball right now? That's a completion.
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  Speaker 1: That's a hell of a throw. Hell of a throw.
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  Speaker 1: It's anticipation. Anticipation. And then to be able to do
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  Speaker 1: it versus zone is so beautiful. That is an absolutely
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  Speaker 1: unbelievable trait that he has. And don't worry, I'll show
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  Speaker 1: you more of that. You got to be able to
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  Speaker 1: throw the football deep. You got to be able to
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  Speaker 1: see man-to-man coverage across the board. I got to take
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  Speaker 1: advantage of you when you want to play me in
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  Speaker 1: that position. So you got to be able to throw
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  Speaker 1: it down the field, make them pay. Can you do that?
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  Speaker 1: Hmm drop in the bucket camera call camera guy was
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  Speaker 1: even so but right there dropping the ball in the
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  Speaker 1: bucket down the field. So impressive. So he can beat you.
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  Speaker 1: He can beat you running. He can beat you throwing
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  Speaker 1: over the middle. He can beat you throwing out wide
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  Speaker 1: and then to Keough two more things about Drew Mestermaker,
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  Speaker 1: but just I want you to watch this man. So
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  Speaker 1: it's going to be a flea flicker watch up front.
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  Speaker 1: They're going to hand it to the running back running
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  Speaker 1: back center. Get it fake. Like it's a run. He's
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  Speaker 1: going to flip it back. Okay, this dude. This dude
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  Speaker 1: is a dude, man. He's a dude right here. He
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  Speaker 1: ain't scared to get hit. He's not worried about getting hit.
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  Speaker 1: That's a free runner. He's running right at him. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: He's getting hit as he's throwing the football. I just
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  Speaker 1: want you to watch where this ball is going down
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  Speaker 1: here and watch where it ends up from that right there,
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  Speaker 1: that platform right there. Oh, my goodness. Oh. He threw
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  Speaker 1: it over the shoulder. Are you kidding me? Like, that
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  Speaker 1: is between two ducks as he's getting hit, kind of
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  Speaker 1: fading away. Okay? So, it's pretty good. Last play, man,
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  Speaker 1: for why Drew Mestermaker is going to be the number
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  Speaker 1: one pick, because it's good to be tall. It's good
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  Speaker 1: to have a big arm. It's good to be able
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  Speaker 1: to throw in zones. It's good to be able to run.
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  Speaker 1: It's good to be able to do all those things.
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  Speaker 1: But then, how competitive are you, man? How tough are you?
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  Speaker 1: How much are you going to make that play when
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  Speaker 1: I need it at that moment? Exhibit A, bro. Against
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  Speaker 1: the Ducks, evades a free rusher. Hey, by land, by air,
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  Speaker 1: it don't matter. Hang time. I don't care. What that
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  Speaker 1: hang time looks like. Jumps from the four-yard line. Bam!
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  Speaker 1: And gets annihilated on the one. Gets a tutty. Like, listen,
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  Speaker 1: this is Drew Mestemaker. This is the number one overall
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  Speaker 1: pick in the draft. You're going to hear it here first,
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  Speaker 1: but here's the thing. Here's what you don't even understand.
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  Speaker 1: This is his second year as a starter. He's learning
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  Speaker 1: this game. He's learning how to throw, how to make mistakes,
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  Speaker 1: how to win. And now he's saying Oklahoma State, jump
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  Speaker 1: on my back. I did it at North Texas. Now
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  Speaker 1: I'm doing it at Oklahoma State. Josh Allen is number 17.
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  Speaker 1: There's a reason he wears 17. He wears 17 because
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  Speaker 1: he was writing letters to colleges just like Josh Allen
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  Speaker 1: was trying to get a shot. Now he looks like
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  Speaker 1: Josh Allen 2.0. That's why he's going to be the
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  Speaker 1: number one pick in the draft.