Hour 2: Time, Room & Distance

Talking about the curious case of Arch Manning-

Boy oh boy

... and what we do there.

The fire rises.

I saw our buddy Nate Tice standing 10 toes down.

Boy, he is.

Which, you know what? Nate is one of those guys that I trust his opinion a lot when it comes to looking at and identifying, because finding the best quarterback for your NFL team and the best prospect is not always as simple as finding the guy who is producing the best in college football.

Oh, no.

We, we've seen plenty of college, uh, quarterbacks who have won the Heisman have gone on to have no NFL career-

Yep

... because the style of play.

It's Field Yates, who I was fortunate to do digital draft shows with for years before he was rightly pulled up to the big show, 'cause Field is an absolute legend, always said, "The first thing you learn in scouting is we draft traits and not production." And we know there's plenty of great traits in Arch Manning, but that production right now, not at the level that I think a lot of people, especially casual fans, look at and see number one with.

Now, is Nate Tice standing 10 toes down that he's the top quarterback to go, and we're going-

Yes, that he's the number one pick.

Really?

Yeah.

Wow.

That's, that might be standing a little too strong.

Well, we'll find out if Mel Kiper-

Yeah

...

Jr. agrees in a little bit here.

But one of the, an interesting segue into a conversation that we wanted to have about a, a team at a interesting crossroads right now is the hopefully soon to be again Caleb Williams-led Bears.

Mm-hmm.

One of the comps that Nate made to, uh, Arch Manning's season right now was Caleb Williams during this portion of his final season at USC, a one-time Heisman Trophy winner, a number one overall pick in a draft.