INDIANAPOLIS — Pushing player workouts into primetime for the NFL Scouting Combine gave decision-makers the daylight hours to think through a 2020 offseason packed with possibilities.



Tom Brady and Philip Rivers headline a unique crop of potential free-agent quarterbacks, while a different QB with a Super Bowl ring could become an “X” factor in the market. There was speculation that two other quarterbacks could swap places without their teams executing a trade, plus a pending labor agreement brings major implications for two potential contenders. There’s also a looming draft, which is where this post-combine conversation begins — specifically, with a general manager mocking the first 10 picks and projecting a trade within the top five.



What follows is a peek inside my notebook after nearly a week patrolling hotel lobbies and various Indianapolis steakhouses during the combine.



Here’s how one GM mocked the first 10 picks in...