It's advantageous financially to select a quarterback

“Even if he’s not [the right pick], if you can’t trade out of the first round, there is an argument to be made that if you’re going to miss on a player, miss on a quarterback.

"Now it used to be Sam Bradford was the last big contract for a No. 1 quarterback pick. It used to be that you really had to be careful, because whoever you gave the money to, if they weren’t great it was a financial death spot.

"But with the CBA now, and they don’t have a quarterback. It’s an Ohio kid, and if he tests better than the rest of them, and they have Hue Jackson, an offensive quarterback coach… you could make [an argument]."