Mapping out the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft:

Alabama's Will Anderson Jr., Ohio State's C.J. Stroud and Georgia's Jalen Carter

Picks two to four:

2nd – Houston Texas, 3rd – Arizona Cardinals and 4th – Indianapolis Colts

Now, we don’t know exactly what the general consensus about this quarterback class looks like, and based on the information team personnel are willing to share late in the evenings at the limited number of venues around Lucas Oil Stadium throughout this week, if anything, there might be less clarity on the situation.

However, with the two teams I mentioned in the market for trading up to No. 1 – the Texans and Colts – I feel pretty certain that there’ll be at least one more QB drafted in the top four, while Arizona at No. 3 is the wild card, in terms of its willingness to move down a few spots, in case the Cardinals get a call from another QB-hungry front office.

Most likely to me right now is that we see two quarterbacks go across the first four picks, plus who I believe are pretty clearly the top two overall prospects in this draft – Georgia’s Jalen Carter and Alabama’s Will Anderson Jr.

We could, of course, see somebody else emerge still, such as Texas Tech’s Tyree Wilson in a similar mold to Travon Walker, ascending all the way to the first pick, to some degree because of the freakish performance he put up at the combine last year. But Wilson is recovering from a fractured foot and is expected to wait until his pro day before doing any testing.

Clemson’s Myles Murphy is a name that could make some noise this week, but I don’t believe GMs and scouts see him on that same level as Carter and Anderson, either.

Other than that, I don’t see a pass-catcher or offensive lineman quite on the level of a top four selection, and while I really like this cornerback class, I’m not sure if there’s a consensus on who CB1 is for teams. Illinois’ Devon Witherspoon, Oregon’s Christian Gonzalez and Penn State’s Joey Porter Jr. all have their believers, I would think.