Miles
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No one is placing that level of expectation on Fant, but it certainly never hurts to have someone like Shannon Sharpe make nice comments.
And fair or not, it is always about the quarterbacks in football, at every level.
Joe Flacco checks off all the boxes of quality and accomplishments for the Broncos, but that does not damper the enthusiasm that fans and media have about Drew Lock of Missouri, one of the Broncos' second-round choices.
His present role will clearly be to study and learn from Flacco while competing for the backup role, but fans love nothing in the personnel world as much as a quarterback, never mind two.
Numerous national experts and pundits have praised John Elway and his entire personnel staff for a great draft.
That's very gratifying to see, but John is always the first to say that the proof is in the performance.
The greatest truism of players and performance is that once they walk inside that locker room, you can throw out the past.
It is a new slate.
Never mind the press clippings, praise from agents, size of contract, wardrobe or car.
The NFL is performance based and is a great meritocracy.
But based on everything we have seen up till now, the growth of the NFL Draft from 1936 has been incredible, and the Broncos are deservedly reaping the praise of what looks like a top-rate one in 2019.