2020 NFL Draft: 3 possible landing sports for Jalen Hurts

Jalen Hurts likely won’t be a first-rounder in the 2020 NFL Draft, but these three teams could be eyeing the former Oklahoma and Alabama quarterback.

Jalen Hurts is unlikely to be one of the first quarterbacks off the board in the 2020 NFL Draft.

However, the former Oklahoma and Alabama quarterback has been a steady riser throughout the process and, come Day 2, should have his fair share of suitors. His dual-threat skill set will intrigue plenty of teams with an eye on developing him into an NFL starter.

Here we look at the three teams who have ideal set-ups to help him make that jump.

3. New England Patriots

Bill Belichick has never had the opportunity to work consistently with a mobile quarterback during his storied tenure with New England. Having studied the game during his father’s time as an assistant at Navy, Belichick would unquestionably relish the chance to take things back to his youth and utilize formations similar to what Hurts did as a freshman at Alabama.

Hurts will have the seal of approval from Belichick’s former colleague and Alabama head coach Nick Saban and would fuel an intriguing quarterback competition in New England, where Jarrett Stidham is at this point the presumed starter ahead of Brian Hoyer.

Belichick is the ideal coach to harness the best from Hurts, who has proven himself a winner during his collegiate spells with Alabama and Oklahoma.

No coach in the NFL does a better job of minimizing his players’ weaknesses and maximizing their strengths, and Hurts’ strengths mesh perfectly with where the NFL is going at the quarterback position.

The Patriots, who do not have a pick in the second round, may need to orchestrate a trade to select Hurts if they do not like him at 23. For a team looking for a spark after Tom Brady‘s exit, it is a deal they should strongly consider making.