Mayfield’s arrival at Senior Bowl delayed

With Oklahoma’s Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback delayed in his arrival at the Senior Bowl to tend to a personal matter, Wyoming quarterback Josh Allen took center stage Monday night at the event’s opening news conference. We’re talking “I’m trying to throw the ball back to the quarterbacks coach and I sail it over his head bad”. Mayfield is listed generously at 6-1 in cleats.

Mayfield loves the underdog mentality, especially considering he went from an Oklahoma walk-on to a Heisman victor.

The Senior Bowl is scheduled for a 1:30 p.m. start at Ladd-Peebles Stadium on NFL Network. “Other people are all in on him”. Is he the face of a franchise?

Denver is in need of direction at the quarterback spot and Mayfield’s name is absolutely in the mix. “I think you can put my skill set up with anyone in the country, this class”.

The Broncos are early in their postseason evaluation period, and almost every option is on the table as they search for a starting quarterback and look to rebuild an offense that has been inconsistent and underwhelming for more than two seasons now.

“Football is everything”, Mayfield told reporters. “Love being around my teammates, love leading and having responsibility”. The energy that they brought, it’s a good upgrade to the staff.

There’s a reason Mayfield is a sought-after prospect. He was electric on the field in all his time at Oklahoma, racking up 4,627 yards, 43 touchdowns, six interceptions, 70.5 percent completions and a 92.6 total QBR – which was best in the country – in his senior season. Davenport did have 11 tackles a sack and a fumble recovery against Texas A&M as a junior.

“I’ve been working on that”.

“Showing up late? What would you do if your mom had gone to the hospital?”

The two-hour period flashed the risk and reward of drafting a quarterback, with Allen’s size and potential propelling him to near the top of the charts – if not the top – among quarterbacks. I understand the media is a little crazier there than most places. I’m an emotional player. They’re actually playing football. “There is a lot of pressure that comes with being an National Football League quarterback wherever you’re at and I’m ready to tackle any situation that is in front of me”. He’s got enormous upside but much of his game is raw and he makes a number of amateur errors. They hired a very good general manager in John Dorsey this offseason, and they do pick twice in the first four picks of the first round.

“A guy who’s steady”, Grier continued. “In the end, hopefully by April 25 (the day before the draft begins), we have everything figured and know which direction we’re going to go”.

“That guy’s interesting”, Davenport said.

On his career, the Carson, Calif. native recorded 169 tackles with 20.5 tackles for loss. There are over 100 players gathered in Mobile who hope to make an impression on observers like Lynch.

“I’m definitely a one-cut guy”. He also has identified a tried-and-true trend he believes will be the difference in whether the North or South covers the spread. “There’s really no point of going east and west”.