NFL Draft: Myles Jack Still Waiting; Knee Issue Worries Teams

Myles Jack, the top-rated linebacker prospect in the NFL Draft, fell out of the first round on Thursday night after admitting on the morning of the draft that he could need microfracture surgery on his right knee. “Just two days ago, Jack said this to the New York Post: “(The degenerative problems) are there, but it’s nothing extreme. Jack is widely regarded as the best linebacker in the draft, but he’s coming off of a torn meniscus that cost him nearly all of his 2015 season at UCLA.

Although he did not work out at the NFL Draft Combine, he thrived at his pro day back at UCLA, despite some inevitable rust.

The tweet appears to have been deleted, but I remembered reading Joel Klatt’s tweet that said Myles Jack would wind up going undrafted. Either way, we’ll know soon enough where Jack winds up and who the Colts take!

To his credit, Jack carried himself well last night under significant adversity, showing no reaction as one pick after another went to a player other than him. With the 32nd pick, I’d be fine on the Browns using this spot to select a backer better suited for coverage.

“I know what I can control is my effort, and how hard I go”.

Amid concern about his surgically repaired right knee, Jack tumbled out of the first round of the NFL Draft completely. The Steelers needed a corner in the worst way, and their division rival took the top available player at that position one slot ahead of them.

Exactly how far Jack will continue to fall on Friday, featuring rounds 2 and 3. “You’re not going to to take risk on your first-round pick if the guy’s a ‘D.’ You’re not going to take a risk like that with your first-round pick”. That worry has him waiting until the 2nd round to be drafted.

But Washington wanted to add more weapons around a developing quarterback and it certainly puts more pressure on Jackson and Garcon to maintain a high level of play this season.

At the moment anyway: Jack said before the draft he might need it some day.

For all the storylines that came out throughout the first round of Thursday’s NFL Draft, one of the biggest wasn’t about who went where, but instead, who wasn’t drafted at all. He’s also reportedly in line to cash a $5 million insurance policy for falling out of the first round due to injury, a sum that could help offset some of the millions lost by plummeting in the draft.