Georgia tight end Brock Bowers is a top 10 overall talent but he might not be one of the first 10 picks, according to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.
That’s if Aaron Rodgers doesn’t want Bowers in a Gang Green uniform. The New York Jets have the No. 10 pick and based on needs of other teams, Bowers could very well be available.
So it’s either the Jets want to make a splash with Bowers and give Rodgers another weapon or bolster the offensive line.
“Brock Bowers … he’s the top tight end in the draft, but it’s hard to peg where he’s gonna go exactly, because he’s largely considered a top 10 type player,” Fowler said on SportsCenter. “But when I talk to teams, some of them are skeptical of whether he actually goes in that range or does he fall back to say the Colts at 15? The Bengals at 18? He’ll go fairly high in the first round but he might not be that slam dunk, top 10 player.
“A lot depends on the Jets because they got Aaron Rodgers, they’re all in for 2024. So they’re doing the long play. They might take you know an offensive tackle or something that’s not as sexy and play for the long future. But they’re all in now. So if Rodgers wants a tight end, he might get his guy.”
It is unknown how much longer Rodgers will play. 2024 could be his last season or his penultimate season. The 40-year old quarterback isn’t getting any younger.
Protecting him is of utmost importance, but getting Bowers gives the Jets plenty of options on a dynamic offense.
The projected first-round pick knows just how important it was to play at Georgia and develop under Kirby Smart, though.
“We go against NFL dudes all day every day at practice,” Bowers told SEC Network’s Taylor Davis during Saturday’s G-Day spring game. “You can see it every year, we pump out [picks]. It prepares you every single day.”
All told, in Bowers’ three years at Georgia, he watched as 26 of his teammates became NFL Draft picks. He gave credit for that success to Smart, who strives to get the most out of his players however he can.
“He pushed us every single day super hard,” Bowers said. “There’s no better coach in the nation, I feel like. He did everything he could in his power to make us better even if that was pushing us even if we didn’t want to be pushed.”
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