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QB

YEAR OF THE DOG?Um, no. Anyone who's eyed a mock draft knows 2018 is the Year of the QB. As in: It's not hard to imagine passers getting picked at draft spots 1, 2, 3 and 4. (That'd be a first.) With this in mind, SI went all-in on the ongoing arms race. We put together the most complete scouting report on this year's most compelling QB. We looked to one of last year's most promising picks for perspective on how young talent develops at the position. And we tracked down a guy who went No. 8 in 2011 ... and four years later walked away. Why? Read on.

FUTURE

BAKER MAYFIELD

The guy your team had better consider this year ...

p. 46

PRESENT

PATRICK MAHOMES

... the guy you wish your team had taken last year ...

p. 54

PAST

JAKE LOCKER

... and the bullet your team (sorry, Titans) dodged seven years ago.

p. 56