Best of luck to Chase.
As far as that guy saying he could go in first round....please get me a case of whatever he is drinking.
The exact quote was "Think he had a real shot to be a riser in the 2019 draft, potentially as a first rounder."
If, as we've seen today, the player is showing up in some scouts' top 10 QBs as-is for the 2018 draft, it seems pretty likely if only because the QB inventory would evaporate and he would be among only a few remaining, that he would have went into 2018 at or near the top of some boards for the position. And further, remember that QB is a position that teams will reach for a player more than any other.
So, imagining an ideal year where the offensive starters mostly stayed healthy and did in every game what it flashed this past season, and Chase gained consistency that on occasion we see QBs do in their senior seasons, and further, imagining the big season that several on this forum had been predicting... in combination with a lack of competition from very many other QBs worth taking... in combination with teams desperate for QB talent and ready to reach...
Yeah, it's at least conceivable. No, not likely. But to be fair to the scout, that's in the ballpark of what he said... "a shot at being a real riser"... and then, best-case, "potentially a first rounder."
I'm not anyone but an amateur draft-nik, like many, and fwiw, I would feel comfortable thinking Chase would have rated a 3rd-4th round grade, and thus, a team might reach for him in the 2nd, again depending on what the rest of the QB inventory looked like.
FA is his most likely route
Agreed, almost certainly so, but he could sneak into a late round. It's not sounding like a great year for QBs. No one anyone is gaga about taking in the 1st round even.