Myles Garrett

The first overall pick and the most NFL-ready player in the draft, Garrett will finally provide a spark to the most abysmal franchise in football. There is a sense of belief that he will be comparable to Julius Peppers in his prime and that it will not take him long to get there. Garrett will be the guy to help Cleveland orchestrate its first good pass rush in ten years and make the whole defense better by taking pressure off his line mates as well as the secondary. Garrett is going to bolster the whole Cleveland organization that desperately needs to elevate itself back into NFL relevance.

Leonard Fournette

Tom Coughlin wanted a pure runner when he and the Jags looked towards the NFL Draft, and he got the best one available in2017. Although the LSU product will have a learning curve to his game and will not be able to run defenders over the same way that he did in college, he should still be very effective. Fournette has a hill to climb to see the same success that Ezekiel Elliot saw last season, but it may not be as steep as people are thinking it will be. Fournette will be primarily a first and second down back to start making third downs more manageable for Blake Bortles and company. He needs to ease into the offense before becoming a three-down force. Fournette may struggle early in the season, but look for him finish strong as a solid, reliable back come the end of the season.

Jamal Adams

The man who thinks that dying on the field would be a perfect death will surely leave everything out there on the field. This is the first time in a long span that the New York Jets didn’t completely botch their first round selection. The best safety in the draft fell right into their lap. Adams will be a leader in gang green’s secondary, and will hopefully take the reins as a future defensive captain. Expect Adams to be heavily favored in the defensive rookie of the year running because he is that good, and his team just isn’t.

Solomon Thomas

Thomas is strong, fast, athletically gifted and quite knowledgeable of the game. Because of the natural differences between the college game and the professional level, there aren’t many rookies who can come straight to the National Football League and seamlessly make an impact. Thomas could very well be one of them, mostly due to his raw ability. The only knock on Thomas’ game is that he is described as, “hot and cold” (SB Nation), referring to his sporadic nature of bringing effort to the game. This will not fly in an NFL locker room full of veterans, so Thomas may require some guidance and motivation in his first few years in the league. If it comes to fruition, Thomas looks poised for an excellent rookie year.

OJ Howard

Howard will enter the NFL having already played in a high volume pro-style offense at Alabama. This is great news for Jameis Winston and head coach Dirk Koetter, who loves tight ends who can receive the football. In his two seasons as offensive coordinator in Atlanta, future Hall Of Fame-er Tony Gonzalez hauled in 176 receptions, which shows what can be expected of Howard. His 6’5’’, 240-lb frame is coupled with a 4.51 40-yard dash time, already making him a potential matchup nightmare. He poses a huge issue for defenses because of his ability to run the seam, and he is another huge target in the red zone in addition to Mike Evans.

Jay Cutler decided to put a hold on the makeup and spotlight thrusted upon him by his newfound broadcasting career, and decided to pull out the sunglasses, fly to Miami and take a leap back into NFL football. Cutler signed a $10 million contract with $3 million more in incentives to play for the Miami Dolphins who recently lost their starting quarterback, Ryan Tannehill, to an injured knee at training camp. Tannehill’s future this season remains uncertain, but reports state that he could possibly sit out for the rest of the season. Dolphins head coach Adam Gase worked with and trained Jay Cutler back in 2015, when he played for the Chicago Bears, and Cutler had one of the best seasons of his career at that time. Because Cutler and Gase worked so well together, Gase felt that Cutler could save what would otherwise be a ravaged season for the Dolphins.

Cutler and Tannehill are generally similar players in that they both have the skills necessary to succeed, but neither have the consistency to do so on a regular basis. Both quarterbacks excel when they are able to play it safe and rely on their backfield. Cutler had Matt Forte, the current running back for the NY Jets, and now has a top-five 2017 back in Jay Ajayi. It seems that Cutler has been placed in the perfect position, with a perfect team around him.

Cutler will look to one of the most talented receiving cores the NFL has to offer in Jarvis Landry, DeVante Parker, Kenny Stills and Julius Thomas, and looks to let the ball fly. Although Cutler has all the players he needs to succeed, I do not think he will. The Vanderbilt product has played in a similar caliber of offense in Chicago when he had Brandon Marshall and Alshon Jeffery to throw to, and Matt Forte to hand the ball off to. Yet, even with an offense of this strength, Cutler still almost had as many interceptions as he did touchdowns. Additionally, although Cutler may know Gase’s system well and could thrive in it, he will not fully be able to develop the bond that he needs with his receivers to succeed because that is something that takes time; at least the entire span of the pre-season training would have sufficed.

Because Cutler is just starting practice after missing most of pre-season training and workouts, he will have to spend time learning the playbook and getting a feel for his wideouts. With a month left before the start of the regular season, Cutler has little time to get back into shape and live up to the needs of the playoff team he is now a part of.

Don’t expect much from the 34-year old man who always looks bored.