CHICAGO (AP) – Jared Goff lobbed a few balls to a couple of lucky kids and practiced his coverage skills. Carson Wentz grinned as he sent a line of boys and girls through a footwork drill.
It was all smiles for the quarterbacks on the eve of the NFL draft. They might not know exactly where they are going, but they know they won’t have to wait very long to find out.
“Excited for whatever happens,” Goff said Wednesday. “It’s going to be a fun time. It’s going to be a dream come true regardless.”
Easy for him to say. After a pair of blockbuster trades at the top of the draft, Goff and Wentz are expected to be the first two names off the board when the first round starts at a downtown Chicago theater Thursday night. The only question is which one of them becomes the centerpiece for the NFL’s return to Los Angeles with the Rams, and which one heads to Philadelphia at No. 2 for a rebuilding project with the Eagles.
“Someone talked about it last night, there’s already a card with your name on it,” Wentz said after joining several top prospects for a football clinic at a downtown park on Wednesday, “and I’m just excited to finally find out where that is.”