
New head coach DeMeco Ryans knows Lance well from their time together in San Francisco, and Lance still has two years left on his rookie contract, plus the fifth-year option. Stroud, Anthony Richardson, or Will Levis, perhaps the Texans will explore other options.

2, assuming that Bryce Young is the Panthers’ pick at no. There’s been plenty of buzz that the Texans could pass on a quarterback at no. Rodger Sherman The Texans will trade for Trey Lance. 1 pick for a boom-or-bust prospect who almost assuredly would’ve been there later in the top 10 or that someone lied on Reddit? Well, this is my last post on The Ringer-I’m retiring from sportswriting when all my Will Levis +4000 bets hit.

It seems like a case of Internet Gone Mad-but what’s more likely? That the Panthers traded up to the no. The post was from an account created last week and offered no further information for why its tip should be believed, with the poster claiming, “I use throwaways when I know shit.” The post attracted attention, and Levis’s odds dropped-perhaps because sportsbooks believed the poster even a little bit and feared the liability of Levis bets hitting at long odds. The reason? Someone on Reddit’s main sports-betting forum wrote that Levis was “telling friends and family” that he would be picked first.

The odds that the Panthers would take Kentucky quarterback Will Levis, long an afterthought for the top pick due to his general lack of looking good at playing football, dropped dramatically-not to the point where he surpassed presumed top pick Bryce Young, but to the point where Levis was second-most likely to be picked. 1 pick in the NFL draft rapidly changed-just as they did when somebody correctly leaked that the Orlando Magic were taking Paolo Banchero no. To help get you ready, The Ringer’s NFL staff has made some bold predictions for the wildest things that could happen Thursday night.

With questions at nearly every pick of the 2023 NFL draft, the only certainty about the first round is chaos.
