Prior to this college football season, the 2008 NFL draft was looking like it might be the year of the quarterback. But as the college season comes to a close, a lot of the guys who once looked like top-notch NFL prospects no longer do.Through much of the season, three quarterbacks were considered likely Top 10 picks. But there are questions surrounding all three of those prospects. The first, Boston College's Matt Ryan, is indisputably talented but also maddeningly inconsistent. In leading Boston College to a 24-21 win over Michigan State in the Champs Sports Bowl, he made some tremendous throws, but he also threw some ugly passes, completing just 22 of 47 passes, for 249 yards. Scouts like a big arm, which Ryan has, but they also like consistency, which Ryan lacks. Back when Bobby Petrino was coaching the team, the Falcons were widely expected to select quarterback Brian Brohm, whom Petrino coached at Louisville, with a Top 5 draft choice. But Petrino's departure from the NFL makes Brohm less likely to be a high pick. Without a clear suitor for his services, Brohm could slide. And the other onetime top prospect, Kentucky's Andre Woodson, has taken a serious tumble. The more scouts saw of Woodson, the less they liked him, and now he seems very unlikely to be a first-round pick. Combine all that with the fact that there's not a single quarterback among the juniors likely to declare for the 2008 NFL draft, and this year all of a sudden isn't looking like a very good one for quarterbacks.
Source: Michael David Smith..NFL Draft
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