• At the outset of Thursday evening, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell stepped to the microphone and announced, “With the first pick in the NFL draft, the Carolina Panthers select Bryce Young, quarterback, Alabama.”
• And with that, the race was on.
• The 2023 draft, as expected, featured a flurry of picks at the game’s most critical position right out of the gate. One year after just one quarterback was chosen in the first round in 2022 — Kenny Pickett to the Pittsburgh Steelers at No. 20 overall — three quarterbacks were selected in the first four selections.

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