3) "Lottery ticket" with Lamar Jackson -like running ability. If there's a QB mystery man after Shedeur Sanders in this year's draft, it's probably Alabama's Jalen Milroe -- and the buzz on Milroe only has grown the closer we get to the event.

Even with some first-round buzz, Milroe is far from a perfect QB prospect, but Jeremiah gushed about the quarterback's ability to make plays with his legs.

"He is an elite, elite, elite runner," Jeremiah said. "If you just did a cut-up and just with the ball in your arm and running, and you stack him up with a really, really good running back class, just looking him just as a runner, he would not look out of place at all.

"... There is zero question that he's going to have an impact with the ball under his arm."

Jeremiah admitted finding comps for Milroe is tricky but dropped a pretty big name to comp running styles.

"In terms of a comparison, the only thing I'd say is, as a runner, he's as impressive as Lamar Jackson was as a runner coming out (of Louisville)," Jeremiah said. "Lamar was light years ahead of him in terms of the passing game."

Jeremiah noted how Milroe's struggles as a passer were related to his eyes and feet not being connected, hurting his accuracy, as well as Milroe's decision-making and turnovers. But the Alabama product is still viewed as a terrific aim-high pick in waiting -- with a ceiling that could even surpass that of potential No. 1 pick Cam Ward.

"I do think (Milroe) needs time. I do think he requires patience," Jeremiah said. "Talking to teams ... the phrase with him that's used more than any other of all the quarterbacks in this draft, that's the 'lottery ticket' (prospect).

"If you want to just take a lottery ticket that you could hit huge on if it all works out and all comes together, he's got the highest upside of anybody in this draft, and that goes all the way up to Cam Ward at No. 1, but he is a long way from getting there."

For Jeremiah, that just doesn't quite sound like a first-round pick.

"To me, (Milroe is) a classic second-round pick," he said. "You get your first pick in the bag, you feel comfortable about it. It's a double off the wall. And then now you can stop choking up and you can swing for the fences with Jalen Milroe.

"That's how just about everybody universally views him."

4) Bears in enviable spot. Jeremiah mentioned the Bears as a team to watch in next week's draft, loaded with four relatively early picks to buttress what has been another big offseason full of additions.

"They are in a fantastic position when you're picking 10, 39, 41 and 72," he said. "They get four instant-impact players with the way this draft shakes out."

But figuring out which order to address their positions of need in will be key. If the Bears are locked in on upgrading at offensive tackle, Jeremiah suggested they act quickly.

"If you are dead set on getting an offensive tackle and you want to get your long-term left tackle, you're going to want to do that with your first pick," Jeremiah said. "I just don't love the possibilities of you seeing someone that's going to be an upgrade over what you have once you get into the second round of this particular draft."

But even if a top offensive tackle doesn't fall to them at 10, Jeremiah said that having the three picks that follow allows them to let the board come to them. That could mean taking "one of the top two tight ends" or Jeanty at 10, if they're available.

"If they want to reinforce the defensive line, get an edge rusher, to me a sweet spot for them would be pick 39 for an edge rusher," Jeremiah said. "That's a great area to find that guy.

"... They're in a great spot where they don't have to be aggressive with the first pick. Somebody's going to go to them there that they're going to love and is going to start from Day 1 and (make) an impact. I'm almost more excited to see what happens with their next picks, because that's going to be a fun combination of players they put together."

Big picture, Jeremiah doesn't believe the Bears' defense is fully complete. But with Ben Johnson joining forces with Caleb Williams , it would certainly make sense if they lean heavily in the offensive direction this draft.