If you don't already have one eye on the 2025 NFL draft, you're already behind.

Don't worry. Bleacher Report's Scouting Department is here to help. The group consisting of Brandon Thorn, Cory Giddings, Dame Parson and Matt Holder will provide insight into which prospects should be found on the weekly trending lists.

Coming out of the first full weekend of collegiate action, a few huge performances dominated the conversation. Conversely, big expectations seemed to overwhelm in specific situations.

How prospects are performing each week provides only half of the equation, though. All the while, each NFL team is looking to see how its roster evolves.

Typically, this article will also contain a top-10 projection. This week, with the first full weekend of the NFL season looming, the biggest and most glaringly obvious roster holes currently found on rosters will be highlighted.

Seven instances pop off the page when browsing through lineups. They don't just need help next offseason; they need help this season, with hopes of something positive coming out of the current setups.

Talent evaluation is a non-stop process. Check in this week, plus every subsequent Friday, to see which prospects should be on your radar and how certain names apply to the situations found at the professional level.

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1. WR Tetairoa McMillan, Arizona

In the B/R Scouting Department's initial mock draft for the 2025 cycle, Colorado's Travis Hunter landed No. 1 overall due, in part, to his ability as a playmaker at wide receiver.

Even so, that standing doesn't make Hunter the class' best pure WR prospect. Arizona's Tetairoa McMillan staked his claim with a staggering 10-catch, 304-yard and four-touchdown performance in his season debut.

"The race to become WR1 for the 2025 NFL draft class is underway and off to a fast start," Parson said. "McMillan saw the performance of Colorado's Hunter last Thursday night and upped the ante. McMillan stamped himself as WR1 with his ultra-productive performance.

"New Mexico's decision to leave him in single coverage was a grave mistake, and the Lobos paid for it. The 6'5" McMillan should currently be the betting favorite as the first wide receiver selected next April. At this point, it's his title to lose."

2. RB Ashton Jeanty, Boise State

McMillan's line may not have been the best of the entire week, which is an odd thing to say about 304 receiving yards in one game.

Instead, Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty blew the doors off of the Georgia Southern defense, with 20 carries for 267 yards and six touchdowns.

"In a loaded RB draft, a prospect must do something that stops time to stand out," Parson said. "Jeanty certainly did so in Week 1.

"His elite performance helped him get off to a fast start, ahead of his fellow ball-carriers. He was physical, quick, elusive, decisive and, most importantly, determined to walk away with a win. This level of production and efficiency is uncommon. Essentially, Jeanty turned in a video game performance."

3. QB Miller Moss, USC

The Lincoln Riley assembly line of professional quarterbacks appears to have another one being built in the lab.

From Baker Mayfield to Jalen Hurts to Spencer Rattler to Caleb Williams, USC's Miller Moss couldn't have impressed more as Riley's new disciple.

The 22-year-old threaded pass after pass against the LSU Tigers to sew up a 378-yard passing performance with a 75 completion percentage.

This quarterback class is nowhere as bad as the summertime discourse made it out to be," Parson said. "Case in point, Moss is one of the biggest risers from Week 1. He was arguably the best QB of the week.

"Moss played with great poise in the pocket, throwing with touch, timing and anticipation. He trusts his teammates, giving them chances to make big-time plays for their offense. Moss operated within and out of the offensive structure to great success. He proved his bowl game performance was not a fluke, and he is a name to keep tabs on throughout the 2024 college football season."

4. Edge Jalon Walker, Georgia

Mykel Williams was supposed to be the breakout prospect on this year's defense for the Bulldogs. He still could be, though he's currently dealing with an ankle sprain.

During Georgia's season opener against the Clemson Tigers, Jalon Walker repeatedly flashed.

"It's still a bit of a mystery what Walker's best position in the NFL is," Holder said, " but one thing is certain: The guy can make plays on the field. He stood out as a pass-rusher with a few pressures and 1.5 sacks against Clemson while also showing off his athleticism when dropping into coverage.

"In a way, Walker's game is similar to Haason Reddick's coming out of Temple. The Bulldog will be fun to watch throughout this process."

5. S Kenny Gallop Jr., Howard

Early-season games can be vitally important regarding the evaluation of small-school players.

Often, those programs tend to play against a higher level of competition. Scouts can then go back and see how those prospects perform when facing a much better opponent.

Case in point, Howard safety Kenny Gallop Jr. amassed a whopping 14 tackles against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights.

"In a game where Howard plays its only FBS opponent, Gallop rose to the occasion," Giddings said. "He flew around the field playing fast and physically, especially in the run game.

"As seen in most of last season's games, the speed at the FBS level wasn't too fast for him. Gallop should be a standout in every game he plays, with an All-Star invite forthcoming at the end of the season."

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1. QB Conner Weigman, Texas A&M

Throughout the summer, Texas A&M's Conner Weigman built momentum as a potential dark horse first-round quarterback prospect based on an injury-shortened redshirt freshman campaign.

Now healthy, the 21-year-old was placed on the big stage in one of college football's biggest games during opening weekend when the Aggies hosted Notre Dame, but he looked out of sorts throughout and completed only 40 percent of his passes.

"In a battle of potential rising quarterback against Notre Dame's Riley Leonard, Weigman played the worst game of his college career." Parson said. "He looked out of sorts in this contest. He was not comfortable or playing with much confidence.

"A player of his physical talent was expected to build upon the bright flashes seen last season before his injury. It is only Week 1 and the season is long, but this particular performance soured excitement as a 2025 prospect for now."

2. OT Emery Jones Jr., LSU

LSU has a pair of talented underclassmen at offensive tackle.

Both Will Campbell and Emery Jones Jr. have started since their true freshman campaign, and both are believed to have first-round potential. The latter didn't show nearly enough when the LSU Tigers hosted the USC Trojans, though.

"Jones started the year off with a dud of a performance thanks to a series of clean losses in pass protection both to inside and outside moves that demonstrated shaky footwork, hand usage and ability to protect on an island," Thorn said. "These mistakes resulted in multiple hurries and QB hits.

"Jones' competitive toughness as a finisher in the run game was on display a couple of times while his natural power flashed, but the glaring technical issues and decisive nature of his losses as a pass protector were concerning in Week 1."

3. LB Harold Perkins, LSU

LSU's Harold Perkins is already fighting an uphill battle when it comes to his lack of size (6'1", 225 lbs) and ambiguity with how he'll be deployed at the next level.

Still, the 19-year-old has been a playmaker since walking onto a collegiate campus. Certain expectations have been built.

"While Perkins' performance in the season opener wasn't bad per se, he didn't make as many impact plays against USC as one would hope from a potential first-round linebacker," Holder said.

"Also, missed tackles are one of the concerns surrounding Perkins. He had a couple of whiffs last weekend. He still projects as the top linebacker in this year's class, but the LSU product could use a bounce-back performance in the coming weeks."

4. QB Donovan Smith, Houston

Every summer, evaluators are looking for quarterbacks with the potential to skyrocket throughout the seasons. Baker Mayfield, Joe Burrow and Jayden Daniels are recent examples.

So, any signal-caller with significant upside starts to look promising...until they don't.

"Houston's Donovan Smith was a QB prospect that I was bullish about during off-summer scouting," Parson said. "He has the physical, natural abilities that cannot be taught or coached.

"With that said, what he put on tape against the UNLV Rebels was abysmal.

"Smith did not lead Houston's offense on a single scoring drive and watched his backup put its only touchdown on the board. Smith completed 15-of-30 passes with two interceptions, and averaged 4.5 yards per attempt. He was also sacked six times.

"Like Weigman, the season is still young and he can bounce back. His Week 1 display is a rough way to introduce yourself to the 2025 NFL draft fans and decision-makers in the NFL."

5. DL Darrell Jackson Jr, Florida State

Over the first two games of the season, the now 0-2 Florida State Seminoles—who didn't lose a regular-season game last year and opened the campaign as the nation's 10th-ranked squad—allowed 453 rushing yards through the first two contests.

The Seminoles are supposed to have four future NFL defensive linemen starting up front. But that group has been soft, particularly along the interior.

"After sitting out last season due to the NCAA's transfer rules, Darrell Jackson Jr.'s draft status is more of a projection at this point," Holder said. "He needed to start the year strong to build some momentum but didn't make many plays and simply blended in during the season opener against Georgia Tech.

"Granted, Jackson played better this past Monday versus Boston College. However, Florida State's lack of run defense as a whole, which is supposed to be Jackson's strong suit, places a damper on his draft stock to open the season.

"Ultimately, it's just been a slow start to the campaign for someone who needed to generate buzz after missing all of 2023."

Las Vegas Raiders: Quarterback

No team had a bigger hole going into this offseason and didn't find a way to at least adequately address the position than the Las Vegas Raiders at quarterback.

They will enter this season with Gardner Minshew II as their starter and Aidan O'Connell as a likely possibility to play at some point down the line.

Minshew steadied the ship for the Indianapolis Colts last season after rookie Anthony Richardson suffered a season-ending shoulder injury. His presence provided a baseline that allowed the Colts' offense to remain competitive but maintained a low ceiling.

The Raiders understand that the veteran is limited. They are simply looking for a spark at the game's most important position.

"What's that word the kids say now? Aura? Yeah, Gardner's definitely got some aura," defensive lineman Christian Wilkins told reporters. "... He's definitely got an infectious personality and all that good stuff. He's always coming in every day with a smile, great energy, and is always ready to work, so that's definitely something that we can all get behind as a team and that we all see."

A good personality is nice, but it's not good enough in the NFL where the quarterback needs to have the physical attributes to perform at a high level.

Las Vegas knew all of this before this year's draft began. General manager Tom Telesco didn't find a way to trade up, though, and the Raiders watched as six QBs came off the board before they selected tight end Brock Bowers at No. 13.

Now, the organization is forced to wait another season before it can go into another offseason with a roster hole that hasn't changed since the team benched Jimmy Garoppolo at the end of October.

Potential Fits: Shedeur Sanders, Colorado; Carson Beck, Georgia; Cam Ward, Miami.

Indianapolis Colts: Safety

The Indianapolis Colts wanted to see what they had in their young safeties. Fair enough.

"We like our young players," general manager Chris Ballard told reporters in July. "I'm not saying we won't do something. We definitely could. But I want to see these young guys get after it and compete."

Spoiler alert: The Colts didn't do anything to improve the position. They're going into this season with the same group that ended last year.

A potential veteran upgrade went by the wayside as Justin Simmons and Quandre Diggs signed elsewhere.

Julian Blackmon is a quality starter, as long as he's healthy. Nick Cross at free safety is the looming concern.

Cross entered the 2022 NFL draft as the class' youngest player. The Colts traded up in the third round to select him. Yet he played sparingly as a rookie, then began to show improvement in Year 2. What version shows up this fall remains in question.

"It wasn't Nick's fault that we drafted him at (age) 20. That's on me," Ballard said. "He's young. Then you get up here and you talk glowingly about him and you almost blow the expectations to where we all expect something and you forget how young he was.

"But I think you've seen a guy that just consistently gets better each and every week."

Cross is now into his third season. Excuses extend only so far. Until proved otherwise, the Colts will be looking for another safety.

Potential Fits: Malaki Starks, Georgia; Xavier Nwankpa, Iowa; Xavier Watts, Notre Dame

New England Patriots: Left Tackle

Chukwuma Okorafor's last 59 starts all came at right tackle. He hasn't started a game on the left side since Week 8 of his rookie campaign, which occurred six years ago.

Now, the 27-year-old is projected as the New England Patriots' starting left tackle going into the 2024 season.

Okorafor told NBC Boston's Kayla Burton: "I came from the [Pittsburgh] Steelers where I was a starting right tackle. I was on the right side and now I'm on the left side. Not only is this a new and unfamiliar position a little bit, but I'm working with completely different guys. We're still getting to know each other."

The Steelers wanted Okorafor on Ben Roethlisberger's blind side, but it didn't work out at the time. Instead, the 2018 third-rounder found a home on the strong side. Fast-forward to now and the Patriots hope he can finally make the transition a full-time venture.

The fact remains that he hasn't proved he can. In fact, he opened this year's first two preseason contests on the right side. Clearly, the Patriots don't have long-term plans among their current left tackle options, which likely plays into their entire offensive setup.

Without being settled on the blind side, the organization chose to open the season with veteran Jacoby Brissett behind center instead of this year's No. 3 overall pick, Drake Maye.

Okorafor may be a veteran, but he was benched in favor of a first-round rookie last year, and he's never showed legitimate comfort becoming an NFL left tackle. The lack of investment in this premium position could prove disastrous.

Potential Fits: Kelvin Banks Jr., Texas; Will Campbell, LSU; Aireontae Ersery, Minnesota

Arizona Cardinals: Edge-Rusher

The Arizona Cardinals aren't good at generating pressure against opposing quarterbacks.

Last season, they finished among the bottom three defenses with 33 sacks. A year earlier, they also ranked among the bottom 10.

The ability to apply pressure is the single greatest way for a defense to offset a game that's slanted toward offenses. By making life miserable on quarterbacks, execution becomes more difficult and often leads to mistakes.

To the Cardinals' credit, general manager Monti Ossenfort did draft Darius Robinson with this year's 27th overall pick. Unfortunately, the Missouri product is dealing with a balky calf that caused him to go on short-term injured reserve for the start of his rookie campaign.

Furthermore, he isn't a pure edge-rusher. He's a 6'5", 285-pound defensive end, who often reduces down in sub-packages to rush the passer against guards.

Considering B.J. Ojulari—who is still more potential than anything—is done for the year with a torn ACL, even the upside found among Arizona's edge-defenders is limited.

Beyond those two, the Cardinals still have Zaven Collins and Dennis Gardeck in place.

The former signed a contract extension this offseason, while the latter continues to overachieve. However, the two combined for 9.5 sacks last season. They're not exactly defenders who opponents are staying up at night trying to game-plan around.

A pure edge-rusher, with the ability to win one-on-one matches, remains missing from Jonathan Gannon's defense.

Potential Fits: Abdul Carter, Penn State; Mykel Williams, Georgia; Nic Scourton, Texas A&M

Los Angeles Chargers: Wide Receiver

Jim Harbaugh's entire philosophy can be summed up with one quote.

"Offensive linemen, we look at as weapons," the Los Angeles Chargers head coach told reporters when questioned about offensive tackle Joe Alt's selection with this year's fifth overall draft pick. "When we talk about attacking on offense, offensive line is the tip of the spear."

That's all well and good. Every team's brain trust has preferences in how it prefers to build out the roster. But the Chargers, specifically, had major questions marks at wide receiver after deciding to release Mike Williams and then trade Keenan Allen to the Chicago Bears.

To be fair, Los Angeles did select Georgia wide receiver Ladd McConkey with this year's 34th overall pick. He'll immediately help the offense. Otherwise, the Chargers will be leaning heavily on the trio of DJ Chark, Joshua Palmer and Quentin Johnston.

Chark is now five years removed from being a 1,000-yard receiver. Palmer is a solid second or third option. No one knows exactly what the Chargers will get from Johnston after a disappointing rookie campaign.

In a world where wide receivers are more valuable than ever, L.A. simply didn't place much value on the position, which will almost certainly bleed into next offseason's approach.

A legitimate No. 1 target will go a long way in order to maximize what the squad has behind center in quarterback Justin Herbert, even if Harbaugh wants to employ his typical rough-and-tumble approach.

Potential Fits: Tetairoa McMillan, Arizona; Elic Ayomanor, Stanford; Antwane Wells Jr., Ole Miss

Pittsburgh Steelers: Quarterback

The Pittsburgh Steelers have two starting-caliber quarterbacks on the roster without knowing whether they actually have a starting-caliber quarterback.

Russell Wilson has already been named QB1, which seemed to be the plan all along. He is a proven veteran with extensive experience. But his tenure with the Denver Broncos turned into an absolute disaster, hence why his previous organization was OK with cutting ties despite taking on the largest dead salary-cap hit in NFL history.

Justin Fields still provides tantalizing potential, plus a certain base level thanks to his mobility. Yet he didn't develop as expected with the Chicago Bears and couldn't wow the Steelers coaching staff to claim the job this summer despite Wilson dealing with a calf injury.

Essentially, Pittsburgh remains in QB limbo, with no long-term solution on the books.

When new offensive coordinator Arthur Smith is thrown into the mix, the Steelers understand their offense can currently be described as the island of misfit toys.

"All three guys, to be really transparent, are somewhat scalded," head coach Mike Tomlin said in April. "They got something to prove professionally. But we as a collective feel the same way. We have something to prove, and I just think that is a good frame of mind to be in as individuals and as a collective as we prepare ourselves for the 2024 season."

It will be the same story after the upcoming campaign since Pittsburgh doesn't have a quarterback on the roster signed beyond this year.

Potential Fits: Cam Ward, Miami; Quinn Ewers, Texas; Miller Moss, USC

Dallas Cowboys: Wide Receiver

Dallas Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb finally got his bag. It's now time for the organization to get him some help.

Owner Jerry Jones waited longer than he should have to agree to terms on a contract extension worth $136 million over three years for the three-time Pro Bowler.

Still, the Cowboys understood Lamb's value in an exploding wide receiver market. What they haven't done is realize that even with an elite playmaker in the passing game, more is needed to compete at the highest level.

Tyreek Hill has Jaylen Waddle as a running mate. Justin Jefferson is joined by Jordan Addison. The Houston Texans brought in Stefon Diggs to work alongside Nico Collins. The 49ers are moving forward with Deebo Samuel and Brandon Aiyuk.

Dallas, meanwhile, doesn't have a legitimate second threat among its wide receivers.

Last season, Lamb managed 81 more receptions on 100 more targets than Brandin Cooks, who fills the role as the Cowboys' WR2. Dallas brought in next-to-nothing to improve the situation, unless sixth-round rookie Ryan Flournoy exceeds all expectations.

Obviously, the Cowboys can field a top passing offense with Lamb as the majority target shareholder. After all, the unit finished third in the category last season, with plenty of help from tight end Jake Ferguson.

Still, Dallas would be better served if such a precipitous drop-off didn't exist in its wide receiver room.

Potential Fits: Emeka Egbuka, Ohio State; Isaiah Bond, Texas; Evan Stewart, Oregon