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One of the top QBs in the draft explains why he is not too millennial for the NFL

  • Josh Rosen says his goal right now is to be the best NFL quarterback he can be.
  • Some scouts and pundits have said Rosen is too opinionated and has too many outside interests to be an NFL quarterback.
  • Rosen says he understands there is a time and place for speaking his mind, but ultimately that he wi lll not just "shut up and throw."

One of the biggest lightning rods in this year's NFL Draft is UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen, who is seen by some NFL scouts and commentators as being too opinionated — or too much of a millennial, in the words of his former coach — to be a franchise quarterback.

But in a recent interview for for ESPN the Magazine, Rosen pushed back against that notion, saying, "

Rosen has certainly not been shy about speaking his mind during his college career, on subjects such as DonaldTrump and the current college athleticsamateur system. It's admirable, but not a mindset that's likely to mesh with a league where Colin Kaepernick is still unsigned because he protested police brutality and systemic racism.

Rosen, for his part, acknowledges that it might not be prudent to always be speaking his mind, saying, "

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