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Rosen walks back post-draft comment, says the only mistakes were the 3 QBs

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Josh Rosen made waves by pronouncing "there were nine mistakes ahead of me" after being selected No. 10 overall by the Arizona Cardinals on the opening night of the NFL draft.

But after a day to sleep on his comments, the quarterback walked them back somewhat, saying Friday there were actually only "three mistakes" - fellow quarterbacks Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold, and Josh Allen, who went No. 1, No. 3, and No. 7 overall, respectively.

"I was a little emotional last night," Rosen said at his introductory press conference, according to ESPN's Josh Weinfuss.

Rosen also continued to defend the perceived personality issues that surrounded him during the draft process, saying it's the misconception he most wants to correct in the NFL.

The Cardinals, though, clearly have no concerns about their new franchise quarterback.

"I've coached plenty of different personalities," Cardinals offensive coordinator Mike McCoy said.

"I coached receivers in Carolina back in the day, and being the coordinator plenty of places, there's plenty of people that have opinions, and everybody's got an opinion, and I got no problem with that. There's going to be a way we're going to do it here, and I'm fine with it."

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