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Heading into the 2019 NFL Draft, the Philadelphia Eagles seemed like they had a plan in mind, with the team reportedly aiming to select as many good players as possible. However, the team ended up completely reversing its train of thought mid-draft. Prior to the draft, Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie spoke to media and said […]

Josh Rosen knows what it’s like to fend off criticism. Despite a rookie season in which he ranked as arguably the league’s worst starting quarterback and a subsequent trade from the Arizona Cardinals, then, it should come as no surprise that the N0. 10 overall pick in the 2017 draft believes he has what it […]

Ryan Shazier will officially not play in 2019. The Pittsburgh Steelers placed the linebacker on the Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform List on Monday, ending his season, per Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. As Rapoport points out, the team will still pay him around $500K this season. The Steelers have been very classy in their handling […]

Elijah Holyfield has found a new home. The former Georgia running back and son of legendary boxer Evander Holyfield is signing with the Carolina Panthers as an undrafted free agent, according to David Newton of ESPN.com. As Newton points out, Holyfield’s father had said recently he was hoping his son would get to play in […]

The 2019 NFL Draft has concluded after an exciting three days, and the Cleveland Browns finished the weekend having added seven new rookies to their team. The Browns clearly feel that they are (finally) ready to win now, and their Draft class reflects that. Let’s dive in and take a look at the four main […]

The Kansas City Chiefs weren’t the only team that targeted Mecole Hardman in the second-round of the 2019 NFL Draft. According to Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News, the New York Jets had discussed a trade with the Philadelphia Eagles that would have netted them the 57th overall pick, but the deal fell […]

The New England Patriots are coming off yet another Super Bowl win. Following their latest championship, they had a ton of notable departures. Rob Gronkowski retired, defensive coordinator Brian Flores left for the Dolphins, left tackle Trent Brown left for the Raiders, and pass-rusher Trey Flowers left for the Lions. But as the Patriots commence […]

The Detroit Lions made a splash in the draft this past weekend. Many observers expected Detroit to trade down, but they ultimately decided to stay pat at number eight. With the pick, they selected T.J. Hockenson, a tight end from Iowa. Tight end has been a position of weakness for the Lions for a while […]

Fortunately, we’ve got some good news about Travis Frederick and the Dallas Cowboys. Dallas’ elite center was forced to miss all of last season with an autoimmune disease. Luckily the disease is treatable, but it often takes a long time to get under control. The hope has always been that Frederick would be able to […]

It was clear where the Dallas Cowboys think they need to improve based on where they drafted, on both sides of the line. They took defensive tackle Trysten Hill in the second round and in the third round added offensive lineman Connor McGovern. The team also added two more defensive linemen in the last day, […]

Seemingly everybody, once again, was watching Game of Thrones on Sunday night. The hit HBO series had a big episode last night, and everyone was reacting to it on social media. Twitter was buzzing, and the hype was unavoidable. Various Game of Thrones memes and reactions were making the rounds, and the buzz surrounding the show has […]

Overall, the Baltimore Ravens had a very successful season in 2018. They won the AFC North, and got to host a playoff game. They got bounced in the first round by the Los Angeles Chargers, but it was still a clear success. Lamar Jackson burst onto the scene as a rookie, and Baltimore’s unique run-heavy […]

Each year it seems the NFL Draft becomes more and more of an event and it wasn’t any different this year as they set a viewership record for the three-day event. According to the NFL via Pro Football Talk: According to the league, the average audience for all three days of the draft on ESPN, […]

Chase Winovich was never afraid to speak his mind with the Michigan Wolverines but it appears he already is fitting right in with the New England Patriots, and the ways of trying to tell the media as little as possible. Winovich was asked by the media how much contact he had with the Patriots heading […]

The New England Patriots took Jarrett Stidham with a fourth-round pick and there have been questions since if this is going to be Tom Brady’s replacement when he decides to hang up the cleats. Stidham is a raw prospect but he does have the right intangibles to make it on the next level, and maybe […]

One of the most well-known and well-liked kickers in NFL history has decided to call it quits, as Sebastian Janikowski announced his retirement on Sunday. Janikowski will hang up his cleats as the richest kicker to ever play the game, as the $53.3 million he earned throughout his NFL career tops even the legendary Adam […]

The 2019 NFL Draft has now officially come and gone with the festivities in Nashville, Tennessee wrapping up over the weekend. However, the annual event was not kind to everyone involved as a good portion of the underclassmen that previously declared for the 2019 NFL Draft ultimately went undrafted. More specifically, of the 144 underclassmen […]

The Los Angeles Chargers made another big addition to what was an already stout defense in the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft on Thursday night, selecting Notre Dame defensive lineman Jerry Tillery with the 28th overall pick. Chargers pass rusher Melvin Ingram is thrilled with the selection, telling TMZ Sports that Los Angeles […]

When Kliff Kingsbury signed on to be the coach of the Arizona Cardinals the rumors already started swirling that the team would draft Kyler Murray with the number one pick. The team, of course, ended up drafting him but the one thing that Kingsbury wanted to make clear, was that he didn’t demand that is […]

Tom Brady isn’t going to play forever and the New England Patriots are going to have to replace him at some point and it appears that the team at least thought for a bit that Josh Rosen could maybe be that guy. According to Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald, the Patriots did have contact […]

Dwayne Haskins looks to be the future of the Washington Redskins but did he have an inkling as a 16-year-old this is how it would all work out? As a sports editor of the Bullis Bulldog which was his school newspaper, Haskins wrote a preview of the 2015 draft and focused specifically on five teams, […]

Being a Cowboy must run in the family. As teams begin to sign undrafted players to contracts, hoping to find a diamond in the rough, the Dallas Cowboys signed the son of one of their all-time greats. The Cowboys agreed to terms with undrafted free agent Larry Allen Jr., per the team’s official website. The offensive lineman […]

Some felt that the Minnesota Vikings could trade off some of their players in the 2019 NFL Draft, and when the team selected tight end Alabama tight end Irv Smith Jr. in the second round, it looked like the writing was on the wall for Kyle Rudolph’s exit. Not only that, but there was also […]

If you take Dave Gettleman at his word, then he had to take Daniel Jones when he did. Otherwise, the former Duke quarterback would not have been available at the New York Giants’ 17th overall pick. That may very well be true. But, nevertheless, Gettleman’s decision to select Jones sixth overall has been met with […]

Landing the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft is not something that happens very often, so when you do find yourself in that situation, you better get the pick right. The Arizona Cardinals were that team this year, and with the first overall pick of the 2019 NFL Draft, they took University of […]

The Oakland Raiders ended up taking Clemson defensive lineman Clelin Ferrell with the fourth overall pick of the NFL Draft last Thursday, officially putting to bed any talk that the Raiders could potentially take a quarterback with their first selection. But, the Raiders didn’t even want to make a selection at No. 4 at all. […]

The Miami Dolphins acquired quarterback Josh Rosen from the Arizona Cardinals on Friday, sending the 62nd overall pick to the Cardinals in return. With Arizona taking Oklahoma signal-caller Kyler Murray with the first overall pick of the 2019 NFL Draft, there wasn’t much room for Rosen anymore, so the Cardinals decided to move him, and […]

The Denver Broncos did not plan on taking a quarterback in the first round of the draft. In fact, Peter King reports in his Football Morning In America column, if the Broncos hadn’t traded down with the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday, it would have been Michigan’s Devin Bush, not Iowa’s Noah Fant, putting on a […]

The Nebraska Cornhuskers have not performed up to the once-heralded program’s typical standards as of late. With the former Big 12 and current Big Ten school faltering over the course of the last several seasons, the Cornhuskers have now made some unfortunate history with the 2019 NFL Draft coming and going over the weekend. According […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers are going to great lengths to change the culture within their locker room. It started with the departures of running back Le’Veon Bell and receiver Antonio Brown. After a season in which the team played through drama, in some form, all year long, the focus now is one that focuses on football […]

The Cincinnati Bengals notably selected former Alabama Crimson Tide offensive lineman Jonah Williams in the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft. While wasting absolutely no time upgrading the team’s offensive line, the Bengals were actually primed to bolster the same unit later in the draft while Cincinnati was unable to trade up en route […]

Marquise Brown was one of the most popular players in the 2019 NFL Draft and ended up being drafted by the Baltimore Ravens with the No. 25 overall pick. It was a move that Baltimore desperately needed to make. Lamar Jackson needed more playmakers surrounding him and “Hollywood” was the best playmaker in the draft. […]

The NFL has historically declined to use the Commissioner’s Exempt list in the offseason, but is considering an exception. After the league and the players’ union reviewed the audiotape in which Kansas City Chiefs receiver Tyreek Hill and his fiance discuss injuries to their 3-year old son, Hill could be put on the list as […]

The New England Patriots are coming off of yet another incredibly successful season while winning the heralded AFC East franchise’s sixth Super Bowl title. Not only that, but the Patriots have now won two of the last three and three of the last five Super Bowls while reaching the NFL’s title game nine times over […]

The Chicago Bears managed to select former Iowa State Cyclones running back David Montgomery in the third round of the 2019 NFL Draft. With the Bears securing one of the top non-first round talents in the entire draft, head coach Matt Nagy appears to be pretty happy that Montgomery is headed to Chicago. Speaking about […]

Former Tennessee Titans running back Chris Johnson believes he’s a Hall of Famer. Johnson made this claim to TMZ Sports during the launch of his supplement company, Johnson Performance Supplements (JPS), on April 27. Not only that, but Johnson also said he’s the fastest player in NFL history. CJ2K’s bold claims all went down Wednesday […]

Philadelphia Eagles general manager Howie Roseman just wrapped up what many already believe to be a very successful weekend. With the 2019 NFL Draft now a thing of the past, Roseman was certainly able to bolster his team’s roster while securing a slew of highly talented players — former Penn State Nittany Lions running back […]

The Seattle Seahawks and general manager John Schneider were wheeling and dealing over the weekend and that might be an understatement. With the Seahawks originally heading into the 2019 NFL Draft with the No. 21 overall pick, Schneider ultimately traded his way to picking quite a few times over the course of the annual event. […]

Former Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Cris Carter believes that he knows why the New York Giants used the first of the team’s two first round picks on former Duke quarterback Daniel Jones. “I just can’t go on without saying this: If Dwayne Haskins, as an African-American, goes to Duke and puts up those mediocre stats […]