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The Carolina Panthers were the worst team in the league in 2023, but they will not pick first in the 2024 NFL Draft. That’s because they traded that pick away to the Chicago Bears last season for the honor of drafting Bryce Young No. 1 overall. That means the only way to improve this offseason […]

The Seattle Seahawks 2024 NFL Draft will be the first since 2010 without Pete Carroll and the first of the Mike Macdonald era. Couple this with the fact that the Seahawks are a borderline playoff team right now — making the postseason in 2022 and missing in 2023 — and this draft becomes crucial to […]

Following the conclusion of the exhilarating 2023 NFL season, the San Francisco 49ers stand at a pivotal juncture. Despite their impressive 12-5 record and commendable performance in Super Bowl 58, the 49ers are already contemplating their future endeavors. The franchise is poised to replenish its ranks with an eye on the upcoming 2024 NFL Draft. […]

Starting this week, scouts, analysts, coaches, front office personnel, and hundreds of hopeful future NFL stars will descend upon Indianapolis, turning the Hoosier State into the epicenter of the football world for a single week. The NFL Draft Combine offers college players the opportunity to raise their draft stock, while also giving teams an up-close-and-personal […]

Patrick Mahomes’ spot in the NFL Hall of Fame is set in stone. Through his first six seasons in the NFL, Mahomes has won three Super Bowl titles, two league MVPs, and has yet to miss the AFC championship game since becoming the Kansas City Chiefs’ full-time starter. But in the 2017 NFL draft, nine […]

No team has gotten more out of the NFL Draft with less recently than the Los Angeles Rams. The Rams frequently opted to trade premier draft picks away in order to bring in stars who could help them win immediately. It worked; the Rams traded away multiple first-round picks and Jared Goff to bring in […]

The Kansas City Chiefs don’t need to do much to improve their team. Clearly. They just won the Super Bowl for the second season in a row. But if there was a spot the Chiefs could improve, it would be their wide receiver corps. While Patrick Mahomes has been able to get it down without […]

With the 2024 NFL Draft just about two months away, that means we’ve officially arrived at mock draft season. Scouts, analysts, and amateur draft prognosticators take their best stab at what may happen during the final weekend of April, and naturally, football fans eat all of that up. So today, I’ll be taking a look at the […]

Former Arizona football and Washington State football quarterback Jayden de Laura declared for the 2024 NFL Draft on Thursday, the 22-year-old announced on his X account. After withdrawing his transfer to Texas State, de Laura will turn pro and go for his shot to play in the NFL. In a lengthy statement, de Laura thanked […]

One of the top defensive tackles in the 2024 NFL Draft will be forced to miss the scouting combine. Illinois football star Jer’Zhan “Johnny” Newton, a projected first-round pick, underwent surgery in January to repair a partial Jones fracture in his foot and won’t be ready to participate in drills and workouts in Indianapolis next […]

Iowa football cornerback Cooper DeJean will not participate in the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine after undergoing leg surgery this past season, per Bruce Feldman of The Athletic. Feldman adds that DeJean is planning to still work out for teams before the NFL Draft, but will do so at a later date. The NFL Scouting Combine […]

Heading into the 2014 NFL Draft, the expectation, and let’s be honest, the hope among otherwise unbiased NFL fans was that the Dallas Cowboys would use the 16th overall pick in the draft to select Texas A&M Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Johnny Manziel. On the surface, it appeared to be a match made in Texas […]

The hope for quarterback Mitchell Trubisky when he inked a two-year deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2022 was that he would be able to rebuild his career as a starter. It did not turn out that way for Trubisky. His fate on the team had been written on the wall the moment Pittsburgh selected […]

The Tennessee Titans are set to embark on a rebuild. It was to be expected after the Titans drafted and turned to Will Levis as their quarterback. They have already all but said goodbye to Derrick Henry, their star running back who has carried that offense for years. Tennessee also missed the playoffs for the […]

The life of Johnny Manziel gets more interesting as his stories of previous years start to unravel. Before entering the NFL Draft, he was a highly-touted star in the Texas A&M football program. Kevin Sumlin knew exactly how he fit in the Aggies’ offensive system and used him to the best of his potential. This […]

The end of the century saw several talented HBCU Players get selected out of HBCUs. Some of the players selected are known today for their contributions off of the field like Reggie Barlow, who became an HBCU head coaching mainstay for Alabama State and Virginia State. He now serves as head coach for the DC […]

The Houston Texans emerged from out of nowhere in 2023. While it was expected that at some point soon the Texans would become playoff hopefuls after drafting CJ Stroud and Will Anderson Jr. in last year’s draft, doing so in their rookie seasons was not. This meteoric rise in Houston was in large part due […]

The NFL Scouting Combine is the event that really gets the NFL Draft juices flowing. The top draft prospects are put through a number of physical and mental tests that will usually directly impact where they are drafted. It is the biggest event in the pre-draft process, and it is just around the corner. Prospects […]

USC football quarterback Caleb Williams has decided to not hire an agent as he is going through the 2024 NFL Draft process, according to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk. Caleb Williams was not on a list of draft-eligible players and their agents that was published by the NFL Players Association on Wednesday, and he […]

The Las Vegas Raiders have some clearly defined needs in the 2024 NFL Draft, starting with quarterback. Antonio Pierce’s team also needs help on the offensive line, with three starters becoming free agents, and on defense at cornerback and defensive tackle. Due to these needs, the two sneaky good players the Raiders must take in […]

The New Orleans Saints finished last season with a 9-8 record, the same as the division champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Recently Head Coach Dennis Allen spoke about the improvement of the Saints’ defense, the team’s strategy for improving it, and how they can apply that logic to the quarterback position in the upcoming 2024 NFL […]

The Los Angeles Chargers have a lot of work to do. They finished the 2023 season 5-12 and fired head coach Brandon Staley after getting routed 63-21 on national television at the hands of Las Vegas. However, the Chargers have what they need to make a quick turnaround. Justin Herbert is one of the best […]

The Cincinnati Bengals have made a killing in the NFL Draft over the past few years. Obviously, it helps to draft guys like Joe Burrow and Ja’Marr Chase, but players like Tee Higgins, Jessie Bates, Germaine Pratt and Logan Wilson, among others, have been big hits outside of the first round. They have the chance […]

The New York Giants have a lot of needs they can address in the 2024 NFL Draft. In fact, you’d be hard-pressed to name a position they couldn’t take at any pick throughout the proceedings. Unfortunately, their draft position likely disqualifies them from getting one of the Big 3 quarterbacks this year without a massive […]

With a first-round playoff exit to the Buffalo Bills, the season ended in line with preseason expectations for the Pittsburgh Steelers. But considering the the challenges the team overcame to get there — three starting quarterbacks, a new offensive coordinator, the resurgence of the run game, and significant injuries to Cameron Heyward and Minkah Fitzpatrick […]

The New York Giants paid quarterback Daniel Jones last offseason, but after an injury-shortened season, the team is still looking for a franchise QB. While many mock drafts have the top three QBs off the board by the time the Giants pick at six, the latest Daniel Jeremiah mock draft on NFL.com has Heisman-winning signal-caller […]

The Chicago Bears have a franchise-defining offseason ahead of them. With boatloads of cap space and two top ten picks in the upcoming NFL Draft, Bears general manager Ryan Poles has the opportunity to turn Chicago, who finished 7-10 last season after an 0-4 start to the season, into an immediate bonafide playoff contender if […]

While the 2024 NFL Draft isn’t until late April, there is plenty of preparation to be done ahead of time for it. With the Chicago Bears currently on the clock, it will be interesting to see how the draft transpires, especially the first round. With the Bears choosing between their incumbent quarterback (Justin Fields) or […]

The Buffalo Bills pick at 28 in the upcoming 2024 NFL Draft, and this selection weekend may be the most important one of the Josh Allen/Sean McDermott/Brandon Beane era. This franchise is capped-out this offseason, and unless they make a blockbuster trade, the only real way to add top-tier talent is in the draft. That […]

A pair of USC football stars will get the chance to show out in front of coaches, scouts and executive at the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine. Defensive back Christian Roland-Wallace and wide receiver Brenden Rice will join a handful of teammates who’d previously received invitations to Indianapolis. INVITED ‼️@xhrisroland has officially been invited to the […]

Last year leading up to the NFL Draft, CJ Stroud’s test scores were leaked. It caused some speculation that he may not be worth a top pick that year, but luckily for the Houston Texans, they didn’t listen to that speculation. Now, skip ahead to 2024, an agency is asking prospects to not take any […]

The 2024 NFL Draft will take place in Detroit while 2025 will be hosted in Green Bay. But come 2026 or 2027, the Pittsburgh Steelers are hoping to get a crack at hosting the NFL Draft. The Steelers have officially submitted Pittsburgh’s bid to host the event in one of those two seasons. Pittsburgh hasn’t […]

The Atlanta Falcons are under new management, with Raheem Morris as the new head coach and his former Los Angeles Rams colleague Zac Robinson as the offensive coordinator. With a new crew in charge, rumors are heating up that the Falcons will take a quarterback at No. 8 in the NFL Draft despite still having […]

While the Pittsburgh Steelers made the playoffs, questionable quarterback play held the team back from greatness. As they look to make a deeper playoff run, the 2024 NFL Draft offers the Steelers exactly what they need. Kenny Pickett may be under contract for next season, but some believe Pittsburgh is prepared to move on. Oregon […]

Chicago Bears president Kevin Warren had quite a bit of praise for starting quarterback Justin Fields in a recent interview. Fields, who has slowly but surely improved during each season of his three-year NFL career, has earned a supporter in Warren. “Justin has a rare combination of intelligence, of size, of strength, and speed. You […]

The Kansas City Chiefs are inevitable. For the third time in five seasons, the Chiefs are Super Bowl Champions, twice at the expense of the San Francisco 49ers. These were hardly the best version of the Chiefs that the NFL has seen seen either. During the regular season, Kansas City was ‘only’ 11-6 with a […]

The season has wrapped up and Lombardi trophy is headed back to the Kansas City Chiefs.  San Francisco 49ers mastermind Kyle Shanahan and Andy Reid had an intense chess match in Super Bowl 58 that ended in a Patrick Mahomes touchdown pass to Mecole Hardman. Now, fans of the league will be starved of action […]

Joe Schoen and Brian Daboll clearly want to stick with Daniel Jones as their starting quarterback. However, the New York Giants may find it hard to get any success after their QB1 went down with an injury. This could prompt some moves in the 2024 NFL Draft. They could move up to notch someone among […]

The Chicago Bears are in a great spot for the offseason as they have the No. 1 overall pick of the 2024 NFL Draft. There are plenty of rumors and speculation the franchise will either select Caleb Williams or trade the pick. If it’s the former, you’d think they would then trade Justin Fields. But […]