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• The Athletics’ Mason Miller has taken the baseball world by storm

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images Oakland’s star closer and the rest of the A’s bullpen are helping to keep the team somewhat interesting so far. When it comes to the standings in the early portion of the season, my personal advice is not to really take anything too seriously until Memorial Day at the earliest. That way, it gives baseball an ample amount of time to actually start to get the t...2024
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• Saints tied with the Falcons for easiest strength of schedule

Photo by Ric Tapia/Getty Images How does that change the season outlook? On Tuesday, May 14, the NFL released the strength of the schedule for each of the 32 teams. The New Orleans Saints have an opponent win percentage of .453, tied only with the Atlanta Falcons. This makes it two years in a row that the strength of the schedule for the Saints is among the easiest in the league. Last ye...2024
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• Fleur-de-Links, May 14: Saints to play two NFC West teams in preseason

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Here are your daily New Orleans Saints links. Saints to play Cardinals, 49ers in preseason-NOLA.com After moving their training camp to the West Coast, the New Orleans Saints will now play a pair of West Coast squads during the preseason. 3 Saints that need a bounce back-Canal St Chronicles Jamaal Williams came to the Big Easy as a prime candidate...2024
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• The Best-Named Draft Picks for All 32 NFL Teams

Rome Odunze poses with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. Rome is a first-round talent with a first-round name. | Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images The 2024 NFL Draft was full of winners and losers, but every team came out on top in terms of awesomely-named draft picks. My favorite part of the NFL Draft? The rumors. The trades. The hype. The mock drafts. But most of all, I love watching t...2024
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• 3 Saints most in need of a bounce back season in 2024

Photo by Ric Tapia/Getty Images Which Saints players need to improve on their 2023 campaigns the most? 1. Jamaal Williams Jamaal Williams scored 17 touchdowns in 2022, and just 1 in 2023 on the New Orleans Saints’ last play of the season. Williams started slow at the beginning of the season as he was limited by a hamstring injury sustained in Week 2 that caused him to miss four games. Ha...2024
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• Rookie defensive tackle Johnny Newton will require second foot surgery

Photo by Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Illinois defensive tackle Johnny Newton was a top prospect for many Lions fans, but his slide to Day 2 of the 2024 NFL Draft was a surprise. We might now know the reason for his slide. Entering the 2024 NFL Draft, there was a sizable group of candidates for the Detroit Lions at pick 29. Detroit would ultimately trade up to 24th overal...2024
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• Bo Nix love in Broncos Country: justified or desperation?

Vasha Hunt-USA TODAY Sports While not unanimous, there is certainly a segment of Denver Broncos fans more than ready for the Bo Nix era, but are these feelings coming from a source of logic or emotion? Let’s begin by saying that the opinion on new Denver Broncos QB Bo Nix, by both fans of the team and those on the outside, is divided. While some, like the NFL Network’s Daniel Jeremiah, for...2024
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• Grading the Saints 2024 Draft Class

Photo by John Smolek/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images This was one of the Saints’ better drafts in recent years. The NFL Draft just wrapped up on Saturday, and despite not seeing any of the guys touch an NFL field yet, it seems like the New Orleans Saints did a pretty good job in this year’s draft. Now that the draft is officially over and we know all seven of the Saints picks, let’s go th...2024
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• NFL Draft full team grades for all 32 clubs after 2024 selections

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK Let’s grade the draft hauls for all 32 NFL teams. Grading an NFL Draft is often a difficult exercise. But it does not mean we will not try. In many ways, it is an analysis of process rather than results. As you will see in a moment, there might be players that we like in a vacuum, but disagree with when it comes to where they were drafted, when they were draft...2024
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• 2024 NFL Mock Draft Grades: Scoring the experts

Eric Seals / USA TODAY NETWORK Wrapping up mock draft season The 2024 NFL Draft has come and gone, and with it mock draft season is over. Some may memory hole mock drafts, but we don’t. We keep receipts. This year we scored 50 mock drafters, a collection of national draft analysts, mock drafters, and a handful of off the radar mock drafters who scored well or have scored well in the Huddl...2024
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• Expects give New York Jets solid 2024 NFL Draft grades

Howard Smith-USA TODAY Sports The Jets picked seven players. Immediate grades for the NFL Draft are always stupid...unless they praise the Jets. Let’s see how smart some of the most prominent graders are after the 2024 NFL Draft. Pro Football Focus: A Fashanu — The Jets offensive line has been a weak point for the last few years. Even though they brought in veteran tackles Tyron Smith an...2024
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• Why the Saints drafted Kool Aid McKinstry in the second round of the NFL Draft

Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports A new corner has arrived. In the second round of the 2024 NFL Draft, the Saints traded up from pick 45 to pick 41 from the Green Bay Packers. Kool-Aid McKinstry is now a member of the New Orleans Saints, and it makes sense. Besides having the best name in the draft, Kool-Aid is an amazing pick. Throughout the draft process, people have put him as one of the to...2024
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• What Kool-Aid McKinstry brings to the Saints defense

Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images The selection of McKinstry adds to the Saints loaded cornerback room. The New Orleans Saints traded up in the second round of the NFL Draft with the Green Bay Packers to select cornerback Kool-Aid McKinstry from Alabama. #Saints coach Dennis Allen gets someone they never thought would be there at No. 41. Kool-Aid McKinstry goes to New Orleans. One of Draf...2024
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• The Athletics’ Mason Miller has taken the baseball world by storm
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• Saints tied with the Falcons for easiest strength of schedule
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• Fleur-de-Links, May 14: Saints to play two NFC West teams in preseason
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• The Best-Named Draft Picks for All 32 NFL Teams
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• Rookie defensive tackle Johnny Newton will require second foot surgery
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• Saints QB Spencer Rattler invited to NFLPA Rookie Premiere

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Rattler will be one of 40 rookies from this year’s draft class. Rookie New Orleans Saints quarterback Spencer Rattler is one of 40 NFL rookies that has been invited to 2024 NFLPA Rookie Premiere. The event will take place in Los Angeles from May 16-19. Saints QB Spencer Rattler is among those who are invited https://t.co/DAQiidcodw— Tina Howell (@TinaHowellNOLA...2024
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• Fleur-de-Links, May 10: Saints get rookie minicamp started

Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports Here are your daily New Orleans Saints links. Saints sign Taliese Fuaga-Canal St Chronicles The New Orleans Saints started rookie minicamp strong as they signed their first round draft pick to a fully guaranteed deal. 6/7 rookies signed-CSC The Black and Gold also signed deals with Bub Means, Spencer Rattler, Jaylan Ford, Khristian Boyd, and Josiah Ezirim. The ...2024
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• Saints sign six of their seven draft picks

Photo by John Smolek/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The signings come just before the start of rookie minicamp tomorrow. The New Orleans Saints have announced that they have signed six of their seven 2024 NFL Draft picks. Taliese Fuaga, Bub Means, Spencer Rattler, Jaylan Ford, Khristian Boyd and Josiah Ezirim have all signed 4-year deals with the team. The news come just ahead of rookie...2024
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• Identifying the Saints 2024 Draft picks poised to start

Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports Projecting the starting roles for New Orleans' newest rookies. Alright, Saints fans, now that the dust has settled and cleared, let’s talk about how the new additions will have an impact to the New Orleans Saints. It may be clear to some who will have a greater opportunity this season, but let’s take a look at the possibilities. To recap, here are the Saints ...2024
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• Rookie defensive tackle Johnny Newton will require second foot surgery
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• Lions News: Anonymous NFL execs criticize Detroit Lions draft moves

Eric Seals / USA TODAY NETWORK Professionals in the NFL react to Detroit’s 2024 draft haul. While it’s safe to say most people are pretty high on whatever Brad Holmes does at this point, some NFL executives speaking anonymously to The Athletic aren’t so sure. Several people in the industry provided their unfiltered draft thoughts to The Athletic’s Mike Sando to offer their perspectives on ...2024
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• Reacts Survey results: Jaguars fans approve the Brian Thomas Jr. pick

Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union / USA TODAY NETWORK The results are in, and the majority of Jaguars fans gave Jacksonville’s first-round pick an “A” grade. Last week, we asked Jacksonville Jaguars fans to grade the team’s selection of Brian Thomas Jr. after trading back from 17th overall to 23rd overall. Over half of the survey’s respondents gave the pick an “A” grade. ...2024
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• Seahawks 2024 NFL Draft Round 2-3 tracker and full results

Photo by Donald Page/Getty Images Follow Field Gulls’ live coverage of Day 2 of the 2024 NFL Draft! The 2024 NFL Draft rolls on in the Motor City! Round 1 was defined by a whopping 23 offensive players (and six quarterbacks) getting drafted. The Seattle Seahawks were in the minority as far as drafting defense, taking Texas defensive tackle Byron Murphy II. They reportedly made an effort to...2024
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• Arizona Cardinals trade the 35th pick of the 2024 NFL Draft to the Atlanta Falcons

Joe Rondone/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK The Arizona Cardinals traded the 35th pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. The Arizona Cardinals have traded the 35th pick in the 2024 NFL Draft for the 43rd and 79th for the 35th and 186th pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. The Atlanta Falcons then used that pick to take Ruke Orhorhoro. The top players are still available for the Arizona Cardinals, including C...2024
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• The Athletics’ Mason Miller has taken the baseball world by storm
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• Rookie defensive tackle Johnny Newton will require second foot surgery
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• Saints 53-man roster projection

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Who should we expect in the black and gold come week one? With the start of the New Orleans Saints 2024 minicamp just about a month away, we’re going to do an early projection of what the roster could potentially look like come week one. It is very likely that the team will be adding players here and there before the start of the season, but I believe thi...2024
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• Five things to know about Kool-Aid McKinstry

Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images From being an All-American to the meaning behind the name ‘Kool-Aid,’ here’s everything you need to know about the Saints newest corner. The New Orleans Saints made their inevitable trade up at the beginning of the second round, jumping from 45 to 41 to select Kool-Aid McKinstry, CB from Alabama. Here are five things to know about the Saints new cornerback: ...2024
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• Oh yeah! Saints draft Kool-Aid McKinstry

Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images What to know about the new Saints CB! Now that’s certainly something. The New Orleans Saints traded up to the 41st pick in the draft’s second round in the 2024 NFL Draft. With that pick, they selected Alabama cornerback Ga’Quincy “Kool-Aid” McKinstry. Per Nick Underhill of neworleans.football, the Saints sent picks 45, 168, and 190 to the Green Bay Packers ...2024
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• Here is the full Sean Payton trade with details now known for the Broncos and Saints

Photo by Candice Ward/Getty Images We have reached the point in time in the NFL where we now know exactly what the aftermath of the 2023 trade between the Denver Broncos and New Orleans Saints yielded. You may be wondering what we are talking about. Remember when Sean Payton made it incredibly obvious that he wanted to coach a team that wasn’t the New Orleans Saints and the Saints were sti...2024
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• BREAKING: Saints take CB Kool-Aid McKinstry in Round 2 of the 2024 NFL Draft

Photo by Todd Rosenberg/Getty Images With the 45th pick, the Saints bring Kool-Aid to New Orleans In Round 1 of the 2024 NFL Draft, the New Orleans Saints chose OT Taliese Fauga. With their second pick of the 2024 draft, Saints TE, Taysom Hill announced that the Saints have taken University of Alabama cornerback Ga’Quincy Kool-Aid McKinstry. McKinstry was nicknamed “Kool-Aid” by his grandm...2024
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• Can a quarterback succeed in his sixth season? A Giants’ QB has done is before

SetNumber: X34293 Giants history says it’s possible Big Blue View readers were overwhelmingly in favor of the New York Giants’ selection of wide receiver Malik Nabers with the sixth pick in the NFL Draft Thursday night. And why not? Nabers was universally regarded as one of the top three receivers in the draft, was the top-rated of the three by some analysts, and was in everyone’s top 10 o...2024
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• Saints' Ryan: Defense 'drank the Kool-Aid'
Saints defensive coordinator Rob Ryan says his players lost some of their edge this season and started too slowly....2014
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• Richest Contract Ever Sounds Like a Deal with the Devil for Giancarlo Stanton
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• Mailbag: Why is Jared Goff so polarizing among Detroit Lions fans?
Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images Our written mailbag returns for its first installment of the 2023 offseason. While we pivoted to more interactive mailbags during the football season, we will be mixing things up during the 2023 offseason, combining both written and audio/video/podcast versions. Let’s get started with our first Detroit Lions written mailbag of the offseason. How much do yo...2023
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• Replace Tua Tagovailoa with Michael Penix Jr. Says Chris Brockman & Joel Klatt

Should the Dolphins move on from Tua and draft Michael Penix Jr? The never-ending Tua debate has entered its next chapter. Although Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa played all eighteen games of the Dolphins season/postseason, put up career-high numbers across the board, and led the league in passing yards, the national media heads are still drinking the “replace Tua” Kool-Aid. It seems t...2024
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• Louis Riddick: Jaguars set to ‘explode’
Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images ESPN analyst names the Jaguars as a legitimate Super Bowl Contender The hype train has officially left the station. And there doesn’t appear to be any brakes. During a recent appearance on The Rich Eisen Show, ESPN analyst Louis Riddick was asked for an AFC team nobody was talking about that is an ‘under the radar’ Super Bowl contender. The former safety...2023
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• Evan Mathis' Release Pushes Chip Kelly Ever Closer to Epic Boom-or-Bust in 2015
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• Bill Musgrave: “Understatment” to say Raiders have a long way to go on offense
This is the time of the year when most NFL teams are drinking their own Kool-Aid. Practices over the offseason against air or teammates unable to hit back tend to make players look good, which leads to a lot of talk about progress being made in leaps and bounds heading into next season. A high…...2015
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• Jaguars News (4/18): We are one week from the 2024 NFL Draft

Photo by Jeff Speer/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Your one-stop shop for Jacksonville Jaguars news, opinion, and analysis. Good morning! Here is today’s roundup of the latest news, rumors, and analysis on your Jacksonville Jaguars. Local chatter Big Cat Country’s Jacksonville Jaguars 2024 NFL Draft home page (Big Cat Country) Your one-stop shop for Jaguars 2024 NFL Draft coverage. Pick...2024
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• Tampa’s Got Their Fill of Gerritheatrics
If you've prayed to the House of Mustache, knelt before the King of Knows-A-Thing, drank from the Fantasy Master Lothario's Kool-Aid, wept into the Cup of What Am I Doing With Jose Berrios, farted in the direction of everyone who drafts a starter early, then you did not enjoy Gerrit Cole (7 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 1 hit, 3 walks, 12 Ks, ERA at 3.14) last night. No worries, we are here for each other during ...2022
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• Rookie defensive tackle Johnny Newton will require second foot surgery
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• Bo Nix love in Broncos Country: justified or desperation?
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• Lions News: Anonymous NFL execs criticize Detroit Lions draft moves
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• CSC Poll Results: Which draft pick are you most excited about

Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images Which of the Saints’ picks on day 2 or 3 of the draft are you most looking forward to seeing take the field? In this week’s poll question we asked which draft pick by the New Orleans Saints, other than their first round pick, were you most excited about. ⚜️WEEKLY POLL QUESTION⚜️Other than Taliese Fuaga, which of the #Saints draft picks are you most excited...2024
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• Fleur-de-Links, May 2: Saints add DB depth

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Here are your daily New Orleans Saints links. Saints sign Will Harris-Canal St Chronicles Even after drafting a cornerback in the NFL Draft, the New Orleans Saints went after another one in the free agent market. There could be a delay with Kool Aid-Saints Wire Similarly to the last two second round picks the Saints have made, McKinstry...2024
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• The 10 best remaining players in the 2024 NFL Draft heading into the second round

Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Who are your favorite Day 2 targets? The 2024 NFL Draft has officially kicked off, and the first round was a whirlwind of surprises. Several draft records were set Thursday night, and all of the chaos resulted in quite a few talented players falling out of the first round. Here are the 10 best remaining players heading into the second...2024
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• What are the biggest Day 2 needs for the Bengals?

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Cincinnati attacked the offensive tackle need in round one The Cincinnati Bengals attacked one of the biggest holes in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft selecting Amarius Mims. It is officially time for the Bengals to begin working on Day 2 selections of the draft. The Bengals currently hold three picks in Rounds 2-3: Round 2 - pick 49 Round 3 - pick 80 Roun...2024
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• The best available players for the Bengals to Draft on Day 2

Photo by Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images They have a RT, what now? Day one is over, and wasn’t it a crazy ride? The Cincinnati Bengals got their man in Round 1 with Amarius Mims. You can cross right tackle off the board, but where will the Bengals go in Rounds 2 and 3? Here are some of the best players left heading into Day 2 of the NFL Draft. Defensive Tackles Well, it hap...2024
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• NFL Draft 2024: Best available players for New York Giants on Day 2

Photo by Ken Murray/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images What will the Giants do next? The New York Giants did not select a quarterback in the first round. Instead, they drafted the electric LSU wide receiver Malik Nabers. Six quarterbacks flew off the board in the top-12 picks. NFL Network reported that the Giants were trying to trade up to the third selection, presumably for a quarterback, s...2024
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• 2024 NFL Mock Draft: Chiefs choose wide receiver

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images With the 32nd overall pick in the 2024 Bleeding Green Nation community mock draft, Kansas City Chiefs GM SakPrescott selects ... Ladd McConkey, WR, Georgia Before we get into why McConkey is the choice here, let’s set the stage by talking through the Chiefs’ draft tendencies, their needs heading into the draft, and what options remained a...2024
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• NFL Mock Draft 2024: Final projection for all 32 first-round picks

Eric Seals / USA TODAY NETWORK / USA TODAY NETWORK Good morning and happy draft day! Basically anything can happen tonight. The 2024 NFL Draft class has a lot of talent in high value positions like quarterback, offensive tackle, cornerback, and wide receiver. The quantity of such quality talent will mean Day 1 of the draft can go in so many directions. Anyway, here is an educated guess on ...2024
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• Mocking the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft

Photo by Ric Tapia/Getty Images Doing my best at predicting the entire first round of the 2024 NFL Draft. We have finally made it to the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft. Weeks of speculation are now over and teams will make selections that could change the future of their franchise for better or for worse. The Denver Broncos currently own the 12th overall selection and are in the market ...2024
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• Evan Wanish’s 2024 First Round NFL Mock Draft

Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images Draft day is finally here, folks The day has finally arrived for all 32 NFL teams and the prospects in this class. Draft day is here and there is a lot of excitement and buzz surrounding this class with college star Caleb Williams all but certain to be the number one overall pick and head to Chicago to join the Bears, but what about the other 31 teams...2024
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