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• Joey Mulinaro Channels Mel Kiper Jr. To Hilariously Roast Sixth Grade Picture of USC Legend Matt Leinart
Joey Mulinaro hilariously roasts Matt Leinart’s sixth-grade photo with a spot-on Mel Kiper Jr. impression in a viral video shared on X....2025
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• Cardinals mishandled Isaiah Simmons: 10 reasons why (Op/Ed)

Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images Reason 1: Isaiah shouldn’t have been the Cardinals’ 2020 1st round pick Note: for those of you who have expressed your disapproval for ROTB articles involving former Cardinals or opinion-based threads, this long article (2 days to write) is not for you. Cardinals mishandled Isaiah Simmons: 10 reasons why In a recent SI article by Donnie Druin, Isaiah Simmo...2025
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• ‘I Love U My Man!’ – Deion Sanders Sends Message to Mel Kiper As Draft Expert Faces Criticism for Hyping Shedeur Sanders
Mel Kiper continues to defend his Shedeur Sanders assessment. Sanders' father, Deion Sanders, had his own response to Kiper's self-defense....2025
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• NFL Draft Expert Mel Kiper Jr. Fires Back at Cam Ward’s Former HC After Backlash for Hyping Up Shedeur Sanders
Mel Kiper Jr. fires back at Miami Hurricanes HC Mario Cristobal, citing his lofty pre-draft ranking of quarterback Cam Ward....2025
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• Pre-Snap Reads 5/8: Would you start Darnold or Milroe?

Joe Nicholson-Imagn Images The future, now or later? In Today’s Links: impact our Seattle Seahawks’ rookies might have on roster spots for veterans, where our two newest WRs fit in, more on the 2025 NFL Draft and it’s impact on the ‘Hawks, a mailbag and more! Thanks for being here with us at Field Gulls, hopefully every morning. We cannot do it without you... literally. #np The Homeless ...2025
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• The Vikings Are Becoming A Rorschach Test
Perhaps it’s surprising to hear Colin Cowherd say that the Minnesota Vikings have the worst roster in the NFC North. The Vikings filled crucial needs in free agency, and Mel Kiper and CBS seemed to like their draft class. However, Cowherd doesn’t think Minnesota should have let Sam Darnold leave in free agency. “I think the Bears eke into the playoffs. Jordan Love, I like....2025
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• Could Travis Hunter win both Offensive and Defensive Rookie of the Year honors?

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images What do you think? Take our survey, and talk it out in the comments. The 2025 NFL Draft has officially come and gone and it was quite the doozy. Some things went chalk and others were complete surprises. This is part of the magic of the draft: There is always something that happens that catches us off guard. With the dust fully settling on the results w...2025
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• Colts fans: Do you agree with Mel Kiper’s “B” grade?

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images What is your take on the Colts draft? Draft grades are a curious thing. On one hand, they are like points in “Whose Line is it Anyway”; they don’t matter. On the other hand, fans flock to websites seeking out their favorite team’s grade. Everyone wants their team to have the biggest steal or sleeper of the draft, and we all long for that coveted “A+”. Wit...2025
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• Mel Kiper’s Shedeur Sanders 2025 NFL Draft meltdown is one of his many QB whiffs

Never forget Jimmy Clausen. Mel Kiper Jr. officially lost it on ESPN when Shedeur Sanders was finally picked by the Browns. The biggest icon of NFL Draft coverage went on a tirade, slamming teams for being idiots when it came to evaluating quarterbacks — with Kiper being a big fan of Sanders out of Colorado. Mel Kiper is crashing out on live television right now pic.twitter.com/DpezLVniSk— Baseb...2025
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• Giants news, 4/29: Joe Schoen’s growth, Darius Alexander, Cam Skattebo, more headlines

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images New York Giants headlines for Tuesday Good morning, New York Giants fans! From Big Blue View The education of New York Giants GM Joe Schoen Film breakdown: Darius Alexander, a perfect fit for the Giants New York Giants depth chart: How the NFL Draft changed the roster NFL Draft: 2025 New York Giants UDFA tracker Fantasy Football ‘25: 10 takeaways from the NF...2025
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• Longtime ESPN draft guru gives Colts ‘B’ overall grade for 2025 NFL Draft class

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Could be better, could be worse... According to ESPN longtime NFL Draft guru Mel Kiper Jr. (subscription), the Indianapolis Colts earned a ‘B’ grade from their 2025 draft class—which was highlighted by first round pick and one of this year’s top tight ends Tyler Warren: Indianapolis Colts: B Top needs entering the draft: Tight end,...2025
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• Fantasy Football ‘25: 10 takeaways from the NFL Draft

Jeanty is the clear #1 Rookie for Fantasy | Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images Quick takes for Fantasy from a chaotic Draft weekend The 2025 NFL Draft is in the books. Unless you were hiding under a rock, you know that the biggest story of the weekend was Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders sliding all the way to the fifth round, where the Browns mercifully ended his free fall and made hi...2025
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• Mel Kiper grades the Saints’ 2025 NFL Draft

Photo by John Smolek/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images What does his think about New Orleans’ draft class? The 2025 NFL Draft is over, and it concluded with the New Orleans Saints making all 9 picks throughout 3 days. Now that the dust has settled, draft grades are starting to come in and while it truly takes a few years to see how a player will pan out, it’s interesting to take a look at...2025
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• Arizona Cardinals draft grades are all over the place for the 2025 NFL Draft class

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images Looking at the grades for the Arizona Cardinals coming out of the 2025 NFL Draft. Happy Monday one and all. The 2025 NFL Draft has come and gone and the Arizona Cardinals seemed to do a good job... depending on who you ask. That is what makes the right away draft grades so silly, because whether right or wrong, none of these guys giving out grades really ...2025
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• NFL Draft Grades: Eagles earn praise for their 10 picks

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images Analysts are saying that “Howie Roseman has done it again.” Now that the 2025 NFL Draft is over, it’s time for NFL Draft grades. We’re still working on our own evaluations of the Philadelphia Eagles’ 2025 draft class. In the meantime, here’s a roundup of what the ‘experts’ are saying about the Birds. Spoiler alert: Howie Roseman is earning favorable mar...2025
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• Collecting 2025 Miami Dolphins draft grades from around the web

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images We take a look at what some of the analysts around the web think of the Miami Dolphins’ 2025 draft. Earlier today, we took a closer look at the Miami Dolphins’ 2025 draft grade from ESPN’s Mel Kiper, Jr. Now, we scan the web for the other NFL Draft grades 2025 options that are out there. What is being said about the Dolphins’ performance throughout the th...2025
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• 2025 NFL Draft: Minnesota Vikings Draft Grades Roundup

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images How do the Really Smart Football People™ think the Vikings did? If you’ve been following this site for any length of time, you know that I think the concept of “grading” a draft less than 24 hours after it’s concluded is a fairly ridiculous exercise. There’s absolutely no way to know how these players are going to fare in the National Football League at t...2025
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• Sunday Dawg Chow (4/27): The Browns actually did it!

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images The latest Cleveland Browns news and notes from around the NFL in the Sunday Dawg Chow. It took until the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft, but the Cleveland Browns finally did it. They selected Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders. The selection ended the slide of Sanders, who went from being projected as a first-round pick by some to the fifth round, which is nor...2025
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• ESPN’s take on Cardinals’ 2025 NFL Draft needs

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Here is what ESPN writers claim to be the Cardinals’ biggest need in the draft and what they believe Monti Ossenfort will do come draft day. Arizona Cardinals Picks: Nos. 16, 47, 78, 115, 152, 225 The Cardinals absolutely MUST use a pick in the first three rounds on ____. A wide receiver. Arizona has a surefire WR1 in Marvin Harrison Jr. and a No. 2 in Micha...2025
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• Notes: Levi Onwuzurike takes part in Lions’ voluntary offseason program
Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images Despite back surgery, Detroit Lions DT Levi Onwuzurike is taking part in the team’s offseason program, a positive sign that his career is not over. This week, the Detroit Lions were among the majority of NFL franchises who began their offseason workouts. While we’re only in Phase 1 of those workouts—which is basically only allows conditioning, strength tra...2023
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• 2015 NFL Mock Draft: Latest Predictions Before Week 13
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• Cardinals mishandled Isaiah Simmons: 10 reasons why (Op/Ed)
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• NFL Draft Expert Mel Kiper Jr. Fires Back at Cam Ward’s Former HC After Backlash for Hyping Up Shedeur Sanders
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• Pre-Snap Reads 5/8: Would you start Darnold or Milroe?
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• The Vikings Are Becoming A Rorschach Test
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• The Seahawks picked Grey Zabel, Nick Emmanwori, but what would YOU have done?

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images Voice your thoughts on three of the most intriguing picks, and if you would make a different choice than John Schneider. With the new rookies in camp, and the NFL draft only 10 days past, the buzz of Spring football is still strong. Let’s reflect on the Seattle Seahawks rookie class and take the opportunity to play armchair General Manager for a moment. ...2025
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• Ravens ranked top 5 in post-draft NFL Power Rankings

Photo by Logan Bowles/Getty Images The Baltimore Ravens are ranked a Top 5 team after the 2025 NFL Draft Following the 2025 NFL Draft, a few new power rankings have been released and a common continues. The Baltimore Ravens are ranked a top five team as they once more look to continue contending for a Super Bowl. USA Today’s Nate Davis: 2 (Previous: 3) “Perhaps you don’t love the choice ...2025
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• Grades for all 32 NFL draft classes: Kiper gives out one A+
Shedeur Sanders in Round 5? A trade up for a pass rusher in Round 1? Mel Kiper Jr. evaluates the entire 2025 NFL draft....2025
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• Around SB Nation: Recapping the 2025 NFL Draft

Tork Mason-Imagn Images The 2025 NFL Draft has come and gone. How did the teams fare with their draft hauls? The 2025 NFL Draft has come and gone, so now it’s time to give out grades to draft classes that have yet to hit the football field. Yes, it’s easy to look back and say a team should have drafted player ‘x’ over player ‘y’ now that we know how the draft played out. But the biggest st...2025
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• NFL Draft Grades 2025: Jets continue to receive solid scores

Vasha Hunt-Imagn Images The grades continue to come in. Grades for the 2025 NFL Draft continue to come in. As we all know, Draft grades really aren’t accurate until we are at least two years out. As we also know, Draft grades are stupid...unless they praise the Jets. Here are some additional Draft grades, whether praising the Jets or not. Mel Kiper (ESPN) New York Jets: B Top needs enteri...2025
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• Could Travis Hunter win both Offensive and Defensive Rookie of the Year honors?
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• Cardinals mishandled Isaiah Simmons: 10 reasons why (Op/Ed)
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• Around SB Nation: Recapping the 2025 NFL Draft
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• NFL Draft Grades 2025: Jets continue to receive solid scores
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• Could Travis Hunter win both Offensive and Defensive Rookie of the Year honors?
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• Colts fans: Do you agree with Mel Kiper’s “B” grade?
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• ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. calls Colts among ‘biggest winners from Round 1’ after selecting TE Tyler Warren

Photo by Robin Alam/ISI Photos/Getty Images The Colts came out ahead after a home run pick to begin their 2025 draft class! According to longtime ESPN NFL Draft guru Mel Kiper Jr., the Indianapolis Colts are among the league’s “biggest winners from Round 1” after selecting prized Penn State tight end Tyler Warren with the 14th overall pick: Indianapolis Colts The pick: Tyler Warren (No....2025
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• Mel Kiper suggests Bengals had the worst draft and Browns had the best one

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Mel Kiper had opposite views of how the Ohio teams did in the 2025 NFL Draft. After the NFL Draft, we always get the grades from the experts, and we now have Mel Kiper Jr.’s grade for the Cincinnati Bengals Kiper not only gives the Bengals one of the lowest grades in the class, he gives the Cleveland Browns the highest at an A+. That...2025
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• Browns draft class among most athletic groups in 2025 draft, UDFA DT hits high marks too

Kirby Lee-Imagn Images At times over the last couple of decades, Cleveland Browns players have looked like they were playing in quicksand while more athletic players ran around and past them. Athleticism isn’t always the be-all end-all when it comes to performance (if you send the fastest player in the world out there but he can’t catch, you get Anthony Schwartz), but it is helpful. The Br...2025
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• 2025 NFL Mock Draft Grades: Scoring the experts

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images We have receipts The 2025 NFL Draft may be over, but the 2025 mock draft season is not over. It is time to score 2025 mocks. The scoring system is simple. For every number of picks a selection is off, the mock drafter gets a point. If someone mocked Mike Green to the Falcons at 15, which as you will see was a pretty popular pick, they got 44 points becaus...2025
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• Final 2025 NFL draft grades: Dallas Cowboys “building a bully”

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images A look at the first draft grades published over the last few hours, and how the Cowboys graded out. From everything we’ve seen over the last three days, the Cowboys have been picking from the top of their board the entire time and have been rewarded with outstanding value in the 2025 draft. New Cowboys OC Klayton Adams, appearing on the Dallas Cowboys Dr...2025
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• ‘I Love U My Man!’ – Deion Sanders Sends Message to Mel Kiper As Draft Expert Faces Criticism for Hyping Shedeur Sanders
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• The Seahawks picked Grey Zabel, Nick Emmanwori, but what would YOU have done?
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• Could Travis Hunter win both Offensive and Defensive Rookie of the Year honors?
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• The Day After the Day After (plus a few days): Coda for the Houston Texans and the NFL 2025 Draft

Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images The 2025 Draft is over. One last revisit before we move forward in the NFL year. The Day After the Day After...when the raw, immediate emotions from the aftermath of a game diminish into the realm of clarity and the proverbial (or literal) hangover no longer haunts the mind. With that, a review of the 2025 NFL Draft Photo by...2025
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• Giants news, 4/29: Joe Schoen’s growth, Darius Alexander, Cam Skattebo, more headlines
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• Longtime ESPN draft guru gives Colts ‘B’ overall grade for 2025 NFL Draft class
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• NFL coach’s son behind Shedeur Sanders draft prank call

Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images The son of the Atlanta Falcons’ defensive coordinator took responsibility for the prank call on Sunday. One of the biggest stories of the 2025 NFL Draft — or: the biggest story if your name is Mel Kiper Jr. — was the unprecedented fall of Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders. The reasons behind his slide from projected first-round pick to Day 3 are manif...2025
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• Collecting 2025 Miami Dolphins draft grades from around the web
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• Final 2025 NFL draft grades: Dallas Cowboys “building a bully”
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• Sunday Dawg Chow (4/27): The Browns actually did it!
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• Jameis Winston Wins 2015 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year Award
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• Jerry Jones Says Tony Romo Will Be Cowboys Starting QB for 'Next 4 or 5 Years'
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• Steelers' Le'Veon Bell Rips into ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr. During Twitter Rant
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• Le'Veon Bell calls out Mel Kiper, other NFL Draft analysts
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• KSU FB Glenn Gronkowski to Meet with Patriots During Senior Bowl
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• Randy Gregory Confirms He Tested Positive for Marijuana at NFL Combine
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• Who does Mel Kiper Jr. predict the Giants will draft?
ESPN draft expert released his first 2016 NFL mock draft and has the Giants going defense....2016
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• Who does Mel Kiper Jr. predict the Giants will draft?
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• Fantasy Football ‘25: 10 takeaways from the NFL Draft
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• 2022 NFL Rookie Preview
It's the evening of Thursday, April 28, 2022 -- and Mel Kiper Jr. is backstage at Allegiant Stadium looking into the mirror, trying to decide which angle to position his head in an attempt to make his hair look different this year than the 38 NFL Draft shows prior. From the shadows, Mark Davis approaches from behind and proceeds to ask Kiper what he's doing at his (Davis') backstage dresser. Kiper...2021
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• Cardinals mishandled Isaiah Simmons: 10 reasons why (Op/Ed)
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• Pre-Snap Reads 5/8: Would you start Darnold or Milroe?
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• The Vikings Are Becoming A Rorschach Test
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• NFL Draft Grades 2025: Jets continue to receive solid scores
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• Could Travis Hunter win both Offensive and Defensive Rookie of the Year honors?
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• The Day After the Day After (plus a few days): Coda for the Houston Texans and the NFL 2025 Draft
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• Giants news, 4/29: Joe Schoen’s growth, Darius Alexander, Cam Skattebo, more headlines
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• Mel Kiper suggests Bengals had the worst draft and Browns had the best one
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• Fantasy Football ‘25: 10 takeaways from the NFL Draft
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• Mel Kiper grades the Saints’ 2025 NFL Draft
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• Cardinals mishandled Isaiah Simmons: 10 reasons why (Op/Ed)
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• The Seahawks picked Grey Zabel, Nick Emmanwori, but what would YOU have done?
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• NFL Draft Grades 2025: Jets continue to receive solid scores
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• ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. calls Colts among ‘biggest winners from Round 1’ after selecting TE Tyler Warren
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• NFL coach’s son behind Shedeur Sanders draft prank call
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• NFL Draft grades 2025 roundup: Detroit Lions rank among worst classes

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images According to most NFL analysts, the Detroit Lions have one of the worst 2025 NFL Draft classes in the league. Can Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes prove them all wrong again? The grades are in for the 2025 NFL Draft classes, and the Lions are near the bottom of the class again. The general consensus around the Lions’ class revolves around two m...2025
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• Sunday Dawg Chow (4/27): The Browns actually did it!
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• How did the national media view the Browns work on Day 2 of the draft?

Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images The reviews are mostly positive - with one big exception. The Cleveland Browns were busy Friday night during Rounds 2 and 3 of the 2025 NFL Draft. Cleveland opened its account with the selection of UCLA linebacker Carson Schwesinger and closed their evening by selecting Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel. In between, they added to the offense with Oh...2025
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• 2025 NFL Draft grades: Cowboys with “sneaky good picks” on Day Two.

Photo by John Smolek/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images A quick review of Day 2 draft grades for the Cowboys. Before we move to the media grades for the individual picks, here are a few draft summaries placing the Cowboys among the winners of Day Two. For The Win declares the Cowboys the winners of the night. The Cowboys had the best night of any team in the NFL on night two of the 2025 NFL...2025
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• Bengals go defense in ESPN’s final mock draft projections

Photo by John Smolek/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It could be a home-run pick. The Cincinnati Bengals will pick at 17th overall in tonight’s NFL Draft (barring a trade), finally giving the answers we’ve been seeing essentially since the season ended. Mock drafts have been circulating since December and tonight, we will finally find out. ESPN’s Field Yates released his final mock draft...2025
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