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• ‘That Would Really Bug Me If I’m Penn State’ — Analyst Delivers Bold Ohio State Ultimatum for James Franklin’s Nittany Lions
A college football analyst is criticizing Penn State coach James Franklin's 1-9 record vs. Ohio State, saying the Nittany Lions lack poise to win big games despite having playoff-level talent....2025
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• James Franklin, Penn State Hosting 5-Star 2026 OL Immanuel Iheanacho This Weekend
The Penn State Nittany Lions are making a massive recruiting push this weekend by hosting uncommitted five-star OL Immanuel Iheanacho....2025
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• Big Ten football preseason 2025 rankings from Oregon to Purdue

Photo by Ric Tapia/Getty Images Let’s rank every Big Ten football team for 2025 from worst to beat. To say Big Ten football is in flux would be a little much, but in 2025 there’s a lot of unknowns about the conference. Veterans at important positions have moved on to the next level, and with the transfer portal wiping out rosters, trying to rank teams ahead of the season is a task more sui...2025
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• Meet the College Football 26 video game cover stars for standard and deluxe editions

Who are the players on the cover of the new EA Sports College Football 26 video game? Let us explain. After a massive return with College Football ‘25, EA Sports is coming back with more for with CFB 26. EA released the standard and deluxe covers of the newest version of the game on Tuesday, with the stars of both covers being sophomore sensations who lit up the college football world as freshmen....2025
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• Cornell holds off Penn State rally, 11-9, to advance to NCAA championship

Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 5/24/25 – From Press Release (pictures from the game to come later) Five unanswered goals over a span of 6:40 during the third quarter transformed a 6-5 lead for Penn State (12-5) into a 10-6 advantage for Cornell (17-1), as the Big Red fended off a fourth-quarter comeback attempt by the Nittany Lions […] The post Cornell holds off Penn State rally, 11-9, to ...2025
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• PFF lists rookie tight end Tyler Warren as Colts ‘one impact offseason acquisition’

Kirby Lee-Imagn Images Colts tight end Tyler Warren could be turning some heads, even as a rookie! While there were some options, PFF’s data pointed to Indianapolis Colts rookie tight end Tyler Warren being the team’s ‘one impact offseason acquisition’: Indianapolis Colts: TE Tyler Warren Key Metric: Led all Power Four TEs in receiving grade, YAC and missed tackles forced in 2024 Tyler W...2025
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• Explaining the weirdest transfer portal story in women’s college basketball this season

Robert Hanashiro-Imagn Images Gracie Merkle transferred from Penn State to Maryland in April. On Monday, she announced she was returning to Penn State. Let’s break down how that happened. In the span of 56 days, Gracie Merkle transferred from Penn State to Maryland and back to Penn State. Yes, really. Well, sort of. Merkle, a 6-foot-6 redshirt junior center, entered the transfer portal on ...2025
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• Houston Texans 2025 Draft: Grades For Each Pick

Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images How did the Texans 2025 draft class grade out? Like a flash, the 2025 NFL Draft has come and gone. Chock full of trades, charades, and busted parlays, this draft will go down as being one of the weirdest in recent history. Only two quarterbacks, Cam Ward and Jaxson Dart, were taken in the first round. Offensive and defensive linemen, the “hog...2025
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• 9 stellar women’s basketball rookies ready for star-making sophomore seasons

Mar 9, 2025; Uncasville, CT, USA; Villanova Wildcats guard Jasmine Bascoe (11) and UConn Huskies forward Sarah Strong (21) work for the ball in the second half at Mohegan Sun Arena. Mandatory Credit: David Butler II-Imagn Images | David Butler II-Imagn Images Sarah Strong, Mikayla Blakes, Toby Fournier and Kiyomi McMiller are among the rising stars in women’s college basketball. Who is the...2025
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• Best available players for the New York Giants on Day 3 of the NFL Draft

Photo by RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images New York has four picks on the final day of the draft The New York Giants selected Toledo defensive tackle Darius Alexander with their lone Day 2 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft after trading Picks 34 and 99 to the Houston Texans for the right to choose quarterback Jaxson Dart in the first round. The draft has had several su...2025
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• 2025 NFL Draft: Jaguars Round 2 and 3 mock draft roundup

Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images The Jags may have drafted Travis Hunter, but there is still more work to be done. Three words: F***. Them. Picks. The Travis Hunter era has officially begun for the Jacksonville Jaguars as the team selected the former Heisman Trophy winner second overall in last night’s first round. To get Hunter, the Jags had to trade away some picks (the 36th pick, th...2025
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• Evan Wanish’s 2025 First Round NFL Mock Draft

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images The day has finally arrived We made it folks. Draft day is upon us, and we will finally get the answers we have been searching for over the past few months this weekend. Before that though, let’s take a look at how I see the first round shaking out. 1. Tennessee Titans: Cam Ward, QB, Miami Over the past month and a half, this pick has become more and m...2025
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• Colts’ Michael Pittman Jr. on Tyler Warren: ‘That Penn State tight end is pretty good’

Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images Michael Pittman Jr. was short but sweet as it relates to Tyler Warren’s prospects headed to the next level on Thursday. Penn State tight end Tyler Warren earned a little bit of high praise from Indianapolis Colts wideout Michael Pittman Jr., who said ‘he’s pretty good’ (via The Indy Star’s Nate Atkins): Michael Pittman Jr., big draft guy:"That Penn S...2025
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• Eagles hosted another Penn State safety on a pre-draft visit

Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Birds are doing their homework on multiple Nittany Lions defenders. It’s time to add at least one more prospect to Bleeding Green Nation’s Philadelphia Eagles’ pre-draft visits tracker leading up to the 2025 NFL Draft. The Birds hosted Penn State safety Kevin Winston Jr. at the NovaCare Complex, according to ESPN’s Tim McManus. Wins...2025
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• 7-Round NFL Mock Draft: How the Saints can contend… with a new quarterback

Vasha Hunt-Imagn Images Derek Carr’s injury creates a lot of questions around the quarterback position that could be answered in the second round of the NFL Draft. Since Drew Brees’ retirement on March 14, 2021, the quarterbacks playing in Brees’ stead have completed 1,377 passes in 2,173 attempts (63.4%) for 14,356 yards (6.6 yards per attempt). 102 touchdowns, 50 interceptions, and a pas...2025
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• NFL Draft What If: What if the Bengals decide to “Load Up” at one position?

Photo by James Black/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It worked in 2020. In this five-part series, I ask “what if?” and explore different draft scenarios. In all, I will due 15 mock drafts and use this as an avenue of discussing 97 different prospects. “Time. Space. Reality. It’s more than a linear path... I am your guide through these vast new realities.” - The Watcher - What If...? The B...2025
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• Arrowheadlines: Chiefs graded well for offseason work so far

Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images Chiefs headlines for Friday, March 15 The latest 2024 free agency grades for all 32 teams | PFF KANSAS CITY CHIEFS Released: WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling Franchise-tagged: CB L’Jarius Sneed Re-signed: LB Drue Tranquill (three years, $19M) Re-signed: DI Chris Jones (five years, $158.75M) Signed: TE Irv Smith Jr. (one year, $1.3M) Re-signed: S Deon Bush (on...2024
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"Sanders had to wait in the wings and didn’t really get a bigger role with the Nittany Lions until Barkley left for the NFL."

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"com/7tAbEqhWZT— Theo Johnson (@theo_Johnson_) April 2, 2024 Specifics: College: Penn State Nittany Lions Height: 6’-6” Weight: 264 pounds 40-time: 4."

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"— Jourdan Rodrigue (@JourdanRodrigue) March 17, 2023 A former seventh-round pick (2019 NFL Draft) by way of the Penn State Nittany Lions, Scott has appeared in 65 games (17 starts) across four seasons with the Rams."

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"Eli Manning tricked many as he went undercover as a walk-on quarterback named Chad Powers for the Penn State Nittany Lions."

2021
"com, Posted 8/7/21From Press Release Penn State men’s lacrosse and head coach Jeff Tambroni have announced the addition of former Hill School coach Mike Murphy to the Nittany Lions coaching staff."

2020
"#25 - Denis Smirnov (RW)Penn State Nittany Lions (19-10-3) Smirnov also went pointless, in a split series against Wisconsin."

2019
"Maryland vs. Penn State score: No. 4 Terrapins fall to surprising Nittany Lions in first loss of season"

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"The star of the class is Penn State's Saquon Barkley (5-11, 230), who topped 1,000 yards in each of his three seasons for the Nittany Lions while scoring 51 touchdowns from scrimmage and another two as a kick returner."

2017
"The Buckeyes lost to Clemson 31-0, but would the Nittany Lions have done better?"

2016
"Urschel, according to his Nittany Lions profile, graduated from Penn State in three years with a 4."

2015
"com's Gil Brandt provided a glimpse at the imposing figure: The 6'9", 280-pound defensive end, who originally transferred from the Penn State Nittany Lions, finished his junior season with 11 sacks and 19."

2014
"Nittany Lions roar past BC to take Pinstripe Bowl in overtime"

• Big Ten football preseason 2025 rankings from Oregon to Purdue
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• PFF lists rookie tight end Tyler Warren as Colts ‘one impact offseason acquisition’
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• Chiefs undrafted DT Coziah Izzard has a strong athletic profile

Joe Rondone/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The Chiefs’ new UDFA defensive tackle may have a chance to crack the active roster. The Kansas City Chiefs signed former Penn State defensive tackle Coziah Izzard to an undrafted free agent contract, allowing him to fight for a roster spot. A fifth-year senior in 2024, Izzard was a four-year player who brought a nice blend of s...2025
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• Way-too-early 2026 Rams mock draft: Who is the QB of the future?

Jeremy Reper-Imagn Images LaNorris Sellers should be the early favorite for Rams as top option at quarterback The 2025 NFL Draft is over which means it’s time to start looking ahead to 2026. Heading into the 2026 NFL Draft, the Los Angeles Rams are set to have multiple first round picks, including one projected inside the top-10. That should give them the opportunity to take a quarterback ...2025
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• Houston Texans 2025 Draft: Grades For Each Pick
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• 2025 NFL Draft: Minnesota Vikings Select Kobe King

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Another defender for the purple Another pick is in for our Minnesota Vikings in the 2025 NFL Draft, and they have once again gone over to the defensive side of the football. With the 201st pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, the Minnesota Vikings have selected linebacker Kobe King from Penn State University. King actually committed to Penn State with his brother, K...2025
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• Film breakdown: How high is Abdul Carter’s ceiling?

Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images Let’s look at the potential of the former Penn State edge defender The New York Giants now arguably have the best pass rush in the NFL with the addition of Penn State edge defender Abdul Carter, who GM Joe Schoen and company selected with the third overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. Carter joins Brian Burns, Kayvon Thibodeaux, and Dexter Lawrence up fro...2025
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• 2025 NFL Draft: Jaguars Round 2 and 3 mock draft roundup
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• Colts’ new TE Tyler Warren ranked by NFL Next Gen Stats as 2nd best ‘Day 1’ value pick

Photo by Todd Rosenberg/Getty Images The Colts appear to have gotten a potentially great one regarding prized Penn State tight end Tyler Warren in Day 1. According to NFL Next Gen Stats, new Indianapolis Colts tight end Tyler Warren, who surprisingly slid a bit to the 14th overall pick, was the 2nd best value pick from Day 1 of the 2025 NFL Draft. He came in just behind Michigan defensive ...2025
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• Explaining the weirdest transfer portal story in women’s college basketball this season
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• 9 stellar women’s basketball rookies ready for star-making sophomore seasons
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• Best available players for the New York Giants on Day 3 of the NFL Draft
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• 2025 NFL Draft: Jaguars Round 2 and 3 mock draft roundup
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• New York Giants draft grades: Praise for Abdul Carter pick, mixed reaction to Jaxson Dart

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Let’s see how analysts, and BBV readers, feel about the Giants’ work in Round 1 The early, and sometimes ridiculous when we look back at them in a year or two, NFL draft grades from Round 1 of the 2025 draft are in. The New York Giants’ selection of edge defender Abdul Carter at No. 3 is drawing universal praise. The trade up to select quarterback Jaxson ...2025
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• Colts select Penn State tight end Tyler Warren with 14th overall pick in 2025 NFL Draft

Photo by CFP/Getty Images The Colts’ 2025 first round pick couldn’t have worked out any better in theory... The Indianapolis Colts selected Penn State tight end Tyler Warren with the 14th overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft: Tyler Warren, you’re an Indianapolis Colt. pic.twitter.com/uOmf9Jz1Vs— Indianapolis Colts (@Colts) April 25, 2025 It’s one of the rare instances where the consen...2025
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• Lions 7-round mock: Drafting only players who met with Detroit

Photo by Kevin Langley/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Mocking the Detroit Lions 2025 Draft class with only the prospects they have met with With the 2025 NFL Draft just days away, the Detroit Lions have done their due diligence on many of this year’s draft prospects. Not only have they met with some of the top names in this year’s class, but the team has spent a lot of time meeting with ...2025
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• 7-Round NFL Mock Draft: How the Saints can contend… with a new quarterback
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• NFL Draft What If: What if the Bengals decide to “Load Up” at one position?
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• This Big Ten women’s basketball team is an early winner of transfer portal season

Photo by Jason Clark/NCAA Photos via Getty Images With the addition of Oluchi Okananwa from Duke, Brenda Frese seems to be assembling another Maryland team capable of a deep March Madness run. Brenda Frese knows what she’s doing in the transfer portal. While other coaches have complained about this new era of college sports where player movement is much more fluid, the 54-year-old has mast...2025
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• Big Ten football preseason 2025 rankings from Oregon to Purdue
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• Chiefs undrafted DT Coziah Izzard has a strong athletic profile
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• Explaining the weirdest transfer portal story in women’s college basketball this season
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• Way-too-early 2026 Rams mock draft: Who is the QB of the future?
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• Film breakdown: How high is Abdul Carter’s ceiling?
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• Lions 7-round mock: Drafting only players who met with Detroit
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• Game Day: BU vs. Penn State in the Frozen Four Semifinal; Wednesday Press Conference; Celebrini hat trick

Photo credit Matt WoolvertonEntering their third consecutive Frozen Four, the #8 Terriers are in St. Louis—528 miles from and 38 games removed from last year’s national semifinal in St. Paul—with unfinished business at hand.BU faces off with #12 Penn State, winner of the Allentown Regional, at the Enterprise Center, home of the Blues, f...2025
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• The case for Colston Loveland as No. 1 TE in 2025 NFL Draft

Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images Why Michigan’s Colston Loveland really might be the best tight end in the 2025 NFL Draft As the 2025 NFL Draft approaches, many questions have already been answered, at least in the minds of the collective of outside evaluators. Cam Ward, for example, seems locked into the top quarterback spot. Arizona’s Tetairoa McMillan is primed as WR1, while Travis Hunte...2025
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• Baltimore Ravens OL John Urschel Spending Offseason Working on PhD at MIT
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• Does Penn State have a legit playoff gripe following Ohio State's blowout loss?
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• Penn State fans test college football gods with Alabama chant during Michigan win
The Nittany Lions want the Crimson Tide after dismantling the Wolverines...2017
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• Three takeaways from Penn State's shocking upset of No. 2 Ohio State
The Nittany Lions took down the Buckeyes, and changed the College Football Playoff picture...2016
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• AP Top 25 poll: Penn State ranked for the first time since 2011
The Nittany Lions cracked the AP Top 25 for the first time in nearly five years...2016
• Bengals reportedly close to signing Nick Scott
Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports The Bengals are working to bolster the safety position after losing Jessie Bates and Vonn Bell. Break out the Cincinnati Bengals! After being relatively quiet in the opening days of free agency, the Bengals are on a roll over the last 24 hours, signing Orlando Brown and Cody Ford to upgrade the offensive line. Now, the Bengals look poised to bolster the saf...2023
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• AP Top 25 poll: Penn State moves to No. 3, Wazzu enters top 10, Michigan falls
The Nittany Lions are in a great position, and the Cougars are just behind Washington...2017
• AP Top 25 poll: Penn State climbs to No. 5 as top four remain unchanged
The Nittany Lions sit at No. 5, which may be a sign of things to come in the College Football Playoff...2016
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• ‘That Would Really Bug Me If I’m Penn State’ — Analyst Delivers Bold Ohio State Ultimatum for James Franklin’s Nittany Lions
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• Big Ten football preseason 2025 rankings from Oregon to Purdue
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• Meet the College Football 26 video game cover stars for standard and deluxe editions
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• PFF lists rookie tight end Tyler Warren as Colts ‘one impact offseason acquisition’
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• Explaining the weirdest transfer portal story in women’s college basketball this season
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• Houston Texans 2025 Draft: Grades For Each Pick
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• 9 stellar women’s basketball rookies ready for star-making sophomore seasons
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• New York Giants draft grades: Praise for Abdul Carter pick, mixed reaction to Jaxson Dart
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• Colts GM Chris Ballard on drafting Tyler Warren: ‘The last time I felt that good about a pick was Quenton Nelson’

Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Colts clearly got their guy with the 14th overall pick—who surprisingly slid, and the rest will be history! Longtime Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard indicated that after having prized Penn State Tyler Warren surprisingly fall into their laps with the 14th overall pick, that it’s the best he’s felt about callin...2025
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• Houston Texans 2025 Draft: Grades For Each Pick
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• New York Giants draft grades: Praise for Abdul Carter pick, mixed reaction to Jaxson Dart
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• Colts select Penn State tight end Tyler Warren with 14th overall pick in 2025 NFL Draft
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• Evan Wanish’s 2025 First Round NFL Mock Draft
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• Lions 7-round mock: Drafting only players who met with Detroit
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• NFL Draft What If: What if the Bengals decide to “Load Up” at one position?
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• 2025 NFL Draft consensus position rankings: EDGE

Photo by Randy Litzinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images There are a bunch of great pass rushers in this year’s NFL Draft, be it defensive end or outside linebacker. This year’s class of pass rushers is very deep, and the 2025 NFL Draft could see a record number of defensive ends and rushing outside linebackers come off the board. Normally we’d rank the top 10, but that might not even ma...2025
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• The Linc - Justin Simmons talks about possibly playing for the Eagles, again

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 4/9/25. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... Safety Justin Simmons looking for ‘best situation’ in free agency, hopes to sign before training camp - NFL.comThe Philadelphia Eagles could have a need after trading safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson to the Houston Texans. Plus, defensive coordinator Vic Fangio was Si...2025
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• Random Ramsdom: Team could be interested in Tyer Warren

Dan Rainville / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Los Angeles Rams News and Links for 3/31/25 According to some news that I am linking below, the Los Angeles Rams could be showing a real interested in tight end prospect Tyler Warren as they reportedly are holding a workout for him. Is the team really interested or is this a smokescreen? I don’t know, and we won’t really know until after t...2025
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• Report: Potential No. 1 pick in NFL Draft may need foot surgery

Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images The Penn State standout is dealing with a stress reaction in his right foot. Some major news has broken on the eve of the start of NFL Scouting Combine workouts. Penn State pass rusher Abdul Carter, one of the top names floated as the potential No. 1 pick in next month’s NFL Draft in Green Bay, could undergo surgery to take care of a stress reaction. Car...2025
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