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• Is trading into the top three to get a quarterback ever worth it?

Christopher Hanewinckel-Imagn Images I’m sorry to say, New York Giants fans, but there are still two full months to go before the 2025 NFL Draft. The wait already seems interminable, since the Giants do not have a single quarterback under contract, and whatever else they do in the interim to improve the team will pale in comparison to the big decision they will have to make in late April....2025
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• CBS Sports lists Colts among ‘best fits’ for pair of former veteran Pro Bowlers

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Could the Colts be a ‘best fit’ for a pair of former veteran NFL Pro Bowlers? Well, it really depends on who you ask! According to CBS Sports’ Cody Benjamin and Garrett Podell, the Indianapolis Colts are among the league teams that are a best fit for a pair of former Pro Bowl veteran free agents: quarterback Kirk Cousins (who’s expected to be released by...2025
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• Establishing an identity should be of utmost importance for the Colts

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images Who are the Colts? What is the identity of the Indianapolis Colts? This should be the top question for Chris Ballard and his staff as they prepare for an offseason that finds a team with no current direction. Evaluating talent on the roster should be step one. Step two is determining which direction to go and who is out there to get them to that place. Can...2025
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• Are Rams ‘too old’?

Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images Matthew Stafford is hitting a wall that has ended the careers of most great quarterbacks As the L.A. Rams prepare to separate from Cooper Kupp and mull over their future with Matthew Stafford, the main impetus behind both decisions is the age of both players. If Stafford was 27 instead of 37, or Kupp was 24 instead of 32, the only decision would be how muc...2025
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• The Colts missed an opportunity by not drafting Jalen Hurts

Photo by Don Juan Moore/Getty Images A lot of teams would like a redo of the 2020 NFL draft. Jalen Hurts was drafted 53rd overall in the 2020 NFL draft and has since gone on to appear in two Super Bowls, winning his first just a few short weeks ago. The man who claimed the Super Bowl MVP had a tumultuous colligate career that saw him post impressive numbers but ultimately be replaced by Tu...2025
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• Browns and Aaron Rodgers simply a bridge (QB) too far

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Cleveland has had horrible luck with ‘veteran bridge QBs,’ and bringing Rodgers to town would only continue the nonsense. Follow an NFL team long enough and you will see history continually repeat itself. It was more than a decade ago that I first wrote about how the Cleveland Browns pursuit of a “veteran bridge QB” has been, with one e...2025
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• Is trading into the top three to get a quarterback ever worth it?
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• CBS Sports lists Colts among ‘best fits’ for pair of former veteran Pro Bowlers
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• Are Rams ‘too old’?
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• 2025 NFL Combine preview: 8 quarterbacks the Lions should be scouting

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images The Detroit Lions may not be looking to draft a quarterback during the 2025 NFL Draft, but the Combine presents an opportunity to scout some potential upcoming opponents. The 2025 NFL Combine begins on Monday, February 24, with prospects arriving alongside their positional groups over the next few days. During their time in Indianapolis, players will go thro...2025
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• Big Blue View mailbag: Evan Neal, void years, bridge QBs, more

The mail’s here! Matt Smith asks: Listen to another Giants media person (PT) say on a podcast that “The plan is to transition Evan Neal to guard in the spring.” Have you all heard this as well? Ed says: Matt, here is what I know. The idea of playing guard has been broached with Neal. To my knowledge, he has not been formally asked to play guard or told that he will be playing guard. I believe the ...2025
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• Eli Manning left out of Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2025 — is that right or wrong?

Eli Manning celebrates the Giants’ 2012 Super Bowl victory. | Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images The vote is not a surprise, but Manning should be enshrined ... eventually Legendary New York Giants’ quarterback Eli Manning will have to wait at least one more year to be enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Manning was not one of the players announced Thursday night as part of the Hall ...2025
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• Vikings Links: It’s Going To Be An Interesting Offseason

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Getty Images The team has tons of options and flexibility! Still decompressing after that playoff loss against the Rams. The non-competitive nature of the game is what really depresses the most. For these dudes to not even show up for a playoff game is embarrassing. While Sam Darnold deserves plenty of blame, the offensive line really chose a great time to get th...2025
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• The Colts need a culture reset

Julian Leshay Guadalupe/NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images I think it’s time to normalize the saying “The Curse of Andrew Luck”. Since Andrew Luck’s first injury in 2015, the Indianapolis Colts have been the face of mediocrity in the NFL. Never good enough to seriously compete and never showing serious potential. Andrew Luck’s sudden retirement in 2018 put the team in a d...2025
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• ‘Things I think’: Giants get that winning feeling again, and don’t need to apologize for it

Elijah Garcia celebrates his fourth-quarter fumble recovery on Sunday with fans at MetLife Stadium. | Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images The win doesn’t change the season, but what it meant to players was obvious Sunday night As soon as you walked into the New York Giants’ locker room on Sunday evening you could feel — and hear — the difference. The locker room was alive. Players were smiling...2024
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• Cigar Thoughts, Game 14: Not there yet

Steven Bisig-Imagn Images The Green Bay Packers dominated the Seattle Seahawks, exposing the gap between Seattle and the true contenders One of the challenges of being a fan of an NFL team— and certainly of writing about one— is not being sucked into feeling like whatever the most recent result was is a referendum on the team itself. Make no mistake, the Seahawks’ performance tonight was a...2024
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• CBS Sports lists Colts as ‘potential landing spot’ for Jets veteran QB Aaron Rodgers

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images The polarizing New York Jets quarterback will likely be on the lookout for finding a new home soon. Could it be the Colts? According to CBS Sports Cody Benjamin, the Indianapolis Colts are mentioned as a ‘potential landing spot’ for New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers—who will presumably be released soon as his time in the ‘Big Apple’ appears to be n...2025
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• 2024 NFL Draft quarterback deep dive: Drake Maye, North Carolina

Photo by Lance King/Getty Images Is Maye the quarterback of the Giants’ dreams? North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye has been considered one of the top quarterbacks, and the top prospects at any position, in the 2024 NFL Draft. The New York Giants have also spent a considerable amount of time around Chapel Hill this year, with credentialed scouts at four UNC games in 2023 (that we know of...2024
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2025
"Only Brett Favre (297) and Philip Rivers (224) had longer streaks."

2024
"As with so many Philip Rivers games, the veteran quarterback had one final drive with a chance to win, but his final desperation heave toward the end zone fell incomplete as time ran out."

2023
"Super Bowl LVII almost gave us Philip Rivers vs."

2022
"Philip Rivers rooting for Justin Herbert to win with Chargers: 'Hopefully he can be there another 16 years'"

2021
"Saints attempted to sign Drew Brees, Philip Rivers to emergency deal ahead of Week 16, per report"

2020
"Philip Rivers, who turned 38 in December, left the Chargers with a franchise-record 59,271 passing yards and 397 touchdown passes."

2019
"NFL Week 17 insider notes: Six teams with coaches already on 2020 hot seat, Philip Rivers' next stop and more"

2018
"While we’re on that topic, not only did the Dolphins and Nick Saban blow it by signing Daunte Culpepper instead of Brees in 2006’s free agency period, but why do the Chargers get a pass for choosing to draft and then retain quarterback Philip Rivers over Brees in the first place?"

2017
"Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers said the Giants' benching of Eli Manning was "pathetic."

2016
"Reich comes over from the Chargers, which ranked ninth in total offense and fourth in passing offense last season, albeit with Philip Rivers leading the way."

2015
"His 340 passing yards per game are topped only by the San Diego Chargers' Philip Rivers (353), and the Patriots currently sit atop the AFC East with a 5-0 record."

2014
"Not only is he the team's highest draft pick since it took Philip Rivers fourth overall 11 years ago before flipping Rivers to the San Diego Chargers for Manning, but he's also had to prove that he's durable enough to be relied upon while trying to fill Cruz's clown-sized shoes way earlier than he was supposed to."

• Is trading into the top three to get a quarterback ever worth it?
2025

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• CBS Sports lists Colts among ‘best fits’ for pair of former veteran Pro Bowlers
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• Establishing an identity should be of utmost importance for the Colts
2025

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• The Colts missed an opportunity by not drafting Jalen Hurts
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• Browns and Aaron Rodgers simply a bridge (QB) too far
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• 2025 NFL Combine preview: 8 quarterbacks the Lions should be scouting
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• Big Blue View mailbag: Evan Neal, void years, bridge QBs, more
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• What’s the best trade return the Rams could get for Matt Stafford?

Kara Durrette/Getty Images Why the Rams couldn’t get a first rounder for Stafford straight up, but could get creative with these 3 teams The premise of the Los Angeles Rams trading quarterback Matthew Stafford can no longer be classified as a baseless rumor or speculation because this year the franchise is putting up signals that the team is ready to make some sweeping changes. Though ther...2025
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• CBS Sports lists Colts as ‘potential landing spot’ for Jets veteran QB Aaron Rodgers
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• Antonio Gates named to Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2025

After falling short in his first year of eligibility, Antonio Gates has now been named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2025. He should not have had to wait an extra year, but one of the greatest Chargers of all time is finally Canton bound. On Thursday night, former Chargers tight end Antonio Gates was named one of the four players to make up the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2025. ...2025
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• Is trading into the top three to get a quarterback ever worth it?
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• Establishing an identity should be of utmost importance for the Colts
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• Big Blue View mailbag: Evan Neal, void years, bridge QBs, more
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• NFC East news: Eagles and Commanders take home awards, Eli Manning misses HOF at NFL Honors

Kirby Lee-Imagn Images It has been a big week for the NFC East. Eagles RB Saquon Barkley named 2024 AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year - Kevin Patra, NFL.com Barkley having one of the best seasons ever by a running back earned him the honor. Saquon Barkley’s gallop to 2,000 earned the Philadelphia Eagles running back the 2024 AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year award on Thursday at NFL...2025
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• Former Chargers QBs Philip Rivers, Drew Brees eligible for Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2026

Photo by Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images The Chargers fan base has the chance to see two former quarterbacks for the Bolts enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility in 2026. On Thursday night, former Chargers tight end Antonio Gates was named to the four-man Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2025, joining defensive end Jare...2025
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• Antonio Gates named to Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2025
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• Eli Manning left out of Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2025 — is that right or wrong?
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• Is Eli Manning a Hall of Famer?

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images We debate whether or not Eli Manning belongs in Canton this soon. The inductees into the 2024 Pro Football Hall of Fame will be announced on Thursday with one of the most contentious first-ballot nominees in recent history. This will be Eli Manning’s first chance to be enshrined, and the expectation is that he will likely get in. Does Manning deserve this...2025
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• Ben Johnson is a home run hire for the Bears, with one big caveat

Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Hiring Ben Johnson is brilliant, unless one thing happens. It’s been a long, long time since the Chicago Bears hired a coach that other teams actually wanted. A history littered with the Marc Trestman’s of the world, you have to go back to the 1982 hiring of Mike Ditka to find a coach the Bears landed who other teams were ac...2025
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• Vikings Links: It’s Going To Be An Interesting Offseason
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• Is trading into the top three to get a quarterback ever worth it?
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• NFC East news: Eagles and Commanders take home awards, Eli Manning misses HOF at NFL Honors
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• Eli Manning left out of Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2025 — is that right or wrong?
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• Is Eli Manning a Hall of Famer?
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• Vikings Links: It’s Going To Be An Interesting Offseason
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• Looking deeper at Colts GM Chris Ballard’s end of year press conference and what it all means going forward.

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images What Ballard said and what it all means. On Friday January 10th 2025 Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard sat down in front of the media and answered questions until the questions ran out. You can find other accounts of the press conference but these are the questions and answers I found most telling when considering the future of the Co...2025
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• The Colts need a culture reset
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• Drake Maye is poised to be a phenom for the Patriots

Photo by Bryan M. Bennett/Getty Images The Patriots’ rookie is playing well beyond his years. Unless you live in New England it’s been easy to overlook Drake Maye in his rookie season. The No. 3 quarterback in the 2024 NFL Draft didn’t carry near the fanfare or hype as the two guys selected before him, nor did Maye come with the same level of profound (bordering unrealistic) expectations. ...2024
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• Stafford must do this to cement his legacy among the greats

Photo by Brooke Sutton/Getty Images In his 16th season, Matthew Stafford must prove to skeptics that he can win another playoff game For Matthew Stafford to cement his legacy as one of the greatest quarterbacks of the 21st century, he has to win another playoff game. Or two. Four would be ideal. Otherwise, history might just say that Stafford was a fantastically talented quarterback who ma...2024
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• The McCarthy Chronicles: Cowboys can’t do any better than this

Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images How much stock do you put into the Cowboys offering words of support for Mike McCarthy? It wasn’t too long ago that everyone was certain the Cowboys would be looking for a new head coach after this year. Mike McCarthy’s contract expires once the season ends, and a losing streak that saw Dak Prescott go down for the year only escalated the odds of that happe...2024
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• Source: Rivers to join Colts on 1-year, $25M deal
2020
• Rivers 'permanently' moves out of San Diego
Philip Rivers has moved "permanently" from San Diego to Florida to be closer to his family, the free-agent quarterback texted to ESPN on Sunday morning....2020
• Tom Brady Says He Wants to Play in the NFL for Another 10 Years
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• Report: Chargers have “moved on” from Philip Rivers
Philip Rivers has moved back to the East Coast, and it appears it’s for good reason. According to Jay Glazer of Fox Sports during an appearance on The Herd, the Chargers have “moved on” from the 38-year-old quarterback. Rivers had already moved his sizable family back to Florida, which has sparked all manners of dot-connecting [more]...2020
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• Philip Rivers to be NFL free agent: Five best landing spots for longtime Chargers quarterback
Projecting the best fits for the future free agent quarterback...2020
• Odell Beckham Jr. Does Indeed Appear to Be the Real Deal for the Giants
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• Saints attempted to sign Drew Brees, Philip Rivers to emergency deal ahead of Week 16, per report
The Saints reached out to two future Hall of Famers -- to no avail...2021
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• Twitter Discovers Robert Griffin III Is Unbelievably Injury Prone on 'Madden 16'
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• Week 5 Snap Judgments

Musings, observations and the occasional insight as we absorb an ultra-competitive Week 5 in the NFL, which has so far featured nine games decided by one score…. * Almost nine months has passed, but nothing has really changed. The Green Bay Packers still own the Dallas Cowboys. And Dallas still can’t stop Aaron Rodgers when the game’s on the line. Join the club, Cowboys. Green Bay went into AT&T S...2017
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• How the Cowboys (or Ravens, Jaguars or Even the Chargers) Can Win Super Bowl LI
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• Megadeal Makes Luck the Ultimate NFL QB: Overpaid, Overprotected and Worth It
2016

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• NFL Super Bowl Week Hangover: Cam Newton vs. Peyton Manning vs. America
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• Oakland Raiders on Their Way to Returning to Glory Days
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• Is trading into the top three to get a quarterback ever worth it?
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• CBS Sports lists Colts among ‘best fits’ for pair of former veteran Pro Bowlers
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• Establishing an identity should be of utmost importance for the Colts
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• Are Rams ‘too old’?
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• Browns and Aaron Rodgers simply a bridge (QB) too far
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• Big Blue View mailbag: Evan Neal, void years, bridge QBs, more
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• What’s the best trade return the Rams could get for Matt Stafford?
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• CBS Sports lists Colts as ‘potential landing spot’ for Jets veteran QB Aaron Rodgers
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• NFC East news: Eagles and Commanders take home awards, Eli Manning misses HOF at NFL Honors
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• Former Colts RB Frank Gore, QB Philip Rivers among first-time eligible players for Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images Frank Gore and Philip Rivers will be eligible for the first-time in a debut group that also includes Drew Brees and Larry Fitzgerald vying for football immortality. The 2026 Pro Football Hall of Fame Class could have a number of first-year eligible former greats including quarterback Drew Brees and wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald—both of whom should headlin...2025
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• Big Blue View mailbag: Evan Neal, void years, bridge QBs, more
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• What’s the best trade return the Rams could get for Matt Stafford?
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• Vikings Links: It’s Going To Be An Interesting Offseason
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• Drake Maye is poised to be a phenom for the Patriots
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• Sadly, since ‘Deflate-Gate,’ 2014-24 is shaping up to be the ‘lost decade’ of Colts football

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images Colts fans are still hoping for better days ahead, but when will those greener pastures actually come to fruition? The current Indianapolis Colts on the field football product isn’t great, and to be honest, it’s been that way for at least the past week seasons much to the dismay of the seemingly now disenchanted Horseshoe Faithful. With the New Eng...2024
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• Bucs Nation Post Free Agency First Round NFL Mock Draft

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Let’s see what all first-round teams might do, and how that might affect the Buccaneers. It’s safe to say that the brunt of free agency has passed, and in its wake the NFL Draft is less than a month away. While many rosters have been drastically reshaped, others focused on keeping their cores together (a la Buccaneers), but all the s...2024
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• Cowboys news: Evaluating draft prospect replacements if Tyron Smith leaves

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images Notable headlines surrounding America’s team. 3 draft prospects that could replace Tyron Smith in 2024 - Mark Heaney, Inside The Star People are looking at a possible post-Tyron Smith world for Dallas. Amarius Mims, Georgia If Dallas is looking for a Smith clone to replace him, they should do everything they can to get former Georgia Bulldog, Amarius Mi...2024
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• Bryce Young is being let down by everyone on the Panthers

Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports This is just pathetic. Bryce Young sat dejected in the Panthers locker room on Sunday afternoon waiting to address the media. His teammates had begun cycling out of the facility and heading home, but the 22-year-old understood his role as the lightning rod for criticism, readying himself to stand at the podium and take his lumps. It was Young’s third start of ...2023
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• Nobody was ready to play football in the NFL’s saddest opening Sunday

The Vikings found a way to blow it, and more winners and losers from Week 1. There was less “Are you ready for some football?!” and more “Is anyone actually ready to play football?” in Week 1 of the NFL of Sunday. With the exception of the 49ers, Dolphins, and Packers nobody really turned up to play at a high level, giving us one heck of a wet fart of a week if you were invested in anything beyond...2023
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• Rams could be first team to take advantage of post-NFL Draft trade market
Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images L.A. has several names reported to be on the block, but contract situations holding them back Since I so often draw the ire of L.A. Rams fans by “making up salacious theories that lead nowhere”, which has been irrefutably proven to be true because the Rams never got an upgrade to Jared Goff, never traded Robert Woods, and never traded Jalen Ramsey, let m...2023
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