The Eastern Conference contenders are beefing up for the playoffs, and the New Jersey Devils joined the mix on Sunday.  The Devils acquired speedy power forward Timo Meier, a three-time 30-goal scorer, from the San Jose Sharks in a complicated trade involving nine players, multiple draft picks and several conditions. That helps the Devils keep up with the New York …

The NFL is a quarterback-friendly league and has been known to go to extreme lengths to protect players at this position. With quarterbacks being the most valuable and often highest-paid players on their teams, the league has added several rules to prevent them from being hit too hard or too low by defensive players. Regardless of how you feel about …

Four-star Louisiana linebacker Kolaj Cobbins is down to six schools: Colorado, Michigan, Oregon, Texas, LSU and Ole Miss. It’s not clear when the 2024 recruit will commit, but the next few months will be critical for the Buffs and his other five suitors. Cobbins has impressive size at 6-foot-4, 205 pounds, and he’s currently ranked as the No. 8 OLB …

Barry Trotz is confident he can make the transition from coach to general manager. And the Nashville Predators are ready and willing to find out. “I thought long and hard about this,” Trotz said in his introductory press conference Monday, a day after the team announced he would replace longtime general manager David Poile. “How coaches, how managers operate — …

There’s been quite a bit of movement in regards to five-star running back Jerrick Gibson’s recruitment over the last few days. Texas received a Rivals prediction from Jason Suchomel on Sunday and 247Sports’ Steve Wiltfong entered a crystal ball prediction in favor of the Longhorns on Monday. On3’s recruiting prediction machine followed suit on Monday afternoon, listing Texas as the …

Before NFL teams can begin their annual bidding war against one another, a swath of franchises will make moves to attempt to rightsize their financial future. The start of the new league year on March 15 means the official opening of free agency. By that time, of course, all teams must be compliant with the league’s salary cap, which is …

Carson Wentz is back on the open market. The Washington Commanders on Monday officially released the beleaguered quarterback after just one season. The long-expected move saves Washington $26.176 million on the salary cap this offseason. Wentz had two years remaining on his contract but had no guaranteed money. He can sign with any team before the start of free agency, …

Florida’s recent staff changes don’t seem to be slowing Billy Napier on the recruiting trail. The second-year head coach recently extended an offer to athlete Jonathan Paylor, 2024’s second-best player in the state of North Carolina. Paylor tells 247Sports that the offer did not come as a surprise. In addition to naming the Gators as one of his favorite teams …

Alabama • Jr • 6’0″ / 194 lbs Projected Team Indianapolis … Source link : https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/2023-nfl-mock-draft-colts-buccaneers-move-up-for-qbs-bears-stockpile-picks-for-future/ Author : Ryan Wilson Publish date : 2023-02-27 22:22:04 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The 2023 NFL Scouting Combine is upon us, and mock drafts are all the rage. So who do the experts have the New Orleans Saints targeting in the first round of their latest projections? Which positions are beginning to trend one way or another? Is there any sort of consensus starting to emerge? To find out, we surveyed the most …

Florida has one running back under commitment from the recruiting class of 2024, four-star The Benjamin School rusher Chauncey Bowens, and the Gators are going to have to fight for him until the papers are signed and he’s on campus. Bowens is set to visit both Florida and Georgia over the next couple of months, according to Gators Online. He’ll …

Forward J.T. Miller is nursing a lower-body injury and is considered week-to-week, the Vancouver Canucks announced on Monday. With the trading deadline looming Friday, Miller’s name has been mentioned as a target for several teams. Although a deal could still materialize for the downsizing Canucks, Miller likely won’t play in a game before the deadline passes. Miller, 29, who has …

The Carson Wentz era in Washington is over. The Commanders officially released the veteran quarterback on Monday, just one season after acquiring him in a trade with the Indianapolis Colts last offseason. At the time, Washington gave up multiple Day 2 draft picks, including a second-rounder last year, in hopes of solving its quarterback problem, but that never came to …

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — What a difference a few years make. 2017 now seems like a distant past, when the Wolverines had some promise on the offensive line, but it became quickly evident that it wasn’t all coming together. It took into Big Ten play into the 2018 season before the promise that Jim Harbaugh would reassert the offensive line as …

Rob Rang NFL Draft Analyst The NFL went all-in on wide receivers in the 2020 to 2022 drafts, picking 17 of them in the first round during that time.  That’s more than any other three-year run in league history. At first glance, the 2023 class does not compare well to those bumper crops. Most agree that there is no can’t-miss …