NFL teams are conducting top-30 visits with draft hopefuls this month while also doing medical rechecks on players flagged at the combine. Final preparations are being made as teams build their respective boards. It is important for fans to know how those big boards are developed. First and foremost, they will not have 100s of prospects on their boards. Instead, …
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With the First Pick: AFC teams land potential steals in latest mock draft, plus J.J. McCarthy worth the hype?
With under two weeks to go until the 2024 NFL Draft, the waiting game continues, agonizingly. I will say, though, I am grateful to the Football Gods that it starts April 25, because it’s the earliest start date since 2020 when we watched Roger Goodell announce draft selections from his basement. As for this draft-centric newsletter, we started last week, …
Read More »Fantasy hockey weekend watch – Arvidsson, Drouin in scoring roles
Victoria Matiash, Fantasy HockeyApr 12, 2024, 01:00 PM ET CloseESPN.com Fantasy Contributor since 2010Part-time anchor at NEWSTALK1010 The final weekend of the NHL’s regular season features five games Friday, 13 Saturday, and only four on Sunday. In these waning days of fantasy competition, the flexibility to activate players when most of the league is silent is more important than ever. …
Read More »USA Hockey — Zito, Drury, Fitzgerald asst. GMs for ’26 Olympics
Apr 12, 2024, 12:43 PM ET SUNRISE, Fla. — Florida’s Bill Zito, the New York Rangers’ Chris Drury and New Jersey’s Tom Fitzgerald were announced Friday as assistant general managers for USA Hockey’s teams that will compete in the NHL 4 Nations Face-Off next year and then the 2026 Olympics in Italy. Minnesota’s Chris Kelleher was also named director of …
Read More »Tyler Smith: I’m comfortable at guard, but ready for anything
The departure of Tyron Smith as a free agent has left a hole at left tackle on the Dallas offensive line and owner Jerry Jones suggested last month that the team could move Tyler Smith over one spot to replace him. Smith has experience at the position, but moved to left guard on a full-time basis last year and made …
Read More »Tua Tagovailoa won’t hold out, will go to OTAs amid extension discussions
Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has one more season remaining on his rookie deal and is yet to sign an extension. That said, the Dolphins don’t have to worry about their signal-caller holding out for a new deal. “Just letting my agent deal with that and talk to the team about that,” Tagovailoa said Thursday about his contract situation. “My …
Read More »2024 NFL franchise-tagged players: Predicting what will happen with Tee Higgins and Antoine Winfield Jr.
March 5, there were nine NFL players who were officially slapped with some sort of tag, whether that be franchise tag or transition tag. As of April 12, just two remain. Kansas City Chiefs cornerback L’Jarius Sneed was traded to the Tennessee Titans and signed a lucrative four-year deal with his new team while Carolina Panthers pass rusher Brian Burns has …
Read More »Saints agree to terms with Equanimeous St. Brown
The Saints doubled down on new acquisitions on Friday. Shortly after announcing their agreement with quarterback Kellen Mond on the terms of a contract, the team announced that they have also struck a deal with wide receiver Equanimeous St. Brown. The terms of the agreement were not included in the announcement. St. Brown was a 2018 sixth-round pick in Green …
Read More »NFL Draft Notebook: Top 30 WR rankings and NFL player comps
It’s true. This wide receiver class is special. I know, everyone is getting tired of hearing that every year in April leading into the NFL draft. However, this one truly has it all with superstars going off the board in the top 10, the dynamic athletes going somewhere between the middle of Round 1 and early Round 2, and still …
Read More »Travis and Jason Kelce finally receive diplomas from Cincinnati with surprise commencement in Ohio
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce have had a lot of big moments in their career. Between the two of them, they have have four Super Bowl championships, 10 First Team All-Pro honors, 16 Pro Bowl selections and countless big moments. They have both accomplished a great amount in their professional and personal lives, …
Read More »Could a Falcons, Vikings tampering settlement be announced just before round one of the draft?
The Falcons tampering with quarterback Kirk Cousins, as proven by the things Cousins said during his introductory press conference. The NFL is investigating. If the NFL is serious about getting to the truth, an investigation that makes the blatant tampering even more clear should not require many steps. The question becomes whether and to what extent the Falcons will be …
Read More »NFL Draft 2024: Best backup plans for teams that miss out on Marvin Harrison Jr., other top prospects
Every year in the NFL Draft, teams often are not able to pick the exact prospect they covet most early. So that means plenty of analysis of marquee prospects falls on deaf ears for many fans. You know Marvin Harrison Jr. is a blast on film, right? But unless you’re a fan of a team picking the top five and …
Read More »Vikings star Justin Jefferson admits he’s somewhat jealous of this NFL quarterback-receiver tandem
When Justin Jefferson takes the field in 2024, he’s going to have a new quarterback throwing him passes for the first time in his NFL career. Jefferson is going to have to build chemistry with this new quarterback, which might help explain why he’s slightly jealous of a certain quarterback-receiver tandem that definitely won’t have to work on their chemistry …
Read More »Cowboys’ Tyler Smith ‘comfortable at guard,’ willing to play left tackle after Tyron Smith departure
If there was ever a draft to be starting over at crucial offensive line positions like left tackle and center, which the Dallas Cowboys are after eight-time Pro Bowl left tackle Tyron Smith signed with the New York Jets and Pro Bowl center Tyler Biadasz signed with the Washington Commanders, the 2024 NFL Draft is the one to do it. …
Read More »Kellen Mond agrees to terms with Saints
When Kellen Mond worked out for the 49ers earlier this week, he mentioned being familiar with San Francisco’s offense because Klint Kubiak was his offensive coordinator in his rookie year with Minnesota. As it turns out, Mond won’t be in the Bay Area to start the offseason program. But he will get reunited with Kubiak. The Saints announced on Friday …
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