Jeff Risdon

2 days ago | draftwire.usatoday.com | Jeff Risdon

Every NFL draft class features players who drip with high-end potential but also drag with low-floor downsides. The promise of greatness, balanced with the trepidation of calamitous inability to make it work in the NFL, makes certain prospects equal parts titillating and terrifying. Or, to put it more simply, with great risk comes the potential of great reward...or abject failure that talk radio hosts and social media gadflies will never let anyone forget.

3 days ago | lionswire.usatoday.com | Jeff Risdon

The Detroit Lions unveiled their new and improved locker room in a social media post ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft. It's a neat snippet of what looks like a pretty radical overhaul, with several features updated. The players should enjoy the modernized look and spaces. The locker room was the lowest-graded component from the Lions players in this year's NFLPA survey. Detroit received a C-plus grade on the locker room, ranking 18th in the NFL. No other category saw the Lions dip below a B-minus.

3 days ago | draftwire.usatoday.com | Jeff Risdon

It's t-minus three days and counting until the 2025 NFL Draft kicks off in Green Bay, and there still hasn't been a single first-round pick traded. That's never happened in the post-merger (1970) era, and it seems extraordinarily unlikely to persist into Thursday night's first round. One team to watch: the Denver Broncos. Adam Schefter from ESPN specifically cited the Broncos and GM George Paton as looking to make a move up from the No. 20 spot in the draft.

3 days ago | draftwire.usatoday.com | Jeff Risdon

Every NFL Draft analyst finds players each year that they are drawn to on a different level. There's just something captivating and invigorating about watching them play that resonates with you. When you watch over 300 college games every year, it's refreshing to have a player stand out as someone that you just really enjoy watching and studying. They're known in the industry as "my guys."These designations are not exclusive to any analyst. Many draftniks wind up having several "my guys" in common.

3 days ago | shreveporttimes.com | Jeff Risdon

Jeff RisdonDraft WireThe 2025 NFL draft is just days away, where teams are finalizing their draft boards before things kick off in Green Bay on April 24. There are plenty of storylines to monitor heading into the first round, including how the Top 10 unfolds behind the Tennessee Titans (who are expected to select quarterback Cam Ward at first overall), how far quarterback Shedeur Sanders falls and which teams are looking to make trades (perhaps to move up for Sanders).