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2 weeks ago |
usatoday.com | Michael Schwartz
With the NFL draft complete, the league once again is wasting no time in getting fans ready to look ahead to next season. The 2025 schedule release has been set for May 14. And though the league is largely dealing with a blank slate for now, details on some key matchups are sure to trickle out in the coming days. One slot that almost assuredly will be afforded a big reveal: the season opener. Though it's known that the Philadelphia Eagles will kick things off on Sept.
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2 weeks ago |
usatoday.com | Michael Schwartz
An NFL rookie's first-year contributions aren't capped by his draft standing. Of course, being taken early does tend to provide an easier path to a starting role, or at least substantial playing time.
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2 weeks ago |
usatoday.com | Jarrett Bell |Michael Schwartz |Nate Davis |Tyler Dragon |Chris Bumbaca
If Ryan Poles, the Chicago Bears' general manager is right, the 2025 NFL draft could get "a little wild." Thus these wild times call for boldness. We have your boldness. The draft is just hours away and while no one knows what surprises await on Thursday in Green Bay, Wisconsin, these are some of our best guesses at what shakeups await.
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3 weeks ago |
usatoday.com | Michael Schwartz
Almost every team enters each year's NFL draft with a declared intent on maintaining the long-term view and focusing on selecting the best player available. But it doesn't take much for those plans to be skewed. With wildly disparate salary cap outlooks from year to year, some teams can face heightened obligations when it comes to importing young, cost-controlled contributors at key spots.
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4 weeks ago |
usatoday.com | Michael Schwartz
What exactly constitutes an NFL draft sleeper in 2025? Satisfying the label is exceedingly difficult. Prospects who once received minimal media attention now are thoroughly examined in the pre-draft process, leaving few to truly fly under the radar. And the depth of the individual classes has also shifted radically in recent years amid a new era of Name, Image and Likeness rules, with this year's 70 early declarations representing just more than half of the total from 2021.
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For reference: Derek Carr had to backtrack after admitting his first New Orleans meal was Chipotle.
Saints rookie QB Tyler Shough is in NOLA. His first meal…a New Orleans institution, @DragosSeafood with owner Tommy Cvitanovich. I’m told the dinner lasted 3 hours and everyone loved Shough. “He’s smart and polite, but we were most impressed by how respectful and humble he is.” https://t.co/xMHIzHwOFW
Marquand Manuel also asked Eli Apple at the combine in 2016 about his sexual orientation.
In the past decade, the Falcons have been fined for: - $350k + 5th round pick for illegal crowd noise - $75k + $25k to HC for an injury report violation on Bijan Robinson - $250k + 5th round pick for tampering with Kirk Cousins - $250k +$100k to DC for a prank call
Matthew Golden making a late push up big boards with this selection.
Draft prospects in Green Bay each selected a song to walk out to as they get drafted 🎶 Which songs are you vibing with? #NFLDraft https://t.co/yDdZEK6juo
