We’ve made it past the NFL scouting combine. Free agency has opened and (mostly) disappeared. This means that design needs have been identified. So what does your team need? What choices does it have? Who fits best? What is the dream fantasy choice? Click on each team for an in-depth look. AFC East Buffalo Bills… Read More »
Top-30 attendance tracker: Here are some of the collegiate players who visited the Bears originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Ahead of the 2024 NFL Draft, the Bears and the other 31 NFL teams are allowed to host top-30 visits. That means they can host up to 30 players in Halas Hall during the pre-draft… Read More »
Chiefs CB L’Jarius Sneed is a name to keep an eye on ahead of the NFL franchise tag deadline. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams) Now that the NFL scouting combine is in the books, we turn our attention to the franchise tag deadline. Teams have until 4:00 PM ET on Tuesday to tag players. Which players have… Read More »
The latest 49ers NFL draft buzz, scouting combine chatter originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Free agency is top of mind, but the NFL Scouting Combine indicated last week that draft season is here and isn’t going away anytime soon. The 2024 NFL Draft is scheduled for Thursday, April 25 through Saturday, April 27… Read More »
North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye will pitch against Virginia in October. Maye is one of the players expected to be selected in the top 10 of the 2024 NFL draft. (Chris Seward/Associated Press) Many NFL teams are looking for quarterbacks, and there are plenty of attractive candidates this season. This inaugural mock draft considers quarterbacks… Read More »
INDIANAPOLIS — And then there were four more. Well, at least four. That seems to be the general consensus among personnel men regarding the quarterback class emerging from last week’s NFL scouting combine. More precisely, as we head toward the pro day circuit and personal workouts, a slew of talent evaluators believe Michigan’s JJ McCarthy… Read More »
INDIANAPOLIS – Earlier this week, as it became clear that Rome Odunze was the highest-rated prospect who would actually fully participate in this week’s NFL scouting combine, the Washington Huskies broadly asked a question that has essentially become a defining North Star for the elite players at this year’s event. Why do it? All three… Read More »
Here’s a look at a handful of defensive players who have seen theirs NFL Draft stocks rise and fall while I’ve been at the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine, including NC State LB Payton Wilson, Penn State EDGE Chop Robinson, Clemson CB Nate Wiggins and Washington EDGE Bralen Trice. Stock increases Payton Wilson, LB, NC State… Read More »
INDIANAPOLIS — Sometime this week, the NFL Network commercial touting the combination became a cyclical reminder of the league’s changing landscape of elite college players. Interspersed between televised 40-yard dashes and on-field drills – and day and night during network ad breaks – it featured Los Angeles Rams breakout rookie receiver Puka Nacua, who talked… Read More »