2024 NFL mock draft roundup: Experts analyze Patriots trade scenarios originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The New England Patriots could keep the No. 3 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft and take a quarterback or Ohio State wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. And it would be hard to fault them for that. One of the three top-tier quarterbacks …

Will Josh Jacobs be a Raider during the 2024-2025 NFL season?  According to the odds, it’s very likely.  However, the running back’s return to Black and Silver is not guaranteed. Jacobs was drafted with the 24th overall selection in the 2019 NFL Draft to Oakland before the Raiders’ Las Vegas relocation. After the organization put a franchise tag on the …

Michigan is sending 18 players to this week’s NFL Scouting Combine, surpassing LSU’s record of 16 invitees to the 2020 event. That means just over 5.6%, or one in every 19, of the 321 prospects invited to Indianapolis will be representing the Wolverines. Michigan is also just one of six programs with at least 10 players invited.  It’s an impressive …

It’s been a quiet month for Bill Belichick. After getting passed over for the Atlanta Falcons head-coaching job in late January, not much has been heard from the six-time Super Bowl winner.  No one seems to know what his plans are for 2024, but his son, Steve Belichick, did offer some interesting information about his dad during a recent appearance …

Jackson expects to be full strength during 49ers’ offseason program originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers have a lot of work to do along the defensive line this offseason with six players scheduled to be unrestricted free agents next week. Some of the expected losses along the defensive line can be mitigated with the return of defensive …

Despite playing for Iron Bowl rival programs, former Alabama football receiver DeVonta Smith appeared on former Auburn quarterback Cam Newton’s podcast recently. Naturally, the Crimson Tide and Tigers products conversated about the two programs’ rivalry, sparking a funny exchange between the two Heisman Trophy winners. “Speaking of Alabama, I think it’s our (Auburn’s) time now,” Newton said on “4th & …

Decision Day for the Chicago Bears hasn’t arrived yet, but it’s fast approaching. As the NFL world descends upon Indianapolis for this week’s Scouting Combine, the Bears are unofficially on the clock, and that includes a quarterback decision: Keep Justin Fields or draft Caleb Williams (or another player) with the No. 1 overall pick. Though Williams has been touted by …

Defensive end Charles Omenihu missed the beginning and the end of the Chiefs’ season, but he thinks he did enough in between to earn a new deal. Omenihu came back from a six-game Personal Conduct Policy suspension to record seven regular season sacks and he recorded another while forcing a fumble in the AFC Championship Game, but he did not …

For all of college football’s big box office, bluster and billions, Alex Shada saw a financial opportunity two years ago at the Senior Bowl. The head of GSC, a well-known company in football circles based in little-known Wahoo, Nebraska, had been supplying coach-to-player helmet communications to the NFL for the last decade. This was Shada’s moment of realization. Here before …

The NFL in-season time is electric, no doubt about it, but now that we are in the offseason, a new type of fun is set to begin. Free agency and the draft provide the opportunity for all 32 teams to alter their rosters, for better or worse. The wide receiver position gains importance seemingly every season for every team in …

USATSI The start of the NFL scouting combine tends to coincide with an increase in trade rumors, with free agency just around the corner. The Arizona Cardinals may be trying to get ahead of such drama, reaffirming Kyler Murray as “our franchise quarterback” in an unprompted X post on Monday. The announcement, featuring three pictures of Murray, comes a day …

The top of the 2024 NFL Draft is expected to be offensive-centric with multiple quarterbacks, wide receivers and offensive tackles coming off the board. If the first defensive player is taken No. 9 overall or later, then it will be the latest such occurrence in over two decades.  Despite the lack of defensive talent at the top, there are still …

Ben Arthur AFC South Reporter In 2011, his last year as a pro scout with the Atlanta Falcons, Ran Carthon read “The Tanning of America: How Hip-Hop Created a Culture That Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy.” The book outlines how corporate America can bridge its gap with the new generation of consumers.  Carthon was intrigued by the author, …

Hip-drop tackles are much more dangerous than other tackles, according to the NFL executive in charge of health and safety issues. NFL Executive Vice President Jeff Miller said today that the injury rate on hip-drop tackles is about 20 to 25 times greater than on other tackles. Miller also said defensive players are using hip-drop tackles more than ever before. …

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comFeb 26, 2024, 12:00 PM ET CloseSean Allen is a fantasy analyst for ESPN.com. He was the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hockey Writer of the Year. You can tweet him @seanard. We are still in the calm before the storm that will inevitably be the NHL’s trade deadline, as the schedule during the …