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Welcome to the Friday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!  It is somehow already March, which means free agency is right around the corner, but before we can get there, we have to make it through the combine. If you love the combine, then I have some good news for you: It is going to be on television ALL WEEKEND. …

usatsi Having the third overall pick in the draft isn’t going to stop the New England Patriots from looking outside the organization for a quarterback. Per the Boston Herald, Baker Mayfield has supporters within the Patriots organization as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback is set to hit free agency this month. While Mayfield is one of the Patriots’ targets, New …

The 2024 NFL Combine is here, and it’s time to list and explain my top-five rankings for all the offensive positions. These rankings are subject to change, of course, because the combine carries decently heavy weight in my scouting gradebook. Before I begin, remember: These are my individual rankings, not the full CBS Sports prospect rankings, which is an aggregate of the rankings …

Not every move Philadelphia Eagles general manager Howie Roseman makes is perfect. Praise for Roseman is plentiful, but his move for safety Kevin Byard didn’t work out well. The Eagles traded for the former Tennessee Titans All-Pro safety in October, and then on Friday they cut him after just 11 games with the team, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The Eagles …

Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy knows the edge he has over other top college football quarterbacks headed into the 2024 NFL Draft — a winning record.  The national championship-winning quarterback is self-aware when it comes to his stats compared to other prospects, and he’s using his proven track record as a winner to woe prospective teams at the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine. …

Getty Images University of Washington wide receiver Rome Odunze is widely expected to be one of the first players off the board in the 2024 NFL Draft, regardless of position. He might well be the second or third wideout drafted, behind presumptive top wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr.  After racking up 95 catches for 1,640 yards and 13 touchdowns for …

Getty Images There aren’t many NFL Draft prospects who have the luxury to bypass the standard operating procedure of participating in the NFL Combine’s official medical examinations.  Caleb Williams, the USC quarterback who won the 2022 Heisman Trophy and is projected to be the 2024 NFL Draft’s first pick, is one of them, and he became the first in collective …

Greg Auman NFC South Reporter INDIANAPOLIS — One of the most intriguing, versatile athletes at the NFL combine will not run this weekend. Iowa defensive back Cooper DeJean fractured the fibula in his left leg while practicing in November — while working on offense, no less — and while he’s been fully cleared three months after surgery, he won’t run …

Safety Kevin Byard is reportedly set to move on from Philadelphia. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the Eagles are going to release Byard. They acquired him in a trade with the Titans during the 2023 season and sent safety Terrell Edmunds, a 2024 fifth-round pick, and a 2024 sixth-round pick back to Tennessee in the swap. Byard had 75 …

All throughout this week at the NFL Combine, draft prospects are pitching themselves to teams. They’ll be afforded chances to do just that with their measurements, athletic testing, medicals and interviews.  University of North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye is already expected to be one of the top two or three picks in the draft. But he nonetheless had perhaps the …

The 2024 NFL Scouting Combine is officially underway from Indianapolis. For a third straight year, players will do measurements and on-field workouts all in the same day. Plenty of NFL teams are looking to add talented pass rushers and defensive linemen to their rosters via the draft. Some of the top edge rushers are Dallas Turner out of Alabama, Laiatu …

Kenny Pickett went through a well-documented sophomore slump last season. The Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback dealt with several injuries that limited him to only 12 games, and he finished the year with only six touchdown passes and four interceptions. He watched third-string quarterback Mason Rudolph start the final three games of the season, including the final two regular-season games and Pittsburgh’s …

LSU wide receiver Malik Nabers is a potential top-10 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, and he sees himself as fit for a team that is sitting in that exact range. “It was a great interview,” Nabers said Friday at the NFL Scouting Combine about his potential fit with the New York Giants, who own the No. 6 pick in …

A year after acquiring him via trade, the Dallas Cowboys have decided to retain Trey Lance for at least one more season, according to The Dallas Morning News, with plans to exercise the quarterback’s $4.25 million 2024 roster bonus, officially due this summer. The move dictates that Lance will count $5.3 million against this year’s salary cap, which is slightly …

Getty Images A potential first-round pick will not be able to participate in workouts at the NFL Scouting Combine due to a recently discovered injury. Alabama cornerback Kool-Aid McKinstry is dealing with a Jones fracture in right foot, which was found during a medical evaluation in Indy, according to NFL Media. McKinstry will not work out at the combine due to the …