Alabama producing first-round wide receivers like no other college ever

No college football program has ever churned out wide receiver talent like Alabama has in the last two years. Last year Alabama became the first team ever to have two first-round wide receivers in the Top 15 picks in the same draft: The Raiders took Alabama receiver Henry Ruggs 12th overall and the Broncos took [more]

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DeVonta Smith on size concern: We play football. All the rest is irrelevant.

Devonta Smith will be one of the smallest players in the NFL when he’s selected by a team in the NFL Draft later this week. Smith reportedly checked in a 6-feet, 166 pounds when he was evaluated at the NFL Combine medical check in Indianapolis earlier this month. Smith has shown to be an electric [more]

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Ereck Flowers “excited and anxious” to get back with Washington

A trade isn’t always a welcomed thing for a player being moved from one team to another. However, guard Ereck Flowers is excited to be returning to Washington after the Football Team traded for him in a deal with the Miami Dolphins on Tuesday. “I’m very excited and anxious to get back up there because [more]

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PFT’s one, and only, mock draft of the year

Mock drafts are like opinions and bungholes. Everybody has one and they all stink, except maybe your own. We used to do umpteen versions of mock drafts. That was before I developed a thorough and complete hatred of them. In recent years, we’ve shifted to a one-shot mock draft, with no concern for accuracy and [more]

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Report: Marshall Faulk a candidate for Southern’s head coaching job

Deion Sanders has started something. The Hall of Fame cornerback took the head coaching job at Jackson State University last September. Marshall Faulk could be next. The Hall of Fame running back and Southern University have mutual interest about Faulk becoming its head coach, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports. Faulk, a Louisiana native, has [more]

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Sean Lee wants to stay involved with Cowboys, will consider coaching

Linebacker Sean Lee announced his retirement on Monday, but he doesn’t plan on saying farewell to the Cowboys. The Cowboys opened their pre-draft press conference with Lee saying a few words about his decision, including that he’d contemplated it while injured in the past. He said calls from teammates and team owner Jerry Jones helped [more]

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Micah Parsons: These past eight months have been nothing but me getting better

Steelers General Manager Kevin Colbert said on Monday that he would draft a player who played in 2020 over one who opted out if their grades were close and the fate of players who took the latter route will be one of the storylines to watch once the draft gets underway on Thursday. One of [more]

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