Saints trying to trade up to Top 10

The Saints want to trade up in tonight’s first round. Way up. New Orleans, which currently owns the 28th overall pick in the 2021 NFL draft, is trying to trade up into the Top 10, according to Jay Glazer of FOX Sports. Saints General Manager Mickey Loomis has said he doesn’t see many holes on [more]

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Patriots doing their homework on second-tier QBs Davis Mills, Kellen Mond, Kyle Trask

The Patriots would like to add a quarterback in the 2021 NFL draft, but the big five prospects — Trevor Lawrence, Zach Wilson, Mac Jones, Trey Lance and Justin Fields — all may be gone before the Patriots are on the clock at No. 15. But don’t rule out New England drafting a quarterback, possibly [more]

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NFL pushes 49ers to keep their plans at No. 3 secret

Everyone knows that Trevor Lawrence will be the first pick in the draft, and that Zach Wilson will be the second selection. No one knows that the 49ers will do with the third overall pick. The league wants to keep it that way, for as long as possible. Per a league source, the NFL is [more]

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Mike McCarthy: We need more speed and energy

The Cowboys have the No. 10 pick in Thursday’s first round and head coach Mike McCarthy provided a hint about the type of player they’ll be looking to add when he spoke to the media at a press conference earlier this week. McCarthy said the team would like to go with the best player available [more]

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NFL braces for lower draft ratings

In the TV business, the performance of a given show in one year is immediately compared to its performance the prior year. Last year, that was a great comparison for the league to make. This year, it’s not. As explained by John Ourand of Sports Business Journal, NFL executives are privately trying to manage expectations [more]

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Emmanuel Sanders switches to No. 1

There’s another player taking advantage of the league’s new numbers rule. The Bills announced Thursday morning that wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders is switching to No. 1 for the upcoming season. Sanders initially was slated to wear No. 10 with Buffalo. But because Sanders is on a new team this year, there’s no previous jersey inventory [more]

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Where will Justin Fields end up?

As to the first two picks in the draft, there’s no mystery. After that, it’s all a mystery. At the center of the mystery resides Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields. Once regarded as the No. 2 quarterback in the draft (especially after shredding presumptive No. 1 pick Trevor Lawrence‘s Clemson Tigers in the national semifinals), [more]

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