Ikem Ekwonu “wouldn’t be shocked” if he went No. 1 overall

In many recent drafts, we’ve had a very good idea about who will go first overall and that player is often a quarterback who has separated himself from the pack during his time in the college ranks. This year’s draft doesn’t have such a quarterback and it doesn’t have any other player who is a [more]

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Baylor’s Tyquan Thornton runs 4.28-second 40-yard dash, fastest receiver at the Combine

Baylor wide receiver Tyquan Thornton is the fastest wide receiver at the 2022 NFL Scouting Combine. Thornton ran his 40-yard dash in an official time of 4.28 seconds, topping what was a very fast group of wide receivers. Eight wide receivers ran a 40 faster than 4.4 seconds: Thornton, Tennessee’s Velus Jones (4.31), Memphis’ Calvin [more]

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Doug Pederson would like DJ Chark back with Jaguars

New Jaguars head coach Doug Pederson‘s success in the job will have a lot to do with how well quarterback Trevor Lawrence plays in 2022 and beyond, so surrounding him with players who can maximize his talent would be a plus for Jacksonville. Injuries kept them from being able to do that in 2021. Running [more]

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Eric DeCosta hopeful Ravens can bring Calais Campbell back

Calais Campbell took part in Super Bowl coverage for Sky Sports last month and the veteran defensive lineman said after the game that he wants to play in 2022 in order to try for the ring that the Rams earned by beating the Bengals. In a press conference from Indianapolis on Wednesday, Ravens General Manager [more]

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Keyshawn Johnson told Giants to take him off their board when they wanted a psychological evaluation

For decades, the NFL has used intelligence tests and psychological tests to evaluate draft prospects, and for decades some players have felt those tests are overly invasive. This year, the NFL stopped implementing the Wonderlic test, although individual teams can still give it to prospects. The Giants, however, were famous — or infamous — for [more]

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Pete Carroll: We’d love to have Bobby Wagner, we’ll work toward that

As the 2021 season wound down, there was a lot of speculation about whether quarterback Russell Wilson and linebacker Bobby Wagner were at the end of their time in Seattle. When Wilson’s future came up during a Pete Carroll press conference Wednesday, the Seahawks head coach said that the team has no intention of trading [more]

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Haason Reddick is expected to hit the open market

Haason Reddick broke out in 2020 with 12.5 sacks for the Cardinals and the edge rusher landed a one-year, $8 million deal with the Panthers to show that he could provide the same kind of production two years in a row. The Panthers didn’t have much success as a team in 2021, but Reddick did [more]

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