Jalen Carter overcame not-great feedback from Georgia coaches to stay in top 10

College coaches who are asked about their former players often face a dilemma. Say nice things about the player who gave multiple years of unpaid service to the program, but who was may not have been an ideal soldier? Or tell the truth? On one hand, the coaches feel compelled to show loyalty to their [more]

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2023 NFL Draft, Day 2: Best prospects available include Will Levis, Joey Porter Jr.

On Day One of the 2023 NFL draft, we learned that the players viewed by fans, bettors and the media as the best prospects aren’t always the players viewed that way by NFL teams. Most notably, Kentucky quarterback Will Levis, who generated some talk as a potential No. 1 overall draft, wasn’t drafted in the [more]

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Monti Ossenfort on Jonathan Gannon tampering: I made a mistake

Shortly before the draft got underway on Thursday night, news broke that the Eagles and Cardinals were swapping draft picks to settle a tampering investigation. The investigation was triggered by a phone call that Cardinals General Manager Monti Ossenfort made to Jonathan Gannon after the Eagles won the NFC Championship Game. Gannon was the Eagles [more]

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Falcons see Bijan Robinson as “a lot more than a running back”

The Falcons defied recent trends when they made the eighth overall pick of the draft on Thursday night. No running backs had been taken in the top 20 of the draft since Saquon Barkley went second overall in 2018 and the Falcons ended that run by selecting Bijan Robinson. Robinson was highly productive at Texas [more]

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C.J. Stroud on joining Texans: I know that it’s meant to be

When the pre-draft process got underway, quarterback C.J. Stroud was seen as a possible first overall pick but the final stretch before the first round saw a lot of doubt cast on just how high he would wind up going. A low leaked score on a cognition test and other chatter helped fuel thoughts that [more]

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Howie Roseman: We have good people in this building, felt Jalen Carter was a good fit for us

Before the first round of the draft got underway, defensive tackle Jalen Carter said that he felt the Eagles would take him at No. 10 if he was still on the board but the Eagles didn’t want to wait that long. They sent the Bears a 2024 fourth-round pick to move up one spot and [more]

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D’Andre Swift’s future in doubt after Lions draft Jahmyr Gibbs

The Lions made the shocking decision to spend the 12th overall pick in the 2023 NFL draft on running back Jahmyr Gibbs a month after signing running back David Montgomery to a three-year, $12 million contract, which means the backfield in Detroit is getting crowded. Perhaps too crowded for D'Andre Swift, who averaged a solid [more]

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