Latest blog entries about NFL
The Pittsburgh Steelers selected Indiana tight end Riley Nowakowski in the fifth round of the 2026 NFL Draft. Our staff weighs in with their thoughts on the pick. Ryland Bickley: Here’s your TE3/FB for Mike McCarthy. Nowakowski probably would’ve been a “my guy” in this draft class if I had been able to watch him […]
Michael Sam came out to tremendous publicity in 2014 as an out gay player in the NFL Draft. But there have been eight other gay players and one bi player who were also were drafted.
The 2026 NFL Draft will award compensatory picks to teams that lost top free agents from last year’s class. That includes the Philadelphia Eagles, who saw Mekhi Becton sign a two-year, $20 million contract with the Los Angeles Chargers. Why did the Eagles get a compensatory pick for Mekhi Becton? The Eagles received a fourth-round […]
For the fifth time in the last decade, North Dakota State has seen one of its quarterbacks selected in the NFL Draft. Cole Payton has now joined the rich lineage of Cam Miller (2025), Trey Lance (2021), Easton Stick (2019) and Carson Wentz (2016) as former Bison signal callers to hear their name called. Payton […]
From high school to two collegiate stops, Joe Royer’s entire football journey has transpired in the state of Ohio. That trend will continue as the tight end is officially a member of the Cleveland Browns. The Browns selected the Cincinnati Bearcats’ starting tight end at 170th overall in the fifth round of the 2026 NFL […]
We’re getting closer to the end of the 2026 NFL Draft, as we’re now hitting the start of Round 6 of this year’s selection meeting from a rainy Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Once again, after making a pair of selections in Round 5, our Minnesota Vikings are not currently scheduled to make any selections in this sixth […]
The 2026 NFL Draft is deep into the fifth round and the Miami Dolphins are making another pick. The Dolphins have already selected nine players through the first 158 picks and are now adding a tenth rookie with the 177th selection. The team used the pick to select Missouri wide receiver Kevin Coleman, Jr. Coleman […]
The Buffalo Bills may have just made their best value pick of the 2026 NFL Draft with the selection of South Carolina safety Jalon Kilgore. He was projected as a top-100 pick by several outlets and consensus viewed him as such. Kilgore is another traits-based prospect who played almost exclusively in the nickel at South […]
The 2026 NFL Draft will award compensatory picks to teams that lost top free agents from last year’s class. That includes the Detroit Lions, who saw Kevin Zeitler sign a one-year, $9 million contract with the Tennessee Titans. How did the Lions get a compensatory pick for Kevin Zeitler The Lions received a fourth-round pick […]
The Kansas City Chiefs have made their fifth selection of the 2026 NFL Draft at pick 161, and the offense finally got a turn. Round 5 – Pick 161: Emmett Johnson, RB, Nebraska Johnson was ranked the 102nd prospect and the fifth-ranked running back by Arrowhead Pride’s consensus rankings. The Athletic’s Dane Brugler saw Johnson […]
The Baltimore Ravens have selected running back Adan Randall in the fifth round (No. 174 overall) in the 2026 NFL Draft, adding a big ballcarrier with some pass-catching upside to Lamar Jackson’s backfield. This is a breaking story that will be updated with more information.
The New England Patriots waited almost 80 picks between their third and fourth selections in the draft. When they were on the clock, they opted to go for a player who they had shown interest in for a while: Wake Forest cornerback Karon Prunty was selected with pick No. 171 in the fifth round. Let’s […]
With the NFL Draft in its final day, many players with Mountain West ties of some sort are hearing their names called. North Dakota State wide receiver Bryce Lance, younger brother of former Bison and NFL QB Trey Lance, was taken in the fourth round (136th pick overall), going to the New Orleans Saints. Lance […]
With the No. 172 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, the New Orleans Saints have selected Ohio State DB Lorenzo Styles Jr. The Pickerington, OH native played two seasons at WR for Notre Dame before transferring to Ohio State in 2023 and transitioning to cornerback. Lorenzo is the brother of LB Sonny Styles, who was […]
The Baltimore Ravens have selected Alabama tight end Josh Cuevas in the fifth round (No. 173 overall) in the 2026 NFL Draft, their second pick at the position after trading up for SMU’s Matthew Hibner at No. 133. This is a breaking story that will be updated with more information.
The Dallas Cowboys caught some people by surprise on Thursday night when they made a trade with the Philadelphia Eagles. Sometimes division rivals can help each other, though. After the Cowboys took Caleb Downs (which required a trade itself) they were clearly looking to move back from the 20th overall pick. Philadelphia was the proper […]
It’s time for the second game of the series between the San Francisco Giants and the Miami Marlins, and we’re all hoping it goes better than the first one. The Giants are sending veteran lefty Robbie Ray to the mound for his sixth start of the year. The 2021 American League Cy Young Award winner […]
With their fourth-round pick the Detroit Lions continued to tick away at their biggest needs. With the 118th pick, the Lions selected Michigan linebacker Jimmy Rolder. Here are five things you need to know about the Lions’ newest linebacker. 1. He’s only a one-year starter, but showed great instincts in 2025 Rolder was with the […]
The 2026 NFL Draft will award compensatory picks to teams that lost top free agents from last year’s class. That includes the New York Jets, who allowed Morgan Moses to sign a four-year, $24 million contract with the AFC East rival New England Patriots. How did the Jets get a compensatory pick for Morgan Moses? […]
One of the best pass-catching tight ends in college football is officially NFL bound. Houston tight end Tanner Koziol was selected as the 164th overall selection of the 2026 draft by the Jacksonville Jagurs. The fifth rounder became the first Houston draft selection of the Willie Fritz era and the first Cougar tight end picked […]
With their first pick in Round 5 of the 2026 NFL Draft, the Buffalo Bills selected safety Jalon Kilgore out of the University of South Carolina. One Bills Drive did plenty of work on scouting Kilgore ahead of the draft, conducting a private workout with him in addition to an earlier meeting at the 2026 […]
With the 170th pick of the 2026 NFL Draft, the Cleveland Browns selected tight end Joe Royer (6-foot-5 and 247 pounds) from Cincinnati. It’s the second player from an Ohio college that the Browns have selected, following Toledo safety Emmanuel McNeil-Warren in the second round. Royer Scouting Report Here is a scouting report from The […]
The 2026 NFL Draft is here, and most of the focus is on players the team is adding. Yes, we focus on the players coming to the New Orleans Saints but in this case, we have to look back at a player we lost; Rashid Shaheed. Because of his 2025 trade, the Saints have two […]
The Pittsburgh Steelers have selected Indiana tight end Riley Nowakowski in the fifth round of the 2026 NFL Draft. This came after the Steelers traded out of the No. 161 pick, sending it to the Kansas City Chiefs. The trade sent the Steelers down to pick No. 169 where they selected Nowakowski. Nowakowski caught 32 […]
One of the Eagles biggest moves on Day 2 of the draft was finalizing a trade for Jonathan Greenard, bringing the former Vikings edge rusher to Philly and signing him to a new 4-year, $100 million deal. Greenard was already at the facility and spoke to reporters about how the trade went down, how his […]