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Recent draft failures come back to haunt the New Orleans Saints

New Orleans had one of the greatest drafts in team history back in 2017. First-round pick Marshon Lattimore, the No. 11 overall pick out of Ohio State, is a four-time Pro Bowler. The team’s other first-round pick, offensive tackle Ryan Ramczyk of Wisconsin, has made the First-team All-Pro once and the second-team twice. Utah safety…

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What are Kansas City’s options in the draft after trading away All-Pro Tyreek Hill?

Kansas City now has 12 picks in the upcoming NFL draft. They’re going to need all of them after this week’s big trade. The Chiefs traded receiver Tyreek Hill, a six-time Pro Bowl player, to the Miami Dolphins this week in exchange for the Dolphins’ first-, second- and fourth-round picks in this year’s draft along…

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What are Kansas City’s options in the draft after trading away All-Pro Tyreek Hill?

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A new candidate to go No. 2 overall in the upcoming NFL draft is starting to emerge for the Detroit Lions

A safety has gone as high as the No. 2 pick overall just once in the history of the draft. Will Detroit make Notre Dame safety Kyle Hamilton the second safety to be drafted that high? As of now, the betting lines say “yes” – but a new candidate to go No. 2 overall is…

A new candidate to go No. 2 overall in the upcoming NFL draft is starting to emerge for the Detroit Lions

Will coach Pete Carroll go back to his Seattle roots and draft an OL in Round 1? (And should he?)

For the first half of Seattle coach Pete Carroll’s tenure, the Seahawks didn’t shy away from drafting an offensive lineman in the first or second round. Offensive tackles Russell Okung (2010), James Carpenter (2011) and Germain Ifedi (2016) were drafted in the first round, while center/guard Ethan Pocic (2017) was taken in the second round.…

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Will coach Pete Carroll go back to his Seattle roots and draft an OL in Round 1? (And should he?)

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Five special teams aces the San Francisco 49ers may consider in the draft

If your biggest remaining need in free agency is improving your special teams, then you likely have a stacked lineup. That certainly appears to be the case with San Francisco. While the losses of guard Laken Tomlinson and defensive tackle D.J. Jones to free agency will be felt, the 49ers still have young, recent draft…

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Five special teams aces the San Francisco 49ers may consider in the draft

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It doesn’t make sense for Houston to draft a QB, despite what GM Caserio says

Zach Wilson of BYU was drafted by the New York Jets last year with the No. 2 overall pick. After him was North Dakota State’s Trey Lance, who went to San Francisco. Then there was Ohio State’s Justin Fields, who fell to Chicago at pick No. 11 overall. None of them had a better year…

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