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Free agency has had its run. The NFL Draft is over. A first take on how teams will finish the upcoming season.
The NFL Draft is over and most free-agent moves have taken place. What does the 2020 season look like at an early glance for all 32 teams?
There were growing pains in Year One for Kyler Murray and Kliff Kingsbury. They will continue in Year Two with more progress. Being in the NFC West doesn’t make improvement easy.
Projected win totals for every NFL team after the draft
Vegas has updated its over/under win projections following the NFL Draft.
The over/under win totals are out with the NFL Draft concluding. You can shop for the price you like to get the number you want to beat. Here are totals projected for by Betonline.ag.
The over/under on the Cardinals for 2020 was 6.5 in the opening line after the Super Bowl. Vegas has moved it up a half-tick after a draft that opened with Isaiah Simmons from Clemson being chosen by Arizona. This could be a major challenge hurdle to clear as the Cardinals face six games in the NFC West against tough foes before they get a look at the rest of their schedule. They were 3-13 and 5-10-1 in the last two seasons.
The players who became the NFL draft’s Mr. Irrelevant
Mr. Irrelevant is a tribute to the player chosen last in the NFL Draft.
The last pick in the NFL Draft is honored as Mr. Irrelevant. He is feted in Southern California as if he were the first pick. Thanks to Mrirrelevant.org we can back at the players and what became of them.
Kelvin Kirk was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 17th round of the 1976 NFL Draft, making him the first Mr. Irrelevant. He wound up playing seven seasons in the Canadian Football League with the Toronto Argonauts, Calgary Stampeders, Saskatchewan Roughriders and Ottawa Rough Riders. Kirk worked as an artist for the Ottawa Citizen before his sudden death by heart attack while playing a pick–up game of basketball in 2003.
The New England Patriots are no longer the favorites in the AFC East, according to one sportsbook’s future odds.
Caesars Sportsbook fed the appetite Thursday of bettors looking for any sort of action. The sportsbook released its odds package for the upcoming NFL season. One of the more intriguing opportunities has the New England Patriots no longer as the favorites in the AFC East. That honor goes to the Buffalo Bills. Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are 17-1 when it comes to winning the Super Bowl.
Odds to win NFC: 20-1
Division: 6-1
Over/under: 7.5
Odds to make playoffs: Yes +245, No -290
More than two dozen of the players taken in the 2015 NFL Draft are no longer with the team that selected them.
The 2015 NFL Draft is five years ago and it is hard to believe how much movement there has been among players taken in the first round.
Drafted out of Texas, Malcom Brown spent four seasons with the New England Patriots before moving on to the New Orleans Saints in 2019. The defensive tackle will head into his second season in the Big Easy with 10.5 career sacks.
Ranking the quarterback situations for all 32 NFL teams heading into the draft
What NFL teams are in great shape and which ones need to work on their quarterback situation approaching the draft?
Quarterback is the position that makes everything go — or stop — when it comes to football. A look at how each of the 32 NFL teams is positioned at the critical position heading into the NFL Draft.
Dwayne Haskins was a risky pick based on the history of Ohio State quarterbacks in the NFL. His rookie season did nothing to end those who doubt his ability. There are going to be serious issues in Washington for Ron Rivera if the former Panthers coach has to call on his former QB in Carolina to start in 2020.
The first 100 days of 2020 saw lots of news and movement in the NFL.
The tumultuous year 2020 is 100 days old. It feels like it has lasted a century. A look at the first 100 days of the year through the NFL news cycle, which, as we know, is always in full spin.
The Washington Redskins named Ron Rivera their new head coach, and he promptly hired Jack Del Rio as his defensive coordinator.
