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NFL Draft: The No. 2 overall pick every year since 1960

A look at players who were chosen immediately following the NFL Draft’s first pick.

Everyone remembers who went first in the NFL Draft. However, who were the players taken in the second slot over the last 60 years?

1960: George Izo

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George Izo played quarterback at Notre Dame and was the second overall pick by the Chicago Cardinals as well as being a territorial selection of the New York Titans in the new AFL. He played for four teams in an NFL career that ended in the 1966 season.

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Los Angeles Rams trading Brandin Cooks to the Houston Texans

Brandin Cooks simply catches passes for 1,000 yards most seasons and somehow keeps getting traded. This move is to the Houston Texans.

The wide receiver carousel has a permanent place for Brandin Cooks. The much-traveled and stellar wideout is on the move again, being traded by the Los Angeles Rams to the Houston Texans, according to reports Thursday.

The deal will be WR Brandin Cooks and a 2022 fourth-round pick from the Rams for the 57th pick in this month’s draft.

This will mark the fourth team for Cooks, who played college ball at Oregon State and was drafted by the New Orleans Saints. After three seasons in the Big Easy — two with more than 1,100 yards, he was dispatched to the New England Patriots.

Cooks spent a year with Tom Brady, catching 65 passes for 1,082 yards, before being dealt to the Rams.

Cooks now heads to Houston, which was in the market for a big-play wideout after stunning people by trading DeAndre Hopkins to the Arizona Cardinals.

Cooks battled concussion issues in 2019 and was limited to 42 catches for 583 yards.

Ranking the quarterback situations for all 32 NFL teams heading into the draft

Ranking the quarterback situations for all 32 NFL teams heading into the draft

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.

32. Washington Redskins

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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.

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NFL: The first 100 days of a tumultuous 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.

January 1: Redskins hire Rivera

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The Washington Redskins named Ron Rivera their new head coach, and he promptly hired Jack Del Rio as his defensive coordinator.

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What NFL owners appear on Forbes’ list of America’s richest sports team owners?

David Tepper leads the way but what other NFL team owners joined the Panthers’ owner on Forbes’ list?

Steve Ballmer of the Los Angeles Clippers tops Forbes’ list of America’s richest sports team owners. However, there is plenty of presence from people who own NFL teams.

39 (overall). Dan Snyder: Washington

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$2.6 billion

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Ranking the uniforms of all 32 NFL teams

Ranking the uniforms of all 32 NFL teams

Ranking the uniforms of all 32 NFL teams

What are the best uniforms in the NFL and which ones need makeovers?

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will have a new quarterback, Tom Brady, for the 2020 season. They also will have new uniforms. Where do they rank among the 32 teams in the NFL? Whose are the best and who needs to look at redesigning theirs.

32. Washington Redskins

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The colors are cool. However, the nickname and what it stands for take down what could be a classic look.

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Report: ESPN eyes Brees, mulls switching MNF booth in 2020

Drew Brees is in the sights of ESPN and other networks once the Saints’ quarterback calls it quits.

There is plenty of work to be done if ESPN is going to fix its Monday Night Football booth. The team of Joe Tessitore and Booger McFarland have been brutally criticized in their two seasons, Now a report from Andrew Marchand in the New York Post suggests the sports network could move to a different combination for 2020.

While the Post confirmed an Outkickthecoverage.com report ESPN is going after Saints quarterback Drew Brees when he retires, which is supposed to happen after 2020, it adds NBC is after Brees, too.

In the meantime, Steve Levy, Louis Riddick and Dan Orlovsky have emerged as top candidates for next season’s Monday Night Football booth.

First Brees:

Brees won’t get what is now known as “Romo money,” though ESPN is offering closer to the $6.5 million neighborhood that Jon Gruden lived in during his final seasons on MNF, according to sources. That would be nearly twice the average of Romo’s rookie contract, and in the zipcode of the around $7 million Troy Aikman receives from FOX.

As for MNF:

Tessitore and McFarland have not yet been informed that they will not be back, though, they both know ESPN has been looking for replacements. … ESPN has not settled on the team of Levy, Riddick and/or Orlovsky. The network might be wise to keep it simple and go with a two-man booth. It should be clear, they do not have the job yet, as there are other options.