The idea of an NFL Draft steal is a fascinating one. When teams pass on a player that many times, it usually means that they should slide down the board. Now, there are some instances when a player slides when they shouldn't but steals are a weird dichotomy when discussing in a vacuum. Now, you can get a player that is a steal compared to your own draft board. That happens relatively often in the course of the draft since the evaluation process is very subjective. One of the players that could end up being a steal is New York Giants cornerback Andru Phillips who a few scouts had a first-round ..read more

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers aren't wasting time in finding a spot for first-round pick Graham Barton, as they will be playing him at center. A left tackle at Duke, Barton was successful for the Blue Devils. However, there were some size and length questions surrounding Barton during the NFL Draft process in terms of him playing there long term. A move to the inside was projected by many and that is exactly what hte BUccaneers plan to do. Offensive coordinator Liam Cohen spoke about the running game and wanting to get better. Barton could end up being the starting center with the willingness to sl ..read more

The schedule in which National Football League front office operate is different than what both players and coaches run on. Instead of having their hiring and firing cycle mostly occur at the end of the regular season, those decisions are often made after the NFL Draft. Yes, some general managers are let go after the regular season, but it makes things more difficult for the NFL Draft being just three months later. That is how the New England Patriots handled their business, as they named Eliot Wolf acting general manager instead of looking for a permanent solution. Related: Complete List Of N ..read more

The 2025 NFL Draft is still a full year out, but Over the Cap continues to stay ahead of the compensatory pick formula. They have released the unofficial compensatory picks set to be received by teams who lost more talent than they gained in free agency. Again, these picks are not official until they are actually released by the NFL at the beginning of the new league year in March of 2025, but Over the Cap has a proven track record of showing they have cracked the formula in terms of what picks each team will receive. Two teams are expected to receive the highest compensation, a third round pi ..read more

The beginning of the 2024 NFL Draft was relatively chalk. The Chicago Bears selected Caleb Williams, the Washington Commanders selected Jayden Daniels and the New England Patriots selected Drake Maye. Even the next few selections were excpected. The biggest surprise came at eighth overall and once that pick was made, we saw a few others that were shocking, including one team with two selections on this list. There were some surprise selections in the 2024 NFL Draft and it's focused on the Atlanta Falcons. It wasn't just one person or team that was surprised by the pick, it shocked everyone oth ..read more

The San Francisco 49ers used their first round pick in the 2024 NFL Draft to select the blazing and explosive Florida wide receiver Ricky Pearsall. And his former head coach Herm Edwards raised a few questions about how well he will transition to the NFL during a recent radio spot with 95.7 The Game. Coaching Pearsall while together at Arizona State from 2019-2021, Edwards had these concerns when discussing the newest 49ers' wide receiver: Pearsall, of course, transferred away from Edwards and the Arizona State program that went under-fire for repeated recruiting violations surrounding the hea ..read more

The Los Angeles Rams had a first round pick for the first time since they selected quarterback Jared Goff with the first overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft. They wound up taking another player named Jared in Florida State's explosive edge rusher Jared Verse with pick No. 19 in the 2024 NFL Draft. However, they were in hot pursuit of Georgia tight end Brock Bowers all night before staying put and selecting Verse. According to NFL Network's Peter Schrager, the Rams "fell in love with" the Georgia tight end and made pursuits to get him before he inevitably was drafted by the Las Vegas Raiders wit ..read more

The New York Jets selected Florida State quarterback Jordan Travis in the fifth round of the 2024 NFL Draft, with pick No. 171. And now, the former Seminole has his sights set on something bigger: becoming the guy for the Jets after Aaron Rodgers hangs up his cleats. Talking about the potential of becoming the heir apparent to Rodgers, Travis said he "100 percent" has that in his mind. He added: Travis faces an uphill battle as it is rare to see a Day 3 player become the face of a franchise. However, battling back from a gruesome lower body injury, Travis has already proven he is willing to pu ..read more

Everybody expects first and second round picks to find the field in their respective teams, but are there any 2024 NFL Draft Day 3 picks that could come in and make a splash right away? A couple of names like Penn State's Theo Johnson and Notre Dame's Audric Estime landed in ideal spots to find the field early, but that's just one piece of the puzzle toward making an impact. In the past we have seen players like cornerback Tariq Woolen, quarterback Brock Purdy, and others find themselves forced onto the field and findind success early in their careers. Johnson and Estime will be hoping for sim ..read more

The 2024 NFL Draft is now a week in the rearview mirror as we can now reflect with a bit less bias on who came away as winners and losers from the event. It was a shock to see names like Iowa cornerback Cooper Dejean and Illinois defensive tackle Jer'Zhan Newton slip into the second round, while offensive tackle Amarius Mims could turn into one of the best value picks of the entire event. Those were not the only value picks of the draft, however, as a flurry of players came off the board later than anticipated. This sets up the team that drafted those players to come away as massive winners. H ..read more