Cardinals take QB Kyler Murray No. 1; 49ers select Nick Bosa with second pick
The Arizona Cardinals selected Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft on Thursday night. The pick unites Murray with Kliff Kingsbury in Arizona, seven years after the coach first began pursuit of the player. "This is where I ...
UCLA's Gyo Shojima striving to realize NFL dream
All eyes were on quarterback Josh Rosen, a potential top-three pick in this month's NFL Draft, during UCLA's pro day on a mild, sunny day in Los Angeles last month. Gyo Shojima might have been the most unlikely person there, but that was of no ...
Rookie minicamp in Minnesota next weekend will have a German accent. Willkommen to the NFL, Moritz Boehringer. The Vikings made the 22-year-old German wide receiver the first player in league history to be drafted straight from Europe, taking the speedy Boehringer in the sixth round Saturday ...
California love for Jared Goff, and Philadelphia pride for Carson Wentz. It was all about the quarterbacks before Laremy Tunsil's bizarre tumble down the board at the NFL draft. Goff went No. 1 overall to the Rams on Thursday for their first pick since they moved ...
Rams confident moving up to No. 1 in draft was right call for franchise
Rams general manager Les Snead and coach Jeff Fisher are about to make the biggest choice of their careers, and they figure they can't go wrong. When the Rams make the top selection in the NFL draft on Thursday, either Jared Goff or Carson Wentz ...
Iwate signs versatile power forward Harris
Forward Alandise Harris brings big athletic potential as he embarks on a pro career. Recently signed by the Iwate Big Bulls, the 198-cm power forward is coming off his senior season at the University of Arkansas that included the team's Defensive Player of the Year ...
Even with significant off-field baggage, Jameis Winston was the first pick in the NFL Draft on Thursday night. With no such issues, Marcus Mariota went second. You don't pass up a potential franchise quarterback in today's pass-happy NFL. So Florida State's Winston is headed to Tampa Bay ...
Not long ago, Geno Smith was the exciting new quarterback, the young guy with the big arm who was the future of the Jets. Two years after New York drafted him in the second round, Smith's status is uncertain. The Jets hold the No. 6 pick ...
The Houston Texans beefed up their defensive line by taking extraordinary pass rusher Jadeveon Clowney from the University of South Carolina with the first pick of the NFL Draft on Thursday. The Texans, picking first after a league-worst 2-14 season, kicked off the annual selection ...
Teams facing tough strategic choices in draft
Best or bust? It's the tough question every team faces in the NFL Draft. The players you choose do not always fit your scheme best. Remember the quarterbacks the Cleveland Browns selected in the first round — Tim Couch, Brady Quinn, and most recently Brandon ...
Most NFL draft experts as clueless as the rest of us
Few things make MAS chuckle — and also irritate him — the way "NFL draft gurus" on TV do. So, watching the NFL's annual cattle call this week, he'll likely once more be alternately bemused and annoyed. Each of the major TV sports networks in the ...
