The Seahawks selected Ohio State wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba with the No. 20 pick in the 2023 NFL Draft. He missed most of last season due to an injured hamstring, but he was a stat sheet stuffer in 2021 with 95 catches, 1,606 yards and nine touchdowns. Smith-Njigba is a slender wideout at 6’1” and 196 pounds, but he’s a strong route runner with impressive ball skills who creates space at the line.
Author: Michael
The rivalry between the Eagles and Cowboys is one of the best in the NFL. And if you were curious whether the players on each side think about the other team during the offseason, think no further.
Dallas linebacker Micah Parsons partnered with Bleacher Report for live coverage of the 2023 NFL draft on Thursday night, which meant that viewers were gifted with watching his in-the-moment reaction to the rival Eagles’ first-round pick. When Philadelphia took Georgia defensive lineman Jalen Carter at No. 9, let’s just say Parsons wasn’t too thrilled.
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In moving on from Deshaun Watson—which we realize the Texans had to do—the franchise put itself through organizational hell. The Texans have since made two snap coaching changes, each after a year. They parted ways with a machiavellian executive, Jack Easterby, after a public power struggle. The team separated itself from all of its most notable players and any distant memory of what a functioning program looked like.
And so, the 2022 and ’23 drafts, in which they had four total first-round picks, were supposed to be a reward of sorts and a sign of healing to come.
During ESPN’s NFL draft broadcast Thursday evening, analyst Louis Riddick attracted criticism for an awkward turn of phrase insensitive to Native Americans.
While describing the Cardinals‘ selection of Ohio State offensive tackle Paris Johnson Jr. with the sixth pick, Riddick said of Arizona, “they need chiefs on their team. Not Indians. Chiefs.”
The analyst appeared to try and stop himself at the end of his sentence, but his phrasing caught the attention of viewers on social media anyway.
After getting their franchise QB in C.J. Stroud, the Texans traded up nine spots to select Alabama pass rusher Will Anderson Jr. with the No. 3 overall draft pick.
San Diego State could soon be cashing in on the increased exposure from their run to the college basketball National Championship game.
The Aztecs weren’t able to win an unlikely title, but with several major conferences potentially looking to expand, their success couldn’t have come at a better time.
The Pac-12 continues to reel from the rapidly approaching departure of USC and UCLA, with new media rights hanging in the balance.
The Lions drafted running back Jahmyr Gibbs out of Alabama 12th in the 2023 NFL draft.
Gibbs came off the board much earlier than many mock drafts projected. He’s viewed as the second-best running back prospect in the class — behind Bijan Robinson, who went eighth — and Detroit selected him with the first of its two first-round picks after trading down from No. 6 with the Texans.
The Lions now have a rather crowded backfield with 2020 second-round pick D’Andre Swift, offseason addition David Montgomery and Gibbs all competing for touches.
A day after ESPN fired baseball reporter Marly Rivera in the aftermath of a vulgar confrontation with another reporter, a report from The Washington Post has detailed Rivera’s history of having similar run-ins in the past.
Rivera was let go from the network after a video surfaced of Rivera yelling an obscenity at Ivón Gaete as the pair became involved in a dispute regarding an interview with Yankees slugger Aaron Judge at Yankee Stadium, with Rivera calling Gaete a “f—ing c–t.” Rivera’s reported attempt to apologize to Gaete was rejected.
I’ll start with this: Bijan Robinson is a hell of a football player. I had him as the second-best player in this year’s NFL Draft. But for the Atlanta Falcons to take him with the 8th overall pick is a terrible decision.
The thing that a lot of people don’t realize is that just because someone is the “best player available” doesn’t make them the best player for your team. Running backs are a luxury item in the NFL Draft. So is tight end. Those are the two riskiest positions to draft in the first round.
The Atlanta Falcons took Bijan Robinson at #8 this year.
Following a tumultuous offseason and pre-draft process, former Georgia standout Jalen Carter has a new football home: Philadelphia.
The Eagles selected Carter, a defensive tackle, with the No. 9 pick, ending the brief slide of one of the most talented players in this year’s draft class.
Philadelphia traded with Chicago to move up one spot to select Carter, giving the Bears the No. 10 pick and a fourth-rounder in the deal.
Standing at 6’ 3” and weighing 314 pounds, Carter boasted the physical traits and sensational collegiate career that led many to believe he could be the No.