The Baltimore Ravens, currently invested in quarterback Lamar Jackson to the tune of a $32.4 million franchise tag for the 2023 season, raised more than a few eyebrows on Wednesday when they admitted they might be drafting a quarterback.
Even in the first round.
“It depends on the [draft] board, it really does,” general manager Eric DeCosta told reporters. “I mean, I’d have to say yes, because we have quarterbacks in our Top 31. So, just based on that alone, simple math, I would have to say, yes.”
It’s more than just about simple math. Anyone with eyes can see that.
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The idea that any one moment in a general manager’s tenure can make or break their tour of duty is a bit of a fallacy. The GM’s seat is so different from any other position in the football hierarchy, as much about politics and the ability to explain certain decisions that were made, or not made, during a critical period of time as picking or trading players. There are great GMs who were dismissed unceremoniously because they were bad corporate suits. There are terrible GMs who still walk their halls today, waiting to disappoint their fan base all over again.
All Russian and Belarusian players were banned from competing at Wimbledon last year, but Iga Swiatek doesn’t believe that was a strict enough punishment. The top-ranked women’s player in the world believes players from both countries should be banned from the sport indefinitely.
Wimbledon 2022 was the first time players were excluded based on their nationality since post-World War Two when German and Japanese players were banned from competing.
Not signing a running back to an expensive, long-term deal continues to be common-sense wisdom in the NFL. But on the other side of that coin is a disgruntled player hoping to score a new deal.
There’s drama in the backfield for the Los Angeles Chargers as the top running back, Austin Ekeler, continues to push for a trade. Ekeler thinks he’s criminally underpaid, causing a deep split between the two parties.
Austin Ekeler Feels Slighted By Own Team
Playing on the final year of his four-year, $24.
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Peter Skoronski was a standout tackle in college, but will he have to transition to guard following the 2023 NFL Draft?
Not much went right for Northwestern football in 2022, but one of the bright spots was the outstanding play of offensive lineman Peter Skoronski, a projected top-15 pick in the 2023 NFL Draft. Earning the highest pass-blocking grade in all of college football by PFF (93.0), Skoronski won the Remington-Pace Big Ten Offensive Lineman of the Year award, becoming the first Northwestern player to receive that honor.
The NFL draft was first held Feb. 8, 1936, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Philadelphia.
In the 87 years since, most teams have realized the best way to build a sustainable championship contender is by finding young talent through the draft. Just take the Super Bowl champion Chiefs, who had nine of their 10 draft picks play significant snaps in 2022 and in the playoffs and Super Bowl.
This April, 32 NFL general managers will hope to do exactly that with a rookie class remembered for generations.
Wisconsin offensive coordinator Phil Longo apparently has jokes.
Longo left UNC to join the Badgers and new head coach Luke Fickell in Madison. After bringing in multiple transfer QBs, the belief is Longo and Fickell are going to put on some shows on Saturdays in the fall by airing it out.
While fans are eagerly waiting for week one to roll around, Longo is already putting on a show…a comedy show.
Phil Longo goes viral joking about Tanner Mordecai’s girlfriend.
Jorge Masvidal had some very blunt words for rival Colby Covington during a Wednesday press conference.
Masvidal will step into the octagon this weekend against Gilbert Burns at UFC 287, and ahead of the bout, the bitter rivalry between him and Covington, once again, was brought to the forefront.
The UFC veteran is facing charges after he allegedly attacked Covington outside a Miami restaurant after losing in the octagon. Covington has claimed the attack gave him a brain injury – a claim Masvidal made clear Wednesday he doesn’t believe.
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self isn’t going anywhere.
Self missed several postseason games after undergoing a heart catheterization procedure in March. The legendary Kansas coach needed two stents inserted to fix blocked arteries.
However, his recent health issues aren’t going to stop him from continuing to coach the Jayhawks.
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self won’t retire after recent health issues. (Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Self announced Wednesday that he will return to Kansas next season to keep coaching.
The Bucks secured the NBA’s best record and clinched the No. 1 seed in the East despite being without star Giannis Antetokounmpo and losing Khris Middleton in the first half against Chicago.