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Carolina is now in prime position to find its franchise quarterback in this year’s NFL draft.
Panthers head coach Frank Reich has apparently nailed down his plans of selecting a franchise quarterback after securing the No. 1 pick in next month’s NFL draft on Friday.
The Bears traded their top selection to Carolina in exchange for the No. 9 and the No. 61 pick in this year’s draft, a 2024 first-round pick, a ’25 second-round pick and Panthers wide receiver DJ Moore.
“Excited about this group of young quarterbacks,” Reich told Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer via text.

NASHVILLE — Arkansas suffered a tough loss on Friday night against Texas A&M, but it was a postgame incident involving Eric Musselman’s assistant that caught folks’ attention.
Following the loss, where Arkansas led by 13 points at one time, Razorbacks director of internal operations Riley Hall grabbed a reporter’s phone, throwing it to the ground. Arkansas coaches were heading towards the locker room when Jack Weaver was recording the coaches coming off the court. This is when Riley Hall decided to snatch the reporter’s phone while yelling at him.

The NCAA tournament selection committee has to work on its brackets while Sunday’s games are ongoing. Those game results don’t always affect seeding.

The standout receiver signed an four-year extension in 2021.
Broncos receiver Courtland Sutton turned heads on Friday after sharing a cryptic tweet just days away from the start of free agency on March 15.
Sutton, who is under contract with Denver through 2025, took to Twitter to voice his apparent frustration with his current situation. Sutton’s comment follows recent rumors regarding the Broncos potentially looking to shop the 27-year-old wideout.
“I just want to be where I’m wanted and appreciated,” Sutton tweeted.

Michael Porter Jr. grabbed Zach Collins by the neck during the altercation.

In dealing away the No. 1 pick rather than getting a new QB, Chicago showed it believes in Fields and also got the assets to build a real contender around him.

The Tigers are 23–8 and reached the SEC tournament semifinal for the first time.
Mizzou extended Dennis Gates’s contract on Thursday through the 2028-29 season. His original contract ran through ’27-28. His annual salary will increase to $4 million in ’23-24, with $100,000 increases each season through the life of the amended agreement.
The agreement was announced in a statement from the school which was released a couple hours after Missouri beat Tennessee to reach its first-ever SEC tournament semifinal.

The hotter the trade rumors of Aaron Rodgers to the Jets turn up, the colder Rodgers’ relationship with the Green Bay Packers gets.
One exec in GB recently commented on the Rodgers trade rumors. By the sounds of it, Packers CEO Mark Murphy wants to get this story over with and see the four-time MVP in a different jersey.
Murphy said a couple of the quiet things out loud, like wanting to win their side of the trade should Rodgers leave Lambeau.

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“Yeah, I mean, unless, if things don’t work out the way that we would want them.

The free agent wide receiver will reportedly take his talents to Houston.
Robert Woods is reportedly signing a two-year, $15.25 million deal with the Texans, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
Woods will receive $10 million fully guaranteed on his new deal with a potential max value of $17 million. 
The former Titans and Rams wide receiver comes to Houston after spending last season in Tennessee. Woods tallied career-low numbers during the 2022 season., recording 53 catches for 527 yards and two touchdowns while playing in all 17 games. 
Woods was due to make $13.

Carolina’s staff gets its shot at molding a young QB and the Cardinals will try and land a defensive star, but not everybody came out on top.
The Panthers traded up for the No. 1 pick on Friday, becoming the first NFL team to do so since the Los Angeles Rams back in 2016 (for Jared Goff). The move ends what was thought to be weeks of uncertainty, at least through the early days of April.