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Vikings Re-Sign CB Terence Newman

By | at April 30, 2018 1:52 pm

Terence Newman is back for another season. The Vikings announced that the veteran cornerback has re-signed with the team.

[RELATED: Vikings Pick Up Trae Waynes’ Option]

This year will mark Newman’s 16th season in the NFL. Even though he’ll turn 40 in September, the Vikings believe that he can provide valuable veteran leadership in the locker room and quality play in limited spurts on the field. He’ll mentor first-round cornerback Mike Hughes while he offers support in nickel packages behind starters Xavier Rhodes and Trae Waynes.

Last year, Newman appeared in all 16 of the Vikings’ regular season games as well as their two playoff contests. In the regular season, he tallied 35 tackles and five passes defensed as he played on 555 snaps, the third-highest total of any Vikings corner.

Pro Football Focus ranked Newman as 66th-best cornerback in the NFL, which indicates that he is still a quality contributor, even though he is no longer among the league’s best. Interestingly, the advanced metrics showed that Newman turned in one of his best seasons ever in 2016 – his age-38 season.

In the wake of James Harrison‘s retirement, Newman now stands as the oldest defensive player in the NFL. He also boasts the highest number of interceptions amongst all active players with 42.

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Latest On Cowboys’ Jason Witten

By | at April 30, 2018 12:33 pm

Jason Witten is said to be deciding between a career in broadcasting and another season with the Cowboys, but it might be an easy call. ESPN is offering the tight end $4-$4.5MM to join the Monday Night Football booth, David Moore of the Dallas Morning News reports. 

Witten’s deal with the Cowboys, meanwhile, would pay him a base salary of $1.05MM for 2018 with up to $750K in per-game roster bonuses. However, as Joel Corry of CBSSports.com (on Twitter) notes, Witten has yet to receive his $4.7MM signing bonus, so he’s really deciding between $6.5MM from the Cowboys or $4-4.5MM from ESPN.

Still, if owner Jerry Jones is intent on keeping Witten, he may have to sweeten the deal to some extent. Meanwhile, another network has also entered the fray with what is said to be an “interesting” proposal.

The Cowboys drafted a tight end this weekend, but not necessarily one that can replace Witten. Fourth-round pick Dalton Schultz projects to take over James Hanna‘s role as a run blocker, so the Cowboys still have an obvious need for a tight end who can contribute as a receiver. Cowboys EVP Stephen Jones says the team can get by with a group that includes Geoff Swaim, Blake Jarwin, and Rico Gathers, but I would fully expect them to pursue outside options if Witten retires.

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Vikings Pick Up Trae Waynes’ Option

By | at April 30, 2018 10:55 am

On Monday, the Vikings made an easy call. The fifth-year option for cornerback Trae Waynes has been exercised, according to a team announcement. 

As the No. 11 pick in the 2015 draft, Waynes will earn $9.069MM in 2019. As shown on PFR’s Fifth-Year Option Tracker, many of the first-round picks from that class have already had the extra season tacked on to their contracts. Teams have until Thursday to make determinations on the remaining players.

Waynes started in all 16 games for the first time in his career last year. He tallied 65 total tackles, two interceptions, eleven passes defensed, and his first career sack.

Waynes will return as the team’s CB2 alongside First-Team All-Pro Xavier Rhodes. The Vikings will also get cornerback Mike Hughes involved after selecting the UCF product with a late first-round choice.

The bar is set high in Minnesota after the team finished out as the league’s No. 1 defense in 2017, but the unit looks as fierce as ever thanks to the addition of defensive tackle Sheldon Richardson.

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Latest On Jason Witten

By | at April 29, 2018 7:02 pm

It remains to be seen if longtime Cowboys tight end Jason Witten will retire for a job in the Monday Night Football booth, but a decision is expected to likely come by Wednesday, ESPN’s Chris Mortensen tweets. Mortensen adds that a competing network has swooped in at the last minute with an “interesting” proposal that will also be considered. 

News came down Friday that the 15-year veteran was to call it quits on a Hall of Fame career to join the ESPN crew, but following a meeting with owner Jerry Jones, Witten decided to mull his options. Those options apparently have now expanded to a second network, though that job remains a mystery.

Mortensen also reports that Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett is actively petitioning the Cowboys’ all-time leading receiver to return for a 16th season (Twitter link). It should not come as a surprise the coach is doing everything he can to get Witten to return. Should Witten retire, the remaining tight ends on the roster would be relative unknowns Geoff Swaim, Rico Gathers, Blake Jarwin and the recently drafted Dalton Schultz.

The team could have added Dallas Goedert, the highly touted tight end out of South Dakota State, but the division-rival Eagles swooped in front of the Cowboys in the second round of the draft to take him. It is unclear if the Cowboys would have pulled the trigger on Goedert, but with the potential absence of Witten it made a lot of sense.

Before the news broke on Friday, it had been long expected that Witten would return for a 16th season and potentially play even longer. He recently commented that he wanted to play until he was 40. Despite the recent turnover, however, top jobs in the booth don’t come around every day.

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Eagles Re-Sign Darren Sproles

By | at April 28, 2018 6:35 pm

Darren Sproles has agreed to return to the Eagles and play a 14th NFL season. The elusive running back agreed to terms with the defending Super Bowl champions, Howie Roseman announced Saturday. It’s a one-year deal with a total guarantee of $1MM, Tom Pelissero of NFL.com tweets. The pact can be worth up to $1.415M with $1.433M in likely to be earned incentives.

The Eagles had been in communication with Sproles for a while now, and he’ll be part of Philadelphia’s backfield picture again this season — which will be his fifth in eastern Pennsylvania.

Rumored to be on the lookout for running backs in this year’s draft, the Eagles used five picks on other positions last week. Sproles being back in the fold figures to provide a boost to the backfield, which lost LeGarrette Blount but still houses Jay Ajayi and Corey Clement. Philly also has Donnel Pumphrey and Wendell Smallwood on the team, but with Sproles back, there likely is only room on the 53-man roster for one of these players.

Sproles will turn 35 before this season begins and is coming off multiple severe injuries — a broken arm and a torn ACL. However, Roseman is optimistic he will be ready to play by Week 1 (via Philly.com’s Jeff McLane, on Twitter).

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2018 NFL Draft Results By Round

By | at April 28, 2018 5:15 pm

Listed below are all 256 picks of the 2018 NFL draft, broken down by round, and featuring trades.

Here are the complete 2018 NFL draft results:

Round One:

  1. Cleveland Browns: Baker Mayfield, QB (Oklahoma)
  2. New York Giants: Saquon Barkley, RB (Penn State)
  3. New York Jets (from Indianapolis): Sam Darnold, QB (USC)
  4. Cleveland Browns (from Houston) Denzel Ward, CB (Ohio State)
  5. Denver Broncos: Bradley Chubb, DE (North Carolina State)
  6. Indianapolis Colts (from New York Jets): Quenton Nelson, G (Notre Dame)
  7. Buffalo Bills (from Tampa Bay): Josh Allen, QB (Wyoming)
  8. Chicago Bears: Roquan Smith, LB (Georgia)
  9. San Francisco 49ers: Mike McGlinchey, T (Notre Dame)
  10. Arizona Cardinals (from Oakland): Josh Rosen, QB (UCLA)
  11. Miami Dolphins: Minkah Fitzpatrick, DB (Alabama)
  12. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (from Cincinnati via Buffalo): Vita Vea, DT (Washington)
  13. Washington Redskins: Da’Ron Payne, DT (Alabama)
  14. New Orleans Saints (from Green Bay): Marcus Davenport, DE (UTSA)
  15. Oakland Raiders (from Arizona): Kolton Miller, T (UCLA)
  16. Buffalo Bills (from Baltimore): Tremaine Edmunds, LB (Virginia Tech)
  17. Los Angeles Chargers: Derwin James, S (Florida State)
  18. Green Bay Packers (from Seattle): Jaire Alexander, CB (Louisville)
  19. Dallas Cowboys: Leighton Vander Esch, LB (Boise State)
  20. Detroit Lions: Frank Ragnow, C (Arkansas)
  21. Cincinnati Bengals (from Buffalo): Billy Price, C (Ohio State)
  22. Tennessee Titans (from Kansas City via Buffalo and Baltimore): Rashaan Evans, LB (Alabama)
  23. New England Patriots (from Los Angeles Rams): Isaiah Wynn, T (Georgia)
  24. Carolina Panthers: D.J. Moore, WR (Maryland)
  25. Baltimore Ravens (from Tennessee): Hayden Hurst, TE (South Carolina)
  26. Atlanta Falcons: Calvin Ridley, WR (Alabama)
  27. Seattle Seahawks (from New Orleans via Green Bay): Rashaad Penny, RB (San Diego State)
  28. Pittsburgh Steelers: Terrell Edmunds, S (Virginia Tech)
  29. Jacksonville Jaguars: Taven Bryan, DT (Florida)
  30. Minnesota Vikings: Mike Hughes, CB (UCF)
  31. New England Patriots: Sony Michel, RB (Georgia)
  32. Baltimore Ravens (from Philadelphia): Lamar Jackson, QB (Louisville)

Round Two:

  1. Cleveland Browns: Austin Corbett, T (Nevada)
  2. New York Giants: Will Hernandez, G (UTEP)
  3. Cleveland Browns (from Houston): Nick Chubb, RB (Georgia)
  4. Indianapolis Colts: Darius Leonard, LB (South Carolina State)
  5. Indianapolis Colts (from New York Jets): Braden Smith, G (Auburn)
  6. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Ronald Jones, RB (USC)
  7. Chicago Bears; James Daniels, C (Iowa)
  8. Denver Broncos: Courtland Sutton, WR (SMU)
  9. Tennessee Titans (from Oakland): Harold Landry, DE (Boston College)
  10. Miami Dolphins: Mike Gesicki, TE (Penn State)
  11. Detroit Lions (from San Francisco via New England): Kerryon Johnson, RB (Auburn)
  12. San Francisco 49ers (from Washington): Dante Pettis, WR (Washington)
  13. Green Bay Packers: Josh Jackson, CB (Iowa)
  14. Kansas City Chiefs (from Cincinnati): Breeland Speaks, DE (Ole Miss)
  15. Arizona Cardinals: Christian Kirk, WR (Texas A&M)
  16. Los Angeles Chargers: Uchenna Nwosu, LB (USC)
  17. Philadelphia Eagles (from Seattle via New York Jets and Indianapolis): Dallas Goedert, TE (South Dakota State)
  18. Dallas Cowboys: Connor Williams, G (Texas)
  19. Chicago Bears (from Detroit via New England): Anthony Miller, WR (Memphis)
  20. Indianapolis Colts (from Baltimore and Philadelphia): Kemoko Turay, DE (Rutgers)
  21. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (from Buffalo): M.J. Stewart, CB (North Carolina)
  22. Cincinnati Bengals (from Kansas City): Jessie Bates, S (Wake Forest)
  23. Carolina Panthers: Donte Jackson, CB (LSU)
  24. New England Patriots (from Los Angeles Rams via Buffalo and Tampa Bay): Duke Dawson, CB (Florida)
  25. Oakland Raiders (from Tennessee): P.J. Hall, DT (Sam Houston State)
  26. Atlanta Falcons: Isaiah Oliver, CB (Colorado)
  27. Washington Redskins (from New Orleans via San Francisco): Derrius Guice, RB (LSU)
  28. Pittsburgh Steelers: James Washington, WR (Oklahoma State)
  29. Jacksonville Jaguars: D.J. Chark, WR (LSU)
  30. Minnesota Vikings: Brian O’Neill, T (Pittsburgh)
  31. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (from New England): Carlton Davis, CB (Auburn)
  32. Indianapolis Colts (from Philadelphia via Cleveland): Tyquan Lewis, DE (Ohio State)

Round Three:

  1. Oakland Raiders (from Cleveland via Buffalo and Baltimore): Brandon Parker, T (North Carolina A&T)
  2. New York Giants: Lorenzo Carter, LB (Georgia)
  3. Cleveland Browns (from Indianapolis): Chad Thomas, DE (Miami)
  4. Houston Texans: Justin Reid, S (Stanford)
  5. New York Giants (from Tampa Bay): B.J. Hill, DT (North Carolina State)
  6. San Francisco 49ers (from Chicago): Fred Warner, LB (BYU)
  7. Denver Broncos: Royce Freeman, RB (Oregon)
  8. New York Jets: Nathan Shepherd, DT (Fort Hays State)
  9. Miami Dolphins: Jerome Baker, LB (Ohio State)
  10. Washington Redskins (from San Francisco): Geron Christian, OL (Louisville)
  11. Kansas City Chiefs (from Oakland via Baltimore): Derrick Nnadi, DT (Florida State)
  12. Pittsburgh Steelers Seattle Seahawks (from Green Bay via Seattle): Mason Rudolph, QB (Oklahoma State)
  13. Cincinnati Bengals: Sam Hubbard, DE (Ohio State)
  14. Cincinnati Bengals (from Washington via Kansas City): Malik Jefferson, LB (Texas)
  15. Seattle Seahawks (from Arizona via Oakland and Pittsburgh): Rasheem Green, DE (USC)
  16. Houston Texans (from Seattle): Martinas Rankin, T (Mississippi State)
  17. Dallas Cowboys: Michael Gallup, WR (Colorado State)
  18. Detroit Lions: Tracey Walker, S (Louisiana-Lafayette)
  19. Baltimore Ravens: Orlando Brown, T (Oklahoma)
  20. Los Angeles Chargers: Justin Jones, DT (North Carolina State)
  21. Carolina Panthers (from Buffalo): Rashaan Gaulden, CB (Tennessee)
  22. Baltimore Ravens (from Kansas City): Mark Andrews, TE (Oklahoma)
  23. Oakland Raiders (from Los Angeles Rams): Arden Key, DE (LSU)
  24. Green Bay Packers (from Carolina): Oren Burks, LB (Vanderbilt)
  25. Los Angeles Rams (from Tennessee via Oakland): Joseph Noteboom, OL (TCU)
  26. Atlanta Falcons: Deadrin Senat, DT (USF)
  27. New Orleans Saints: Tre’Quan Smith, WR (UCF)
  28. Pittsburgh Steelers: Chukwuma Okorafor, T (Western Michigan)
  29. Jacksonville Jaguars: Ronnie Harrison, S (Alabama)
  30. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (from Minnesota): Alex Cappa, G (Humboldt State)
  31. San Francisco 49ers (from New England): Tarvarius Moore, S (Southern Mississippi)
  32. Buffalo Bills (from Philadelphia): Harrison Phillips, DT (Stanford)
  33. Arizona Cardinals (compensatory): Mason Cole, C (Michigan)
  34. Houston Texans (compensatory): Jordan Akins, TE (UCF)
  35. Denver Broncos (compensatory): Isaac Yiadom, CB (Boston College)
  36. Kansas City Chiefs (from Cincinnati) (compensatory): Dorian O’Daniel, LB (Clemson)

Round Four:

  1. Carolina Panthers (from Cleveland from Green Bay): Ian Thomas, TE (Indiana)
  2. Minnesota Vikings (from New York Giants via Tampa Bay): Jalyn Holmes, DE (Ohio State)
  3. Houston Texans: Keke Coutee, WR (Texas Tech)
  4. Indianapolis Colts: Nyheim Hines, RB (North Carolina State)
  5. Cleveland Browns (from Chicago via New England): Antonio Callaway, WR (Florida)
  6. Denver Broncos: Josey Jewell, LB (Iowa)
  7. New York Jets: Christopher Herndon, TE (Miami)
  8. New York Giants (from Tampa Bay): Kyle Lauletta, QB (Richmond)
  9. Washington Redskins (from San Francisco via Denver): Troy Apke, S (Penn State)
  10. Oakland Raiders: Nick Nelson, CB (Wisconsin)
  11. Los Angeles Rams (from Miami): Brian Allen, C (Michigan State)
  12. Cincinnati Bengals: Mark Walton, RB (Miami)
  13. Denver Broncos (from Washington): DaeSean Hamilton, WR (Penn State)
  14. Detroit Lions (from Green Bay via Cleveland and New England): Da’Shawn Hand, DE (Alabama)
  15. Chicago Bears (from Arizona): Joel Iyiegbuniwe, LB (Western Kentucky)
  16. Dallas Cowboys: Dorance Armstrong, DE (Kansas)
  17. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (from Detroit via New England): Jordan Whitehead, S (Pittsburgh)
  18. Baltimore Ravens: Anthony Averett, CB (Alabama)
  19. Los Angeles Chargers: Kyzir White, S (West Virginia)
  20. Seattle Seahawks: Will Dissly, TE (Washington)
  21. Buffalo Bills: Taron Johnson, CB (Weber State)
  22. Baltimore Ravens (from Kansas City): Kenny Young, LB (UCLA)
  23. Miami Dolphins (from Carolina via Cleveland): Durham Smythe, TE (Notre Dame)
  24. Kansas City Chiefs (from Los Angeles Rams): Armani Watts, S (Texas A&M)
  25. Philadelphia Eagles (from Tennessee via Baltimore): Avonte Maddox, CB (Pittsburgh)
  26. Atlanta Falcons: Ito Smith, RB (Southern Mississippi)
  27. New Orleans Saints: Rick Leonard, T (Florida State)
  28. San Francisco 49ers (from Pittsburgh): Kentavius Street, DE (North Carolina State)
  29. Jacksonville Jaguars: Will Richardson, T (North Carolina State)
  30. Philadelphia Eagles (from Minnesota): Josh Sweat, DE (Florida State)
  31. Miami Dolphins (from New England via Philadelphia): Kalen Ballage, RB (Arizona State)
  32. Baltimore Ravens (from Philadelphia): Jaleel Scott, WR (New Mexico State)
  33. Green Bay Packers (compensatory): J’Mon Moore, WR (Missouri)
  34. Arizona Cardinals (compensatory): Chase Edmonds, RB (Fordham)
  35. Los Angeles Rams (from New York Giants) (compensatory): John Franklin-Myers, DE (Stephen F. Austin)
  36. Carolina Panthers (from New England via Los Angeles Rams) (compensatory): Marquis Haynes, DE (Ole Miss)
  37. Dallas Cowboys (compensatory): Dalton Schultz, TE (Stanford)

Round Five:

  1. Green Bay Packers (from Cleveland): Cole Madison, T (Washington State)
  2. New York Giants: RJ McIntosh, DT (Miami)
  3. Oakland Raiders (from Indianapolis): Maurice Hurst, DT (Michigan)
  4. Seattle Seahawks (from Houston): Shaquem Griffin, DE (UCF)
  5. San Francisco 49ers (from Denver via Washington) D.J. Reed, CB (Kansas State)
  6. New England Patriots (from New York Jets and San Francisco): Ja’Whaun Bentley, LB (Purdue)
  7. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Justin Watson, WR (Pennsylvania)
  8. Chicago Bears: Bilal Nichols, DT (Delaware)
  9. Seattle Seahawks (from Oakland): Tre Flowers, S (Oklahoma State)
  10. Los Angeles Rams (from Miami via New Orleans, Green Bay, and Carolina): Micah Kiser, LB (Virginia)
  11. Pittsburgh Steelers (from San Francisco): Marcus Allen, S (Penn State)
  12. Seattle Seahawks (from Washington via Denver): Michael Dickson, P (Texas)
  13. Cleveland Browns (from Green Bay): Genard Avery, LB (Memphis)
  14. Cincinnati Bengals: CB Davontae Harris, (Illinois State)
  15. Tennessee Titans (from Arizona via Oakland and Baltimore): Dane Cruikshank, CB (Arizona)
  16. Detroit Lions: Tyrell Crosby, T (Oregon)
  17. Buffalo Bills (from Baltimore): Siran Neal, S (Jacksonville State)
  18. Los Angeles Chargers: Scott Quessenberry, CB (UCLA)
  19. Denver Broncos (from Seattle via Philadelphia and Seattle): Troy Fumagalli, TE (Wisconsin)
  20. Minnesota Vikings (from Dallas via New York Jets): Tyler Conklin. TE (Central Michigan)
  21. Cincinnati Bengals (from Buffalo): Andrew Brown, DT (Virginia)
  22. Indianapolis Colts (from Kansas City via Cleveland, New England, and Oakland): Daurice Fountain, WR (Northern Iowa)
  23. Los Angeles Rams (from Los Angeles Rams via Denver): Ogbonnia Okoronkwo, LB (Oklahoma)
  24. Carolina Panthers: Jermaine Carter Jr., LB (Maryland)
  25. Baltimore Ravens (from Tennessee): Jordan Lasley, WR (UCLA)
  26. Washington Redskins (from Atlanta via Denver): Tim Settle, DT (Virginia Tech)
  27. New Orleans Saints: Natrell Jamerson, S (Wisconsin)
  28. Pittsburgh Steelers: Jaylen Samuels, RB (North Carolina State)
  29. Buffalo Bills (from Jacksonville): Wyatt Teller, G (Virginia Tech)
  30. Minnesota Vikings (from Minnesota via New York Jets): Daniel Carlson, K (Auburn)
  31. Seattle Seahawks (from New England): Jamarco Jones, T (Ohio State)
  32. Indianapolis Colts (from Philadelphia): Jordan Wilkins, RB (Mississippi)
  33. Cincinnati Bengals (compensatory): Darius Phillips, CB (Western Michigan)
  34. Dallas Cowboys (compensatory): Mike White, QB (Western Kentucky)
  35. Green Bay Packers (compensatory): JK Scott, P (Alabama)
  36. Oakland Raiders (from Dallas) (compensatory): Johnny Townsend, P (Florida)
  37. Green Bay Packers (compensatory): Marquez Valdes-Scantling, WR (USF)

Round Six:

  1. Cleveland Browns: Damion Ratley, WR (Texas A&M)
  2. Los Angeles Rams (from New York Giants): John Kelly, RB (Tennessee)
  3. Houston Texans: Duke Ejiofor, DE (Wake Forest)
  4. New England Patriots (from Indianapolis via Cleveland): Christian Sam, LB (Arizona State)
  5. New York Jets: Parry Nickerson, CB (Tulane)
  6. New York Jets (from Tampa Bay via Minnesota): Folorunso Fatukasi, DT (UConn)
  7. Chicago Bears: Kylie Fitts, DE (Utah)
  8. Arizona Cardinals (from Denver): Christian Campbell, CB (Penn State)
  9. Denver Broncos (from Miami via Los Angeles Rams): Sam Jones, G (Arizona State)
  10. San Francisco 49ers: Marcell Harris, S (Florida)
  11. Indianapolis Colts (from Oakland): Deon Cain, WR (Clemson)
  12. Seattle Seahawks (from Green Bay): Jacob Martin, LB (Temple)
  13. Buffalo Bills (from Cincinnati): Ray-Ray McCloud, WR (Clemson)
  14. Cleveland Browns (from Washington): Simeon Thomas, CB (Louisiana-Lafayette)
  15. New Orleans Saints (from Arizona): Kamrin Moore, CB (Boston College)
  16. Baltimore Ravens: DeShon Elliott, S (Texas)
  17. Los Angeles Chargers: Dylan Cantrell, WR (Texas Tech)
  18. Los Angeles Rams (from Seattle via Oakland and Dallas): Jamil Demby, T (Maine)
  19. Dallas Cowboys: Chris Covington, LB (Indiana)
  20. Atlanta Falcons (from Detroit via Los Angeles Rams): Russell Gage, WR (LSU)
  21. Los Angeles Rams (from Buffalo): Sebastian Joseph, DT (Rutgers)
  22. Kansas City Chiefs: Tremon Smith, CB (Central Arkansas)
  23. Washington Redskins (from Carolina via Los Angeles Rams): Shaun Dion Hamilton, LB (Alabama)
  24. Kansas City Chiefs (from Los Angeles Rams via New England): Kahlil McKenzie, DT (Tennessee)
  25. Tennessee Titans: Luke Falk, QB (Washington State)
  26. Atlanta Falcons: Foyesade Oluokun, S (Yale)
  27. New Orleans Saints: Boston Scott, RB (Louisiana Tech)
  28. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (from Pittsburgh via Cleveland and Pittsburgh): Jack Cichy, LB (Wisconsin)
  29. Jacksonville Jaguars: Tanner Lee, QB (Nebraska)
  30. New York Jets (from Minnesota): Trenton Cannon, RB (Virginia State)
  31. Los Angeles Rams (from New England via Cleveland and Washington): Trevon Young, LB (Louisville)
  32. Philadelphia Eagles: Matt Pryor, T (TCU)
  33. Green Bay Packers (compensatory): Equanimeous St. Brown, WR (Notre Dame)
  34. Dallas Cowboys (compensatory): Cedrick Wilson, WR (Boise State)
  35. Miami Dolphins (from Kansas City via Los Angeles Rams) (compensatory): Cornell Armstrong, CB (Southern Mississippi)
  36. New England Patriots (from Oakland) (compensatory): Braxton Berrios, WR (Miami)
  37. Houston Texans (compensatory): Jordan Thomas, TE (Mississippi State)
  38. Baltimore Ravens (from Oakland) (compensatory): Greg Senat, T (Wagner)
  39. Minnesota Vikings (compensatory): Colby Gossett, G (Appalachian State)
  40. Houston Texans (compensatory): Peter Kalambayi, LB (Stanford)
  41. Baltimore Ravens (from Baltimore via Tennessee) (compensatory): Bradley Bozeman, C (Alabama)
  42. Oakland Raiders (compensatory): Azeem Victor, LB (Washington)
  43. Denver Broncos (from Oakland via Los Angeles Rams) (compensatory): Keishawn Bierria, LB (Washington)
  44. Minnesota Vikings (compensatory): Ade Aruna, DE (Tulane)

Round Seven:

  1. New England Patriots (from Cleveland): Danny Etling, QB (LSU)
  2. Seattle Seahawks (from New York Giants via Pittsburgh): Alex McGough, QB (Florida International)
  3. Indianapolis Colts: Matthew Adams, LB (Houston)
  4. Houston Texans: Jermaine Kelly, CB (San Jose State)
  5. San Francisco 49ers (from Tampa Bay via Miami): Jullian Taylor, DT (Temple)
  6. Chicago Bears: Javon Wims, WR (Georgia)
  7. Minnesota Vikings (from Denver via Minnesota and New York Jets): Devante Downs, CB (California)
  8. Denver Broncos (from New York Jets via Seattle): David Williams, RB (Arkansas)
  9. Miami Dolphins (from San Francisco): Quentin Poling, LB (Ohio)
  10. Oakland Raiders: Marcell Ateman, WR (Oklahoma State)
  11. Miami Dolphins: Jason Sanders, K (New Mexico)
  12. Jacksonville Jaguars (from Cincinnati): Leon Jacobs, LB (Wisconsin)
  13. Los Angeles Rams (from Washington): Travin Howard, LB (TCU)
  14. Green Bay Packers: James Looney, DT (California)
  15. Philadelphia Eagles (from Arizona via Kansas City and New England): Jordan Mailata, T (Australia)
  16. Carolina Panthers (from Los Angeles Chargers via Buffalo): Andre Smith, LB (North Carolina)
  17. Indianapolis Colts (from Seattle via New York Jets): Zaire Franklin, LB (Syracuse)
  18. Dallas Cowboys: Bo Scarbrough, RB (Alabama)
  19. Detroit Lions: Nick Bawden, FB (San Diego State)
  20. Baltimore Ravens: Zach Sieler, DE (Ferris State)
  21. Green Bay Packers (from Buffalo): Hunter Bradley, LS (Mississippi State)
  22. San Francisco 49ers (from Kansas City): Richie James, WR (Middle Tennessee)
  23. Washington Redskins (from Los Angeles Rams): Greg Stroman, CB (Virginia Tech)
  24. Carolina Panthers: Kendrick Norton, DT (Miami)
  25. New England Patriots (from Tennessee via Kansas City): Keion Crossen, CB (Western Carolina)
  26. Los Angeles Rams (from Atlanta): Justin Lawler, DE (SMU)
  27. New Orleans Saints: Will Clapp, G (LSU)
  28. Pittsburgh Steelers: Joshua Frazier, DT (Alabama)
  29. Jacksonville Jaguars: Logan Cooke, P (Mississippi State)
  30. Green Bay Packers (from Minnesota via Seattle): Kendall Donnerson, LB (Southeast Missouri)
  31. Cincinnati Bengals (from New England): Logan Woodside, QB (Toledo)
  32. New England Patriots (from Philadelphia via Seattle, New England, Seattle, and Philadelphia): Ryan Izzo, TE (Florida State)
  33. Los Angeles Chargers (compensatory): Justin Jackson, RB (Northwestern)
  34. Cincinnati Bengals (compensatory): Rod Taylor, G (Ole Miss)
  35. Cincinnati Bengals (compensatory): Auden Tate, WR (Florida State)
  36. Arizona Cardinals (compensatory): Korey Cunningham, T (Cincinnati)
  37. Buffalo Bills (from Tampa Bay) (compensatory): Austin Proehl, WR (North Carolina)
  38. Washington Redskins (from Atlanta via Los Angeles Rams) (compensatory): Trey Quinn, WR (SMU)
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2018 NFL Draft Results By Team

By | at April 28, 2018 5:14 pm

Listed below are all 256 picks of the 2018 NFL draft, broken down by team. You can find a complete breakdown of the draft results by round right here.

Here are the complete 2018 NFL draft results by team:

Arizona Cardinals

Atlanta Falcons

Baltimore Ravens

Buffalo Bills

Carolina Panthers

Chicago Bears

Cincinnati Bengals

Cleveland Browns

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Cowboys Trade Ryan Switzer To Raiders

By | at April 28, 2018 5:03 pm

Hours after acquiring Tavon Austin from the Rams, the Cowboys are set to send one of their slot weapons and return options to California.

The Raiders will trade for Ryan Switzer, Ian Rapoport and Jane Slater of NFL.com report (Twitter link). Switzer came to the Cowboys as a 2017 fourth-round pick. The deal will bring back 2016 Raiders second-round pick Jihad Ward, a defensive lineman that has struggled as a pro.

Switzer served as Dallas’ primary return man, working in both return capacities as a rookie. He’ll now join a Raiders team that not only added a former Cowboy return man this offseason in Dwayne Harris but one that’s retooling its non-Amari Cooper contingent of the wideouts’ room.

This is Oakland’s second wide receiver acquisition via trade this weekend. The Raiders added Martavis Bryant as well. The primary connector here between Switzer and the Raiders is new Oakland special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia, who coached the North Carolina product with the Cowboys last season.

The Raiders have been trying to unload incumbent slot player Seth Roberts, but as of now he remains on the team. They’ve added Jordy Nelson as well and dumped Michael Crabtree, so the Silver and Black’s receiving corps will look completely different in 2018.

An Illinois product, Ward profiled as a project player coming to Oakland in 2016. The Raiders have a new defensive coordinator and have added a slew of defensive line options in this draft — most notably Arden Key and Maurice Hurst Jr. — so Ward will be departing. He graded as the worst full-time interior defender as a rookie, per Pro Football Focus, and didn’t see much time last season.

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Rams To Trade Tavon Austin To Cowboys

By | at April 28, 2018 1:37 pm

The Tavon Austin era with the Rams looks to be over, and he’ll attempt to restore his career on a team that just lost its highest-profile wideout.

Austin will head to the Cowboys as part of this exchange, Adam Schefter of ESPN.com tweets. The No. 8 pick in the 2013 draft, Austin will go to Dallas for the No. 192 overall pick.

A slot target/gadget specialist, Austin fell out of favor with the Rams despite being signed to a memorable contract nearly two years ago. He caught just 13 passes for 47 yards during Sean McVay’s debut season, a year after he established a career high with 509 air yards for what was the league’s worst passing attack.

Austin joins a Cowboys team that has some depth in the slot/gadget department, employing Cole Beasley and Ryan Switzer. However, Austin’s speed could be attractive to the Cowboys, who are ready to take a chance on him. The 5-foot-9 West Virginia alum has one season remaining on his contract, one he restructured in March in order to stay with the Rams. He’s attached to a $7MM cap number and is signed only through the 2018 season.

For the Rams, they now own an incredible stake in this year’s sixth round. Los Angeles now has seven sixth-round picks.

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Chargers Won’t Re-Sign TE Antonio Gates

By | at April 27, 2018 3:50 pm

Antonio Gates’ time with the Chargers appears to be over. The Bolts informed the tight end this offseason that they do not plan to bring him back to Los Angeles, Adam Schefter of ESPN.com tweets. However, Gates wants to continue playing, so it sounds like he’ll finish his career elsewhere.

Gates will turn 38 in June, but he believes that he still has something left in the tank. The Chargers do not necessarily agree. Last year, he saw less targets than youngster Hunter Henry and finished out with just 30 catches for 316 yards and three touchdowns. Those were his lowest totals in each category since his 2003 season.

The NFL’s all-time leader in touchdown receptions among tight ends with 114, Gates served in a complementary role last season. He caught three TD passes to eclipse Tony Gonzalez in this category, but the 30 receptions and 316 yards marked significant production dips from his 2016 slate.

The eight-time Pro Bowl pass-catcher has only played for one team since coming into the league as a UDFA out of Kent State. But the Bolts look set to turn to Henry, who has emerged as their go-to tight end in his two seasons. Gates signed a two-year deal with the Chargers in 2016 and made $11MM. He’ll surely have to play on a one-year commitment if he lands elsewhere.

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