• NFL Draft 2020 first round features record-high ratings

    NFL Draft 2020 first round features record-high ratings

    Sports fans were hungry and the NFL gave them plenty to consume. The first round of the 2020 NFL Draft on Thursday delivered record-high numbers for the league, despite being confined to a makeshift broadcast delivered from basements and living rooms around the country due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has shut down most sports …
  • NFL Draft Round 2: Star running backs could create Jets’ dilemma

    NFL Draft Round 2: Star running backs could create Jets’ dilemma

    The Jets filled a big hole with a big man in Round 1 of the NFL Draft 2020 by selecting Louisville tackle Mekhi Becton. Now, GM Joe Douglas has more work to do. There are many ways the Jets can go in Round 2 with the No. 48 overall pick. The obvious choice is wide …
  • The 10 best available players in Round 2 of the 2020 NFL Draft

    The 10 best available players in Round 2 of the 2020 NFL Draft

    The Bengals are back on the clock. Unlike Thursday night, when the world knew Cincinnati would take Joe Burrow, LSU’s Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback, with the first overall pick in the NFL Draft 2020, the Bengals’ choice to kick off the second round Friday night isn’t as obvious. Still, several Pro Bowl-level talents remain available. Here …
  • Giants’ intriguing NFL Draft Round 2 options after ideal start

    Giants’ intriguing NFL Draft Round 2 options after ideal start

    It happens every year. You project a player for the Giants in the second round of the NFL Draft and the retort coming back is, “He won’t get out of the first round.’’ This is an exercise that can be rinsed and repeated, oh, around 45 or 50 times. Guess what? There are only 32 …
  • This NFL Draft was peak Jerry Jones: $250 million yacht, CeeDee Lamb pick

    This NFL Draft was peak Jerry Jones: $250 million yacht, CeeDee Lamb pick

    Cowboys owner Jerry Jones sounded excited to draft from home and now we know why. With teams forced to conduct the 2020 NFL Draft remotely for the first time ever, fans at home had a unique opportunity to peek into some team personnel’s war rooms. Setups ranged from the Lions’ IT person’s modest Winnebago that …
  • Buccaneers trade up for Tristan Wirfs in NFL Draft to save Tom Brady

    Buccaneers trade up for Tristan Wirfs in NFL Draft to save Tom Brady

    The Buccaneers traded up to make sure Tom Brady remains upright. Coming into the night with the No. 14 pick in NFL Draft 2020, the Bucs flip-flopped with the 49ers at No. 13 to draft Iowa offensive tackle Tristan Wirfs. The 6-foot-5, 320-pound Wirfs will be tasked with protecting Brady, the 42-year-old quarterback who recently …
  • Jets select Mekhi Becton with No. 11 pick in NFL Draft

    Jets select Mekhi Becton with No. 11 pick in NFL Draft

    Sam Darnold got his protector on Thursday night. The Jets selected Louisville tackle Mekhi Becton with the No. 11 overall pick in the NFL draft. Becton is a mountain of a man who can fill the Jets’ hole at left or right tackle. Becton is 6-foot-7, 364 pounds and ran a 5.12 40-yard dash at …
  • Tua Tagovailoa, Justin Herbert picked back-to-back in NFL Draft

    Tua Tagovailoa, Justin Herbert picked back-to-back in NFL Draft

    The world wanted the Dolphins to tank for Tua. They didn’t, but they landed the star quarterback that comes with an injury risk anyways. After all the pre-draft talk about Tua Tagovailoa’s health and potentially sliding down the first round, the Dolphins drafted the Alabama lefty with the No. 5 pick of the NFL Draft …
  • Giants select Andrew Thomas with No. 4 pick in NFL Draft

    Giants select Andrew Thomas with No. 4 pick in NFL Draft

    Finally. The Giants finally made the investment they needed to make and just like that, the football lives of Daniel Jones and Saquon Barkley are greatly enhanced and, just maybe, a whole lot more pleasant and productive. In an unprecedented all-remote NFL Draft 2020, the Giants got back to the basics Thursday night, using the …
  • Joe Burrow selected by Bengals with No. 1 pick in NFL Draft

    Joe Burrow selected by Bengals with No. 1 pick in NFL Draft

    Joe Burrow is still the Tiger King. Burrow’s remarkable eight-month rise from Average Joe to Heisman Trophy-winner and national champion culminated Thursday when the Bengals made him the No. 1-overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. In a scene unlike any in draft history, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced the selection from the basement of …