3:39 PM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Chicago Bears edge rusher Robert Quinn said he experienced disbelief and shock when Khalil Mack, the other half of Chicago’s dominant pass rushing duo, was traded to the Los Angeles Chargers last month for a 2022 second-round pick (No. 48) and 2023 sixth-round selection. The Mack trade was
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8:04 AM ET Joe Fortenbaugh Keep your eyes and ears open if you’re thinking about betting the NFL draft. Ethan Miller/Getty Images You can beat the NFL draft. Please pay particular attention to the third word in that previous sentence, because I didn’t say you can “bet” the NFL draft — just about anybody can do
5:30 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch was in no hurry to field questions about receiver Deebo Samuel in his pre-draft media availability Monday. Before opening the nearly 30-minute session to queries, Lynch spent about 5½ of those minutes thanking his staff for its hard work on the
7:30 AM ET Michael A. FletcherESPN Close Michael Fletcher is a senior writer with ESPN’s enterprise and investigative team. Before that, he wrote for ESPN’s The Undefeated, focusing on politics, criminal justice and social issues. He spent 21 years at The Washington Post, where his beats included the national economy, the White House and race
9:00 AM ET It was 2009 in Costa Rica, and bookmaker Rex Beyers was getting ready to learn a lesson about taking bets on the NFL draft. Beyers was in his early 30s and had been in the business a few years when he got the chance to run an online sportsbook that was located
Apr 22, 2022 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs traded Tyreek Hill and opted not to re-sign Tyrann Mathieu. They have some seemingly obvious holes on their roster just a few days before the 2022 NFL draft. General manager Brett Veach still resisted the idea the Chiefs are in any kind of rebuilding effort. “When
7:00 AM ET A real, honest-to-football draft “riser” doesn’t launch himself up NFL draft boards with some “remember when” pro day workout. He doesn’t suddenly negate four months worth of games because his vertical jump made for good TV at the scouting combine (Jordan Davis‘ 40-yard dash not withstanding). Instead, the real draft risers are
Apr 23, 2022 Any NFL draft without a quarterback at the top of the board is different from most editions of the annual affair, and that’s the case this year. Without a consensus quarterback you’ll hear more divergent opinions about how the top 20 picks will go when talking to scouts, coaches and general managers
Apr 22, 2022 Brady HendersonESPN Seattle Seahawks general manager John Schneider likes to put on reggae music inside the team’s draft room. It helps ease the tension that comes with the high-stakes event and can prevent the buzzkill of celebrating a pick, only to hear a draft analyst rip it on national television. So in
Apr 22, 2022 PITTSBURGH — Najee Harris wasn’t planning on getting into the ring at the All Elite Wrestling event in Pittsburgh on Wednesday night. But when the Steelers running back met professional wrestler Britt Baker, a Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, native and Steelers fan, at the practice facility earlier in the week, he started devising a