GREEN BAY, Wis. — How does the NFL draft shape this season's schedule?

Maybe a little bit, but not a lot.

At the start of the draft in Green Bay, the league announced the schedule would be released May 14. Like the draft, the schedule release has grown from a procedural box to be checked to a national sports holiday, with teams staging ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — I hate the NFL draft.

Is that too strong to say? I suppose it is. I suppose it’s better to say that the NFL draft — with its months of overwrought coverage, with all its hyperbole, with all the guesswork masquerading as expertise — annoys me. But now I’m guilty of the same charge that I am levying against all those who ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Ashton Jeanty is a phenomenal player whose character by all accounts might be more impressive than the sensational highlight reels he created at Boise State.

He’s likely to maximize every carry, even if it’s turning 1 yard into 3 yards, and there’s no reason to think he can’t be a Pro Bowler for the Raiders. Jeanty should ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The wait is over for the Sanders family.

It took five long rounds of the NFL draft before Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders was finally taken by the Browns on Saturday.

His brother, Buffaloes safety Shilo Sanders, waited even longer than that.

Shilo is signing with the Bucs as an undrafted free agent.

Shilo has a decent ...Read more

DENVER — What happens when an irredeemable curse meets an undraftable object?

Hello, Cleveland, where the tug-of-war between the Browns’ Zombie QB Graveyard and the Sanders Turnaround Magic just became Lake Erie’s main event.

“I know I’m going to fit in perfectly,” Shedeur Sanders told reporters Saturday after being selected by the...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Rams made no splashy selections.

None of the six players general manager Les Snead and coach Sean McVay chose will be penciled in as opening-game starters.

They spent three days filling out a roster that was already Super Bowl ready.

But the Rams, arguably, won the 2025 NFL draft.

And set themselves up to possibly win ...Read more

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — In Friday night’s late hours, Terry Fontenot was at it again.

For the second time in two days and the fifth time in his tenure as Falcons general manager, Fontenot eschewed patience and bet on himself by trading up to make sure he got the player he coveted.

With the Falcons’ third-round pick (the 101st overall) ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — I don’t think there is any question that, at least on paper, the Steelers had a really good draft, as their first three selections all figure to contribute a lot in 2025.

That is pretty amazing when you consider that the Steelers didn’t have a second-round pick and went into the draft with a glaring need at quarterback. It ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Justin Tucker is still a Raven. For how much longer remains to be seen.

On Saturday, Baltimore used a draft pick on a kicker for the first time in the organization’s history, selecting Arizona’s Tyler Loop in the sixth round.

The move comes as Tucker, 35, is being investigated by the NFL over sexual misconduct allegations ...Read more

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Robert Kraft walked the open Gillette Stadium turf Friday afternoon until he reached a small stage at midfield.

He climbed a two-step staircase and settled behind a waiting podium, with his newest New England Patriot in tow.

Then Kraft welcomed Will Campbell, just as he has every other Patriots top pick for most of the ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Kyle McCord is coming home.

The Eagles drafted the former St. Joseph’s Prep quarterback with pick No. 181, adding another quarterback to their room.

McCord played one season at Syracuse after beginning his college career at Ohio State. He threw for 34 touchdowns against 12 interceptions and completed 66% of his passes in his...Read more

Every NFL draft is important, but for the San Francisco 49ers, whose entire offseason plan for their rebuild was “the draft,” it’s essential.

So how are they doing?

Here are my grades of San Francisco’s picks this must-win weekend:

— Round 1, Pick 11: Mykel Williams [Grade: A+]

My No. 1 player in this class, taken at pick 11. A ...Read more

Shedeur Sanders' “legendary” football journey is bound for Cleveland.

After waiting through two nights and four rounds, the former Colorado quarterback and record-setting Buffs passer was taken by the Browns on Saturday afternoon with the 144th pick in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL draft.

The selection was much later than many predicted,...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The agonizing wait is over for Shedeur Sanders.

The former Colorado quarterback, son of Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, was selected by the Cleveland Browns at 144th overall Saturday in the fifth round of the NFL draft. The Browns pulled off a trade with Seattle to move up to No. 144, sending fifth- and sixth-round picks to the ...Read more

SEATTLE — A day after drafting Alabama’s Jalen Milroe in the third round of the NFL draft, the Seahawks thinned out their QB room by dealing Sam Howell to the Minnesota Vikings on Saturday morning.

The pick involved a swap of picks with the Seahawks getting 142 and dealing 172 to the Vikings.

So, basically, the Seahawks got to move up 30 ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Mock the New York Giants all you like. They deserve it. But they have won a playoff game more recently than the Steelers — who haven’t even been competitive in one in nearly a decade — and they made the pick the Steelers needed to make Thursday night.

The Giants got Jaxson Dart. The Steelers did not.

The Giants now have a ...Read more

DENVER — Man, it Shoughed to be Shedeur Sanders Friday night.

Wait. You haven’t heard of Tyler Shough? Welcome to the party.

The last name is pronounced “Shuck,” by the way. He’s 25 years old, a strapping 6-foot-4 dude from Chandler, Ariz. Shough played college ball for seven seasons and three schools, a road that weaved through ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — The Chicago Bears selected Missouri wide receiver Luther Burden III with the 39th pick in the 2025 NFL draft on Friday after the local star slid out of the event's first round.

After going undrafted in the first round, Burden had to wait until the seventh pick of the second round to hear his name called from Green Bay, Wisc. ...Read more

SEATTLE — With their third selection in the NFL draft Friday, the Seahawks selected Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe with the 92nd overall pick — a pick they got from the Raiders for quarterback Geno Smith.

Milroe was expected by some as a potential first-round pick and had attended the draft in Green Bay, Wis.

He fell to the mid-third ...Read more