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The 2026 NFL Draft kicks off tonight with the first round starting at 8 p.m. Eastern. The NFL is looking to speed things up a little this year, cutting the time teams have to make their pick from 10 minutes down to eight. How will that impact the timing for each team? We will find […]
In our “Let’s Argue” series, Mark Gunnels considers the hot takes, wacky predictions and unpopular opinions of Kansas City Chiefs fans from all over the world. I would prefer Bain/Bailey, Sadiq, and Delane at 9 before any Tackle or WR at 9. Can I just say this first? I’m so glad the NFL Draft is finally […]
The NFL draft begins tonight. The Mountain West (past, present, and future) has some talent emerging from the conference this year. Expect to hear a handful of MW players get their names called in the draft over the next three days, and quite a few more who could end up as undrafted free agents, as […]
The season has been over for several weeks, but the TCU Horned Frogs have made a long-awaited splash in the transfer portal, gaining a commitment from Long Beach State freshman guard Gavin Sykes. The first major move of the offseason for coach Jamie Dixon and staff, Sykes was named the Big West Freshman of the […]
NFL Network’s Daniel Jeremiah has released his final mock for the 2026 NFL Draft, which takes place tonight at 8:00 PM EST. Jeremiah is widely considered the go-to guy for mock drafts, given his plethora of connections around the league. His mock drafts are not necessarily what he would do, but what he thinks teams […]
In many ways, NFL mock drafts are the best and worst thing about NFL draft season. What started as only ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. has now become everybody’s, including us here at DBN for the Cleveland Browns. Whether it is creating them, aggregating them, being angry with them, loving them, or creating unique circumstances to […]
James Pearce Jr.’s arrest, raft of charges, and the lurid details of his case have been one of the dominant stories of the Atlanta Falcons offseason. A team hoping to move forward with a completely new regime and new uniforms has avoided saying much about the situation to date. We’ll see if that changes during […]
Believe it or not, an Indiana football player has actually been selected with the first overall pick of the NFL Draft before. Richard Corbett “Corby” Davis, an Indiana native and fullback for the Hoosiers, was picked first overall by the Cleveland Rams in 1938. Fernando Mendoza, the Heisman Trophy winner and national champion, can still […]
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Happy NFL Draft Day! It is going to be a very busy day, evening, and overall weekend as every team in the National Football League looks to improve their roster with talent. If you have lived through a draft before you know that things can sometimes be intense. There is information flying left and right […]
The DraftBot is back, just in the nick of time, to provide its final mock draft of the 2026 draft cycle. We were lucky that it made it in time. I had to drive out to Amberly Airforce Base, west of Ipswich, in the wee small hours to unload it from the back of a […]
One of the most interesting questions inside league scouting circles is this, “How many true first-round graded players are there are in this class and who are they?” But in the case for the Rams, with little needs on their depth chart, their first round big board might only be 14 players long. Across league […]
Height: 5’11”Weight: 200–202 lbsAge: 22 2025 Production: 251 carries, 1,451 rushing yards (5.8 YPC), 12 rushing TDs; 46 receptions, 370 receiving yards, 3 receiving TDs. Accolades: 2025 First-Team All-American (On3, CBSSports.com, Sports Illustrated, Sporting News)Second-Team All-American (Walter Camp, The Athletic)First-Team All-Big Ten Big Ten Running Back of the Year. Only Player in Program History to […]
It’s time for the NFL draft as the three-day event begins Thursday night. Today’s links post is a reminder of the goal of the draft —- to select as many high-quality players as possible. Of course, the Las Vegas Raiders have struggled to do so on a consistent basis for several years and it is […]
The Cleveland Browns only have to get it right two or three times on Day 1 of the 2026 NFL draft. A trade down with the Dallas Cowboys could give GM Andrew Berry an extra shot at making a great decision in the first round of this year’s draft, or the Browns could go into […]
With the 2026 NFL Draft just hours away, it's time for one final mock draft. In this 3-rounder, they land an elite player who fell right to them.
In a recent Groupthink, the Masthead was asked to predict our #1 draft pick for the Houston Texans. Since there are 11ty million mock drafts out there currently, including a few right here on Battle Red Blog, I went a different direction. My scenario was pure fantasy. Nick Caserio traded a few picks to jump […]
Newcastle United could face a major decision on Anthony Gordon this summer, with the club open to a sale if their valuation is met amid growing interest from Europe’s top clubs. The 25-year-old winger has attracted long-standing attention from Arsenal and Bayern Munich, while Liverpool was previously close to completing a transfer for the Magpies […]
Hello friends! The Mariners got back into the win column yesterday in a 5-4 walk-off victory over the A’s. The M’s enjoy an off-day today as they embark on a road trip to St. Louis and Minnesota. Busch Stadium is one of those parks I’ve always wanted to see in person, though I think Coors […]
The New England Patriots are coming off a Super Bowl berth, but that does not mean they can simply rest on their laurels. In fact, with a more challenging schedule awaiting and a target on their back now, the AFC champions will need to continue building a roster that just 12 months ago was considered […]
Last April, I wrote a similar piece, operating under the premise that Brad Holmes—the unpredictable, best-player-available, talent-evaluating wizard that he is—might veer from commonly mocked and reported projections at Pick No. 28. One of my “surprise” candidates ended up being the eventual selection in Ohio State defensive tackle Tyleik Williams. The goal then, as it […]
After 362 agonizing days of nothing but mocks and projections and desperate attempts to convince us that utterly underwhelming college QBs will be surefire top-10 picks… it’s once again time for our annual three-day celebration of 32 billion-dollar businesses coming together to fill out a spreadsheet. Happy draft day, y’all. The FTRS staff has internally […]
The first round of the 2026 NFL Draft kicks off tonight, April 23, at 8:00 pm ET. The Cleveland Browns are scheduled to have two first-round picks: No. 6 and No. 24 overall. What time will those picks take place? This year, there is a big change to the first round. Instead of 10 minutes […]
The 2026 NFL Draft is scheduled to start tonight at 7:00 (CT), and there are only eight minutes between first-round picks now. So if you’re planning on tuning in for the Chicago Bears’ selection at 25 overall, you should tune in at approximately 1o:20 p.m. (CT). That’s what the math says anyway. If the draft […]
The 2026 NFL Draft is finally here, and the New Orleans Saints currently have the 8th overall pick. We know for sure that the excitement begins tonight at 7 p.m. CT in Pittsburgh but with 7 teams currently scheduled to pick ahead of them, what we don’t know is what time the Saints will be on the clock. Every […]