NFL reveals plans for 2021 draft in Cleveland Patriots land bonus pick free agency grades for all 32 teams
I was going to spend the first five minutes of today's newsletter bragging about my bracket, but that thing has been in the trash since Friday because that's what happens when you pick Ohio State to win it all. Thanks for nothing Ohio State.Speaking of Ohio, that's where the 2021 NFL Draft is going to be held this year and with le s than 40 days to go until the event kicks off, the NFL finally decided to answer some key questions about
Victor Soderstrom Women Jersey the draft. We'll be covering those details plus handing out some free agency grades today, so let's get to the rundown. As always, here's your weekly reminder to tell all your friends to sign up for the newsletter. All you have to do is . If their bracket is busted, signing them up for the newsletter will be a nice way to help them cope with the pain. 1. Today's show: Mock Draft MondayFrom now until the draft starts on April 29, every Monday will be Mock Draft Monday on the podcast. What this means is that we'll be bringing in our draft gurus each week to talk about how they think the draft will play out. This week, that means Will Brinson was joined by the one and only Ryan Wilson. I thought for sure the two of them would spend at least 30 minutes of the show talking about how bad Oral Roberts busted their bracket, but apparently, Brinson remembered that he's not hosting an NCAA podcast, so he stuck to football. Brinson almost never sticks to football. The main topic of today's podcast was Wilson giving us the lowdown on what kind of impact the first week of free agency might have on the draft. For instance, before free agency started, it wouldn't have been a surprise if the were thinking about taking a wide receiver in the first round. However, now that the team has signed , there's roughly a zero chance that the Giants will be using their first-round pick on a receiver.With that in mind, let's take a look at the top 10 picks in Wilson's latest mock and because Wilson loves to get crazy, he even has TWO trades going down in his top 10 this week.1. :QB Trevor Lawrence (Clemson)2. (MOCK TRADE WITH JETS):QB Justin Fields (Ohio State)3.:WR Ja'Marr Chase (LSU)4. :TE Kyle Pitts (Florida)5. :Jaylen Waddle (Alabama)6. (MOCK TRADE WITH ):QB Zach Wilson (BYU)7. :WR Devonta Smith (Alabama)8. (MOCK TRADE WITH PANTHERS):QB Mac Jones (Alabama) 9. :CB Caleb Farley (Virginia Tech)10. :OL Penei Sewell (Oregon)To see the details of each trade and to check out the rest of . To listen to today's episode -- and to subscribe to the podcast -- .2. NFL reveals plans for 2021 draft in ClevelandAfter holding the draft in Roger Goodell's basement last year due to the pandemic, the NFL has decided to move things out of the commi sioner's house for 2021. This year's draft was previously scheduled to be in Cleveland and that's exactly where it will be held.The league that when the draft kicks off on April 29, it will look like the draft that
Richard Panik Women Jersey you became accustomed to watching before the pandemic hit. Location. The draft will be held all around Cleveland with FirstEnergy Stadium, the Rock Roll Hall of Fame and the Great Lakes Science Center all playing a part in the event.Prospects expected to attend. The NFL will be inviting multiple top prospects to attend, which means we should be getting some nice elbow taps between them and Goodell (No hugs though, they're against pandemic rules). If a prospect is uncomfortable attending the draft, that won't be an i sue, because the NFL will also be inviting them to participate virtually.Team war rooms. NFL teams will be allowed to use their facility as their war room this year. During last year's draft, everyone was forced to draft from home, which created some pretty unique setups. Sadly, we won't be getting that this year. I'll mi s Bill Belichick's dog, Kliff Kingsbury's bachelor pad and whoever those people in costume were at Mike Vrabel's house.Draft on TV. As always, the draft will be a three-day event. The first two days of the draft (April 29-30) are televised in prime time while the third day (Saturday, May 1) is an all-day affair.The NFL will be announcing more details about the draft over the next few weeks, so keep your eyes peeled. 3. land bonus pick after NFL finalizes 2021 draft selectionsI didn't expect to start things off today with THREE STRAIGHT draft topics, but here we are. To be honest, you should probably start getting used to all this draft talk, because there's going to be a lot of it between now and April 29.Anyway, the NFL finalized the draft order over the weekend and although that's not usually a very notable event, it was this year, because the league managed to sneak in a few previously unknown nuggets. Patriots land a bonus pick. Apparently, someone at the NFL misread the league's formula for handing compensatory picks, because the Patriots were shorted one when . To make up for that, the Patriots were given a bonus pick, which is the 177th overall pick (33rd pick in the
Jakob Chychrun Women Jersey fifth round). get docked a pick. The Vikings actually had a pick taken away from them. The team was forced to forfeit the 242nd overall pick due to a salary cap violation that involved a practice squad player. If you want to read more . don't end up losing a pick. A few months ago, the Raiders were docked a sixth-round pick for violating the league's COVID protocols, but they've . lose a pick, but not until next year. The Saints also got stripped of a pick due to repeated COVID violations, but they won't lose any picks in this year's draft. Instead, the Saints will .If you get bored today and would like to check out the .4. Top 10 free agents left on the marketFree agency got off to a slow start for wide receivers, but that all change over the weekend with multiple receivers signing between Friday and Sunday. The fun started on Friday when announced that he would be returning to the (You can read details on ). Le s than 24 hours later, the Giants were able to woo Kenny Golladay by .Over the weekend, we also saw agree to terms with the , where he'll be reunited with Sean McVay. Jackson was a receiver in Washington during the three seasons (2014-16) when McVay was the team's offensive coordinator. McVay definitely knew how to utilize Jackson as he led the NFL in yards per catch two times while playing under the Rams coach. Although the Rams added Jackson, they lost to free agency. The receiver, who was drafted by the Rams in 2017, is now headed for Tenne see .Of the top 10 free agents who were still available on Friday, four of them ended up agreeing to a deal over the weekend. Besides Golladay and Smith-Schuster, we also saw (Eagles) and (re-signing with ) taken off the market.With that in mind, let's check out the 10 highest-ranked players from Pete Prisco's top 100 list who are still available (they're listed with the team they played for last season): 1. ( )2. (Steelers)3. ( )4. (Vikings)5. ( )6. ( )7. (Chiefs)8. T.Y. Hilton (Colts)9. (Panthers)10. (49ers)Remember, by the time you read this newsletter, there's a very real chance that someone on this list could have already signed and if that happens, you can find out where they signed by . We also have a live blog that will cover all signings AND trades as they happen and you . 5. NFL free agency grades After a wild first week of free agency, now seems like a good time to hand out some grades, so that's exactly what we're going to do here. CBSSports.com NFL writers Cody Benjamin and Jordan Dajani locked themselves in a small room over the weekend so that they could get these grades done, so let's check them out. I'm going to share the four teams that graded out the best and the one team that got a "D."Best gradesJets (A): (A): (A): Washington (A): Worst grades (D): I give their grade of the Bears a "D". Any team that signs Andy Dalton gets an "A" in my book. Am I the biggest Andy Dalton homer on the planet? Yes, but I promise that didn't have any impact on my judgment here.Also, since you're probably wondering, the Patriots were given a "B" for their unexpected $250 million splurge. To check out how the . 6. Rapid-fire roundupI thought maybe there wouldn't be any NFL news over the weekend -- because everyone would be watching the NCAA Tournament -- but I was wrong. As a matter off fact, there was so much news that I'm starting to think that no one in the NFL even knows there's a tournament going on.Here's a roundup covering everything you might have mi sed over the weekend.
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