The Washington Commanders have shown no indication they will move down, but the Las Vegas Raiders attempted to trade up for the No. 2 overall pick, according to a report.

The Raiders have Aidan O'Connell and Gardner Minshew on the roster, but they are still in the market for a quarterback and have also been linked to Michael Penix, Jr. at No. 13.

Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay won't be in the team's draft room this week as he recovers from what authorities described as a suspected overdose and other health issues.

Irsay told ESPN that his current challenge is rehabilitating from major surgery on his lower back area that has severely limited his mobility. He said he'll still have a presence, adding that the team's affairs are running per usual despite his physical absence.

"The main thing is I'm just following my doctors' orders and just making sure the bottom line is just to get back to 100% and to do the things they say," said Irsay, who has undergone numerous surgeries on his back, hips and extremities from years-old powerlifting injuries. "I'm just being a good patient and trying to make sure I can get back sooner than later. I'll get back on the golf course sooner than later.

"It's going fine. It's just a test of patience."

Irsay was hospitalized on Dec. 8 after emergency responders were called to his home because he was found unresponsive.

The Las Vegas Raiders really like Michael Penix, Jr. and could draft the quarterback with the 13th overall pick, according to a report.

Penix was the 2023 Heisman Trophy runner-up. He led the FBS in passing yards last season with 4,903, becoming the first Washington quarterback to accomplish the feat.

The Raiders currently have Aidan O'Connell at quarterback. He was a fourth-round pick last year. They also signed Gardner Minshew in free agency.

The Chicago Bears are all but assured of using the No. 1 overall pick on Caleb Williams later this week.

During a recent appearance on Ryan Clark's 'The Pivot Podcast,' Williams was asked about moving from USC and Los Angeles to the NFL and Chicago.

"Love L.A., L.A. was great," Williams said. "Now that I want to play in one place for 20 years, and chase one guy, [Tom Brady]. I want a place that loves ball. That's all I've heard about Chicago so far, which is exciting for me ..."

The New England Patriots are open to trading the No. 3 pick in the 2024 NFL draft, but are also comfortable keeping the selection for a quarterback. 

Eliot Wolf described trade discussions with other teams as "ongoing" while adding: "We have some holes we feel like we need to fill in the draft. We're a draft-and-develop team; the more picks we have, the better."

The Patriots enter next week's draft with eight total selections, headlined by the No. 3 pick and selections at the top of the second (No. 34) and third (68) rounds. 

Caleb Williams is expected to go No. 1 to the Chicago Bears, while the Washington Commanders are widely expected to pick Jayden Daniels at No. 2. The Patriots could consider Drake Maye, J.J. McCarthy or Michael Penix Jr. at No. 3.

Three quarterbacks -- Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels and Drake Maye -- are among the 13 players who have accepted invitations to be in attendance at the NFL draft in Detroit, it was announced Thursday.

USC's Williams, the 2022 Heisman Trophy winner, is the presumptive No. 1 pick of the Chicago Bears when the draft kicks off the first of three days on April 25 (8 p.m. ET, ESPN/ABC).

The Minnesota Vikings have the No. 11 and No. 23 overall picks in this month's NFL Draft, but they won't be in position to draft a potential franchise-changing quarterback.

Rick Spielman, the team's former general manager and current CBS analyst, believes the Vikings would have to part ways with a huge haul in order to take a quarterback like J.J. McCarthy.

"I heard a lot of things that Minnesota thought he had an excellent pro day up there and fits exactly what Kevin O'Connell wants to do from an offensive standpoint," Spielman said on the 'With the First Pick" podcast. "But they're just not gonna get it with the two first-round picks.

"They're gonna have to throw in their first-round pick in 2025, plus some more draft capital, to do what they have to do to go up and get it." 

Sam Darnold is currently the Vikings starting quarterback. 

One of the top defensive prospects in this month's NFL Draft, Texas product T'Vondre Sweat, has been arrested.

Sweat, 22, was detained in Austin, Texas, early Sunday after police arrested the defensive lineman on a misdemeanor charge of driving while intoxicated.

Texas law mandates that a Class B misdemeanor, which is what he faces, is punishable by up to 180 days in jail, a fine of up to $2,000, or both.

The expectation was that Sweat would be either a first- or second-round pick.

When the NFL changed its collective bargaining agreement in 2011 to give first round picks a contract slot based on when they were selected, drafting quarterbacks became a more valuable proposition.

From 1993 to 2010, teams used an average of 8.5 percent of their overall capital in a typical draft by the Jimmy Johnson chart on quarterbacks. Since 2011, that mark has risen to 10.9 percent, a jump of more than 28 percent.

If the New England Patriots select a quarterback at No. 3, they will automatically sign that player to a four-year, $35.8 million deal, or just under $9 million per year.

With the veteran average annual value at quarterback at $46.36 million, the required hit rate of drafting that quarterback at No. 3 would only need to be at 19.3 percent. If the Patriots believe Drake Maye has a 20 percent chance of turning into an NFL-caliber starting quarterback, they would be justified taking him with their pick.

The next positions on the list are edge rusher and wide receiver, which would require a 40.4 percent and 41.8 percent hit rate, respectively.

Linebacker, running back and center would each require a hit rate of more than 80 percent.

Caleb Williams took an official visit with the Chicago Bears on Wednesday, according to sources.

Williams, the presumptive No. 1 pick in the NFL draft, dined with the Bears' front office on Tuesday before taking his top-30 visit.

Ryan Poles said last week that Williams would be part of the team's first big wave of prospect visits during the first week of April.