Notre Dame perennially churns out NFL talent every year, and Brian Kelly and his staff have earned a reputation for developing smart, scheme-versatile football players. Read more »
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Draft Prospecting 2016: Notre Dame
Scouting Combine Rules Of Thumb
On Joey Bosa, Jalen Ramsey, William Jackson, Jack Conklin, Vernon Butler, Kelvin Taylor, Shawn Oakman, Darian Thompson and more notes from the combine. Read more »
Combine Notebook: Offensive Line And Running Backs
On Ezekiel Elliott, Derrick Henry, Keith Marshall, Kenyan Drake, Daniel Lasco, Laremy Tunsil, Jason Spriggs, Jason Spriggs and the other running backs and offensive linemen. Read more »
Draft Prospecting: The State Of Virginia
From ACC members Virginia and Virginia Tech to the talent-laden FCS schools peppered across the commonwealth, there are plenty of future NFL players to look at here. Read more »
Draft Prospecting 2016: Illinois Fighting Illini
On Jihad Ward, Geronimo Allison, Ted Karras, Josh Ferguson, Clayton Fejedelem, V’Angelo Bentley and Mason Monheim. Read more »
Draft Prospecting 2016: Michigan State Spartans
On Connor Cook, Shilique Calhoun, Jack Conklin, Jack Allen, Arjen Colquhoun, Aaron Burbridge, Lawrence Thomas, Joel Heath, RJ Williamson, Donavon Clark and Darien Harris. Read more »
$.10 After The Super Bowl
On the Broncos' win, Peyton Manning's final game, Coldplay, the commercials, the Hall of Fame class, Johnny Manziel, Raiders in Mexico, draft quickies and more. Read more »
Football Meteorology For Super Bowl 50
Carolina's offense will find big play success against the excellent Broncos' defense. It likely won't happen much, but it might only take a handful of successes because Denver's pedestrian offense won't win many battles with the Panthers' defense. Read more »
2016 NFL Mock Draft, Version 3.0 (Post-Senior Bowl)
Laremy Tunsil, Jared Goff, Caston Wentz, Ezekiel Elliott and Jalen Ramsey are at the top of our latest mock draft following the Shrine Game and Senior Bowl. Read more »
Senior Bowl: Seven Things I Learned In Mobile
The Carson Wentz hype is real, Braxton Miller making himself a lot of money, an impressive week for Sheldon Rankins, Noah Spence checking many boxes and more. Read more »
Senior Bowl Notebook: Wednesday
Day Two from Mobile was a different animal. Much of the day was spent examining the offensive and defensive linemen on both the North and the South. Read more »
Senior Bowl Notebook: Tuesday
On Carson Wentz becoming the most buzzed-about Senior Bowl QB since Tim Tebow, the weigh-ins, first practices and more. Read more »
Senior Bowl Preview: Players To Watch
The crop of players brought in by Senior Bowl President Phil Savage and his staff once again impress. Last year, 14 Senior Bowl alums were drafted in the first round, and the second and third rounds prominently featured many more. Read more »
2016 Shrine Game Practice Awards
Best QB in a starting role, overall position unit, most impressive small-school player, most pleasant surprise performer and more from the Shrine Game practices. Read more »
Wednesday Shrine Game Recap, NFL Notebook
Here are some practice notes from the Wednesday sessions, as well as general NFL scuttlebutt gathered from talking to, and shamelessly eavesdropping upon, the NFL cognoscenti and personnel in and around town. Read more »
Shrine Game: Practice Winners From The First Two Days
On Vernon Adams, Geronimo Allison, Joe Bolden, Devondre Campbell, Parker Ehinger, Darion Griswold and more. Read more »
10 Players to Watch At Shrine Game Practices
For four days, over 100 aspiring NFL players will take to the practice fields on teams guided by former NFL coaches June Jones and Charlie Weis in hopes of improving their draft stock. Read more »
The Two Faces Of Relocation
With the news that the Rams are leaving St. Louis and returning back to Los Angeles, with the Chargers apparently in tow, it got me thinking about what it means as a fan when relocation happens. Read more »
$.10 After NFL Wild Card Round
On the wins by those road teams in the Wild Card round, Adam Gase to the Dolphins, the LA situation, Hall of Fame, my awards ballot, draft quickies and more. Read more »
Football Meteorology For Wild Card Round
Breaking down and predicting the Chiefs at Texans, Steelers at Bengals, Seahawks at Vikings and Packers at Washington. Read more »
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