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Grading the Saints' draft
New Orleans Saints,Grade: D,Best Pick: OT Kelvin Banks, No. 9 Overall,What We Liked: Banks is a good tackle who fits the mauling mold the Saints seem to look for. He feels a lot like Trevor Penning, but with more experience facing NFL talent and less frenzy. Jonas Sanker (No. 93) can fill a safety s...
Grading the Seahawks' Draft
Grade: A-,Best Pick: S Nick Emmanwori, No. 35 Overall,What We Liked: Lots of jumping on the fallers, a strategy that will always get my approval. Emmanwori and Elijah Arroyo specifically feel like players who fell more based on happenstance than actual inferior play. I like this as a landing spot fo...
Grading the Bears' Draft
Grade: A-,Best Pick: OT Ozzy Trapilo, No. 56 Overall,What We Liked: The Bears kept a good balance of need and overall player value for much of the draft. Starting off with Colston Loveland was a welcome surprise, as much of the buzz was around the inferior (sorry) Tyler Warren. Continuing to support...
Grading the Rams' draft
Los Angeles Rams,Grade: D+,Best Pick: LB Chris Paul Jr., No. 172 Overall,What We Liked: Really great pick for Paul, who projects as an early starter and is adept in pass coverage. That's an absolute steal deep into day three. Jarquez Hunter profiles as lightning to Kyren Williams' rumbling thunder. ...
Grading the Eagles' draft
Philadelphia Eagles,Grade: B+,Best Pick: LB Jihaad Campbell, No. 31 Overall,What We Liked: Days one and two felt like a coup. Letting the Eagles get a weapon like Campbell in their second level, and maybe even get some reps on edge, feels like we're asking them to run back a second Super Bowl in a r...
NWSL roundup: Esther Gonzalez scores twice, Gotham shut out Spirit
Esther Gonzalez tallied twice in the first half, Sarah Schupansky also scored and NJ/NY Gotham FC shut out the host Washington Spirit 3-0 on Saturday afternoon.,Gotham FC (3-2-2, 11 points) got going quickly, as Lilly Reale found Schupansky in the center of the box, who then converted with a right-f...
Grading the Raiders' Draft
Grade: A+,Best Pick: RB Ashton Jeanty, No. 6 Overall,What We Liked: The Raiders got a blue-chip guy at six, hard to argue with that. Jeanty is a big-time impact player for a team that never really had an offense that chugged. However, one great pick does not make an A+ draft class. The Raiders knock...
Grading the Dolphins' Draft
Grade: C,Best Pick: DT Kenneth Grant, No. 13 Overall,What We Liked: Effort was made to replace the big-time players who have left Miami for greener pastures. Kenneth Grant is clearly meant to be the next force up the middle similar to how Christian Wilkins operated for the Fins, and Dante Trader Jr....
Revolution's Carles Gil notches lone goal for win at Charlotte
Carles Gil scored the lone goal in the 77th minute as New England handed Charlotte FC their first home loss of the season, 1-0 on Saturday night.,After a slow start to the season, the Revolution (4-4-1, 13 points) have won three straight -- all while without conceding a goal.,Gil, who leads the Rev...
Grading the Chargers' Draft
Grade: B,Best Pick: WR Tre Harris, No. 55 Overall,What We Liked: The Chargers picked up lots of talented players. The Omario Hampton pick should help the Chargers offense play more toward Harbaugh's strengths as a coordinator who loves to pound the rock. Tre Harris helps build out a wide receiver ro...
Grading the Steelers' draft
Pittsburgh Steelers,Grade: C- ,Best Pick: DT Derrick Harmon, No. 21 overall,What We Liked: Lots of big, strong men in this draft. Harmon and Yahya Black (No. 164) shore up the defensive tackle room, giving quick fixes to one-tech and three-tech, hopefully opening up edge rusher T.J. Watt and linebac...
Grading the Lions' Draft
Grade: B-,Best Pick: OG Miles Frazier, No. 171 Overall,What We Liked: The Lions continue their emphasis on size after solid results. Tyleik Williams is a big hog molly who can handle double teams with ease and should help build out a line that is hopefully less ravaged by injuries this year. Tate Ra...
Grading the Jaguars' Draft
Grade: B,Best Pick: CB/WR Travis Hunter, No. 2 Overall,What We Liked: That Travis Hunter trade was incredible. Getting two top-end weapons for the price of one is worth any amount of pick capital you have to pay to get up there. James Gladstone is making an incredible splash in his first year as a g...
RSL avenge loss, take down San Diego in SoCal
Diego Luna recorded a brace, including the tiebreaking goal on a penalty kick, to lead Real Salt Lake to a 3-1 victory over host San Diego FC on Saturday.,Sam Junqua also scored for Real Salt Lake, who avenged a 3-1 home loss to San Diego last month.,The goal output was the best of the season for Re...
Grading the Colts' Draft
Grade: B+,Best Pick: RB DJ Giddens, No. 151 Overall,What We Liked: The Chris Ballard strategy of taking exclusively pure athletes seems to have cooled off, as now Ballard is taking guys who also play good football. After a few years of middling draft classes, this is a group of guys you can feel con...
Grading the Titans' draft
Tennessee Titans,Grade: B+,Best Pick: QB Cameron Ward, No. 1 Overall,What We Liked: An all-around good draft for the Titans, who are putting together a crack offense in an attempt to actually win some games this year. Ward was the clear QB1 this year. His confidence and ability to handle lots of res...
Max Arfsten's score gives Crew edge on Earthquakes
Max Arfsten's goal in the 62nd minute was the difference for the host Columbus Crew in a 2-1 win against San Jose on Saturday.,Sean Zawadzki put Columbus (6-1-3, 21 points) ahead in the 29th minute before Josef Martinez equalized in the 40th for the Earthquakes (3-6-1, 10 points), who have lost thre...
Orlando City breaks goal drought, hammers Atlanta
Luis Muriel's first-half penalty kick goal was enough offense for Orlando City SC, which earned a 3-0 victory over visiting Atlanta United on Saturday.,Muriel's goal snapped a 312-minute scoreless streak for the club, as Orlando (4-2-4, 16 points) scored for the first time since March 29, breaking a...
Michael Wacha, streaking Royals shut out Astros
Michael Wacha threw six scoreless innings and Vinnie Pasquantino launched a solo home run, propelling the Kansas City Royals to a 2-0 victory over the visiting Houston Astros on Saturday.,Wacha (1-3) picked up his first win this season, allowing just four hits while striking out six and walking two....
Grading the Bengals' draft
Cincinnati Bengals,Grade: B-,Best Pick: Edge Shemar Stewart, No. 17 Overall,What We Liked: Stewart has an impressive physical profile that should pair well with Trey Hendrickson coming off the line. The Bengals need a big splash after stagnating after their Super Bowl run, and they need more than a ...