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2026 NFL Draft: Round 4 and 5 recap
The third and final day of the 2026 NFL Draft began with a name many thought would go in the first round., ,Instead, Tennessee cornerback Jermod McCoy went No. 101 overall to the Las Vegas Raiders, as the opening pick of the fourth round on Saturday in Pittsburgh., ,The Buffalo Bills owned the No. 1...

Eagles draft North Dakota State QB Cole Payton
The Philadelphia Eagles selected quarterback North Dakota State Cole Payton in the fifth round of the 2026 NFL Draft.,Payton was selected with the 178th overall pick and was one of six quarterbacks selected in the first five rounds.,Payton established himself as a dynamic dual threat quarterback at ...
Arizona Cardinals Drafting Jeremiyah Love Doesn’t Make Any Sense
The Arizona Cardinals decided to select the best player available, Notre Dame's Jeremiyah Love, even though they aren't very talented....
Four Teams That Are Winning 2026 NFL Draft So Far
Instant grades from the 2026 NFL Draft first round, highlighting why the Raiders, Giants, Buccaneers, and Seahawks are early winners....

2026 NFL Draft: Best available on Day 3
On Saturday, we enter into the longest day of the draft, the marathon third day of the proceedings, comprising of rounds 4-7. Many gems have been discovered from this period, including franchise quarterbacks like Tom Brady, game-changing wideouts like Amon-Ra St. Brown, and crazy physical specimens ...

Steelers, amid QB uncertainty, select Drew Allar in third round
With Aaron Rodgers yet to commit to extending his career into 2026, the Pittsburgh Steelers made a move to bolster the quarterback position, selecting Penn State's Drew Allar in the third round of the draft on Friday.,The Steelers used the 76th overall selection on Allar, who is coming off a broken ...

NFL Draft Rounds 2 & 3: Ohio State DT Kayden McDonald lands with Texans
Kayden McDonald was in Pittsburgh for the NFL draft on Thursday night, and the defensive tackle watched 15 of his peers make the walk from the backstage green room to the stage to be announced as first-round selections.,The only player left in that room when the 32-player round ended was McDonald.,M...

Jonathan Greenard, dealt from Vikings to Eagles, gets $100M extension
Pass rusher Jonathan Greenard, dealt by the Minnesota Vikings to Philadelphia on Friday, agreed to a big-money extension with the Eagles, multiple media outlets reported.,The Eagles received Greenard and a seventh-round pick in this year's draft in exchange for a third-round pick on Friday (No. 98 o...

Cowboys acquire 49ers starting LB Dee Winters for 5th-round pick
The Dallas Cowboys continued to bolster their defense on Friday, trading a fifth-round draft pick for San Francisco 49ers linebacker Dee Winters.,Winters, 25, started all 17 regular-season games last season and had team-high 101 tackles as well as eight tackles for loss, five passes defended and one...

NFL Draft Round 2: Ohio State DT Kayden McDonald lands with Texans
Defensive tackle Kayden McDonald was in Pittsburgh for the NFL draft on Thursday night, and the defensive tackle watched 15 of his peers make the walk from the backstage green room to the stage to be announced as first-round selections.,The only player left in that room when the 32-player round ende...

Cardinals draft Miami QB Carson Beck to open third round
The Arizona Cardinals became the next team to address the quarterback position in the 2026 NFL Draft when they used the first pick of the third round Friday on Miami's Carson Beck.,Beck was the third quarterback taken in this draft and the first on Day 2. No signal-caller was selected between Ty Sim...

Cowboys, Ravens square off for NFL's first game in Rio in September
The Dallas Cowboys will play the Baltimore Ravens in the NFL's first game in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the league announced on Friday.,The Cowboys had been announced in early February for the game but not the opponent nor the date, which is Sunday, Sept. 27, at 4:25 p.m. ET at Maracana Stadium. The ga...

Packers extend WR Jayden Reed's contract for reported 3 years, $50.25M
The Green Bay Packers announced the signing of wide receiver Jayden Reed to a contract extension on Friday, with ESPN reporting the deal is for three years and worth $50.25 million.,Reed, who was entering the final year of his rookie contract, will be signed through 2029. The deal includes $20 milli...

Giants great Lawrence Taylor hospitalized with 'abdominal issues'
Pro Football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor was reportedly taken to a hospital in New Jersey with what appears to be a stomach issue.,"He's dealing with some abdominal issues, but he's going to be fine," his friend, attorney Arthur Aidala, told the Daily News on Friday.,TMZ reported earlier on Friday...

Report: Rams committed to Ty Simpson pick pre-Rose Bowl
The Los Angeles Rams' eyebrow-raising selection in the first found of the NFL Draft on Tuesday was long in the making, NFL Network reported Friday.,Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson was expected to be selected no earlier than Friday's second round, but the Rams had other ideas by taking the signal-call...

Pittsburgh sets Day 1 NFL draft attendance mark at 320,000
Pittsburgh set an attendance record for the first round of the NFL draft on Thursday with 320,000 fans on hand.,The total announced by commissioner Roger Goodell smashed the previous mark of 275,000 in Detroit in 2024.,The number also dwarfed the 205,000 who attended Day 1 of the 2025 draft in Green...

2026 NFL Draft: Best available on Day 2
Round 1 of the NFL Draft came and went on Friday, starting the slide for prospects who were once viewed as first-rounders. Here's a look at the best players still available as we head into Round 2 of the draft:,Jermod McCoy, CB, Tennessee -- McCoy missed the entire 2025 season due to a torn right AC...

New Rams QB Ty Simpson among biggest NFL draft surprises
Titans select Ohio State WR Carnell Tate at 4,If you had a bet out on Tate being the first Ohio State player taken, you probably made some money. The Titans had many needs and committed heavily to taking wide receivers in the mid-rounds last year, so the position wasn't really on the radar for Tenne...

NFL draft sees surprises galore after Raiders' Fernando Mendoza slam dunk
Fernando Mendoza's next mission might be his toughest yet: Try to turn Sin City into Win City.,The Las Vegas Raiders tabbed Mendoza with the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft on Thursday. The 22-year-old will be the centerpiece of a franchise rebuild following his meteoric rise at Indiana, where h...

Trade tracker: Chiefs move up to take CB Mansoor Delane No. 6
The Kansas City Chiefs made the first move up the board of the 2026 NFL Draft, swapping three places with the Cleveland Browns to select LSU cornerback Mansoor Delane on Thursday night.,The Chiefs moved from No. 9 to No. 6 overall, while the Browns received a third-rounder (74th overall) and a fifth...