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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — No surprises at the top of the NFL draft: Roger Goodell got booed, then Myles Garrett was picked first overall by the Cleveland Browns.

April 27 (UPI) — Texas A&M’s Myles Garrett is set to be the No. 1 pick in Thursday’s 2017 NFL Draft, but that doesn’t mean the Cleveland Browns wont draft a quarterback.

Unless you are one of a mere handful of NFL teams, you probably need some serious secondary help. So, many franchises have major holes when it comes to defensive backs. The good news is that there’s a Jersey guy ready to don a pro jersey and contribute immediately. The bad news is that many squads will let Anthony Cioffi slip through their fingertips.

One small step for man, one giant leap for…Roger Goodell?

The NFL is a quarterback-driven league.

April 23 (UPI) — The Buffalo Bills, Tennessee Titans, New York Jets, and San Francisco 49ers are among several teams looking to trade down in the 2017 NFL Draft.

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Joe Mixon, the star Oklahoma running back who was suspended for the 2014 season after punching a woman in the face, will enter the NFL draft.

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 5 (UPI) — Things didn’t “go as planned” for running back Leonard Fournette at LSU. Now Fournette should plan for a more posh lifestyle, after announcing Monday to declare for the 2017 NFL Draft. The junior was a preseason Heisman candidate, but has been slowed by a left ankle sprain. He is still projected to be a first-round selection.

The elite players left on the board at the end of Round One flew off quickly once the commissioner launched the draft for Day Two. Who is left on Day Three?

The Los Angeles Rams surprised no one by selecting Jared Goff with the first pick of the 2016 NFL Draft.

During Thursday’s NFL Draft on ESPN, analyst and former NFL coach Jon Gruden reacted to a video tweeted out by former Ole Miss offensive tackle and newly-drafted Miami Dolphin Laremy Tunsil smoking weed out of a gas mask. Tunsil claims his

Just ahead of the 2016 NFL Draft, first-round hopeful Laremy Tunsil got some news he probably did not welcome. His stepfather is once again suing him, this time for “emotional distress.”

Each reader of this article plans on printing out this mock draft. I warn you: Don’t!

Unlike next year’s 2017 draft class, which may feature such elite prospects as DE Myles Garrett (TAMU), RB Leonard Fournette (LSU), OT Cam Robinson (Alabama), CB Jabrill Peppers (Michigan), and, of course, QB Deshaun Watson (Clemson), the 2016 draft class lacks those elite prospects that are “sure things.”

Football is very important to the NFL draft’s top tight end Hunter Henry, but it’s second to his Christian faith.

The Dallas Cowboys are the ultimate Rorschach test for football fans: On one hand, they’re America’s Team – the most valuable, most glamorous sports franchise in North America. On the other, they’re a floundering, borderline-dysfunctional 4-12 organization that’s had one winning season in the last six years.

The New England Patriots drafted Navy’s Joe Cardona in the fifth round and guaranteed him $100,000 to long snap footballs because he hikes them at lightning speed.

The Pac-12 ended the SEC’s six-year run as the top conference in the NFL Draft by a 1247-1216 score just months after also ending the SEC’s streak of the best seasons by a college conference (see Breitbart Sports story here). It was the first time the Pac-12 topped the draft this century.

After the Tampa Bay Buccaneers picked Jameis Winston as the number one overall pick in the 2015 NFL Draft on Thursday, the former Heisman Trophy winner ushered in the good news with an exquisite meal of crab legs.

On Thursday during the 2015 NFL Draft, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell came up to the podium to announce the second overall pick for the Tennessee Titans to the tune of many boos, which has long been a tradition of the draft.

Washington Redskins GM Scot McCloughan stated that the team will keep Robert Griffin III for his fifth-year option.

During Friday’s “Olbermann” on ESPN2, host Keith Olbermann reacted to ESPN’s Outside the Line’s report on boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s five convictions of domestic violence, dating back to 2001. Olbermann coupled Mayweather Jr.’s upcoming fight on May 2 with the

The NFL is a business. That means, young athlete, that you are about to become a businessman—whether you want to or not. As a businessman, your most valuable long-term asset is your brand identity.

Roger Goodell, who has been harshly criticized by some for his actions dealing with Adrian Peterson and Ray Rice, sought to head off another potential maelstrom by meeting last Thursday with the prospective number-one pick in the upcoming NFL draft Jameis Winston.