6:45 AM ET I love a good NFL mock draft, but there’s one problem with everyone’s favorite April exercise: The vast majority of mock drafts don’t feature trades, and in the modern NFL, trades are a must. Of last year’s 32 first-round picks, only 20 were made by the original team holding the selection. One
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7:12 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball The Los Angeles Rams are in the process of trading wide receiver Brandin Cooks to the Houston Texans, sources told ESPN on Thursday. The Texans will send
10:00 PM ET In the latest battle of Bill O’Brien versus any conceivable or feasible notion of draft pick value, the Texans fired off one of their last remaining selections to not solve their self-created problem, trading for wide receiver Brandin Cooks. Even if Cooks returns to his prior form, the Texans seem to operate
5:13 PM ET Tua Tagovailoa participated in a one-hour private workout in place of a traditional pro day on Thursday, his representatives told ESPN, while his agent spoke out to allay concerns about the quarterback’s hip. The former Alabama star ran through 55 scripted throws and another 20 throws in a dynamic drill setting at
6:30 AM ET For the past three decades, I’ve made thousands of calls to hundreds of scouts, coaches and personnel executives before the NFL draft. I’ve chased down game video on prospects, crunched numbers, made charts and tried to organize handwritten notes. The best part comes after conversations about the best scheme fit and disagreements
2:48 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers may have parted ways with Jameis Winston, who remains unsigned as a free agent, but general manager Jason Licht believes the quarterback still has a bright future in the NFL. Licht was asked during his pre-draft news conference Thursday if he believes the Heisman Trophy
2:44 PM ET New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman will not be prosecuted after being cited by police for misdemeanor vandalism in January, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office. Edelman had been arrested Jan. 11 in Beverly Hills, one week after the Patriots’ season ended in a wild-card round loss to
12:45 PM ET Veteran cornerback Bashaud Breeland, who had an interception in the Super Bowl, is returning to the Kansas City Chiefs on a one-year deal worth up to $4.5 million, according to a source. Breeland started 15 regular-season games and all three playoff games after joining the Chiefs as a free agent last year
11:06 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN LACKAWANNA, N.Y. — Stefon Diggs hasn’t yet played a down for the Bills but that hasn’t stopped the Buffalo fanbase from embracing the team’s newest receiver — local restaurants, included. Burger joint Stack Burger introduced its “craziest creation yet” on Facebook last week, a four-patty burger named, “Can you DIGGS
6:00 AM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Revolutionary? That’s so 2019 for Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens. General manager Eric DeCosta set a new goal heading into an NFL draft, where the Ravens must infuse more young talent into the NFL’s highest-scoring offense. “Hopefully we can build our offense to the point where —