If Mayfield happens to slip in the draft, the Cardinals shouldn't hesitate on
picking him at No. 15.
Something about
picking at No. 3 instead of No. 2 makes taking Barkley a little better for some reason.
If Edmunds isn't
picked at No. 8, he almost assuredly will not slide out of the top 10.
With
their picks at No. 29 and No 32, the Thunder may be able to snag Glen Rice Jr. (scouting report), who would fit as a wing with a good shot.
The 49ers won, so they'll
pick at No. 9 this year.
Ridley seems like an obvious choice for the Ravens if he's still on the board when
they pick at No. 16.
Next season, including their draft
pick at No. 29 overall, the Bulls will have $ 65.4 million earmarked for eight players.
The only draft picks the Pacers have are their own for this year, so they'll
pick at No. 23 and No. 53.
Baltimore general manager Ozzie Newsome did it 1996 with his first
pick at No. 4, tackle Jonathan Ogden, who played 12 seasons and was a 2013 Hall of Fame inductee.
The Raptors were thinking about dealing the Rockets their first - round
pick at No. 8 overall, but they instead selected Terrence Ross.
There was no obvious
pick at No. 3, but Tatum was still a bit of a surprise.
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pick at No. 1]
For Lions fans, Ezekiel Ansah was a controversial
pick at No. 5 in the 2013 NFL draft.
Iowa State forward Royce White is in play for the Houston Rockets should the team keep
its picks at No. 12, 16 or 18, reports Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports Network.
Giannis is wonderful and a smart
pick at No. 2, but Davis has done the unicorn things more consistently for longer.
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pick at No. 1]
Smith's availability energized the Cowboys, who then traded up to get the Pittsburgh Steelers»
pick at No. 17 so they could take Smith.
The most intriguing
pick at No. 10 could come with UCLA freshman Shabazz Muhammad (scouting report), who slipped on many draft boards during the college season.
Memphis may not have a first - round selection (theirs went to the Timberwolves via a 2011 draft day trade), but they have three second - round
picks at No. 41, No. 55 and No. 60 overall.
Quenton Nelson's off the board when it's their time to
pick at No. 8, so they move down and allow O - line coach Harry Hiestand, who held the same position with Notre Dame last season, to work with a different former Fighting Irish OL.
Advice: The Cowboys could make a big swing and move up in the first round for Georgia linebacker Roquan Smith, who likely won't be available when Dallas is scheduled to
pick at No. 19.
Not exact matches
With 2015 - 16 looking like another throwaway year — the 76ers pretty much sat out of free agency, with their biggest offseason addition being
No. 3
pick, Jahlil Okafor — that means they won't start aiming for the playoffs until
at least Year 4.
Peppers, the
No. 25
pick in this year's NFL Draft, is expected to see time
at defensive back and special teams as a rookie.
It is not just that he is 26, in his fifth pro season, won a Heisman Trophy and national championship
at Auburn, was the league's
No. 1
pick and Rookie of the Year in 2011 and likely will be named the NFL most valuable player this year.
Willis can possibly be the guy and is a real bargain
at pick No. 60.
He is battling the notion that running backs are not worth high
picks - none have been selected in the first round since a trio in 2012 (Trent Richardson
at No. 3, Doug Martin
at No. 31 and David Wilson
at No. 32).
Update
at 5:48 p.m. EST: Wojnarowski is now reporting that the Sixers are no longer pursuing a trade with Cleveland for the
No. 1
pick.
Not that any of the deals are particularly egregious, but if the team is aiming
at the
No. 1
pick next year, these moves could hurt their chances of finishing last in the league and getting top lottery odds.
The Cowboys took Ezekiel Elliott with the
No. 4
pick in 2016, and the Jaguars snagged Leonard Fournette
at No. 4 last year.
Adrian Wojnarowski, who yesterday took a shot
at an ESPN writer, tweeted on Wednesday that the Cleveland Cavaliers offered a package that included the
No. 1
pick in Thursday's NBA Draft for Kevin Love.
Therefore, the Rangers will sacrifice their first - round
pick in the 2016 MLB Draft, which was slated to fall
at No. 19, and the Nationals will receive a compensation
pick at the end of the first round.
The Mountain West champs
picked off a
No. 11 TCU and whipped a
No. 14 BYU (every team on here whipped BYU
at some point, it seems).
The Fever can build around her and whoever they select
at No. 8, a
pick they received in the January trade.
Kamara, who played
at three colleges before being chosen by the Saints with the
No. 67
pick out of Tennessee, then took a seat and watched the
No. 69
pick, Rams receiver Cooper Kupp, catch a 55 - yard bomb from Goff — a completion that set up the TD that put L.A. up 17 — 7.
Just look
at this year's NBA draft, where the first upperclassman was not selected until Duke sophomore Luke Kennard with the
No. 12
pick.
Harris played
at Grambling and in 1969 was an eighth - round
pick,
No. 192, by the old AFL's Buffalo Bills.
The Patriots drew some raised eyebrows
at the draft this spring when they spent a third - round
pick (
No. 91 overall) on Jacoby Brissett.
McCarron isn't Deshaun Watson, who the Browns could have drafted
at No. 12 if they hadn't traded the
pick away to the Texans.
Four of our 10 writers in our bowl
picks roundup rolled with the Tide, while the remaining six were evenly split
at two
picks each for
No. 1 Clemson,
No. 3 Michigan State and
No. 4 Oklahoma.
Sam Darnold, Josh Rosen, and Josh Allen are all options there, and
at least one of those players should still be available when the Browns
pick again
at No. 4.
At the end of the year, he was supposed to compete for the
No. 1
pick in the NBA draft.
Yes, the #Vikings need help on the offensive line but it wouldn't be a surprise if they end up exercising patience and not taking a lineman with their first
pick in the draft
at No. 30.
I will never not support the use of unorthodox methodologies to fill out BlogPoll ballots (the only guideline is
picking the best 25 teams each week), but this one seems kind of silly to me: ranking Ohio State
No. 1 based on wins over FBS teams without considering that the Buckeyes have beaten a lot of bad ones (best win: Nebraska
at home?)
One minute you have the second - best lottery odds
at drafting a transformative talent, and the next you're scrambling to do something with the
No. 5
pick.
Pick all four
No. 1 seeds to win
at least one game.
When they traded their first - round
pick (
No. 6, in the end) for Wallace
at the deadline, knowing he would likely opt out
at year's end, they guaranteed they'd pay him more than anyone else in free agency.
Delpit, the
No. 81 recruit in the 2017 class and an IMG Academy product, probably wants to make sure the Tigers are the right
pick with Les Miles out
at LSU.
The MMQB: The Bills are sitting there
at the
No. 12
pick.
Ben Simmons still has the inside track to be the
No. 1
pick, but it's close enough
at this point that might come down to fit.
After
picking up an early morning birdie to finish his third round
at 11 - under, Tiger Woods walked to the
No. 1 tee to start a round
at TPC Sawgrass holding a lead, or co-lead, for the first time in his career.