57 m. ago Black grouse courtship and first pick of the NFL draft: photos of the day – Friday

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7 h. ago Shedeur Sanders slides out of first round of NFL draft as Jacksonville Jaguars make shock trade

The highly-touted quarterback Sanders, son of legendary Dallas Cowboys star Deion, was not selected on the opening night of the draft

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10 h. ago NFL draft 2025 live updates: Jaguars trade up to get Travis Hunter as teams pass on Shedeur Sanders

Titans pick Miami QB Cam Ward as No 1 overall pickGiants go for defensive star Abdul Carter at No 3Travis Hunter wants to be the NFL’s Ohtani. Will anyone let him?Email beau.dure@theguardian.com with your thoughtsNFL commissioner Roger Goodell has opted to ride a bicycle to the stage, accompanied by some legendary Green Bay Packers players and fans. That is a Green Bay tradition of which I was not aware. Booing the commissioner is also traditional, and that’s continuing this year.ESPN shows us an empty couch somewhere in Texas that is apparently where they expect to see Shedeur Sanders. It’s a nice couch, at least. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Tennessee Titans select quarterback Cam Ward with first pick in 2025 NFL draft

In a surprise selection at number two, the Jacksonville Jaguars traded up three spots to select two-way player Travis Hunter.

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13 h. ago The Browns bring in Journey for a concert before the start of the NFL draft

For most teams Thursday night was the end of the road to the NFL draft

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13 h. ago NFL draft 2025 live updates: Jaguars trade up with Browns to get Travis Hunter at No 2

Titans pick Miami QB Cam Ward as No 1 overall pickExplainer: when and where to watch the draftEmail beau.dure@theguardian.com with your thoughtsNFL commissioner Roger Goodell has opted to ride a bicycle to the stage, accompanied by some legendary Green Bay Packers players and fans. That is a Green Bay tradition of which I was not aware. Booing the commissioner is also traditional, and that’s continuing this year.ESPN shows us an empty couch somewhere in Texas that is apparently where they expect to see Shedeur Sanders. It’s a nice couch, at least. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Cam Ward goes to the Titans, who get their QB with the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft

Cam Ward has gone from zero-star recruit to No. 1 pick in the NFL draft

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14 h. ago NFL draft 2025 live updates: Cam Ward predicted to go to Titans at No 1

Selection process in Green Bay starts at 8pm ETExplainer: when and where to watch the draftEmail beau.dure@theguardian.com with your thoughtsTo QB or not QB No position in modern sports has as much impact on a team’s chances as the quarterback. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago When is the NFL Draft 2025? Dates, start time, how to watch, draft order, top players and odds today

Tennessee Titans have the No1 pick for huge three-day event taking place in Green Bay, Wisconsin

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28 h. ago NFL 2025 draft predictions: the stars, the needs and the lower

Our writers take a look at the best prospects coming out of college, and which teams needs to nail their picks over the coming daysTravis Hunter, CB/WR. Any team picking No 1 overall needs a quarterback. And Cam Ward is the top quarterback prospect in the class. But the No 1 pick should be Hunter, the electrifying hybrid corner/receiver. Whether he can play both ways in the league is an open question, but wherever he lines up, Hunter will be a gamechanger at a premium position. OC Continue reading...

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30 h. ago How to watch the NFL Draft 2025: TV channel and live stream today

College stars poised to begin their professional careers in one of the biggest annual events on the American football calendar

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31 h. ago What time is the NFL draft, how can I watch it and how does it work?

The next step of the new NFL season takes place in late April as teams take their pick from the next batch of college players

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44 h. ago NFL draft suits give prospects another way to cash in on their fame, flash their style on red carpet

Drake Maye planned to wear a custom suit for the NFL draft last year in Detroit

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49 h. ago When is the NFL Draft 2025? Dates, start time, how to watch, draft order, top players and odds

Tennessee Titans have the No1 pick for huge three-day event taking place in Green Bay, Wisconsin

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52 h. ago Travis Hunter wants to be the NFL’s Shohei Ohtani. Will anyone let him?

The Colorado star is brilliant on offense and defense but the burdens of professional football make it very difficult for two-way players to succeedEvery once in a while, a player comes along who breaks our understanding of a sport. Basketball has Victor Wembanyama. Baseball has Shohei Ohtani. For professional football, enter Travis Hunter.There are good prospects, there are great prospects, and then there is whatever Hunter is. The Heisman Trophy winner and soon-to-be top-five draft pick is looking to do the improbable: play both sides of the ball in the NFL, offense and defense, full-time. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Lotteries, stashed teens and bidding wars: reimagining the NFL draft

The draft makes for brilliant television and maintains interest in the league even during the offseason. But it’s worth considering other optionsThere is something funky about the draft being one of the NFL’s marquee events. At root, it’s a man stepping to the podium, being booed and reading names. The NFL still dominates Sundays and Mondays and Thursdays and playoff Saturdays during the season; the draft allows the league to gobble up the offseason months too. But as interest continues to grow, there has been relatively little pushback from those who make the draft work: the prospects, particularly those slated to go at the top of the first round.Think about it. Your reward for being one of the best college athletes in the country is to wind up on one of the worst rosters in the NFL, typically one beset by mismanagement at the top, iffy coaching or a third-rate roster. Quarterbacks can win with teams that draft them No 1 overall – Peyton Manning and Troy Aikman are a couple of exam...

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6 d. ago NFL's smallest market prepares to host league's top offseason spectacle as draft comes to Green Bay

The NFL draft’s annual pilgrimage to cities across the league is arriving in Green Bay next week with all the pageantry that comes from operating in the home of the league’s only publicly owned franchise

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7 d. ago Rams' draft headquarters to be at LAFD Air Operations base to honor first responders to wildfires

The Los Angeles Rams will make their selections in the upcoming NFL draft from the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Air Operations base in Van Nuys to honor the first responders who stopped the deadly wildfires that blazed across Southern California earlier this year

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7 d. ago NFL scouting is broken. Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders is all the proof you need | Andrew Lawrence

The son of Coach Prime has the production, pedigree and poise to lead a franchise. But he challenges the prototype of what an NFL quarterback is supposed to look and act likeNFL scouting is broken, and Shedeur Sanders is the proof. Everything about him screams future star quarterback, and yet teams would sooner assume the worst.Make no mistake: there is no prospect in this year’s draft who is better equipped to turn around a struggling franchise than the 23-year-old Texan, a savior to not one but two college fanbases. The last four years saw him restore the proud football tradition at Jackson State and put Colorado back on the college football map. Sanders did this despite skeptics casting doubt on his ability to make the jump up from competing against small historically Black schools to playing against major college powers in the Pac 12 and Big 12 conferences. Last year he led a 9-4 turnaround at Colorado, the school’s first winning season in seven years, while snapping a four-year...

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8 d. ago A road trip to Lambeau Field: my search for the magic of the NFL draft | Emma John

Why are a quarter of a million people set to descend on Green Bay? I went to Wisconsin to find out I’ve just got back from a road trip in Wisconsin. The upper Midwest is not an obvious destination for a spring break, certainly not in early April. As my plane circled above Milwaukee, the brown and leafless landscape warned me I’d travelled back in time to midwinter.It was too cold to brave the beaches – the Lake Michigan shore was covered in snow and ice – but the bars at least were convivial. This is often the case in Wisconsin, the state with the highest alcohol consumption per capita. Many of my fellow drinkers were keen to point out that they were responsible for nearly all the brandy sold in the US (as a collective, not individually). Continue reading...

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