The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are likely to select an offensive tackle in the first round of the NFL Draft Thursday night. After that, the options are wide open on how to add key players that can help a franchise anxious to finally get back to the playoffs in 2020.
Tag: NFL Draft
Virus shutdowns will likely make NFL draft most bet on ever
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — For those who haven’t mastered the odds of Belarussian soccer or Russian table tennis, this week’s NFL draft gives U.S. gamblers their first opportunity in weeks to bet on an event about which they actually know something. With major sports shut down for more than a month because of the […]
WATCH LIVE: The Draft Top 1-10 Picks
NEXSTAR MEDIA WIRE — A day away from the first virtual NFL Draft in history, today’s Draft projections break down the Top 10.
SEC poised to break own NFL record for 1st-round draft picks
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference is expected to shatter two of its own NFL draft records. The football powerhouse could have as Florida many as 16 players selected in the opening round Thursday night, a number that would top the previous mark of 12 the league set in 2013 and matched four years later. […]
What is ‘It’? Identifying and developing intangibles in QBs
Sam Howell has been a quarterback since first grade. His father told him then that to play the position he needed to be the leader of the team, and that more would be expected of him than other players, both on the field and off. Howell, coming off a record-breaking freshman season at North Carolina, […]
USF linemen prep for NFL Draft
The University of South Florida has had 30 players selected in the NFL Draft and several more go on to play professionally who were not drafted.
WATCH NOW: The NFL Draft Top 11-20 Picks
NEXSTAR MEDIA WIRE — As the NFL prepares to go virtual with its anticipated Draft presentation, our sports team across the nation gears up for one of the most exciting sporting events of the year.
Bucs could target O-Line on day one of NFL Draft
Draft week has finally arrived for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the questions of what the team plans to do on night one, Thursday, seem to have answers pointed to one area, offensive line.
Deep receiver class faces high hopes for immediate impact
The upcoming NFL draft features a tantalizing class of wide receivers expected to make an immediate impact as rookies.
NFL following NBA’s lead in blurring traditional positions
The NFL is embracing dexterity for the first time since the 1960s, when expanded rosters and the age of specialization ushered out the last of the great two-way players such as Chuck Bednarik and Les Richter. For much of the last half-century, players who didn’t fit the mold were essentially taunted as “tweeners.” Now, they’re […]

