The Las Vegas Raiders appear set to select Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza with the first overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, according to a five-round mock draft published Friday by NFL.com analyst Chad Reuter. Mendoza is described as “all but certain” to go No. 1 to Las Vegas, making him the consensus top signal-caller...
Retired Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Lavonte David said publicly this week that his defenses never viewed Jalen Hurts as a passing threat during Hurts’ NFL career — a blunt assessment that lands at a delicate moment for the Philadelphia Eagles. David’s remarks, surfacing in a video circulated Friday, add an outside voice to an already...
Entering the 2026 NFL Draft with two top-20 selections is not something most franchises engineer deliberately. It typically arrives as wreckage from a lost season, a blockbuster trade, or some combination of both. The Dallas Cowboys now hold that kind of double-barreled draft capital — and it represents one of the most consequential roster-construction moments...
The Green Bay Packers have addressed one of their most pressing roster gaps by reuniting defensive tackle Javon Hargrave with incoming defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon in the 2026 free agency cycle, according to Sports Illustrated’s post-free-agency NFL power rankings published March 24. The pairing carries genuine scheme logic: Gannon worked with Hargrave previously, and the...
Jordan Love’s standing as one of the NFL’s ascending franchise quarterbacks sharpens when measured against the thin quarterback class entering the 2026 NFL Draft. ESPN draft analyst Jordan Reid released his 2026 quarterback rankings Sunday, and the results expose how wide the gap has grown between established NFL starters and this year’s collegiate prospects. The...