Four players who attended the 2022 NFL draft did not hear their names called during Thursday night’s first round. Ole Miss quarterback Matt Corral, Liberty quarterback Malik Willis, Georgia linebacker Nakobe Dean and Washington cornerback Kyler Gordon remain in the green room for Friday’s Day 2 of the draft. This year’s draft was widely viewed [more] … [Read more...] about Matt Corral, Malik Willis, Kyler Gordon, Nakobe Dean remain in the NFL draft green room
Archives for April 2022
Joe Schoen: Declining Daniel Jones option doesn’t affect draft plans
Word that the Giants would be declining their option on quarterback Daniel Jones‘ contract for the 2023 season broke shortly before the start of the draft on Thursday, but it didn’t come as a surprise. Any flashes of promise in Jones’ first three seasons were mitigated by turnovers, injuries, and relentless losing. That made it [more] … [Read more...] about Joe Schoen: Declining Daniel Jones option doesn’t affect draft plans
Aaron Rodgers: Davante Adams trade “a little surprising,” leaves big hole
Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers took his time this offseason before committing to continuing his career in Green Bay and most people thought his return would mean wide receiver Davante Adams would be back with the team as well. The Packers franchise-tagged Adams, but then traded him to the Raiders when they weren’t able to come [more] … [Read more...] about Aaron Rodgers: Davante Adams trade “a little surprising,” leaves big hole
Joe Douglas: We got better on Thursday night
The Jets came into Thursday night with a pair of first-round picks and they added a third before the night came to an end. After taking cornerback Sauce Gardner and wide receiver Garrett Wilson at No. 4 and No. 10, the Jets traded back into the first round to add edge rusher Jermaine Johnson with [more] … [Read more...] about Joe Douglas: We got better on Thursday night
Nine teams had multiple first-round picks, an NFL draft record
The high quantity of trades in the first round of the 2022 NFL draft was unprecedented. Nine different teams ended up using multiple first-round draft picks, an NFL record. The previous record for the most teams with multiple first-round picks was six, which happened in 2020, 1989, 1974 and 1973. The Jets had three first-round [more] … [Read more...] about Nine teams had multiple first-round picks, an NFL draft record