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Dream 2017 NFL draft scenarios for all 32 NFL teams - best-case scenarios in first round (ESPN.com)
Both Myles Garrett and Mitchell Trubisky go to the Browns. Jerry Jones snags some defensive help. A trade down for the 49ers and Colts. We're picking out best-case draft scenarios for each team.
It's important to have dreams. It's especially important around the time of the NFL draft, an event that carries with it the highest of football-fan hopes. Teams and their fans spend the time leading into and out of the draft dreaming that all of the unproven young men whose names they'll call in one 48-hour period will be the answer to all of their problems and prayers.
Bengals draft strategy: Linebackers (Cincinnati.com)
In this 10-part series, The Enquirer looks at the strategy for the Bengals 2017 draft by counting down the team's positional needs from least pressing to most immediate. Bengals beat writers Jim Owczarski and Paul Dehner, Jr.
Not the deepest group, more top heavy. The headliner here is Alabama linebacker Reuben Foster. Some services view him as not only the best linebacker in this class but one of the top five overall prospects. He comes with red flags, he had a diluted drug sample at the Combine. A trio of other linebackers could be selected in the first or second round but then you flow into specialized players on Day 3.
Bengals 2017 Draft Analysis - WRs/TEs: How early should they take one? (WKRC)
NOTE: Starting Thursday April 20 and running through the first day of the NFL Draft, Thursday, April 27, Local12.com will be taking a position-by-position look at the Bengals draft needs. Each breakdown will include who is currently on the roster, what rou
Heading into the 2017 NFL Draft the Bengals don't have a pressing need to take a wide receiver or a tight end very high, but that doesn't mean they won't do it if the opportunity presents itself.
Cincinnati Bengals: 11 draft picks equal most since 1992 (daytondailynews)
The Cincinnati Bengals own 11 draft picks this year, with multiple selections in the fourth, fifth,...
The Cincinnati Bengals own 11 draft picks this year, with multiple selections in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh rounds as compensation for free agents the team lost last offseason.
Hall of Famer Anthony Munoz headlines best draft picks for Bengals (ESPN.com)
Anthony Munoz, who was named a first-team All-Pro nine times, is the only Hall of Famer to have spent the majority of his career in Cincinnati.
Ken Anderson, third round, 1971, Augustana. A case certainly could be made for Boomer Esiason here, but the value they got out of Anderson is hard to beat. Anderson played for the Bengals from 1971-86 and took them to their first Super Bowl. He was named MVP and first-team All-Pro in 1981 in addition to leading the league in passing twice. Anderson still holds Bengals records for passing yards, touchdowns, attempts and completions. He is considered one of the best players never to make the Hall of Fame.
Pretrial hearing set for Bengals’ Adam ‘Pacman’ Jones (Artesia Daily Press)
CINCINNATI (AP) — A pretrial hearing is planned in the case of Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Adam
A pretrial hearing is planned in the case of Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones.
Jones faces three misdemeanor charges, including assault, in Hamilton County. Municipal Court Judge Dwayne Mallory set a Monday morning hearing in the case.
A felony charge of harassment with a bodily substance, for allegedly spitting at a jail nurse, was recently dismissed.
AFC North Bytes
Antonio Brown or a top five draft choice: you’re on the clock
Many years ago, in a galaxy far, far away, Steelers cornerback Rod Woodson was up for free-agency, but there was some doubt as to whether or not the team would re-sign him for allow him to walk.
I don’t recall the particulars—I suppose he was a restricted free-agent—but I do remember doing some research and discovering that if he did sign elsewhere, the Steelers would be awarded a first round draft pick.
Warren Sapp Calls Myles Garrett 'Lazy,' Says He's Not No. 1-Pick Material (Bleacherreport.com)
Hall of Fame defensive lineman Warren Sapp offered a critical assessment of Texas A&M Aggies defensive end Myles Garrett, who's widely expected to be the first pick in the 2017 NFL draft...
Hall of Fame defensive lineman Warren Sapp offered a critical assessment of Texas A&M Aggies defensive end Myles Garrett, who's widely expected to be the first pick in the 2017 NFL draft.
ESPN’s Dan Graziano’s dream draft scenario for the Ravens. (Baltimore Beatdown)
What pick fits your Ravens draft scenario?
We are just four days, four short days, away from the 2017 NFL Draft. An exciting time and another step to the beginning of the 2017 NFL season. From Thursday to Saturday, many prospects will live out their dream, and be drafted to play in the NFL.
Random Bytes
Ex-Florida DT Caleb Brantley charged with misdemeanor battery (NFL.com)
A former Florida football player and potential NFL draft prospect is facing a misdemeanor charge after an alleged physical altercation with a woman, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported.
Former Florida defensive tackle Caleb Brantley was charged on suspicion of misdemeanor battery following an alleged physical altercation with a woman, according to a police report obtained by NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport.
Brantley, considered one of the top interior defensive line prospects available in this week's NFL draft, allegedly struck a woman with a closed fist and knocked her unconscious in Gainesville, Florida, on April 13, according to the Gainesville Police Dept.
Biggest NFL Stories You Missed During Draft Mania (Bleacherreport.com)
You may not have heard, but in just a few days, the 2017 NFL draft will begin in Philadelphia. I know. I was surprised too. Kidding aside, the draft has been the dominant story surrounding the National Football League dating back over a month...
You may not have heard, but in just a few days, the 2017 NFL draft will begin in Philadelphia.
I know. I was surprised too.
Kidding aside, the draft has been the dominant story surrounding the National Football League dating back over a month. And the closer we get to April 27, the more the hype and hoopla surrounding the draft punt every other story to the back burner.
49ers Rumored to Be Considering QB at No. 2 in 2017 NFL Draft (Bleacherreport.com)
The San Francisco 49ers might be preparing to take their quarterback of the future in the 2017 NFL draft. Ian Rapoport of NFL.com reported the 49ers are "strongly considering" taking a quarterback with the No...
The San Francisco 49ers might be preparing to take their quarterback of the future in the 2017 NFL draft.
Ian Rapoport of NFL.com reported the 49ers are "strongly considering" taking a quarterback with the No. 2 overall pick, with the likeliest option being North Carolina's Mitchell Trubisky. Rapoport noted the team has done "extensive homework" on the draft's top quarterbacks, highlighted by Trubisky and Clemson's Deshaun Watson.
2017 NFL Mock Draft: What Every Team Is, and Should, Be Thinking (Bleacherreport.com)
Forget every other mock draft you have read this year. Forget the seven-rounders that end with Little Sky Conference edge-rushers, Uruguayan soccer stars and desperate pleas for help by the author...
Forget every other mock draft you have read this year.
Forget the seven-rounders that end with Little Sky Conference edge-rushers, Uruguayan soccer stars and desperate pleas for help by the author. Forget the wishful-thinking-fueled hometown-blogger mock drafts that have Takkarist McKinley and Leonard Fournette falling to your favorite team in the fifth and sixth rounds.