Draft Day Buzz: Last-minute whispers around the NFL
We've come to the end of the (very) long and winding road to the 2014 NFL Draft. By tonight, all the first-round speculation about one of the more compelling draft classes in recent memory will be put to rest. Thank goodness.
Will Jadeveon Clowney go No. 1? Will a team trade with theTexans to get that pick? Who lands Khalil Mack? Is Sammy Watkins the first wide receiver off the board? And what ofJonathan Paul Manziel? There's no way JFF ends up in ...Jerrah World, does he?
The mocks can soon be mocked. The truth is about to set us free. The inexorable march of time is, for once, working in favor of the common man.
Around The League will be at Radio City Music Hall tonight. Here's some last-minute buzz before Roger Goodell takes the stage:
» Jerry Jones might love Johnny Football, but NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport says it's Blake Bortleswho actually sits atop Dallas' draft board at quarterback.
» Rapoport reports that the Texans' asking price for the No. 1 overall pick, for at least two inquiring clubs, is three first-round picks at a minimum. Whoa.
» Peter King of TheMMQB.com wrote that he will be "very surprised" if the Niners don't make a "Falcons/Julio Jones-type move" up the draft board. Remember, GM Trent Baalke has six picks in the top 100.
» Also from King: There's a very real chance the Rams take Clowney if the South Carolina stud doesn't come off the board at No. 1. King writes that the Rams aren't concerned about Clowney's drop in production in his final season under Steve Spurrier.
» A week after saying the Browns were best suited to take a QB later in the draft, coach Mike Pettine told USA Today that Manziel will "be in the discussion at four." Does anybody have the slightest idea what the Browns are going to do tonight? Mission accomplished, we suppose.
» Jeff Fisher stood beside Sam Bradford on stage at a St. Louis Rams pre-draft event Wednesday night and told a crowd of season-ticket holders: "Sam's our guy." It will be some cold-blooded primetime soap opera stuff if the team pulls the rug out from under their QB tonight.
» In case you missed it: The Mailman, Chris Wesseling, offered up 12 takeaways from Mike Mayock's first and only mock draft of the year.
» Joe Buscaglia of WGR-AM in Buffalo is reporting that the Bills are "very serious" about taking LSU wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. at No. 9, according to league sources. If that happens, expect to seeSteve Johnson on the trade block.
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