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Rumors I'm hearing on Bears head coach opening via team sources:
- Lions OC Ben Johnson wants the job, but Ryan Poles has reservations. There is a lot of belief that Johnson would push Poles out.
- Johnson is said to want Commanders assistent GM Lance Newmark as the GM. Newmark
Per league sources, the Raiders and Jaguars are close to a trade for DE Yannick Ngakoue.
- The Raiders are offering pick 19 and the Jaguars want pick 12.
- Some sources think Jacksonville won't get a better offer than pick 19.
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Per league sources:
- Pete Carroll wants Bears job badly, and already is lining up top assistants if Chicago hires him
- Patriots are a possibility for Ben Johnson. Sources say Johnson loved Drake Maye in draft study last spring.
- Aaron Glenn is the favorite for the Saints.
Rumors I'm hearing on Jets openings via team sources:
- Rex Ryan is a real possibility for Jets, so is Brian Flores.
- Aaron Glenn is said to want the job.
- Phil Savage is a serious candidate to be permanent GM.
- Savage knows team better than external candidates. Savage is
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- The Jets were going to take Jahmyr Gibbs at 15
- Keeanu Benton and Gervon Dexter have been risers for round 2
- Baylor DT Siaki Ika was flunked medically by some teams
- Atlanta was waiting to trade up for Jack Campbell
- more
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Latest coaching rumors from league sources:
- Sources say the Raiders want Mike Vrabel, and Vrabel is weighing options.
- Pete Carroll's interview with the Bears is said to have gone really well. Carroll will interview with the Raiders next.
- Sources say there is Ben Johnson to
The Falcons are an instant winner. They land the best player in the draft on many team's boards in Texas RB Bijan Robinson. Robinson will help Desmond Ridder tremendously and open things up for Kyle Pitts and Drake London. A+ pick by Atlanta
This week I will have lots of recaps along with starting up the Why the Slide? and Why Undrafted? series where I find out from team sources why prospects slid or did not get selected.
More breakdowns to come. I think the best draft classes were:
1. Lions
2. Falcons
3. Colts
Team sources have told me the Bears have been digging in hard on Georgia DT Jalen Carter. Chicago staff have been making lots of calls to Georgia about Carter. The quarterback trades/picks and character issues could easily cause Carter to slide to late in the top 10.
I'm hearing some buzz about the Bears and Broncos having interest in trading up. Bears would be moving up for Ashton Jeanty.
Denver is more obscure, but they love Omarion Hampton and are concerned about Pittsburgh leaping over them.
Per team sources, the Washington Commanders have been turning down trade offers for the No. 2 pick. Washington is going all in on a QB:
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#Colts general manager Chris Ballard made a brilliant trade. Stays in the top 6 of the first round to get an elite building block. Adds two second-rounders with 4 picks in the top 49. This could be the draft that forms the foundation of Indianapolis being a playoff team again.