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  Giants two 1st round picks in 2025 make headlines over political views

  USA TODAY Sports - Paul M. Banks

  The New York Giants two first round picks in 2025 (Abdul Carter went 3rd overall out of Penn State, Jaxson Dart 25th overall out of Ole Miss) seemingly expressed polar opposite political viewpoints May is typically the slowest month of the year for NFL news, but New York Giants starting quarterback …

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  2027 NFL Draft: Wide receiver prospect watchlist

  USA TODAY Sports - Curt Popejoy

  Every year the wide receivers who come from the ranks of college football into the NFL are better and more athletic than the group before. Wide receivers are almost always the best athletes on the team and the NFL knows they can never have enough good ones. We are looking ahead to the start of the …

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  2027 NFL draft: Quarterback prospect watch list

  USA TODAY Sports - Curt Popejoy

  Going into the 2025 college football season, the quarterback class was supposed to be historic. A group of 8-10 prospects was at the top of every list and the hype was real. Unfortunately, the vast majority of the big names from last year struggled leading to them either returning to college or …

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  #1 pick Fernando Mendoza shows acting chops in schedule release video

  USA TODAY Sports - Paul M. Banks

  Fernando Mendoza, the #1 overall pick in last month's draft, out of Indiana, and Kirk Cousins, the 13 year veteran and four time Pro Bowler, as Brennan Huff and Dale Doback. There are numerous different ways that NFL social media and content teams go schedule release day. The Los Angeles Chargers …

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  Alabama likely to keep 1st-round selection streak going in 2027

  USA TODAY Sports - Paul M. Banks

  The Tide had a grand total of 47 first round picks during the Nick Saban era (2007–2023). Since 2008, at least one Alabama Crimson Tide player has been selected in the first round of every NFL Draft. This currently active, 18-year streak, is record-breaking. They're not just first-rounders either, …

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  NFL schedule release could become for May what the draft is to April

  USA TODAY Sports - Paul M. Banks

  For NFL social media teams, this is their Super Bowl week. The NFL is just so much bigger than everything else in American sports. In an era where taste in just about everything is defined by niches, the National Football League attracts across all demographics and psychographics. It's in a place …