According to NFL Media, the dual-sport star spent time with the Giants on Thursday. Murray confirmed the visit by posting a photo of the Giants’ facility on his Instagram story. The report noted Murray is also scheduled to visit the Redskins sometime next week. While Eli Manning’s future in New York remains up in the air, it’s unlikely Alex Smith will play for Washington — or anyone, for that matter — in 2019 after he suffered a gruesome leg injury last season....

The problem the last three years — including back-to-back losing seasons — has been a poor defense. Give general manager Brian Gutekunst and first-year coach Matt LaFleur credit. The first round of the 2019 NFL Draft on Thursday showed the Packers are willing to take some chances to make that defense better. Green Bay drafted Michigan defensive end Rashan Gary with the No. 12 pick then traded up with Seattle to get Maryland safety Darnell Savage Jr....

While the team has yet to announce its plans, coach Zac Taylor’s interview Monday on the “Dan Patrick Show” reinforced the view that the team is not looking to trade down, despite reports last week suggesting the Miami Dolphins were looking to move up. “It doesn’t look that way,” Taylor said when asked if he could see a scenario where the Bengals traded down. “If there is a guy there that you believe in that can really change the franchise over the next 10 to 15 years, then that’s a hard thing to pass up on,” he added....

Ironically, in a draft where convictions are at a premium, the first overall pick is the only aspect of the draft not up for debate, with the Cincinnati Bengals set to use to it to draft LSU quarterback Joe Burrow. Behind Burrow, Ohio State edge rusher is widely expected to be the second player off the board, although his destination remains unclear after reports the Washington Redskins have been listening to offers for their second pick....

Tennessee fell into the No. 29 pick in the 2020 NFL Draft as soon as it lost to Kansas City on Sunday. The Titans, who finished the regular season with a 9-7 record and barely earned the No. 6 seed in the AFC playoffs, had the worst record among the teams still alive in the conference championship round. Green Bay clinched the No. 30 overall pick with its loss in San Francisco....

Which draft picks will fall under sleepers and steals? Which already feel ike reaches and busts? Consider these SN’s very early Round 2 and Round 3 NFL draft grades for 2017. Here are picks No. 33 through No. 107 with team and player analysis. NFL DRAFT: Big Board | Round 1 winners, losers NFL Draft 2017: Round 2 picks Green Bay Packers (from Browns) Kevin King, CB, Washington The Packers needed to get a potential starter opposite 2015 first-rounder Damarious Randall, and they get the best corner available with their initial pick in ‘17....

This offseason, like most in recent history, will be dominated by quarterbacks, but with plenty of on- and off-field question marks surrounding the top college QBs, head coaching changes expected to affect the NFL landscape, and as many as six NFL starting quarterbacks potentially looking to change teams, this offseason won’t be short on story lines at the position. MOCK DRAFT 2018:Browns, Broncos ignore QB; Redskins don’t Here are the latest NFL Draft-related rumors from Optimum Scouting:...

That’s because the top prospects and one of the deepest talent pools in the 2022 NFL Draft is the edge and the defensive end group: Michigan’s Aidan Hutchinson, Georgia’s Travon Walker and Oregon’s Kayvon Thibodeaux figure to be the first three edge defenders off the board, but in which order is anyone’s guess. That decision comes down to the Jaguars: There’s a number of different scenarios for the top overall selection in the 2022 NFL Draft, and the top 10 could plunge into utter chaos depending on what happens with that top pick....

The man who works out with him many days at 5 a.m., who helps push him to excel in the game, ran for more than 11,000 yards over a dozen seasons: his father, Fred Taylor. MORE: NFL Mock Draft 2016 | Fastest prospects at the 2016 Combine Kelvin wants the same. “This game is everything I ever dreamed about,” he told Sporting News. “This opportunity is just everything I ever dreamed about....

The schedule expansion was the NFL’s first since 1978, when the league expanded from a 14-game schedule to a 16-game schedule. The NFL used the 16-game slate for 43 years. But now, the league has added to its schedule once again and will dive head-first into the new 17-game format in 2022. “This is a monumental moment in NFL history,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said of the schedule expansion in a statement....

The internet went crazy with memes, mostly in support of quarterback Lamar Jackson, after the team reportedly lost its third running back of the preseason—and second this week. Gus Edwards injured his knee in practice, and according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Ravens fear it is a torn ACL that will cost the third-year back the season. Edwards would be the third Ravens running back lost to injury before Week 1, joining starter J....

For some teams, cutting a former Pro Bowler or two make sense; other such moves do not. Here’s predicting who among those players will and will not be released this year as teams prepare for free agency and the NFL Draft. NFL FREE AGENCY:Top 25 players; best by position (Note: Cap hit equals a player’s salary cap number minus dead money. Information from OverTheCap.com.) Ndamukong Suh, DT, Dolphins Cap hit: $19....

That’s because odds are they won’t be getting second chances somewhere else if fired. Almost 85 percent of the top personnel decision-makers for NFL teams are holding their positions for the first time — and what will likely be their only time — wielding such power, per OPTA research commissioned by Sporting News. The exceptions are New England’s Bill Belichick, Washington’s Bruce Allen, Jacksonville’s Tom Coughlin, Minnesota’s Rick Spielman and Carolina’s Marty Hurney, who was re-hired as general manager in July on an interim basis....

Hasselbeck sent a simple tweet Wednesday morning that read, “Random drug testing.” MORE: NFL’s marijuana stance evolving | Week 13 NFL Power Rankings The Colts are tied with the Texans atop the AFC South at 6-5, due in large part to Hasselbeck’s performance while Andrew Luck has dealt with injuries and poor play throughout the season. And when a 40-year-old player is outplaying a 26-year-old former No. 1 overall pick, eyebrows apparently are raised in the NFL offices....

After waiting 23 years, Guy is the first punter elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. "Good things are worth waiting for," Guy said Saturday night after being elected along with six other players. "It's just a matter of time when it will show up. And I knew it would, sooner or later. It had to, whether it was me or somebody down the road. But sooner or later, it had to show up, because that is a part of a football game....

The ceremony, which was hosted by comedian Keegan-Michael Key, included the presentation of the NFL’s most sought-after awards. That includes the Walter Payton Man of the Year and the Most Valuable Player. MVP was of particular interest this year, as two veteran quarterbacks were the frontrunners. Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers won his fourth MVP and became the first back-to-back winner of the award since Peyton Manning in 2008 and 2009....

But there’s zero wrong with that. We’re obsessed with mocks until we’re on the clock because they represent hope. Every player is a stud, and no one’s a bust until every team selects a player in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft on Thursday night. You can guarantee no team is locked into a prospect — even at No. 1 — given the fact that most of the picks are affected by the ones that come right before....

Last week, we covered pick Nos. 1-64 in our two-round mock draft. This week, there is complete analysis through Round 3 — when three more teams get their QBs of the future — and projections for all 32 teams’ draft picks from No. 1 through 255. Starting with a no-brainer quarterback at the top all the way down to Mr. Irrelevant, here’s an updated look at how we see the draft playing out for every team and every selection:...

Any matchup between the two NFC North foes needs no introduction, but the 178th meeting between the two carries with it even more storylines than usual. The Lions have not made the playoffs in two seasons but have won the last four games against Green Bay. The most recent of those meetings, saw Detroit embarrass Green Bay in front of its own fans in Week 17 last year, as Matt Patricia’s men left Lambeau Field with a 31–0 win....

Manning’s once-sterling reputation has taken a beating this week as the media re-examined a 20-year old training room incident at the University of Tennessee between the then 19-year old QB and athletic trainer Jamie Naughright. Her lawyers portrayed it as sexual assault. His lawyers downplayed it as a “mooning” prank gone wrong. Either way, it has led to a decade’s worth of complaints, lawsuits and counter-suits. Coming on top of Al Jazeera America’s controversial report linking his wife Ashley Manning to HGH, Manning’s reputation and business future are now in question....