NFL draft Day 2 Winners and Losers: Cowboys keep taking chances Every team has its own tolerance level for taking on character risks. We still haven't seen the Dallas Cowboys reach their tolerance level. Perhaps emboldened by how well things have worked out with Dez Bryant, the Cowboys collected two players this offseason who have a lot of red flags, for different reasons. Defensive end … [Read more...]

Drew Brees' successor? Saints take QB Garrett Grayson in third round Last year, the New Orleans Saints could have taken quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo in the second round. They discussed it. Instead, they selected cornerback Stanley Jean-Baptiste, who was not very good as a rookie. Four picks later, the New England Patriots took Garoppolo. The Saints weren't going to have the same regrets. … [Read more...]

Randy Gregory's free fall ends with soft, fascinating landing with Cowboys The slide ended. The Dallas Cowboys suddenly have the most fascinating locker room in the NFL with the additions of Greg Hardy and now Randy Gregory, who has top-10 ability but major questions that go beyond his positive drug test at the NFL scouting combine. Teams began worrying about Gregory before the combine, when … [Read more...]

Titans aim big, pick troubled receiver Dorial Green-Beckham in second round It just seems like this Tennessee Titans draft will be the one they talk about for years or the one they spend years trying to forget, with no in-between. Second overall pick Marcus Mariota is a great talent but not without risk. Many wonder how the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback will transition to the NFL game … [Read more...]

Adrian Peterson's agent takes different angle in relationship with Vikings It's pretty clear that Adrian Peterson is going to play for the Minnesota Vikings or sit on his couch this fall. Peterson's agent knows it too. The first round of the NFL draft came and went without Peterson being dealt, which wasn't a major surprise. Unless the Vikings sell low when they don't have to or someone … [Read more...]

Roger Goodell flubs Marcus Mariota's name You had one job, sir. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, who has had a bit of a rough year, entered the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago with a card holding the Tennessee Titans' pick in his hand. It wasn't like the name on that card was a surprise; we'd been hearing about Marcus Mariota as a top NFL prospect for months. [Yahoo Sports Fantasy Football is … [Read more...]

NFL draft Winners and Losers: Get ready for more superstar rookie WRs When you have Andrew Luck, you buy him all the toys he wants. The Indianapolis Colts are going to keep Luck happy. He now has what is likely the deepest receiving corps in the NFL after the Colts took electric receiver Phillip Dorsett from Miami in the first round. The Colts have other needs. The defensive line needs … [Read more...]

Chicago's 'Draft Town' opens a new era for the NFL draft CHICAGO — The days of the NFL draft solely consisting of 32 team tables, Mel Kiper’s set and a few thousand fans sitting inside New York’s Radio City Music Hall are dead. Well, maybe not officially, but you certainly got the feeling a eulogy was in order after strolling down Michigan Avenue on Thursday afternoon to see thousands of … [Read more...]