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NFL draft Herbies: Kirk's best of the best in 2018
Kirk Herbstreit watched and studied this class all college football season. Here are his picks for best players, Day 2 steals and more.

32 NFL draft predictions: First-round picks, trades, more
Will the Browns deal the No. 1 pick? Which teams will move up for a QB? NFL Nation reporters make one prediction for every team.
Kiper's Top 300 NFL draft Big Board and position rankings
Mel Kiper ranks the top 300 prospects in this class, then runs through each position to tally up more than 700 players.

NFL Headlines

Draft Questions
The QB blind stats quiz: Can you spot the NFL bust?
Think you can pick out the best quarterback using only his college stats? Prove it. Then see how each QB compares to a 2018 draft prospect.

Mock It Up
Kiper vs. McShay: Three-round head-to-head NFL Mock Draft
Our two NFL draft gurus traded off for 100 picks, making the selections as if they were running each of the 32 teams.
Gauging NFL draft's top six picks: Barkley, Mayfield trending up
With the NFL draft just days away, which way are teams at the top of the first round leaning on the elite prospects? We've got some ideas.
New episode: Follow six NFL hopefuls as they prepare for the upcoming draft

Julio Jones
IS HE AVAILABLE?
Yates: Falcons shouldn't worry about Jones

Drafting Quarterbacks
Barnwell: Why drafting a QB is often a disaster ... and what that means for 2018
Josh Allen, Baker Mayfield or Lamar Jackson? It's not easy. History tells us evaluating quarterbacks is a crapshoot.
Joe Namath: Potential Jets pick Baker Mayfield is 'outrageous'
The Jets legend considered himself a fan of the Oklahoma quarterback's style and swagger in offering his thoughts on the upcoming draft's crop.
Franchise QB or bust? Making sense of Josh Allen, draft enigma
Rocket arm. Freakish talent. The Wyoming quarterback could be a superstar. But Allen has flaws that stand out from the usual top draft pick.

Steelers
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Inside Steelers' shocking trade for Troy Polamalu 15 years ago
Usually-conservative Pittsburgh made a big move up the board in the 2003 draft to select the standout safety from USC. The rest is NFL history.
NFL Nation

2018 NFL Schedule Release
Record predictions, analysis for all 32 teams
The full schedule is out, and Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady will meet in Week 9, just the second time they've faced off. We've got predictions for every game.
NFL schedule winners and losers: Why Steelers should be happy
The Steelers could have the AFC North wrapped up by midseason. Plus: How Ed Sheeran influenced eight different games and more.

Chasing Joe Namath
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Life after Namath: 40 years of bad luck, J-E-T-Suffering
Twelve Jets QBs have held the job on a full-time basis in the post-Namath era but only four produced a winning record, never mind a championship.

NFL
A tiny oral history: Boo, Eagles, boo!
This weekend, former Cowboys great Drew Pearson will again be a part of the Dallas draft. But it's highly unlikely he'll be able to top last year's viral troll play he made in Eagles' fans faces.

Getting the Call
'Agony and ecstasy': The art of the draft call
The buildup to the call that will change a player's life is brutal and agonizing. Here, players and execs share their stories of the draft day ritual.

NFL Draft Prospects
Legwold: My ranking of top 100 NFL draft prospects
Who are the top 100 prospects in the NFL draft? Longtime draft guru Jeff Legwold nailed 84 of 100 in 2017. How will he do in 2018?
McShay: Top five NFL draft needs for all 32 teams
Which holes will each team be trying to fill during the 2018 NFL draft? Todd McShay takes a close look at where all 32 franchises still need to improve.
Kiper's favorite draft prospects at every position
Mel Kiper picks the prospects he likes most and adds round projections for each.

Browns ideal draft
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Pairing up: Browns' possible combinations with first, fourth picks
The Browns' two first-round picks should be key pieces of the team for years to come. Which players are they most likely to select?

Jackson's draft journey
Lamar Jackson could change the NFL - if he gets the chance
The Heisman winner's future in the league won't just depend on whether he's ready, it'll depend on whether the NFL is.
Ranking best NFL fits for Lamar Jackson
The 2016 Heisman winner has rare athleticism. Which team could get the most out of the QB's skill set?
New episode: Follow six NFL hopefuls as they prepare for the upcoming draft

BEST BACKS
How Saquon Barkley grades vs. elite running backs
Saquon Barkley is the best running back prospect since ...? Here's where Todd McShay grades him vs. Adrian Peterson, Ezekiel Elliott and other first-round RBs since 2007.
Projections for the draft's top RBs
We know Saquon Barkley is a great prospect. Just how great? Using Football Outsiders' BackCAST, we project the top of the new class of backs.
The legend of Saquon Barkley was born long before Penn State
The NFL draft's top RB was a superstar long before Penn State in a tiny town still big enough to turn out a crowd almost double its size to honor him.
Top Headlines
- Source: Browns considering Mayfield at No. 1
- WR Jones deletes Falcons pics from Instagram
- Hester doesn't want NFL to get rid of kickoffs
- GM Lynch: 49ers will cut Foster if LB is guilty
- Raiders sign recently arrested corner Worley
- DL Irving investigated for domestic assault
- Kiper's three-round 2018 mock draft
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Kiper and McShay's dueling two-round 2018 NFL mock drafts
ESPN Illustration Kiper and McShay's dueling two-round 2018 NFL mock drafts
Sixty-four picks, two draft experts and several disagreements about the 2018 NFL draft's top prospects. Mel and Todd predict the first two rounds.
NFL free-agency recap: Top signings, grades for all 32 teams
Jim Mone/AP Photo NFL free-agency recap: Top signings, grades for all 32 teams
One team got an A and another a D for free agency. NFL Nation hands out grades for all 32 teams.
Offseason to-do list for NFL
Joe Sargent/Getty Images The NFL's top 10 offseason priorities: Catch rule, concussions, anthem, more
From addressing viewership decline to rethinking the Rooney Rule, here are the issues the league will (or should) consider over the next six months.