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Florida State’s streak of first-round quarterbacks is because of Jimbo Fisher

Ponder seemed the unlikeliest to start anything when Fisher arrived in 2007 as offensive coordinator. The depth chart had highly touted prep prospects Drew Weatherford and Xavier Lee at the top. Ponder, a three-star recruit in the middle of his redshirt freshman year, was behind them. Ponder recalls his first meeting with Fisher in the […]

Buddy Nix: Bills hope to draft QB

Nix said Thursday there are at least two quarterbacks in this draft class he would label as “franchise”-caliber and said the Bills’ “intent sometime during this draft is to get that guy.” “I think there’s two or three and probably more that you can win with in this league and they can play for a […]

Manti Te’o, Geno Smith passed over

Te’o, the Notre Dame linebacker, was not taken in the first round of the NFL draft Thursday. And so fans — and even people who don’t normally care about football — will buzz for another 24 hours about the fake girlfriend hoax and its repercussions on his football career. But what likely dropped Te’o to […]

Learning from the best

Practice for the young QBs remained more than an hour away. An idyllic setting. No pressure. Relaxing times. Then, for David Cornwell (Norman, Okla./North) and Kyle Allen (Scottsdale, Ariz./Desert Mountain), Trent Dilfer changed everything. Come on down, boys. It’s your turn to compete with Tajh Boyd, Teddy Bridgewater and Johnny Manziel, the biggest names in […]

Can Denver, Russell Wilson be fixed? Answering 10 questions

Sunday might have been rock bottom for the 2022 Denver Broncos. Losing is nothing new, given that the 3-8 Broncos have now lost seven consecutive games on American soil (amid the streak, there was a narrow victory over the Jaguars in England). A 13-point loss to the Panthers and returning quarterback Sam Darnold would also […]