- Home →
- Sam Howell
2023 NFL mock draft with all trades: Deals for 32 first-round picks
So much of why trades occur has to do with the unique universe in which the draft exists. If the Cardinals decided to move on from quarterback Kyler Murray last offseason, they wouldn’t have traded the No. 3 overall pick to the Texans for edge rusher Will Anderson Jr. Which means the Texans might instead […]
Continue readingCould Seattle draft a QB? What’s next for Geno Smith, Seahawks
RENTON, Wash. — The basketball hoop in the auditorium at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center, a fixture during the Pete Carroll era and perhaps the building’s most prominent symbol of it, is no longer there. The Seattle Seahawks aren’t scrubbing all of their old head coach’s fingerprints from team headquarters, but they won’t have Mike […]
Continue readingHow the Commanders have prepared to onboard rookie QB
They were wrong. The defense sunk to the bottom of the league, the run game was never emphasized, and the quarterback, Sam Howell, already has been traded. So here they are again. This time the Commanders have the second overall pick in the draft and will select a quarterback, and once more they’ve spent an […]
Continue readingEverything we heard and buzz from 2024 NFL owners meetings
ORLANDO — The NFL concluded the league’s annual meetings Tuesday, with significant news coming out of Orlando on subjects, including a major change to kickoff rules, a ban of the controversial “hip drop” tackle, the addition of Wednesday Christmas Day games in 2024 and an alteration to the timing of the trade deadline. The three-day […]
Continue reading30 things learned while doing 2024 fantasy football projections
Although some would swear the projection numbers are totally automated or randomly generated, I assure you they are not. I have a lengthy process that involves a mixture of statistical calculations and subjective inputs. The latter is where this piece truly comes in handy. To begin each NFL season, I go team by team and […]
Continue readingHow Kirk Cousins will fit into Falcons offense
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Since trading quarterback Matt Ryan to the Indianapolis Colts on March 21, 2022, the Atlanta Falcons had been searching for a successor. The Falcons pursued Deshaun Watson, who ended up in Cleveland with a fully guaranteed $230 million contract. The Falcons then signed Marcus Mariota, who was benched after 13 games […]
Continue readingWhy Kenny Pickett joining the Eagles made sense
PHILADELPHIA — There’s a popular meme among Eagles fans of general manager Howie Roseman looking from a stadium suite down to the field through a pair of large binoculars. It’s usually dusted off around free agency and the draft when the longtime architect of the team kicks his roster-shaping efforts into overdrive — a time […]
Continue readingPanthers signing Robert Hunt, Damien Lewis was a necessity
“I’ve been waiting on this conversation,” the former Miami Dolphins player said Wednesday on a Zoom call. “All of you guys get your pens out, and if you know somebody in Charlotte tell ’em I want a cyber Tesla truck. “That’s what I’ve been wanting for multiple years. I told myself once I got the […]
Continue readingCould Sam Howell be more than Seahawks’ QB2 behind Geno Smith?
SEATTLE — Hours after the Seattle Seahawks acquired Sam Howell in a trade with the Washington Commanders last week, general manager John Schneider set the record straight about the role they envision for their newest quarterback. No, Schneider said, Howell isn’t coming in to compete with Geno Smith for the starting job. “Geno’s the guy,” […]
Continue readingNFL free agency: Roster additions, cuts, remaining questions
The initial NFL free agency rush of 2024 was more frenetic than ever, as hundreds of players were given millions of dollars to relocate to new cities. Leading the way were a pair of former Pro Bowl quarterbacks looking to rekindle old success in new locales, but Kirk Cousins and Russell Wilson were hardly alone […]
Continue reading