Tyron Smith bows out
Tyron Smith (LT) has decided to end a 14 -season long career. As Ian Rapoport reports, the veteran should sign a day contract to officially retire in the colors of the cowboys. Their common story that started in 2011, when Dallas sets his sights on the player in 9th position of the draft.
Behind, on his 14 years in the big league, Smith spent 13 in Texas before a last dance in green among the jets. Holder in the 171 games he played, mainly in tackle left, he has raised many individual awards. Reckless Pro bowler and double All proSmith even appears in the typical team of the 2010 decade of the Hall of Fame.
At 34, it is now a well -deserved retirement that awaits the one who was a reference to his post throughout his career.
Travis Hunter absolutely wants to play on both sides of the balloon
Travis Hunter (WR/CB) could play in attack or defense. To the point that no one really seems to know what the NFL teams want to do with him. But he knows.
If he had to choose between attack and defense? “” I would choose not to play football anymore“, He replied to CBS Sports. “” Because I made it all my life, and I like to be on the ground. I think I could dominate on both sides of the field, so I really like it. »»
Playing on both sides of the ball, this leaves John Harbaugh (Ravens) perplexed. Not on the physical level, but especially because of all the diagrams to be studied in NFL.
“” I do not know if there are enough hours in a day so that a player can be completely immersed in everything we do in attack and defense ”explained the Baltimore coach in ESPN.
Cam Ward is making big winks to the Titans
The Titans have the first choice of the Draft, and Cam Ward (QB) is the favorite to go to Tennessee. Either he knows that it is done and he is very corporate, or he makes big calls of the foot.
During the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, Ward played online in Fortnite. During his stream, a spectator asked him for the best runners in the NFL. Answer : ” I would say Tony Pollard, (Tyjae) Spears. »And the best NFL recipients? “” Calvin Ridley, Ja'Marr (Chase), Justin (Jefferson) and Treylon Burks. »»
Panthers open to the Draft opportunity
The saints are at the heart of an artistic vagueness around Derek Carr (QB). Will play, not play in 2025? Whatever happens, New Orleans could be tempted to take a quarterback with their choice 9. It could even be Shedeur Sanders, the Colorado nugget as some specialists in the Draft announce.
And as in each situation, the misfortune of some makes others happy. Panthers in this case expect to see their phone heat. With the eighth choice of draft, they could be a target of choice for any team wanting to short-circuit the saints.
Dan Morgan, the general manager of Carolina, is held in any case ready as he announced at a press conference on Tuesday. And the leader even went further, mentioning on several occasions his desire to descend into the draft.
Jaguars have an original strategy for the draft
The NFL teams have the right to receive 30 candidates in order to carry out interviews, physical, medical tests, etc. and while teams like the Steelers begin to reveal the list of their 30 “favorite” young people, the Jaguars have chosen to adopt a very different approach.
In Jacksonville, no list and not even visits at all. The new general manager James Gladstone, in concert with Liam Coen (HC), decided to apply the method he helped to set up in the Rams. For Gladstone, not driving an interview makes it possible to avoid any bias implicitly set up during a conversation but also to hide the players to everyone on their radar.
In addition, Gladstone entrusted at a press conference on Tuesday that he granted much more credit to the work carried out on the long term by his recruiters. They have been following players for years. And he humbly recognizes that he does not have a “superpower” to detect the nugget during an interview.
Anyway, the manager has confidence in his method. And the recent results of RAMs at the Draft speak rather in its favor.
Caleb Williams does not look for friends
In NFL, there are many young quarterbacks. But they are far from everyone well. And Caleb Williams (QB, Bears) does not want this to be the case. Indeed, in an interview with Esquire, he confides that getting closer to other players can make him lose the advantage he has over them.
“I think the game in NFL has become too friendly. I don't necessarily want to have friends. I want to keep this competitive advantage, ”he added.
For the young quarterback, the competition is the essence of the game. And the rivalry with the other teams is one of them. To the question on his favorite moment of the season, he mischievously answers “having beaten the packers”.
After a sometimes complicated rookie season, Williams aims high and big with his new coach Ben Johnson. There is no doubt that if he follows the acts to the words, Chicago could well become the main attraction in 2025.
