Continuing our look back at how each division fared in the NFL draft, our attention turns now to the NFC West. One of the few divisions to have sent every team to at least one Super Bowl since the dawn of the 21st Century, the Cardinals, Rams, 49ers and Seahawks enjoyed rather disappointing seasons by their own standards in 2016. All four needed to take…...

The bunting is beginning to come down in Philadelphia following the 2017 NFL draft. Mr. Irrelevant has read the name of the last player to be taken in the draft, the clubs have started ringing round their “priority” free agents to invite them into training camps, and NFL.com has sent out emails encouraging fans to “welcome their new arrivals” with pricey merchandise offers. In short,…...

The Dallas Cowboys used the 133rd overall selection in the 2017 NFL Draft to select wide receiver Ryan Switzer out of North Carolina. Switzer was the first offensive player taken by the Cowboys in the draft, as they used seven picks to try and bolster their defense ahead of the 2017 season. His selection marks the second time in Jerry Jones reign that he’s somewhat…...

Many people expected the Philadelphia Eagles to select a running back at some point during the NFL Draft, and they didn’t disappoint. With the 132nd overall selection they took former San Diego State tailback, Donnel Pumphrey…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

With the 154th overall selection in the 2017 NFL Draft, the Washington Redskins bolstered their tight end corps by selecting Jeremy Sprinkle out of Arkansas…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

The Minnesota Vikings arrested the slide of Bucky Hodges in the NFL Draft, selecting the former Virginia Tech tight end with the 201st overall pick on Saturday. Expected to go much earlier than this, Sam Bradford and the Vikings offense have an intriguing weapon as they look to return to the playoffs in 2017…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View...

After spending the Chan Gailey years pretending that tight ends do not exist, the New York Jets selected former Clemson TE Jordan Leggett with the 150th overall pick in the NFL draft…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

A pick after fellow tight end Gerald Everett became the latest member of the Los Angeles Rams, the Chicago Bears used the 45th overall selection to pick Adam Shaheen. Out of tiny Ashland, he becomes the highest drafted player in school history…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

With the 44th overall selection in the 2017 NFL Draft, the Los Angeles Rams selected former South Alabama tight end Gerald Everett in an attempt to give last year’s first overall pick Jared Goff more offensive weapons…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

We are more than halfway through the month of April, and with the NFL draft mere days away, the act of Best Ball roster construction continues at a pace. With free agency essentially at an end, the next time the NFL landscape will truly shift will be after the bunting has been cleared from the park in Philadelphia, when Mr. Irrelevant hears his name called…....

While the likes of David Njoku, Evan Engram and Gerald Everett have moved up and down draft boards (apparently) since the evaluation process began, one player has remained firmly atop the tight end charts and firmly a top-10 selection. That player is Alabama TE O.J. Howard. After a glittering college career, including an MVP award in the National Championship game, surely Howard will be a…...

While most tight end prospects actually play the position on occasion…well, most of the time, really…Ole Miss TE Evan Engram spent most of his college career as a matchup nightmare all over the formation…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

The University of Miami has been the proving ground for a host of tight end prospects before they entered the pros, with the likes of Jeremy Shockey, Greg Olsen and Jimmy Graham passing through Coral Gables. With that in mind, may I present David Njoku…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

Perusing the twitter dot com the other day, as I’m wont to do most days, I happened upon a tweet from Turon Davenport regarding a 2017 running back prospect that I admit I had not paid much attention to, namely Donnel Pumphrey…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

Listeners to the Numbers Game podcast will have heard Nick Giffen and Josh Hermsmeyer talking about a series of articles that Phil Watkins recently pumped out on his tight end prospect model. If you haven’t listened to the latest Numbers Game, I’ll happily sit and wait…you all caught up? Good…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log...

Continuing our look at the tight end prospects of 2017, our gaze falls now upon Jordan Leggett. The former Clemson Tiger, coming off a National Championship victory this past season, is set to join such illustrious alumni as Sammy Watkins, DeAndre Hopkins and Martavis Bryant in leaping into the NFL. But just how big a leap should people be expecting from him?… Membership Required You must...

“The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.” – Vince Lombardi… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

With most experts confidently predicting a first round selection for former Alabama tight end O.J. Howard in the upcoming NFL draft, it is important to remember that Howard is not the only ruby in the mountain of rocks when it comes to the TE position this year. Several of the mockers over at NFL.com have multiple TEs going off the board in round one, although…...

There are a whole host of wide receivers expected to go early in next month’s NFL Draft, but why should they get all the attention? I am prepared and willing to be the voice for the late round guys, a role made easy for me thanks to my supporting some true sporting underdogs…though not always by choice. This time out, I’d like to introduce K.D…....

There is John Ross, Cory Davis, JuJu Schuster-Smith…there is even Cooper Kupp. Wide receiver is an intriguing position group in this year’s draft, with a host of players expected to go off the boards early. Productive players can be had later in the draft, and one name to consider is Northern Illinois wide receiver Kenny Golladay…. Membership Required You must be a member to access...