It's NFL draft week! Mocks, rankings, sleepers, analysis and more
By the time NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell formally puts the Cincinnati Bengals on the clock Thursday night, sports fans will have gone more than 40 days since the last live-action event.
Finally, the 2020 NFL draft is an event that hasn't been postponed or canceled.
The league's 85th annual "Player Selection Meeting" should be one of the wildest in years with so much uncertainly heading in due to the challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic.
We have everything you need to know ahead of this week's "virtual" NFL draft:
2020 NFL draft: Mocks, rankings, more
- Latest mock draft: Four QBs land in the top 10 in this updated first-round projection.
- 32 things we've learned heading into the draft: Here's what we think we know about the most unique and mysterious draft in years.
- COVID-19 wrecked Pro Days, so NFL draft hopefuls turned to 10-hour drives, bags of ice and vegetables: Prospects are getting creative in order to get noticed
- 11 potential draft steals: These prospects probably should be picked higher than they will be.
- 15 riskiest prospects: This draft class features several players who have a volatile outlook in the pros.
- 11 teams with most at stake: For some franchises, there's immense pressure riding on this year's draft.
- Ranking all 32 teams' needs at QB in draft: A game of quarterback musical chairs took place this offseason, but not everyone found a seat.
- Tua or Hebert? NFL executives are weighing the question of who will be the second quarterback selected in the draft.
- Six former pro athletes on frontlines of fight against coronavirus: Former NFL players Myron Rolle and Nate Hughes make the list.
- That's some high praise: Is this year's wide receiver class as good as the one that included Sammy Watkins, Mike Evans, Odell Beckham Jr. and Brandin Cooks?
- Is value of RBs in the draft rising? Just because Christian McCaffrey got paid doesn't mean the value on running backs is suddenly soaring.
- Top 50 prospects: From the top-rated Ohio State pass rusher Chase Young to Utah safety Terrell Burgess, these are the best players regardless of position.
- Draft Wire's big board: In this breakdown of the best 300 prospects, see which players earned first-round draft grades.
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NFL news, analysis and more
- Why studio football could be best route: The NFL gets the benefit of seeing how other sports leagues proceed in attempting to resume their respective seasons.
- Cowboys want to adopt strategy from Bill Belichick: Cowboys VP Stephen Jones says he likes the Patriots coach's ability to "use different fronts and different schemes" to have success.
- 'I was shocked': Broncos star Von Miller was surprised by his coronavirus diagnosis because he's been taking it seriously.
- Uniform power rankings: With the Browns, Buccaneers and Falcons adjusting their uniforms, it's time to revisit this very important debate.
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