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Latest NFL mock draft features QBs; UFL kicker has been very impressive


There are just 17 more sleeps until the NFL draft, and the mock drafts are coming in fast and furious.

Paste BN Sports' latest projection not only accounts for the trade of wide receiver Stefon Diggs from the Buffalo Bills to the Houston Texans, but also predicts a team trading up into the top five to select a quarterback. What team could that be? Which quarterback prospect would be worth such a risky move?

In all Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz projects five quarterbacks going in the first round, with four of those quarterbacks going in the first five selections.

UFL Week 2 winners and losers: Will this kicker get an NFL tryout?

For the second straight week, Michigan Panthers kicker Jake Bates booted a successful 60-plus yard field goal. Bates, who went undrafted after spending his collegiate career as a kickoff specialist, likely will find himself in an NFL training camp this summer.

Elsewhere, the UFL is having the same familiar issues any start-up league encounters ... it's catching on in some cities, but struggling in some others.