Always fascinating to watch the NFL draft unfold as the NFL goes through its own evaluation process. Perhaps the most amazing thing that Bruce Feldman heard Thursday night came from NFL Network draft analyst Mike Mayock, who relayed something that Butch Davis told him. ...more

Now that the deadline for underclassmen entering the NFL Draft has passed, it's time to check in on the programs hit the hardest by early departure and, yes, it's the SEC that took the brunt of early exits. ...more

Those four defensive standouts that 'Bama had to replace from last year's shut-down squad, the ones who were snatched up in the first 35 picks of April's NFL draft, didn't seem so hard to replace. Not with the way Saban has recruited and developed talent in Tuscaloosa. ...more