With talent so widely dispersed and no conviction about a quarterback anywhere, anything is possible in the first round of Thursday's NFL Draft. ...more
Quarterback David Carr knows what it's like to be a high draft pick. He was the first choice of the 2002 draft. He was also the first choice of the Houston Titans ... ever ... and he had plenty to say this week about what he learned about the draft and the NFL over the past 11 seasons. ...more
Protecting the quarterback becomes the theme with the first dozen picks of Clark Judge's latest mock draft, which starts off with the top player on the board, Luke Joeckel. ...more
While the Chiefs stand pat with Luke Joeckel, the Eagles make a big splash in Clark Judge's latest NFL mock draft. Chip Kelly tabs Geno Smith to be the heir to Mike Vick under center. ...more
Houston signs free-agent safety Ed Reed, and, yes, that's a big deal. Ed Reed is a decorated player who will be in the Hall of Fame some day. But the guy turns 35 this year and is a descending player. Moreover, it's not top-end safeties who take clubs to the next level. It's top-end quarterbacks, and Houston doesn't have one. ...more
People tell me I'm crazy to keep Texas A&M's Luke Joeckel as the Chiefs' first pick. I tell them that Kansas City just released Eric Winston, and I know, he's a right tackle. I also know coach Andy Reid learned the hard way that you can never have enough offensive linemen. ...more
We're two months away from the NFL draft, but only hours removed from the end of the NFL Scouting Combine. So that makes the timing right to start talking about who's going when and where. ...more
The Houston Texans are 9-1/2 point underdogs to New England this weekend and given little or no chance of reversing a 42-14 beating they suffered last month. But tell that to the Jets' Rex Ryan. He went through a similar exercise in 2010 and pulled the improbable on this weekend. ...more
The AFC divisional round is here, and both games are supposed to mismatches. Well, there are a lot of people who hope so because that gives them what they want ... and what they want is more Tom Brady vs. Peyton Manning. ...more
