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\nESPN
\nNFL expects more than 1 million fans to attend 2027 draft in D.C.<\/a><\/p>\n

If the crowd indeed tops seven figures, it will set a record for the event. Two years ago, Detroit drew more than 750,000 people for the draft, Goodell said. Last month, Green Bay attracted more than 600,000 fans.<\/p>\n

The Detroit Sports Commission estimated the 2024 draft had an economic impact of $213.6 million on the city. Last month\u2019s first round was watched across TV and digital platforms by 13.6 million people, the second-highest total in history \u2014 behind only the 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe draft has become one of the great entertainment sports events,\u201d Goodell said. \u201cWe can have a tremendous impact on this community, and it will not just be an event, it will show the world how far the nation\u2019s capital has come and where it\u2019s going.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the second time in a week that Goodell has participated in a major announcement for the district. Last week, he attended a news conference announcing the stadium deal between the team and the city for nearly $4 billion. That deal still must be approved by the D.C. Council.<\/p>\n

Riggo\u2019s Rag
\nOne NFL-ready trait each Commanders\u2019 2025 draft pick already flashes<\/a>
\nTrey Amos – Commanders CB
\nNFL-ready trait: Press coverage<\/p>\n

The Washington Commanders considered taking Trey Amos with their first-round pick at No. 29 overall. When the physically imposing cornerback was somehow available at No. 61 late in the second round, Adam Peters wasn\u2019t going to turn down a can\u2019t-miss opportunity.<\/p>\n

Amos adds a different dimension to the Commanders\u2019 secondary. He\u2019s tall, agile, physical, and everything in between. Teams rarely tested him over his final college campaign at Ole Miss, something that Rebels\u2019 head coach Lane Kiffin believes hurt his stock considerably<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That worked in the Commanders\u2019 favor. Amos has the tools needed to be a major asset on the boundary opposite Marshon Lattimore. This will also allow second-year pro Mike Sainristil to spend more time in the slot, which is where most believe his skills to be most effective.<\/p>\n

There will be some rookie growing pains. Most first-year cornerbacks go through them aside from the truly elite, such as Sauce Gardner and Patrick Surtain II. But looking at the player\u2019s credentials in press coverage, he could help immediately if everything goes according to plan this summer.<\/p>\n

Amos jams receivers at the line of scrimmage superbly. He can get them off their routes and impose his physical will from start to finish. That will be more difficult versus high-level competition every week, but he\u2019s more than capable of making his presence felt.<\/p>\n

Lane Kiffin provides glowing reference for new Commanders CB Trey Amos<\/a><\/p>\n

Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin believes the Commanders have a tremendous player on their hands in Amos. He also revealed to John Keim of ESPN<\/a> that not being targeted much during the 2024 campaign is the primary reason behind his falling draft stock.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe can do everything. He\u2019s got great length and can run, great ball skills. He\u2019s going to be a really good starting corner in the NFL\u2026 people didn\u2019t throw at him very much or else he would\u2019ve had that much of a bigger year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lane Kiffin via ESPN<\/p>\n

Amos was on an island last season, with quarterbacks wary of throwing in his direction. This should be seen as a positive, but Kiffin thinks it harmed the player\u2019s draft stock.<\/p>\n

If everything goes according to plan or perhaps even better than anticipated, he could be among the 2025 draft\u2019s biggest steals when push comes to shove.<\/p>\n

Good prospects slip through the cracks every year. But it\u2019s not about where you get drafted, it\u2019s about what they do upon reaching the sport\u2019s pinnacle.<\/p>\n

Commanders Wire
\nJaylin Lane had no idea who might select him in the 2025 NFL draft<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a cool process,\u201d said Lane. \u201cI meet with a lot of teams. A lot of teams come out, work you out. The Commanders were one of the teams that came and did a private workout with me.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, come Saturday, Day 3 of the NFL draft, Lane found himself at home in South Carolina with family and friends, waiting to see who would call him. 127 names had been called when the phone rang for Lane. It was the Commanders\u2019 GM Adam Peters.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen they called, I was ecstatic, you know, extremely happy,\u201d Lane said. \u201cI am ready to get to work.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Paulsen shared that he had seen sites online that Lane is really only listed at 5-foot-8, Lane was quick to respond that he was actually 5-foot-10. Reports are that he was measured at 5-9 3\/4 inches tall.<\/p>\n

Lane was quick to inform listeners that he has worked both inside in the slot and outside as a receiver, referring to himself as \u201cvery versatile.\u201d <\/p>\n

[I]t\u2019s not hard to imagine that Lane will be used with quick screens in the Kliff Kingsbury offense that attempted to get the ball quickly to Dyami Brown and Olamide Zaccheaus last year. This allowed Brown and Zaccheaus to use their quickness and agility to advance the ball. Lane has more speed than both departed receivers.<\/p>\n

Podcasts & videos
\n2025 NFL Schedule Breakdown & Betting Guide | Sharp Football Show with Warren Sharp<\/p>\n

Dreams into Reality | Watch as GM Adam Peters Calls All of Our Commanders NFL Draft Picks<\/p>\n

NFC East links
\nCrossing Broad
\nFarcical Commanders Lovefest Continues with Washington Being Awarded the 2027 NFL Draft<\/a><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the other thing, are you getting sick of this Washington Commanders lovefest? I am. They\u2019re getting all of this publicity and praise for simply not being terrible, for finding a franchise quarterback after like 30 years of stinking up the NFC East. Oh boy, they had a good season for the first time since the first George Bush was in office! Josh Harris hired some people who aren\u2019t idiots! They\u2019re replacing their crappy husk of a stadium with something modern!<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t get me wrong, these are all good things, and finally being challenged by the Commies in the division is refreshing, but you and I could have done this. You and I could have stumbled into Jayden Daniels with the 2nd overall pick and fired everyone from the previous regime. We could have brought in the 49ers assistant GM and hired a retread coach. It\u2019s less about how amazing Josh Harris is and more about how completely inept Dan Snyder was. But these people haven\u2019t seen winning football in ages, which means the bar was placed lower than it\u2019s ever been. The bar was basically laying on the ground. All you had to do to clear the bar is have half a brain and a pulse. It\u2019s kind of like that Chris Rock skit where he talks about people taking credit for \u201cshit they\u2019re supposed to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

have you noticed that Commies fans are really bad at social media? They got their rear ends kicked in the NFCCG and then watched the Eagles smoke the Chiefs in the Super Bowl. What did they come back with? They talked about fleecing the Birds in the Jahan Dotson trade. Talk about reaching. They\u2019ve been so irrelevant for so long that they don\u2019t know how to banter. It\u2019s sad!<\/p>\n

Pro Football Rumors
\nCowboys Expected To Be Cautious With Dak Prescott During OTAs<\/a><\/p>\n

Prescott claimed last month that he was already healthy enough to play in a game, and this followed earlier reports that the quarterback would likely be ready to go for May practices. The veteran underwent surgery for a partial avulsion of his hamstring tendon in November, so the expedited timeline wasn\u2019t completely unfounded.<\/p>\n

Entering the first year of a four-year, $240MM extension<\/a> signed last September, Prescott and the Cowboys are naturally being cautious with his return to the field. In addition to protecting the asset, there are some other positives to limiting the player\u2019s practice reps.<\/p>\n

As Machota notes, there should be more opportunities for Joe Milton<\/a> to get acclimated with his new team during those early practices. The 2024 sixth-round pick was traded from the Patriots to the Cowboys last month, and after mostly serving as a third-string QB as a rookie, Milton will now enter his sophomore season as Prescott\u2019s primary backup.<\/p>\n

Discussion topics<\/p>\n

Yikes: An AFC college scouting director has his doubts about Texas QB Arch Manning who many see as the No. 1 pick in 2026:<\/p>\n

\u201cThey’re almost surprised with that last name that he has that speed. He gets transformed into this elite prospect. The reality is we haven’t really seen\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/zs5EdnMju0<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) May 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Sports Illustrated
\nNFL Takeaways: Pump the Brakes on Arch Manning\u2019s 2026 Draft Hype<\/a><\/p>\n

Manning got into two games during his redshirt season, throwing a total of five passes and logging three carries, all of which accounted for 37 yards. Last year, he flashed, starting two games, getting into 10 and completing 61-of-90 passes for 939 yards, nine touchdowns and two picks. He also ran for 108 yards and four touchdowns on 25 carries, punctuated by a 67-yard touchdown run against UTSA.<\/p>\n

I get it. Everyone\u2019s excited. You should be. It\u2019s a great story.<\/p>\n

But, for now, for NFL teams, that\u2019s really all it is. There\u2019s not anywhere near enough to go on to know whether he\u2019ll be a top-five pick or a fifth-rounder down the line. Lots of folks thought Quinn Ewers, whom Manning is succeeding at Texas, was destined to be a first-round pick when he became Texas\u2019s starter in 2022. He went in the seventh round.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat are we looking at? You\u2019d like to watch a quarterback in double-digit games to really evaluate them. \u2026 At other positions, you might get a feel after watching four games and have a good idea of who a guy is. The quarterback position is much different, it requires a much larger bank of film. You want to see him against a variety of different looks. In college, the talent is not as concentrated, so you want to see him against an Alabama or a Georgia.\u201d<\/p>\n

In other words, you want to see him after defenses start to game plan for him, and against teams that won\u2019t be overwhelmed by Texas\u2019s array of stars\u2014his two starts last year were against Mississippi State, which went 0\u20138 in the SEC, and UTSA. Ideally, teams want college quarterbacks to have at least 25 starts, so the volume of things they\u2019ve seen is large enough to get a full assessment.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou just don\u2019t know until they\u2019re really playing,\u201d said another AFC college scouting director. \u201cRight now, the body of work is too small. We\u2019ve seen big guys with talent, the tools, the arm, that don\u2019t know how to process, and don\u2019t have the accuracy to all levels of the field consistently enough. What we have on [Manning] isn\u2019t nearly enough. You could guess, but that\u2019s really all you\u2019ll be doing\u2014guessing.\u201d<\/p>\n

So keep putting Manning first in your 2026 mocks<\/a> if you want. And I\u2019ll keep thinking it\u2019s way more likely we see him in \u201927 or \u201928.<\/p>\n

All aTwitter<\/p>\n

Roger Goodell expects more than 1 million visitors to attend the 2027 NFL Draft in DC<\/p>\n

\u2014 JP Finlay (@JPFinlayNBCS) May 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Roger Goodell on the Commanders getting back to RFK: “We think it’s going to be a great site…We are happy to be coming back home.”<\/p>\n

\u2014 JP Finlay (@JPFinlayNBCS) May 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

The thought of Arch Manning (3rd generation from \u201cFirst Family of Football\u201d) being announced as the first pick in the 2027 NFL draft on the National Mall is pretty wild!<\/p>\n

\u2014 Todd McShay (@McShay13) May 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

2025 forecasted schedule v 2024 actual schedule<\/p>\n

which teams may be in a better place this year?<\/p>\n

top-5 in year-over-year improvement:<\/p>\n

SF, ARI, SEA, TEN, CAR<\/p>\n

bottom-5:<\/p>\n

PHI, WAS, HOU, MIN, LAC<\/p>\n

full 1-32 schedule improvement index in article<\/p>\n

\u2014 Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) May 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Once a team retires a jersey number, the team should take the lead in saying that number is not available. Don\u2019t put the retired player in the position of having to say yes\/no.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Mike Sando (@SandoNFL) May 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

As a side not, never been a fan of retiring numbers except for truly transcendent\/franchise altering talents. Allow the legacy of those numbers to continue, it should be an honor to wear the number of a franchise great and gives a young player something to work toward. I like\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 Arrowhead Live (@ArrowheadLive) May 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Justin Tucker\u2019s career in Baltimore:<\/p>\n

8\u00d7 All-Pro
7\u00d7 Pro Bowler
NFL 2010s All-Decade Team
Longest FG in NFL history (66 yards)
417\/468 on FGs
Highest career FG % in NFL history (89.1%, min. 100 attempts) https:\/\/t.co\/dphh2h5n1H<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) May 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

FYI, the NFL draft has been in Washington before. The 1941 draft was at the Willard Hotel. Picking last, the Redskins selected Michigan running back Forest Evashevski. He never played professionally. Evashevski opted to coach football instead for a year, then spent three years in\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 Rick Snider’s Washington (@Snide_Remarks) May 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n