I don’t know how Buck’s love of baseball factors into this. I think he’ll meet with Fox, hear out his bosses, and decide if he’d be happy staying there with a new football analyst on a long-term deal. Maybe he hasn’t been shown the love at Fox, and maybe he feels without his pal Aikman it’s time for a change. He is in his prime, and should be for years to come. He is Fox Sports, having done the World Series and the biggest Fox NFL games for the last two decades. He is in the last year of his Fox contract. After Troy Aikman leapt to the head of the analyst class by jumping from Fox to ESPN for between $18 million and $20 million a year, the focus is on Buck. The Lead: TV MoneyĪll the things you need to know about the story of these nutty TV announcer contracts: Unexpectedly, NFL broadcast booths took a turn for the crazy in the last week or so. Sharp left turn, then back to the combine in a few minutes. That’s going to be part of the fun of this draft. A corner like Derek Stingley-if he goes in the top five or he goes 40, I won’t be surprised. There are some intriguing players you’re going to have take risks on. There’s not one obvious player for Jacksonville at one. “One of the things I like about this draft,” Jeremiah said late in our conversation, “is the uncertainty. That bodes well for a team like Baltimore, which will have five picks in the fourth round, and seven overall in the third and fourth. There are starters to be had through five rounds at tight end, interior line, running back, linebacker, safety and wideout. You want to have lots of mid-round picks. One of the tackles or more athletic edge Kayvon Thibodeaux of Oregon will give Hutchinson competition.ĥ. Seems very clean on and off the field, and could be a Jared Allen effort player with great production. It’s probably Michigan edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson (30.5 tackles behind the line last year). Consensus top pick 59 days from round one? No overwhelming one. With three top-10 tackles possible, the Jags could choose to improve at left tackle (incumbent Cam Robinson’s average PFF ranking at tackle over the past three years: 38 th ) or to give defensive end Josh Allen a strong bookend presence with an edge player.Ĥ. Jacksonville has a good choice atop the draft. “This draft is loaded with wideouts, and we’re going to see a massive amount every year.”ģ. Regarding wideouts: “Just record my answer and play it back for the next 20 years,” Jeremiah said. ESPN’s Todd McShay has five and Matt Miller of ESPN has six in his top 20. On his overall draft board, Jeremiah has six edge rushers in his top 20 players.
Good draft for edge players and wideouts. Looking like it could be similarly slim pickings this year, unless a QB-desperate team falls in love with Pitt’s safe Kenny Pickett or a project like Liberty’s Malik Willis.Ģ. Manuel (16 th overall) was the lone first-rounder. Only once in the 21 drafts of this century has there not been a quarterback drafted in the top five-or top 10, for that matter. The week-long NFL Scouting Combine starts Tuesday in Indianapolis, and as Jeremiah walked me through the good, the bad, and the meh, five truths became evident:ġ. On Saturday evening, I downloaded NFL Network draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah’s brain for one hour.
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