• Yahoo Sports

    Cowboys owner Jerry Jones compared his 2024 NFL Draft strategy to robbing a bank

    Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones made an amusing analogy when asked why the team selected three offensive lineman in the 2024 NFL Draft.

  • The Canadian Press

    Jets trade defensive lineman John Franklin-Myers to Broncos for a 2026 sixth-round draft pick

    FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets traded defensive lineman John Franklin-Myers to the Denver Broncos on Saturday for a sixth-round pick in the 2026 NFL draft. Franklin-Myers, whose base salary this season was $13.3 million, was due to count about $16.4 million on the Jets' salary cap. Instead, New York cleared $7.3 million in cap space by dealing him to Denver in the middle of the final day of this year's draft. “It’s an unfortunate part of the business not being able to keep him,” gen

  • The Canadian Press

    Rams hope they drafted a new defensive core in post-Donald era with FSU teammates Verse, Fiske

    HERMOSA BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Jared Verse was immediately handed a phone when he eluded Friday traffic and arrived at the opulent beach-adjacent home serving as the Los Angeles Rams' temporary headquarters for the NFL draft. The first-round pick from Florida State was told to talk to the Rams' second-round pick. “I’m like, ‘Oh, who is it?’” Verse said with a grin. “Fiske? No way!” “How's it going, J?” replied a teary-eyed Braden Fiske, Verse's teammate last season on the Seminoles' defensive fron

  • The Canadian Press

    AP NFL draft grades: Bears earnest highest mark after landing Caleb Williams and Rome Odunze

    Some teams see an immediate impact from an NFL draft class. Others have to wait on a return. The Houston Texans went from worst to first in their division last season after selecting quarterback C.J. Stroud and edge Will Anderson Jr. back to back with the second and third overall picks. The Carolina Panthers ended up with the worst record despite taking Bryce Young No. 1 overall so they have to be patient. The Chicago Bears are the leading contender to have a Texans-like turnaround after getting