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20-05-2025
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NFL Draft 2025 surprise picks: Browns spend a third-round selection on Dillon Gabriel because reasons
There are always surprises in the NFL Draft, and the 2025 edition didn't wait long to deliver its first. The Jacksonville Jaguars stunned the league by trading up from No. 5 to get the second pick from the Cleveland Browns and take Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter. Hunter was considered by most talent evaluators to be the top overall player in this year's draft. The price to land him wasn't cheap for the Jags. They gave up the fifth overall pick, their second-round pick (No. 36 overall), a fourth-round pick (No. 126 overall) and their 2026 first-round pick. In addition to the No. 2 pick, Cleveland sent Jacksonville their fourth-round pick (No. 104 overall) and a sixth-rounder (No. 200). (Little did we know that Hunter wasn't the only Colorado star to be part of a surprising draft storyline.) Here's a look at the rest of the surprise picks of the draft: McMillan was considered by many to be the top wide receiver in the 2025 class — it just isn't considered a strong class for wide receivers at the top. That made the Panthers taking him eighth to be somewhat of a surprise. It was certainly a surprise to Dallas Cowboys star Micah Parsons, who was disappointed McMillan didn't fall to Dallas at No. 12. #Cowboys Micah Parsons was really upset the Carolina Panthers took WR Tetairoa McMillan.'That was supposed to be our pick. He was supposed to be opposite CeeDee Lamb.'Gut punch for Dallas.(🎥: @BleacherReport on YT) — Brandon Loree (@Brandoniswrite) April 25, 2025 Tampa Bay spending a first-round pick on a receiver when the Bucs already have Chris Godwin and Mike Evans came as a surprise. Texas' Matthew Golden was also still on the board when the Buccaneers picked. The need is clear. Why the Falcons chose this particular prospect at this particular spot was not, especially when factoring in the draft capital. Pearce Jr. is ranked No. 37 overall on Yahoo Sports' consensus big board, and the Falcons traded a future first-round pick as part of the deal to move back into Thursday's first round at No. 26 to get him. The move was panned by Yahoo Sports' Draft Live show crew, mainly for the Falcons' process. Sanders' draft projection — fifth-round range, per the sources that spoke with our own Charles McDonald and Charles Robinson for the 2025 All-Juice Team — was generally much lower than top half of the second round. Sanders wasn't in the top 75 for either McDonald or Nate Tice's big boards. Maybe the South Carolina defensive tackle will be a hit, especially under Sean McDermott's tutelage, but the Bills traded up for a serious a mismatch between forecast and actual selection. Hmm. Gilotte is defensible in the context of defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo maximizing his talent, but that's about it. He wins with power and lacks top-end speed, and will need plenty of development. Gilotte was nowhere to be found on any of Yahoo Sports' final big boards. Size is a major question mark for the 5-foot-11, 220-pound Martin, whom league sources told Yahoo Sports would likely go in the seventh-round range when he was selected to the All-Juice Team. The 49ers felt he was worth a much higher pick than that. This is ... not a QB anyone expected to go before Shedeur Sanders. Gabriel was prolific in college, especially his last season at Oregon, but his lack of size, processing speed, arm strength and accuracy is worrisome. Yet he was still a third-round pick. What?
Yahoo
20-05-2025
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NFL Draft 2025 surprise picks: Browns spend a third-round selection on Dillon Gabriel because reasons
There are always surprises in the NFL Draft, and the 2025 edition didn't wait long to deliver its first. The Jacksonville Jaguars stunned the league by trading up from No. 5 to get the second pick from the Cleveland Browns and take Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter. Hunter was considered by most talent evaluators to be the top overall player in this year's draft. The price to land him wasn't cheap for the Jags. They gave up the fifth overall pick, their second-round pick (No. 36 overall), a fourth-round pick (No. 126 overall) and their 2026 first-round pick. In addition to the No. 2 pick, Cleveland sent Jacksonville their fourth-round pick (No. 104 overall) and a sixth-rounder (No. 200). (Little did we know that Hunter wasn't the only Colorado star to be part of a surprising draft storyline.) Here's a look at the rest of the surprise picks of the draft: McMillan was considered by many to be the top wide receiver in the 2025 class — it just isn't considered a strong class for wide receivers at the top. That made the Panthers taking him eighth to be somewhat of a surprise. It was certainly a surprise to Dallas Cowboys star Micah Parsons, who was disappointed McMillan didn't fall to Dallas at No. 12. #Cowboys Micah Parsons was really upset the Carolina Panthers took WR Tetairoa McMillan.'That was supposed to be our pick. He was supposed to be opposite CeeDee Lamb.'Gut punch for Dallas.(🎥: @BleacherReport on YT) — Brandon Loree (@Brandoniswrite) April 25, 2025 Tampa Bay spending a first-round pick on a receiver when the Bucs already have Chris Godwin and Mike Evans came as a surprise. Texas' Matthew Golden was also still on the board when the Buccaneers picked. The need is clear. Why the Falcons chose this particular prospect at this particular spot was not, especially when factoring in the draft capital. Pearce Jr. is ranked No. 37 overall on Yahoo Sports' consensus big board, and the Falcons traded a future first-round pick as part of the deal to move back into Thursday's first round at No. 26 to get him. The move was panned by Yahoo Sports' Draft Live show crew, mainly for the Falcons' process. Sanders' draft projection — fifth-round range, per the sources that spoke with our own Charles McDonald and Charles Robinson for the 2025 All-Juice Team — was generally much lower than top half of the second round. Sanders wasn't in the top 75 for either McDonald or Nate Tice's big boards. Maybe the South Carolina defensive tackle will be a hit, especially under Sean McDermott's tutelage, but the Bills traded up for a serious a mismatch between forecast and actual selection. Hmm. Gilotte is defensible in the context of defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo maximizing his talent, but that's about it. He wins with power and lacks top-end speed, and will need plenty of development. Gilotte was nowhere to be found on any of Yahoo Sports' final big boards. Size is a major question mark for the 5-foot-11, 220-pound Martin, whom league sources told Yahoo Sports would likely go in the seventh-round range when he was selected to the All-Juice Team. The 49ers felt he was worth a much higher pick than that. This is ... not a QB anyone expected to go before Shedeur Sanders. Gabriel was prolific in college, especially his last season at Oregon, but his lack of size, processing speed, arm strength and accuracy is worrisome. Yet he was still a third-round pick. What?
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11-05-2025
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NFL is not blackballing Shedeur Sanders but his draft slide is surprising
NFL is not blackballing Shedeur Sanders but his draft slide is surprising Yahoo Sports' 'Draft Live' crew reacts to the Cleveland Browns selecting Oregon QB Dillion Gabriel in the third round of the draft. View more Video Transcript Is Dylan quarterback. OK, let, let me just we got now we can start the discourse. Advertisement I mean there is a there is a question that's crazy. That's that's insane. That's insane to me. Uh, yeah, no, I mean, OK, arms, it's, it's like 2018, bro. Yeah, I mean, I, I like some of his play this year. He got the ball well on out, he got the ball out well on outbreaking routes and stuff like that, but. Certainly didn't expect him to be a 3rd rounder. I, I mean, but this is the moment where the, the discourse that you mentioned that I'm sure is happening on Twitter right now, I'm not gonna open it because I don't want to look at it, is largely gonna be the the league is blackballing in some way or teaching should do. Advertisement I saw former players last night tweeting out the league is sending Shido a message to humble them. I don't think anybody in this panel believes that. No, he ain't good enough for that, I don't like his name, but do we believe that Shadour is a less than quarterback than Dylan Gab? No, no, definitely not. This is the first quarterback to go that I'm like, well, this is, this is a guy truly I think is below his separate tier. The other guys I have thought are all in the same tier. That that's kind of been my thing. There's 4 or 5 guys I thought were day 2 guys. I have thought Dylan Gabriel was a day 3 guy. Advertisement Um, what tools are you working with here? I wanna talk about tools like short arms not great. It's, it's OK. He's throws a tight spiral, but it's not great. Um, I mean, some comparisons have been with you shrunk Tua, OK. What, what am I working with there? You know, that, that to me is a day 3, day 3, day 3, day 3, day 3 type of guy. I know people love his competitiveness, but again, it's just he's old. I, I don't know. What are you working with here in the 3rd round, a team that I could, they could do so. Different things you complimenting you. I was complimenting you so much. You just had to do something, you know. Advertisement He's got a shot at meaningful snaps, like, yeah, he's, he, there is a path for Dilly Gabriel to take for the Cleveland Browns. He'll take at least 100 snaps this year. Put it in the book, yeah, no, but again, like, what's the path to upside for this pick here? Like you're, you just look again, shout out to Dylan Gabriel. Like you just got around. That's awesome. I don't wanna just throw him under the bus, but like. How are they not just, you know, they're just gonna take a quarterback next year and like at best he's a pocket and a pocket and Gabriel and then back down for the offensive line to figure out how to work. Advertisement Yeah. That's another thing you dropping a lefty, you want to be the starter. Yeah, Gabriel's left handed. You don't want the left hand to be the backup because then all of a sudden you know you're, you're totally screwed. You're switching everything up. Generally coaches don't want lefties and, and if I'm being honest, that is you have to usually be a special talent to finally end up being a lefty, uh, or to stick as a lefty quarterback. I don't know, uh, it's just there's not much to tap into, and that's I always chase that with quarterbacks. That's why I'm high on Riley Leonard because I just thought that he has more to tap into. Advertisement He's 23 years younger, um, yeah, so that's just, just doesn't, it's just peculiar. That was a weird one. OK, so does anyone believe that there's a wild conspiracy theory against Shadoor? No, OK, so then we've got too much NFL coaches and scouts have too much on their hands to worry about some guy's feelings and the conspiracy about it. They want to vote on their team. They don't care about that stuff.
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10-05-2025
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Atlanta Falcons draft trade - James Pearce Jr.
The Falcons trade for James Pearce Jr. is one of the worst moves of first round | NFL Draft Live Yahoo Sports' 'Draft Live' crew reacts to the Atlanta Falcons selection of Tennessee EDGE James Pearce Jr. in the first round.
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09-05-2025
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Breer on Jags' Plan to Play Travis Hunter at CB & WR
Can Travis Hunter excel on both sides of the ball in Jacksonville? | NFL Draft Live Yahoo Sports' 'Draft Live' crew reacts to the Jacksonville Jaguars selection of Colorado WR/DB Travis Hunter with the second overall pick. The crew debates if Travis Hunter can play both sides of the ball in Jacksonville and how they think the team will maximize his skill set.
