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Tampa Bay Buccaneers Rookie Forecast 2024

Solid Starter Chris Braswell, OLB, Alabama – Round 2 The 2024 season will be put up or shut up time for former 2021 first-round pick Joe Tryon-Shoyinka. Thus far in his pro career, Tryon-Shoyinka looks like a backup at best and is trending towards being a bust. Perhaps he will turn it around in 2024,…
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Arizona Cardinals Rookie Forecast 2024

Solid Starter Darius Robinson, DT, Missouri – Round 1 The Cardinals needed a lot of help on the defensive line as they lack impact players in their front seven. Arizona addressed their big hole at wide receiver with their first selection, and then were fortunate that lineman of Robinson’s quality was available late in the…
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Los Angeles Rams Rookie Forecast 2024

Solid Starter Jared Verse, DE, Florida State – Round 1 After losing the likes of Aaron Donald, Von Miller, and Leonard Floyd over recent years, the Rams were in need of finding some young long-term starters to rebuild their defensive front. In the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft the Rams selected Verse, and…
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Seattle Seahawks Rookie Forecast 2024

Solid Starter Christian Haynes, G, UConn – Round 3 The offensive line was the biggest problem part of the roster for the Seahawks in 2023 and many expected Seattle to take a lineman to address the unit in the first round. Surprisingly, Seattle went back to the defensive tackle position on the opening night of…
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Los Angeles Chargers Rookie Forecast

Solid Starter Joe Alt, OT, Notre Dame – Round 1 The Chargers did not have a screaming need for an offensive tackle, but Jim Harbaugh wants to build up the talent on the offensive line. Alt was the top offensive lineman in the 2024 NFL Draft and that made him the man for Los Angeles…
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San Francisco 49ers Rookie Forecast

Solid Starter Dominick Puni, OT, Kansas – Round 3 There were teams around the league that had Puni graded as a mid-rounder, so he wan’t a horrible reach in the third round for the 49ers. San Francisco has excellent talent on their offensive line so Puni will have the advantage of good players around him….
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Why the Slide?: Blake Corum, RB, Michigan

This series was created a number of years ago in response to questions about why certain well-known prospects went unselected in NFL drafts. For these articles, I reach out to sources with NFL teams to find out why their organizations passed on drafting a given player and/or the reasons other teams passed on that prospect….
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Denver Broncos Rookie Forecast

Solid Starter Bo Nix, QB, Oregon – Round 1 After moving on from the disastrous Russell Wilson trade, the Broncos were desperate to find a starting quarterback of the future for Sean Payton. Payton stated that he feigned interest in Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy even thought Nix was the quarterback that he wanted all along. While…
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Las Vegas Raiders Rookie Forecast

Solid Starter Jackson Powers-Johnson, G, Oregon – Round 2 Powers-Johnson was one of my favorite prospects in the 2024 NFL Draft, so I had a hard time not selecting him as a boom pick. I think as soon as his rookie season he could emerge as a solid starter and it would not surprise me…
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Why the Slide?: Junior Colson, LB, Michigan

This series was created a number of years ago in response to questions about why certain well-known prospects went unselected in NFL drafts. For these articles, I reach out to sources with NFL teams to find out why their organizations passed on drafting a given player, and/or, what were the reasons for other teams to…
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