NFL Football 3d Briefing
×Draft Prospects & Combine Highlights
The S&P 500 espn.com dropped 1.2% in its worst week since June. Entrata espn.com is working with Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan on an IPO. Taylen Green, a top-10 quarterback prospect ahead of April's NFL draft, set several positional combine records during Saturday's workout in Indianapolis (Green espn.com. Francis Mauigoa, the top OL prospect in the NFL draft, said he's open to a position change. and said daily battles with Miami teammates Reuben Bain Jr. and Akheem Mesidor made him better (Mauigoa espn.com. Fernando Mendoza's potential Round 1 ranking is being analyzed by experts, with the expected No. 1 pick for 2026 also projected (Mendoza espn.com. Quarterback Diego Pavia wasn't fazed by criticism at Vanderbilt, and it doesn't appear that's going to change now that he's on the NFL's doorstep (Pavia espn.com.
Team Moves & Personnel
Jerry Jones acknowledged he has let the fans down with Dallas' championship drought and has promised change -- starting with the team's approach to free agency (Jones espn.com. Cam Achord, a Super Bowl-winning special teams coordinator, has been hired for the same role with the Packers (Achord espn.com. The Atlanta Falcons dismissed La Troy Lewis from his role as assistant defensive line coach Friday after sexual assault allegations surfaced against him (Lewis espn.com. Former Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson said Friday at the NFL's scouting combine that he's prepared to show NFL talent evaluators that he is a "franchise quarterback" (Simpson espn.com. The Colts have given quarterback Anthony Richardson Sr. permission to seek a trade, his agent told ESPN (Richardson espn.com. The Jets are the clear winner in the Jermaine Johnson-T'Vondre Sweat trade, according to analysts (Johnson espn.com. Ohio State safety Caleb Downs believes he's the best defender in the NFL draft (Downs espn.com. Former Vols CB Jermod McCoy says he is fully healed from a right ACL injury and expects to have "no limits" during his upcoming pro day (McCoy espn.com.
League Developments
The NFL salary cap has topped $300 million for the first time in league history, landing at $301.2 million for 2026 (Cap espn.com. The Seahawks could re-sign Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III, who could become only the fourth player to win MVP and begin the next season on another team (Walker espn.com. NFL execs are investigating Giants owner John Tisch, with analysts questioning the lack of public explanation (Tisch espn.com. The Broncos can be "opportunistically aggressive" in free agency after shedding massive dead money cap hits (Broncos espn.com.
Draft Analysis & Player Stories
Experts are identifying future fantasy stars at the combine, with 12 prospects highlighted for potential draft-day impact (Fantasy espn.com. Shedeur Sanders' unlikely birthday present was a porcelain horse head, mirroring a gift given to Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield (Sanders espn.com.