![]() 2 pick along with a fourth-round selection. The Eagles traded away two first-round picks, a second, a third and a fourth to Cleveland for the No. 1 pick along with a fourth- and sixth-round pick. The Rams forked over two first-round picks, two second-round picks and two third-round picks to Tennessee in exchange for the No. Both teams traded a king’s ransom to move up to the top two spots. 17.īut it all started at the top of the draft when the Rams selected California’s Goff and the Eagles picked North Dakota State’s Wentz. 14 by selecting West Virginia safety Karl Joseph, who is still recovering from torn knee ligaments, and the Falcons taking Florida safety Keanu Neal at No. 10, followed by the Raiders making a perceived even greater reach at No. The run started with Ohio State cornerback Eli Apple going to the Giants at No. Other early surprises included three defensive backs getting drafted a lot higher than most of their projections. The Bears then dealt a fourth-round pick to the Buccaneers for the right to draft Georgia outside linebacker Leonard Floyd at No. 8 spot, where they grabbed Michigan State offensive tackle Jack Conklin. The Titans swung a deal with the Browns to climb up to the No. View Gallery: 2016 NFL draft: First-round picksĪs the whole Tunsil mess was going on, there were a pair of trades made for picks inside the Top 10. GET SOCIAL: azcentral sports on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram MORE: Download our Cardinals XTRA app iOS | Android “I’m just blessed to be a Dolphin,” Tunsil said. Tunsil eventually went 13th overall to the Miami Dolphins. “If you’re a young kid out there, put away your Twitter accounts if you want to be a pro football player.” “This whole thing makes me sick,” ESPN analyst Jon Gruden said. But where this is smoke, ahem, there usually is fire. ![]() He immediately began calling teams to reassure them his client doesn’t have a drug problem and explaining that Tunsil’s Twitter account was hacked. That sent Tunsil’s agent, Jimmy Sexton, scrambling. But shortly before Goodell declared the draft open for business, images of what appeared to be Tunsil smoking a substance from a water pipe while wearing a gas mask emerged on social media. Nothing, though, was as shocking as the fate of Ole Miss offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil, who not that long ago was viewed as the consensus No. It’s the most players from the same school to go in the first round since 2004 when the University of Miami had six. In addition to five trades being made on Day 1, five players from Ohio State were drafted within the first 20 picks, including defensive end Joey Bosa, who went third overall to the Chargers, and running back Ezekiel Elliott, who went No. SOMERS: Giving a player a second chance worked well for Cardinals once – why not again? 26.īICKLEY: Cardinals hope 1st-round risk nets reward ![]() The Broncos traded up five spots late in the first round, exchanging picks with the Seahawks to draft Memphis quarterback Paxton Lynch at No. ![]() UCLA linebacker Myles Jack, considered a Top 5 pick, slid completely out of the first round because of new concerns about a troublesome knee injury. Just as sure as Commissioner Roger Goodell was going to get booed Thursday night, quarterbacks Jared Goff and Carson Wentz went 1-2 in the first round of the NFL draft to the Los Angeles Rams and Philadelphia Eagles.īeyond the obviousness of those three predictable moments, there was plenty of intrigue as the draft played out at Chicago’s Auditorium Theater. ![]()
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