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King Jalen

How ironic is it? The Seattle Seahawks took Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe with the pick they received from the Geno Smith trade.

"I think you feel the urgency, the passion for his vision, he wants for his career, where he wants to go," head coach Mike Macdonald said of Milroe. "He's incredibly determined. This guy is a tireless worker, highly respected by his teammates, and highly intelligent. He's just really determined to become a great player and a great quarterback."

"It's going to take a minute," Schneider said. "Everybody is at different levels. He's in a unique category with this group of quarterbacks because he's like the explosive athlete, the speed. He takes off and he's gone. This is a natural runner with the ball.

Should Milroe show the rushing chops that allowed him to gain 879 yards, score 20 touchdowns, force 32 missed tackles, collect 12 runs of 15 or more yards, and convert 54 first downs on 150 carries last season?

"There's nothing I can't do on a football field. Are there things I can improve on? Absolutely. But there's nothing I can't do on the football field. I've thrown every type of touchdown, stepped up in the pocket, thrown on the run, going through my progressions, I've thrown a check-down, I've used my legs. When you're looking at it, whatever you want on the field, I can do it. "I say that humbly, it's not arrogant."

Last season, when he had a clean pocket, Milroe completed 167 of 238 passes for 2,270 yards, 12 touchdowns, nine interceptions, and a passer rating of 101.3. When disrupted, he completed 38 of 86 passes for 564 yards, four touchdowns, two interceptions, and a passer rating of 72.0.

Nick Saban, reacting to his former QB getting selected as the 92nd pick of the draft, said, "He's gonna give the Seahawks an element of offense that nobody else in this draft can give anybody."

The Browns joined a select group of teams to pick two quarterbacks in the same class when they drafted Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders, per Athlon Sports.

Among them, the Patriots did so in 2024 when they drafted Drake Maye and Joe Milton.

Most famously, Washington drafted Robert Griffin III and Kirk Cousins in 2012.

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Christmas Just Came Early

ESPN NFL Draft expert Mel Kiper Jr. was in full meltdown mode throughout the 2025 NFL Draft as teams repeatedly passed on drafting quarterback Shedeur Sanders.

But while most NFL fans have been pointing at and laughing at Kiper and other draft analysts for "getting it wrong," ESPN's Michael Wilbon has a different take. Wilbon shared Kiper's sentiment that things got "personal" between Sanders and the rest of the NFL.

He believes that teams were too afraid to admit that they think Sanders' personality and family are too much of a distraction to make up for his football skills.

"Shedeur Sanders being on that board in the fifth round was a joke," Wilbon said. "It's a travesty. I'm not saying he has to go in the first round. But don't tell me that everybody in the draft is better than Shedeur Sanders.

Wilbon just landed a spot on Kiper's Christmas card list.

Lanny from Paradise Valley, AZ wonders - What crawled up inside the Heat and died in their playoff series against the Cavaliers? That was disgraceful.

Marc Says: The Miami Heat was outscored 262-170 over consecutive home playoff games. Ouch! Overall, the Cleveland Cavaliers outscored the Miami Heat by 122 points in the series, the most significant margin of victory in any playoff series to date. It was the single most lopsided series clincher in NBA history. Cleveland cumulatively outscored Miami by 122 points, marking the most significant cumulative point differential in any series in NBA history. It was so bad that Miami's Tyler Herro was minus-44 in 31 minutes in Game 4. This is the worst plus-minus any player has recorded in a home playoff game in the play-by-play era. (Herro finished with four points on 1-for-10 shooting.) And to top it off, Cavs All-Star G Darius Garland sat out the game with a toe injury. Sheesh!

The Mets' starting pitchers have now allowed 4 or fewer runs in each of their first 29 games to begin the season.
It's the longest streak by a National League team to begin a season
since 1901.

"This might be the worst game
I've ever watched."

- Ernie Johnson, to open TNT's
halftime show. The Cavs were
up 72-33 at the time. "Turn it
off now," said Shaquille O'Neal.