Hell yeah, Pacers.

Who were the best picks and biggest surprises of the 2024 NFL Draft? A dozen takeaways on Caleb Williams & the Bears; Michigan; the Chiefs; the sleepers to keep an eye on; and much more from a wild three days: theathletic.com/5453879/2024/0…
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🎙️New Athletic Football Show!📷

Dane Brugler and Nate Tice join me to chat about the most notable picks of Day 3, before running through their favorite and least favorite hauls of the 2024 draft. podfollow.com/the-athletic-f…

257 draft picks. All 257 players in The Beast.

It's been such a fun ride the last 12 months scouting and prepping for this draft class. A heartfelt thank you for all the convos, debates and support along the way. Y'all make this a ton of fun!

Every #Bills fan should read this story on the team's new running back, Ray Davis. He's going to be very easy to root for.

By eight years old, Ray Davis was a ward of the state.

By 12, he was living in a homeless shelter with two of his 14 siblings.

At 24, he’s been drafted by the Bills.

Zak Keefer from the archives, on Buffalo's new back ⤵️
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Buffalo got a good one

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Good look at Anthony Richardson’s newest target, and all that surrounded the pick, via ⁦James Boyd⁩ theathletic.com/5451959/2024/0…

Day 2 of the #NFLDraft is in the books.

So which picks caught the eye of The Athletic’s national NFL staff so far, for better or for worse?

Kalyn Kahler, Zak Keefer and Dan Pompei weighed in ⤵️

Chris Ballard is going to bat for Ad Mitchell and he's pissed about all of the reports of Mitchell's off the field concerns.

The #Colts GM is on one and I'm here for it.

Haliburton!

Ray could go as high as the 3rd round. He's coming off a really strong spring — he shined in Mobile at the Senior Bowl, then the combine, and got great feedback from teams on his visits. Incredible young man.

Tonight could be the night for Ray Davis — the foster kid who spent part of his childhood homeless, fought for the chance to go to high school, and is now top RB prospect in the NFL Draft.

His remarkable road to this point:

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Plenty of selections stood out to our national NFL team now that the first round is in the books.

Which QB pick is the most intriguing? Which pick left them shaking their heads?

Kalyn Kahler, Dan Pompei and Zak Keefer sat down for our Day 1 roundtable ⤵️
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Text from an AFC GM on the #Chiefs getting Xavier Worthy: “FU** me”

Best tweet of the night

This is the look of a man who knows he’s not allowed back in Vegas and his family has no idea

Laiatu Latu to the Colts.