You watched for three days as 256 players heard their names called and saw their hopes of playing in the NFL realized. You watched as Shaquem Griffin
Cheap Ronald Jones II Jersey , Jordan Mailata and others became household names. You watched as quarterbacks flew off the board in Round 1 and then disappeared in Round 2.聽Those are the stories you know from draft weekend. These are the ones you didn't see happen.The week after the draft is my time to catch up with NFL sources and talk about what went down in their draft rooms. What player broke their hearts by coming off the board two picks too soon? Why did some of the top players in college drop down the board?Let's find out.聽 聽聽The Scout's Report鈥擣ailed Drug Tests Hurt PlayersThe NFL Scouting Combine is every year in late February and yet each season we have players fail the mandatory drug test in Indianapolis. NFL sources told me Holton Hill (Texas), Desmond Harrison (West Georgia) and Antonio Callaway (Florida) all failed the test. Each dropped in the draft because of it.What can agents do, short of babysitting players 24/7 in the months leading up to the draft? It's impossible to blame anyone but these players for failing a test they knew was coming. You may not care if players (or people) use drugs, and largely the NFL doesn't either. What matters to teams is if it gets in the way of being available to play.聽 聽聽鈥擲eattle Shocked the NFL in Round 1I polled 12 NFL scouts or executives after the Seattle Seahawks selected San Diego State running back Rashaad Penny in the first round. Not one team agreed on that value. The highest grade I could confirm was a mid-Round 2 value from an AFC team.This doesn't mean Seattle was wrong鈥攋ust different. If Penny hits, the front office will look brilliant. But this is a team that's lost some of its shine in recent years because of poor offseasons. John Schneider and Pete Carroll might finally be on the hot seat.聽 聽聽鈥擲am Darnold, Not Baker Mayfield, Is Consensus QB1Baker Mayfield was the first quarterback off the board, but only two teams were confirmed to have him as their top quarterback鈥攖he Cleveland Browns and New England Patriots. On the flip side, I spoke to over 15 teams that listed Darnold as their top quarterback.聽 聽聽鈥擩osh Allen Liked, But Not By ManyJeffrey T. Barnes/Associated PressJosh Allen was the No. 7 overall pick in the first round, but sources told me only two teams loved him. The Arizona Cardinals would have traded up for Allen (and may have tried) because he was their top quarterback. The Bills, where Allen ultimately ended up, had Allen as QB2 behind Darnold, per sources.Adding on to Allen: Not one team told me his tweets that surfaced the day before the draft had any effect on his stock.聽 聽鈥擫ack of Early Trades Not a SurpriseWhy didn't we see more trades in the top five? One NFL executive told me the boards were set in stone. The New York Giants wouldn't even answer the phone to consider dealing out of No. 2 overall, per one source. Said another: "We knew QBs were going one and three, the Giants wanted Saquon. What was there to trade up for in draft with only a few elite players?"聽 聽聽鈥擱aiders "Irresponsible" for Drafting Maurice HurstAnd finally, this one is shocking. After the draft ended on Saturday鈥攁nd even during our Bleacher Report live stream coverage鈥擨 was asking if Michigan defensive tackle Maurice Hurst was going to be drafted. Hurst was flagged at the combine for a heart condition but was later allowed to participate at the Michigan pro day. If the Wolverines felt he was healthy
Isaiah Wynn Jersey , why did he fall so far in the draft?I spoke to over 10 scouts, coaches and executives regarding Hurst. One, in a heated rant, labeled the selection "irresponsible" by the Raiders because of Hurst's heart condition (which hasn't been publicly shared) and hoped the talented defender would "never put a f--king helmet on again in his life."That sentiment was echoed many times over, with one head coach adding, "Only the Raiders would draft a guy who could literally die on the field from a known condition."聽 聽聽The Big BoardBy Round 5 of the 2018 NFL draft, I was begging our producers to let me talk about next year's class. If you can't tell, I'm super-excited for the 2019 group. Here's my early top 10 with a full big board coming out Monday morning (May 7).聽 聽1. Nick Bosa, EDGE, Ohio State2. Ed Oliver, DL, Houston3. Rashan Gary, DL, Michigan4. Justin Herbert, QB, Oregon5. Jonah Williams, OT
Mark Walton Jersey , Alabama6. Trey Adams, OT, Washington7. A.J. Brown, WR, Ole Miss8. Greg Little, OT, Ole Miss9. Dre'Mont Jones, DL, Ohio State10. Clelin Ferrell, EDGE, Clemson聽 聽聽Parting Shots5. The Cincinnati Bengals reportedly will not pick up the option on offensive tackle Cedric Ogbuehi following the 2018 season, per NFL Network's聽Mike Garafolo, which would make him a free agent. The 2015 first-rounder (pick No. 21 overall) hasn't lived up to his draft stock yet but is an athletic player who needed work coming out of Texas A&M's spread offense. Don't be surprised if a team that likes his potential trades for Ogbuehi this preseason.聽 聽4. Chicago's Kevin White is another first-rounder not getting extended, per聽Garafolo. The former West Virginia wide receiver has been plagued by injuries throughout his NFL career. White was the top receiver on my board in the 2015 draft class but has never been able to put it together on the field.It's an unfortunate reality, but White鈥攚ith only 21 career catches鈥攊s looking like a bust after being picked No. 7 overall.聽 聽3. Let's have fun with some draft superlatives. Up first, my favorite draft:Charles Rex Arbogast/Associated PressThe Chicago Bears didn't have the most picks or make the most moves; they just had a super-solid draft. Roquan Smith is exactly what the defense needed in the middle of the 3-4 scheme Vic Fangio runs. There's no doubt he saw some Patrick Willis in Smith.Following that up with the selection of James Daniels to solidify the offensive line and Anthony Miller to compete for the No. 2 wide receiver s The Pittsburgh Penguins‘ quest for a three-peat is officially on.
Patric Hornqvist picked up his 200th career goal and the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions clinched their 12th straight playoff berth with a 5-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.
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Jeff Petry and Jonathan Drouin scored for the Canadiens, who lost for the fifth time in seven games. Antti Niemi made 28 stops but Montreal couldn’t handle the league’s top-ranked power play.
GOLDEN KNIGHTS 3, SHARKS 2
LAS VEGAS (AP) – William Karlsson scored a short-handed goal in the third period, and the expansion Golden Knights clinched the Pacific Division title.
Vegas (50-22-7) reached 50 wins in its inaugural season with its third victory in four games. San Jose (44-25-10) is second in the Pacific, four points ahead of Los Angeles.
Shea Theodore and Oscar Lindberg also scored for the Golden Knights, and Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 29 shots.
San Jose goaltender Martin Jones made 35 saves. Joe Pavelski and Marc-Edouard Vlasic scored for the Sharks.
STARS 4, WILD 1
DALLAS (AP) – John Klingberg scored and added to his NHL-leading assist total for defensemen, helping Dallas to the victory.
Jason Spezza scored for the first time since Jan. 16 as the Stars, playing their home finale, won for just the second time in 11 games – a slide that wiped out any realistic hopes of making the playoffs.
The Wild, still holding the third playoff spot in the Central Division with four games remaining, lost the second of a home-and-home set two nights after beating the Stars 5-2 in Minnesota.
Wild defenseman Ryan Suter departed with a lower-body injury late in the second period. He wasn’t using his right leg as he was helped through the tunnel to the locker room.
Klingberg got his career-best 56th assist on the first-period goal by Spezza.
BRUINS 5, PANTHERS 1
BOSTON (AP) – Jake DeBrusk scored twice in his first game in more than two weeks, and Tuukka Rask stopped 30 shots to help Boston move back into first place in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
David Krejci had three assists and rookie Ryan Donato had a goal and an assist for Boston, which has won four of its last five games. The Bruins have earned a point in eight straight games and 15 of their last 17.
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Luongo, the losing goalie for Vancouver in the Bruins’ 2011 Stanley Cup run, stopped all 11 shots the rest of the way.
Two days after a physical battle for first place with the Tampa Bay Lighting, which the Bruins won 4-2 to take temporary possession of the top spot, Boston sent the struggling Panthers to their third straight loss and moved back into first. The Lightning had jumped ahead of the Bruins with a win at the New York Rangers on Friday night.
CANUCKS 5, BLUE JACKETS 4, OT
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) – Alex Edler scored 1:21 into overtime to lift Vancouver to its season high-tying fourth straight win.
Jussi Jokinen had a goal and two assists against his former team, and Darren Archibald, Bo Horvat and Nikolay Goldobin also scored for the Canucks, who have won five of six after a seven-game skid. Thatcher Demko stopped 26 shots in his first NHL start.
Seth Jones had a goal and three assists, and Pierre-Luc Dubois, Zach Werenski and Cam Atkinson also scored for Columbus. Artemi Panarin had four assists and Joonas Korpisalo finished with 24 saves for the Blue Jackets, who are 12-1-1 in their last 14 games as they try to pass Pittsburgh for second place in the Metropolitan Division.
The Blue Jackets erased a 4-1 deficit by scoring three goals in 2:37 to tie the game.
JETS 3, MAPLE LEAFS 1
TORONTO (AP) – Josh Morrissey and Dustin Byfuglien scored 1:10 apart in the second period as Winnipeg beat Toronto in a matchup of the only two Canadian teams headed to the playoffs.
Andrew Copp had the other goal for Winnipeg, while Connor Hellebuyck stopped 28 shots.
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The Maple Leafs, who won 7-2 in Winnipeg to open the season on Oct. 4, are all but assured of finishing third in the Atlantic Division. The Jets, meanwhile, look just as certain to wind up second in the Central.
Toronto’s only blemish at home in more than two months coming into this game was Monday’s 3-2 loss to last-place Buffalo that snapped a 13-game winning streak at Air Canada Centre.
SABRES 7, PREDATORS 4
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Sam Reinhart had a hat trick with Jack Eichel adding a career-high five assists as NHL-worst Buffalo stunned league-leading Nashville.
The Sabres outshot Nashville from the start and chased goalie Pekka Rinne after he gave up six goals on 29 shots through two periods.
Kyle Okposo had two goals, and Jason Pominville and Ryan O’Reilly also scored for Buffalo, and Eichel tied a franchise single-game record with his assists.
P.K. Subban, Austin Watson, Kyle Turris and Nick Bonino scored for Nashville.
The Sabres took control by scoring three power-play goals – two by R.
