Month: May 2023

Here are the 12 former Illinois high school players picked in the 2023 NFL Draft

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The NFL Draft was completed over the weekend, and 12 players who played high school football in Illinois got their names called in one of seven rounds in Kansas City, Mo., according to MaxPreps. The states of Florida (36 players), Texas (30), Georgia (23) and California (21) led the way this year as 38 states … Read more

Amani Bledsoe, former Cincinnati defensive end, suspended for 17 weeks of 2023 season

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Former Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Amani Bledsoe Free agent defensive end Amani Bledsoe, who played in 14 games for the Cincinnati Bengals during the 2020 NFL season, was suspended Tuesday for the first 17 weeks of the 2023 regular season for violating the league’s policy on performance-enhancing substances, per NFL Network. During part of last … Read more

Ranking every team’s 2023 NFL Draft class: Steelers, Colts crush it; several playoff teams raise questions

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The 2023 NFL Draft is over and all 259 selections have been made. All that’s left to do is brace for the knee-jerk reactions from media folk, ourselves included. We liked what most of the teams did over the weekend because, in reality, this is nothing more than an exercise in checking boxes: “Did Team … Read more