WCG’s lead draft analyst looks at the best prospects still on the board in Day 3.

The first two days of the 2024 NFL Draft are in the books, leaving us with just one more day of selections.

Rounds 1, 2, and 3 brought about many entertaining moments, and now, it’s time for Rounds 4 through 7 to close out an unpredictable weekend. Saturday’s picks will be where some future stars and diamonds in the rough will be found. In the last three years alone, Pro Bowlers like Puka Nacua, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Tariq Woolen, Kyren Williams, Jake Ferguson, DaRon...

The Draft wraps up tomorrow

As expected, Day 2 of the 2024 NFL Draft came and went with the Minnesota Vikings doing absolutely nothing after an exciting Day 1 that saw them come away with two top prospects in J.J. McCarthy and Dallas Turner.

There’s still one more day of this year’s selection meeting to go, and compared to the last two days we’ll be getting an early start on things. The action will kick off from Detroit tomorrow at 11:00 AM Central time, and the Vikings are currently slated to pick five times, with the first one coming relatively...

Green Bay doubled dipped at the linebacker position, adding both Ty’Ron Hopper and Edgerrin Cooper on Friday.

The Green Bay Packers turned heads on Friday when they drafted linebacker Ty’Ron Hopper out of Missouri with the 91st pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. The team had previously addressed the linebacker position on Day 2 of the draft with the selection of Texas A&M’s Edgerrin Cooper. Hopper was ranked 160th overall on the consensus draft board, equal to a fifth-round pick’s value. Green Bay must have felt the need to take him two rounds earlier with the selection that they acquired...

Let’s see how both sides did

Now that we’re through the third round of the 2024 NFL Draft, the trade between the Minnesota Vikings and the Detroit Lions that saw tight end T.J. Hockenson come to Minnesota is, essentially, complete.

Let’s take a look at how both sides fared in that deal, shall we?

Minnesota Vikings receive

• TE T.J. Hockenson
• 2023 fourth-round pick (Traded to Chiefs)
• 2023 fourth-round pick (Jay Ward)
• 2024 fifth-round pick (Traded as part of move up to select Dallas Turner in 2024 first round)
• 2024 fourth-round pick (Traded as part...

WCG’s lead draft analyst breaks down the tape of the Bears’ newest offensive lineman.

With the No. 75 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, the Chicago Bears have selected Yale offensive lineman Kiran Amegadjie.

A three-year starter at the collegiate level and a 2023 first-team FCS All-American, Amegadjie dominated at the FCS level and was the first player selected in this year’s draft to not play at the FBS level. His length, mobility and play strength are widely considered to be positives of his game, as they were on full display in his dominant tape at Yale.

Amegadjie was the...

Grading the Detroit Lions’ selection of Missouri CB Ennis Rakestraw in the 2024 NFL Draft.

With the 61st overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, the Detroit Lions selected Missouri CB Ennis Rakestraw. That makes two cornerbacks selected by the Lions through two picks in the draft thus far. Brad Holmes is making sure of one thing: the back end of this Lions defense is going to be completely overhauled in 2024.

My grade: B

Rakestraw is a very physical corner who plays larger than his size, which isn’t astounding at 5-foot-11 and 183 pounds. However, he brings a lot...

The Bears have added to the trenches!

The Chicago Bears selected Yale offensive tackle Kiran Amegadjie with the 75th overall pick in the third round of the 2024 NFL Draft.

General manager Ryan Poles continues the trend of taking local prospects, as Amegadjie is from Hinsdale, Illinois. He checks in at 6’5”, 323 pounds with 36 1/8’’ arm length. Most of his experience came at left tackle, but he did play over 600 snaps at guard in 2021. Scouts feel his technique needs some refinement, but he’s an athletic prospect. He’s a better run blocker than a pass blocker, but...

The Bears had a long wait from their second first round pick but finally got it in the third round.

It was a long wait for the Chicago Bears and their fans tonight.

The distance between their picks at No. 9 and No. 75 was discussed a lot before the draft.

Would they trade up using their abundant future capital? Would they stay put and let the board come to them?

They ended up standing pat and watching a lot of players come off the board.

Friday’s second round opened with a run on defensive linemen and defensive backs. A...

A deep dive into the Vikings new quarterback

With the tenth pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, the Minnesota Vikings selected JJ McCarthy, quarterback, Michigan. As the tenth pick in the draft, JJ McCarthy becomes the highest drafted quarterback in Minnesota Vikings history. He was the fifth quarterback taken in the draft and was ranked 23rd on the draft consensus board. McCarthy was widely expected to be a top five pick heading into the draft, and definitely a top ten pick.

The Vikings traded up one spot with the New York Jets before making the selection, potentially heading off any...

Here’s how Lions fans and analysts reacted to Detroit selecting Ennis Rakestraw in the second round.

The Detroit Lions selected Missouri cornerback Ennis Rakestraw with the 61st overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. It was the Lions’ first pick on Day 2 of the draft, and also their last of the day, barring Brad Holmes trading back up into the third round. That leaves the Lions with two new corners after two picks so far in the draft.

Instant reactions on X were eager about Rakestraw’s upside, especially after he became [a hot name mocked to the Lions in...

The Draft continues (mostly without Minnesota)

Well, the second round of the 2024 NFL Draft came and went without the Minnesota Vikings doing anything. Now we’re into Round 3, where the purple are expected to continue to not do anything.

Yes, the Vikings are not slated to have a pick in the third round of this year’s NFL Draft because they’ve traded it away. They’re not currently scheduled to be on the clock until the fourth round at #108 overall, and then after that they aren’t currently slated to have a selection until Round 6.

Will the Vikings move up...

GM Brad Holmes and the entire Detroit Lions front office were sporting hoodies poking fun at critics on Friday night.

Back in 2023, Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes showed up to the NFL Combine wearing a hoodie with the word “VILLAIN” sprawled across it. At the time, Holmes didn’t offer much of an explanation on the mantra, simply saying it was something their front office was adopting for upcoming draft.

On Friday during Day 2 of the 2024 NFL Draft, the Lions were a little less subtle with their apparel. Every single person in the Lions war room was...