The familiar blueprint Super Bowl 2025 should put in Giants’ mind ahead of NFL draft
NY Post
NEW ORLEANS — One of the biggest winners of Super Bowl 2025 hasn’t yet played a snap in the NFL.
Anyone who watched the reveal of Patrick Mahomes’ kryptonite as a stacked pass rush should simultaneously have pushed Penn State edge rusher Abdul Carter up their mock draft.
Overreaction to the Super Bowl is a real thing inside the NFL, but it might just be wise after the Eagles’ 40-22 win against the Chiefs to go from seeing Carter as a top four prospect in the 2025 class to the favorite at No. 1.
Quarterbacks Cam Ward and Shedeur Sanders aren’t can’t-miss prospects. Receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter is a scouting unicorn but — even if he plays on both sides of the ball (no guarantee) — will he make the same impact that a premier pass rusher would?
“There was nothing they could do,” Eagles defensive tackle Milton Williams said. “We knew they couldn’t block us up front. We have dawgs everywhere.”
The Chiefs offensive line featured three $72 million-plus investments and another blocker who will reach that threshold in free agency next month. Mahomes still was hit 11 times and sacked a career-high six times.
A win like Saturday night’s in Columbus should’ve sent the Rangers into the 4 Nations break on a high note, but this season has been anything but exuberant.
The Knicks were getting destroyed on the boards in the first half Saturday night, so Tom Thibodeau decided to go smaller after intermission.
If the Mavericks were hoping that Anthony Davis’ stellar play would help calm down the anger in Dallas over trading Luka Doncic, they’ll have to come up with another way to do that.
NEW ORLEANS — Brandon Graham is living the John Elway and Michael Strahan fantasy.
All that, and the Islanders are right where they’ve always been.
Some years, there is no drama surrounding the No. 1 overall pick in an NFL draft, like last year, when the Bears were zeroed in on Caleb Williams for months.
If Karl-Anthony Towns’ first game against the Celtics as a Knick — his debut in October — was a dud, then this was a disaster.
SAINT PAUL, Minn. — The Islanders are limping into the break for the 4 Nations Face-Off in more ways than one.
If you hate coastal superpowers, this was a bad offseason for you.
The Nets agreed to a contract buyout with Ben Simmons, ending his disappointing stay in Brooklyn.
NEW ORLEANS — Jets coach Aaron Glenn continues to build his staff and he is adding one longtime former Giants employee to it.
Peter Laviolette didn’t speak for long following one of the Rangers’ worst losses of the season.
Now with the Tigers, Gleyber Torres avoided taking too big of a bite into Yankees general manager Brian Cashman’s comments Thursday that he had been “unwilling” to shift to third base last season.