"Anytime you have a player like Anthony Castonzo retire, it's a need, and we signed some guys [in free agency] who we think are pretty good football players," Ballard recently said. "But saying that, it just didn't match up at that point in the draft. I'd be honest, how many true left tackles were in the draft? I don't have the number exactly, but prototypically, some of these guys, maybe they end up playing left tackle. We'll see if they end up staying there their whole careers. But if you're going to draft a guy that high and you're drafting him to play left tackle, you'd like to know that he's going to be able to do it for his whole career."

York talked about the future of the team’s quarterback situation from the perspective of finances.

“The one thing about this league is there’s pressure on everybody. Everyone’s under the gun. And I get the quarterback has the most eyes on him, but we’re all under pressure to make sure we’re all helping each other have success,” Saleh said Friday. “To hide him — you can’t, that’s impossible. If you do that, you’re wasting time. Denver Broncos

Traded a second-round pick to the New England Patriots for Jimmy Garoppolo on Halloween 2017, signing him to a record-setting contract extension the following February Washington Redskins (Football Team)

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By signing Hayward, the Raiders have a defensive back who knows exactly what his role will be in Bradley’s Cover 3 system. This will be similar to what the Raiders ran under previous head coach Jack Del Rio when Pete Carroll disciple Ken Norton Jr. was coordinating his defense. The Cover 3 system is all about playing as freely and as quickly as you can. Of course, the Raiders are so slow. Cincinnati Bengals

Dalton: Cam Akers is the No. 5 player on my board right now, so he’s a steal to Andy in the middle of Round 2. As the unquestioned feature back in a Rams offense that got a major upgrade at quarterback, Akers won’t be falling out of many first rounds come August. Dak Prescott also went way too late (60th overall), but I had already drafted QBs for each of my teams. Tennessee Titans

The Indianapolis Colts are gearing up for the 2021 season following a draft that featured seven prospects set to join the horseshoe.