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Bears GM Ryan Poles could trade back in the NFL Draft — but will anyone ...

Chicago Sun-Times 21 Apr 2025
This year’s draft is the first since the NFL-AFL merger in which no first-round picks have been traded ... Offensive tackle still towers over Bears' other roster needs heading into NFL Draft.
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This year’s NFL draft could be a boost for running backs

Chatanooga Times Free Press 21 Apr 2025
The rate of running dropped from nearly 58% of snaps in 1977 (the high since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970) to a low of just more than 40% in 2014 before undergoing a slight increase in recent years to 43.4% last season.
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Offensive Rookie of the Year Jayden Daniels says he has to prove himself again: 'Last ...

CBS Sports 20 Apr 2025
2 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft won Offensive Rookie of the Year, then led his team to the NFC title game, becoming one of only six rookie quarterbacks since the AFL-NFL merger to do so ... 2025 NFL mock draft ... Our Latest NFL Stories.
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Charlie Ward set to be next FAMU basketball coach. How good was his NBA career?

Tallahassee Democrat 16 Apr 2025
Why was Charlie Ward not drafted in the NFL? ... But NFL teams weren't sure about his commitment to football, so he became the first Heisman winner since before the NFL-AFL merger to go untaken by either the NFL or a rival league.
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How Joe Flacco signing might impact Browns' draft, plus NFL teams facing most pressure in 2025

CBS Sports 11 Apr 2025
The Lions are essentially in uncharted territory with the 28th overall pick this year and that's because this will mark just the second time since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970 that Detroit has picked this low in the first round ... Our Latest NFL Stories.
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Los Angeles Chargers Bring American Football to Greece as Part of NFL Global Expansion

Greek Reporter 06 Apr 2025
... in Greece as part of the NFL Global Markets program ... Founded in 1959, the Los Angeles Chargers were initially a charter member of the AFL and joined the NFL as a result of the AFL–NFL merger in 1970.
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SIMMONS: Ovechkin’s breathtaking goal record may never be broken again

Toronto Sun 06 Apr 2025
The number still seems so impossible, so improbable — 895 and counting.Advertisement 2. Story continues below ... Sign Up ... In football, the AFL statistics now count as NFL statistics ... It wasn’t really a merger the way the NFL and AFL merged into one league.
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Colorado's Deion Sanders declares Travis Hunter can play both sides of ball in NFL, calls ...

CBS Sports 04 Apr 2025
With 53 career interceptions and 60 career catches, Sanders is the only player since the 1970 AFL/NFL merger with 10 or more career interceptions and 25 or more catches in their NFL career ... "NFL is a slow game ... Our Latest NFL Stories. 2025 NFL Draft.
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Otto Graham’s place alongside Tom Brady well-deserved | Opinion

Cascade Business News 02 Apr 2025
After the NFL and American Football League merged ... When the AAFC and AFL competed against the NFL, the knock on both leagues was they were inferior to the NFL ... The AFL-NFL merger happened shortly after.
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