The original content and analysis produced by the PFR staff during the past week:
- As part of our ‘This Date In NFL Transactions History’ series, our Ben Levine took a look back at the suspension of Panthers defensive end Frank Alexander. Alexander was a very promising young player who saw his career cut extremely short by off-field troubles. The suspension he earned in 2015 was his third for violating the league’s substance abuse policy in just a couple of years in the NFL, and ultimately ended his career.
- Around this time of year, people start paying more and more attention to potential draft order. Many teams are having abysmal seasons, and there’s a crowded field of teams all in position to pick very early in the draft. Our Zach Links asked readers in a poll which team was most likely to wind up with the first overall pick, and laid out the case for each side. The Raiders won the poll, garnering 49.2% of the votes with the Cardinals coming in second place.