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  The early unpredictability of the 2025 NFL Draft By Joey Priano March 27, 2025 – As the upcoming NFL Draft approaches, NFL front offices continue to work to find the perfect fit for their teams. Each year, a new class of collegiate players will be tested and evaluated by each team until the end of April, when the teams will draft the best of the best to join their rosters for the next season. Often times the order of these picks can be confidently predicted. However, the top group of players in this year’s draft has not been as easy to predict, making the importance of the first few picks even stronger. In the 2024 draft, the top four picks of the draft went as follows: Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, Drake Maye, Marvin Harrison Jr. This top four picks were predicted by fans and analysts all around the NFL, such as Daniel Jeremiah (NFL Network), Mel Kiper (ESPN), and Dane Brugler (The Athletic). With the needs of these teams being clear, predicting the order was not very difficul...

 How and why some teams want to see changes to the league. Joey Priano   In the last few days, it has been announced that four NFL teams have ideas for new rules that they believe should be implemented into the league. This post is to explain what exactly those rule changes would be, why specifically each team would want them, and if they would be beneficial for the league as a whole.  The first rule that a team wants implemented is the Green Bay Packers are trying to ban the “Tush Push”. The Tush Push, invented by the Philadelphia Eagles, has become one of the league’s most recognizable plays. When broken down, it is a Quarterback sneak play that works at a much higher efficiency rate, while at the same time, giving teams that use it successfully a 76.5% completion percentage on plays with 1 yard to go, with the eagles succeeding 82.4% of the time. If the league decided to ban this play, t he general fan consensus would see this as a mistake. Every team in the league has...

  Behind the running journey of Rebekah Priano By Joseph Priano     Rebekah (Bekah) Priano has been running since she was little. Playing youth soccer as early as she could, she was always outside and active. In 5th grade, she joined Girls on the Run. The after-school running club for girls was an early indication that she had the skill to run for long periods of time.    Going into middle school, it was recognized by Priano that distance was going to be her main event. She ran in various 5ks throughout the summer, joined Cross Country, and was consistently near the top of podiums for her demographic. After succeeding in middle school, continuing distance into high school seemed obvious, and so that is precisely what she did.   Entering high school, it was unclear whether Priano would stick to track, cross country, or both. Lots of distance runners do both, so also learning that she would run for varsity right away in both made the choice easy.   One o...