Welcome to the first day of March, which means we have arrived at a point in the NFL calendar where it is bout to get fun.
Today is the final day of on-field drills at the NFL Scouting Combine, with the offensive linemen having their opportunity to show off their skills. Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry and the rest of the gang will be paying close attention as the team needs as much help as it can get along the offensive line this offseason.
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Once the Combine shuts its doors for another year, the league will turn its attention to free agency, with teams officially permitted to negotiate with free agents starting on March 9, and full-on free agency beginning on March 11 at 4 p.m. EST.
Berry will be active in free agency, of course, although any moves from the Browns will likely not come in the opening hours when teams “win free agency” by generating headlines. But expect some new names to be added to the roster in the second wave of free agency as Berry patches some holes ahead of the 2026 NFL Draft.
All that is still a week away, so let’s start the day with the latest edition of the Sunday Dawg Chow.
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NFL draft: Ranking Fernando Mendoza vs. recent first-round QBs (ESPN) – Fernando Mendoza had a storybook 2025 season, which started with a transfer from Cal to Indiana and ended with him leading the Hoosiers to their first-ever national championship. That performance, which included a Heisman Trophy, made him the unquestioned QB1 in the 2026 NFL draft. But how does he compare to first-round quarterbacks of the recent past?