Dane Brugler
@dpbrugler
NFL Draft Analyst for @TheAthletic. Husband, father, amateur BBQ Pitmaster.
The Beast is here! The 2025 NFL Draft Guide - new and improved. nytimes.com/athletic/the-b…
A couple of Big Ten prospects headline an early look at the TE class for the 2026 NFL Draft. nytimes.com/athletic/65004…
“He’s not Jalen Carter, but he might be a 90% version of Carter in the NFL.” An early look at the DT position for the 2026 NFL Draft, including a stud at the top and quality depth among the seniors. nytimes.com/athletic/65026…
Full top 15 RGs + top 75 OL: trenchwarfare.substack.com/p/ranking-the-…
In a league that loves traits, Christian Gonzalez falling out of the top-half of round 1 in the 2023 draft class is still perplexing.
Execs, coaches, scouts rank top 10 corners: *'Complete package' Surtain nearly 90% of 1st-place votes. *Gardner most polarizing. Did he get 'too much, too soon?' *Gonzalez closest thing to Surtain *Ramsey had a great run *Mitchell strong debut espn.com/nfl/story/_/id…
David Bailey is the next sub-260 edge rusher to set the world on fire. If Dane sees it, I know my eyes aren’t playing tricks on me.
EDGE is the early leader in the clubhouse for my favorite position in the 2026 NFL Draft. 🏈A few studs w/ top-10 talent 🏈David Bailey & R Mason Thomas 🚀 🏈My top-30 seniors (all w/ verified measurements) nytimes.com/athletic/64690…
(LT Overton and LaNorris Sellers highlight)
EDGE is the early leader in the clubhouse for my favorite position in the 2026 NFL Draft. 🏈A few studs w/ top-10 talent 🏈David Bailey & R Mason Thomas 🚀 🏈My top-30 seniors (all w/ verified measurements) nytimes.com/athletic/64690…
EDGE is the early leader in the clubhouse for my favorite position in the 2026 NFL Draft. 🏈A few studs w/ top-10 talent 🏈David Bailey & R Mason Thomas 🚀 🏈My top-30 seniors (all w/ verified measurements) nytimes.com/athletic/64690…
Very easy decision by Jets GM Darren Mougey. GW has been exactly what was expected (despite poor QB play) and he's still ascending.
ESPN sources: Jets and wide receiver Garrett Wilson reached agreement on a four-year, $130 million contract extension that includes $90 million guaranteed. It marks the first time in NFL history that a receiver has received an average over $31 million after playing only three…
Awesome resource to have at your fingertips!
My 2025 NFL Preview is FINALLY here! Life since March has been writing this 586-page book: bit.ly/new-2025-book Everything I learned last season Everything I predict will happen in 2025 32 teams in 586 full color pages! I KNOW you'll love it, please check it out!
My position-by-position previews for the 2026 NFL Draft begin next week - eager to share all the scouting buzz from the summer! I really like this EDGE group. Texas Tech's David Bailey (Stanford transfer) brings a ton of juice and could be a SR riser this season 🚀
It's Rivalry Week here at @TheAthleticCFB, so we start off by ranking the 100 best rivalries: nytimes.com/athletic/64693…
On today's Athletic Football Show, @dpbrugler joined me to redraft the entire 2018 first round. We know QBs are going 1-2. After that is when things got interesting. Fun exercise full of some fascinating what-ifs. Full show: pod.fo/e/2f4e14
Arch, who has been attending the Manning Passing Academy since the age of 4, throwing the ball well tonight during the passing challenges.
Sources: The NFL has informed teams there won't be a Supplemental Draft this summer. The last player selected in the Supplemental Draft was in 2019.
I was fascinated by how Arch’s parents navigated all of the challenges that parents today face as well as the unique dynamic that comes with having the Next Manning. Raising Arch: How Cooper and Ellen prepared Texas’ QB for the Manning family spotlight: nytimes.com/athletic/64489…
LaNorris Sellers is understandably raw in several areas, but his ability to create is exceptional. Agile and explosive, but also one of the strongest QBs I've ever evaluated. Can't wait to see his development in 2025. Bruce shares Sellers' unique journey up to this point. 👇
A guy almost no one had ever heard of a year ago and who was overlooked throughout the recruiting process to being a projected top-5 NFL Draft pick, 19-year old LaNorris Sellers may be the best story in college football right now: nytimes.com/athletic/64257…
The 2025 NBA Draft Guide is here. -198 pages and 160,000 words of evaluations and breakdowns on prospects in this draft class. Very deep dives on player scouts, tendencies, etc. -My final top-100 rankings (barring surprise international (Link in threaded tweet below).
I wanted to understand how Marcus Freeman saw the game of football. So I asked him to show me. And he did. This is what it’s like to watch film with Notre Dame’s head coach. nytimes.com/athletic/63976…
I reached out to some of the most successful and most creative minds in football to find out one thing: what was their all-time favorite play call? Their answers (and the video of those plays) were amazing: nytimes.com/athletic/63568…