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New on Sports Illustrated: How to Watch the NFL Draft 2021: Live Stream, TV Channel, Start Time

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The 2021 NFL draft will begin at 8 p.m. ET.
This year’s draft will be in Cleveland with potentially five quarterbacks slated to be taken in the first round, including a distinct possibility to see multiple taken at the very top.
In his final mock draft, <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/2021/04/27/nfl-mock-draft-san-francisco-49ers-mac-jones-bengals-jamarr-chase">Sports Illustrated's Albert Breer projected that three quarterbacks</a> —Clemson's Trevor Lawrence, BYU's Zach Wilson and Alabama's Mac Jones— will be taken in the top three picks. 
The Jaguars hold the first pick and are expected to select Lawrence. The Jets hold the second pick while the 49ers will pick third. 
Here's a look at how to watch the draft:
<h3>Round 1:</h3>
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<li>Date: Thursday, April 29</li>
<li>Time: 8 p.m. ET</li>
<li>TV Channel: ABC, ESPN, NFL Network</li>
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<h3>Rounds 2-3:</h3>
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<li>Date: Friday, April 30</li>
<li>Time: 7 p.m. ET</li>
<li>TV Channel: ABC, ESPN and NFL Network</li>
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<h3>Rounds 4-7:</h3>
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<li>Date: Saturday, May 1</li>
<li>Time: Noon ET</li>
<li>TV Channel: ABC, ESPN and NFL Network</li>
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The entire event will also be available to watch online. You can stream the draft on <a href="https://www.espn.com/watch/">WatchESPN</a> or <a href="https://www.nfl.com/">NFL.com</a>.
Here's a look at the order for the first round of the NFL draft:
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<li>Jacksonville Jaguars</li>
<li>New York Jets</li>
<li>San Francisco 49ers (from Miami via Houston)</li>
<li>Atlanta Falcons</li>
<li>Cincinnati Bengals</li>
<li>Miami Dolphins (from Philadelphia)</li>
<li>Detroit Lions</li>
<li>Carolina Panthers</li>
<li>Denver Broncos</li>
<li>Dallas Cowboys</li>
<li>New York Giants</li>
<li>Philadelphia Eagles (from Miami via San Francisco)</li>
<li>Los Angeles Chargers</li>
<li>Minnesota Vikings</li>
<li>New England Patriots</li>
<li>Arizona Cardinals</li>
<li>Las Vegas Raiders</li>
<li>Miami Dolphins</li>
<li>Washington Football Team</li>
<li>Chicago Bears</li>
<li>Indianapolis Colts</li>
<li>Tennessee Titans</li>
<li>New York Jets (from Seattle)</li>
<li>Pittsburgh Steelers</li>
<li>Jacksonville Jaguars (from Rams)</li>
<li>Cleveland Browns</li>
<li>Baltimore Ravens</li>
<li>New Orleans Saints</li>
<li>Green Bay Packers</li>
<li>Buffalo Bills</li>
<li>Baltimore Ravens (from Kansas City)</li>
<li>Tampa Bay Buccaneers</li>
</ol>
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New on Sports Illustrated: It's Time for the Packers to Give Aaron Rodgers What He Wants

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Trading away Aaron Rodgers will always be scary. But the Packers may feel better once they actually do it.
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Picking <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/04/24/nfl-draft-green-bay-packers-jordan-love-aaron-rodgers?utm_campaign=themmqb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com">Jordan Love in the first round last year</a> was the Packers’ acknowledgement that, should they ever need an escape hatch from the Aaron Rodgers experience, they would have a cost-effective measure already groomed within the system and ready to go.
It was also, after years of being bombarded, a gentle return serve to try and remind the quarterback of his place on <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/01/20/aaron-rodgers-green-bay-packers-positive">the organizational pecking order</a>. A moment of found confidence as they broke in a new head coach.
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People in Green Bay have become accustomed to Rodgers’s willingness to artfully display his unhappiness. His press conferences have become a lesson in decoding. A banal training camp visit from a national reporter can turn into an organizational landmine. A radio appearance, in passing, can expose friction the general public never thought was there. But, familiar to all people regularly exposed to calamity, there tends to be a rhythm: a process of letting Rodgers get his passive aggression out, finding what could solve the problem, and moving on until the next episode.
That changed on Thursday when, hours before the NFL draft, <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/2021/04/29/aaron-rodgers-packers-rumors-doesnt-want-return">ESPN reported</a> that Rodgers is done with the Packers. He is starting a new life. He prefers to live on the West Coast. He wants to <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/2021/04/06/aaron-rodgers-making-most-jeopardy-guest-host">be a game show host</a> and play football. Living in Wisconsin doesn’t really make that all possible, especially when you apparently dislike most of the people you work for. It’s not an unreasonable request. We are all searching for ideal work-life balance and pursuing our own individual happiness. Reportedly, all of the Packers’ major decision makers have made frantic trips to California to try and solve the problem, to no avail.
The difference between this episode and the last several is that it seems like Rodgers’s way of purposefully upping the ante to the point where it could escalate the situation out of the Packers’ expanded comfort zone. If there is any professional football player who better understands the machinations of the media, the timing of stories and how to scramble the landscape like an unhinged, Heath Ledger–style Joker, it’s Rodgers (he is, according to NFL Network, going to be quite visible at the Kentucky Derby this weekend). Allowing this thing to detonate hours before a league tentpole event, effectively clogging the Packers’ phone lines as every team gleefully rings to inquire about trade requests, is one of the most resolute middle fingers a player of his status can wield.
Green Bay has only two options now: deal Rodgers to a team sitting at the top of the draft—Thursday night—or deal Love, fire whoever Rodgers is feuding with in the front office and publicly offer Rodgers a top-of-the-market contract extension eclipsing that of Patrick Mahomes, making him the highest-paid quarterback in NFL history. While he has reportedly turned down extension offers, and this version of the same old feud seems far beyond money, would it perhaps be difficult to say no to outright groveling?
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It’s a fascinating question if you’re in Green Bay’s upper management. How long are you going to continue to let one of the best players in the NFL push you around? At what point does your confidence in a brilliant young head coach and a first-round pick at quarterback eclipse your fatigue of these outbursts? If you back down now—again—what does that mean for the future?
For most of us, the answer is simple. Football, especially in Green Bay, is only about winning. You cower. You grovel. You take the floggings and, probably, maybe, this year, you call one of his media tributaries and find out who he might like you to draft at wide receiver. You pray for the chance to deepen this wholly, completely unhealthy relationship. That’s what we would recommend.
But maybe those running the Packers realize that it’s finally time. Yes, Rodgers still has great football left. Yes, he’s brilliant on the field. Yes, he’s been responsible for all the good the team has experienced over the last decade-plus. He’s also brought them to this place of complete disorientation. He's reportedly asking to be dealt to the Raiders, among other teams. Perhaps there would be some self-satisfaction to be gained from sentencing him to three years of hard labor digesting Jon Gruden's painfully verbose play calls. 
Starting over is going to seem scary. It’s going to seem foolish. It’s going to seem like selling off the franchise’s Super Bowl chances for the next three seasons.
It may also feel wonderful to let it all go.
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New on Sports Illustrated: Report: Aaron Rodgers Told Packers He Does Not Want to Return

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Earlier this week, the 49ers reportedly reached out to the Packers about a possible deal involving Rodgers.
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Reigning MVP Aaron Rodgers has told some within the Packers organization he does not want to return to the team next season, <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/31359453/aaron-rodgers-want-return-green-bay-packers-sources-say">according to ESPN's Adam Schefter. </a>
President Mark Murphy, general manager Brian Gutekunst and coach Matt LaFleur are aware of Rodgers's sentiment.
"As we've stated since the season ended, we are committed to Aaron in 2021 and beyond," Gutekunst told ESPN on Thursday. "Aaron has been a vital part of our success, and we look forward to competing for another championship with him leading our team."
On Wednesday, the 49ers reached out to the Packers about acquiring Rodgers, but no formal offer was made, <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/2021/04/29/49ers-reached-out-to-packers-trade-for-aaron-rodgers">according to NFL Network's Tom Pelissero. </a>One of Pelissero's sources says there is a "zero percent chance" Green Bay trades its franchise quarterback.
<a href="https://twitter.com/JayGlazer/status/1387830847634505731">Fox Sports' Jay Glazer also reported on Thursday</a> that a few teams had called the Packers about Rodgers, but did not provide specifics about any particular franchises.
The Rams also reportedly <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/2021/02/01/rams-packers-aaron-rodgers-trade-rumor-matthew-stafford">"made a run" at Rodgers</a> this offseason, but the Packers were "adamant" about not dealing him. The Rams instead traded for former Lions quarterback <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/2021/01/31/detroit-lions-trade-matthew-stafford-los-angeles-rams-jared-goff">Matthew Stafford</a>.
According to ESPN, the Packers have offered to extend Rodgers's contract this offseason. <a href="https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1387854611239870472">According to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport,</a> Rodgers's agent Dave Dunn has traveled to Green Bay for several days of meetings to work through the situation, but Rodgers's team has refused a restructure and rebuffed any deals.
However, <a href="https://twitter.com/JayGlazer/status/1387857666169401348">Fox Sports is also reporting</a> the frustration is beyond a contract issue and that Rodgers is strongly convicted that he does not want to return to Green Bay.
Earlier this week, Gutekunst told reporters the <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/packers/news/gutekunst-on-rodgers-aarons-our-guy">franchise was committed to Rodgers</a> "for the foreseeable future," adding, "Aaron's our guy."
"We're excited about the things we're going to try to accomplish here over the next couple years."
In last year's draft, the <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/04/27/packers-general-manager-jordan-love-aaron-rodgers-draft-selection-t">Packers traded the No. 30 pick and a fourth-round pick to the Dolphins for the 26th pick</a> and selected quarterback Jordan Love. In doing so Love became the first offensive player drafted by Green Bay in the first round since 2005.
Last season, Rodgers led the Packers to a 13–3 record and an appearance in the NFC championship game. He also won his third MVP award.
After the playoff loss to the Buccaneers, Rodgers said, <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/packers/gameday/rodgers-acknowledges-his-uncertain-future-with-packers">"A lot of guys’ futures are uncertain—myself included,"</a> but he later <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/2021/01/26/aaron-rodgers-packers-future-return-green-bay-2021">clarified those remarks</a> on The Pat McAfee Show, saying, "I don't feel like I said anything that I hadn't said before. It was just more of a realization, I think, that ultimately my future is not necessarily in my control. I think that was just kind of what hit me in the moment."
He added: "I don't think that there's any reason why I wouldn't be back."
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New on Sports Illustrated: Nobody Will Pull Away in La Liga's Title Race

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Barcelona becomes the latest club to stumble with a chance to stake a claim for the title, setting up a four-team sprint over the final five games.
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It was all there for Barcelona. With five games to go in La Liga's season, Barcelona could have controlled its own destiny in the quest to win the title, and by extension, secure a domestic double. 
Considering <a href="https://www.si.com/soccer/2021/03/10/barcelona-crisis-messi-laporta-future-champions-league-daily-cover">where Barcelona was eight months ago</a> and still, in many ways, is, at least from a business standpoint, that is quite outrageous to comprehend. Only the Blaugrana sputtered. Hosting a Granada team that had never won at Camp Nou before, Barcelona blew a 1–0 lead, capitulating in a 2–1 defeat on Thursday that also featured manager Ronald Koeman being sent off.
Instead of doing what it could to inch away from the pack, it joined its fellow challengers in failing to issue a statement of intent. Atlético Madrid was the biggest beneficiary, with Diego Simeone's side instead emerging as the one in control of its destiny with all clubs having played 33 matches entering the weekend. 
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It's still a tight, four-team race. Atlético Madrid's 73 points are two more than Real Madrid and Barcelona's 71 and three more than Sevilla's 70. With one head-to-head meeting between Barcelona and Atlético Madrid and another between Real Madrid and Sevilla on the books for the weekend of May 8–9, there could be yet another significant twist or two in the race. 
Another reason why Barcelona will be kicking itself for letting Thursday's result slip away is that it's not in the driver's seat if things remain so tight. Real Madrid holds the tiebreaker vs. Barcelona after completing its Clásico sweep, while Atlético Madrid won the first matchup against Barcelona. A loss or draw on May 8 likely spells curtains for Lionel Messi & Co.
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But on the other hand, no team will grab this race and run with it. Atléti led by double digits in January but has repeatedly dropped points to open the race back up. Real Madrid has even drawn in two of its last three league games with a chance to go top. Sevilla, meanwhile, is the hottest team of them all, with the club having five straight wins and an eight-match unbeaten run (7-0-1). How fitting and poetic would it be if Sevilla pipped the <a href="https://www.si.com/soccer/2021/04/22/super-league-failure-uefa-clubs-next-steps">three Super League wannabes</a> to the title?
<a href="https://www.si.com/soccer/2021/04/06/la-liga-title-race-atletico-madrid-real-barcelona">Hay Liga</a>—but only because the three chief and perennial contenders won't get out of their own way.
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New on Sports Illustrated: Report: Tim Tebow Recently Worked Out for Jaguars at Tight End

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Tebow previously said he would not be joining his former college coach Urban Meyer in Jacksonville.
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Former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow recently worked out for the Jaguars as a possible tight end, <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1387839938343940099">ESPN's Adam Schefter reported. </a>
According to ESPN, Tebow requested the workout with Jacksonville's tight end coach Tyler Brown, who was hired in February. No decision has been made.
The former Heisman Trophy–winning quarterback at Florida spent three seasons in the NFL—two seasons with the Broncos and one season with the Jets—throwing for a total of 2,422 yards, 17 touchdowns and nine interceptions. 
If Tebow signs with the Jaguars, he would reunite with his former college coach Urban Meyer, <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/2021/04/26/mmqb-shad-khan-trevor-lawrence-jaguars-nfl-draft-all-team-needs">who was hired as the Jaguars' head coach this offseason. </a>
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Tebow played with the Patriots in the 2013 preseason and the Eagles in the 2015 preseason, but he was released before the regular season each time.
In January, Tebow <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/2021/01/15/tim-tebow-wont-leave-the-mets-to-join-urban-meyer-and-jaguars">stated that he would not be joining his former college coach in Jacksonville</a>. However, during that time, Tebow was focused on spring training and his professional baseball career with the Mets organization.
"If [Meyer] decides to take a job, he’ll have my support," Tebow said in January. "He’s like a father figure to me. I believe he’ll do a great job.
“Obviously, me and coach are so close and so we’ve talked about a lot of different things over the years. But for me, I’m super excited about spring training, and so that’s where my focus kind of swirls right now.”
In February, Tebow retired from the Mets' minor league system after four years in baseball. In three professional seasons, Tebow posted a .223/.299/.338 slash line with 107 runs scored, 48 doubles, three triples, 18 home runs and 107 RBIs in 287 games.
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