1. Three Buckeyes have been invited to the draft in Kansas City. Quarterback C.J. Stroud, receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba and offensive lineman Paris Johnson Jr. are among 17 players the league has invited to the big event. They are all heavily expected to be picked in the first round on Thursday night, although speculation the Carolina Panthers traded up to use the No. 1 pick on Stroud has recently turned into a general expectation they will go with Alabama quarterback Bryce Young instead. 2. Stroud might slide to No. 3 — or later. NFL Network draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah is among those hearing the Houston Texas are not going to use the No. 2 pick on a quarterback. “Those were kind of the whispers, and now I think that whisper has kind of turned into a roar,” Jeremiah said. “There’s a lot of people around the league that believe that that’s…
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