2024 NFL draft: Latest buzz, rumors, prospect sleepers - ESPN

We're less than three weeks from Round 1 of the 2024 NFL draft. Draft boards are starting to firm up, team needs are becoming more clear and prospects are starting to make their official visits. And along the way, intrigue around what every team is going to do on Day 1 is picking up.

We've heard a lot of buzz about early picks, standout players, potential trades and the quarterback market. So we asked NFL draft analysts Matt Miller, Jordan Reid and Field Yates to break down the latest intel from around the league.

Who are the hardest prospects to rank right now and what is the most surprising piece of information you've heard about how specific positions stack up? Who are the most interesting Day 3 sleepers? And which teams could trade up for a non-QB in Round 1? We get into all that and then let Matt, Jordan and Field empty their scouting notebooks with what they're hearing, seeing and thinking.

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Difficult prospects to rank | Day 3 sleepers
Trading up for non-QBs | Intel on position ranks
Everything else we're hearing this week

Miller: Drake Maye, QB, North Carolina. Projecting where Maye will ultimately be selected in the first round — somewhere in the top six picks — is much easier than deciding his grade. He is hovering at No. 9 overall on my board with the potential to slide down a little in the final run up to the draft. I just think the situation he is drafted into will matter so much in determining what kind of success Maye has in the NFL. He started only 26 games in college, and his turnovers (16 interceptions) and missed-throws scare me. I've accepted that Maye will be drafted much higher than my ranking for him, but he's my most difficult evaluation when it comes to balancing his upside with his current