EAGAN, Minnesota—Marcus Davenport was on his way to meet his best man for some day-before wedding preparations when he took a call from his new head coach Kevin O'Connell. The Minnesota Vikings had just drafted Jordan Addison. Call it first-round privilege, but the rookie wide receiver had worn the No.…
including the allowance for every position except offensive linemen and defensive linemen to join the quarterbacks, punters and kickers in the prestigious single digits.
Bush encountered the same situation as Davenport after the Seahawks drafted a wide receiver in the first round in Jaxon Smith-Njigba who wanted his old No. 11. Jones, who returned to the Lions for the second time after playing the last two seasons for the Jaguars, picked zero at the urging of his children.Davenport’s wife, Alexandra, was onto something with the new beginning. Murphy-Bunting switched teams, too, from the Buccaneers to the Titans.