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Cardinals take Illinois OL Isaiah Adams with 71st pick in NFL Draft
TEMPE — The Arizona Cardinals selected versatile Illinois offensive lineman Isaiah Adams with the 71st pick in the third round of the 2024 NFL Draft.
Adams heads to Arizona after starting in all 25 games across the past two seasons at Illinois.
He shifted around the offensive line during that span, working primarily as a left guard in 2022 before playing 10 of his final 12 games with the school at right tackle.
“Adams’ 2022 guard tape is important, as he’s likely to end up back at guard after a season at right tackle in 2023,” NFL.com’s Lance Zierlein said in his analysis of the lineman.
“He’s thick but athletic, with the ability to lead the action as a pulling blocker or finish drive blocks with authority when unlocking his power.”
Who else have the Arizona Cardinals picked in the 2024 NFL Draft?
The Cardinals began the draft with a pair of impact players in Ohio State wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. at No. 4 overall and Missouri defensive lineman Darius Robinson at No. 27 overall.
Harrison provides starting quarterback Kyler Murray with a true No. 1 option. Robinson adds more versatility to Arizona’s defensive front.
Arizona then sent Nos. 35 and 186 to the Atlanta Falcons in exchange for Nos. 43 and 79.
The Cardinals used that 43rd pick on Rutgers cornerback Max Melton before coming back around and taking Florida State running back Trey Benson at 66th overall.
Where else are the Cardinals picking this NFL Draft?
Arizona’s remaining picks:
– Round 3, pick No. 82 overall (from Indianapolis Colts)
– Round 3, pick No. 90 overall (from Houston Texans)
– Round 4, pick No. 104 overall
– Round 5, pick No. 138 overall
– Round 5, pick No. 162 overall (from Houston Texans)
– Round 6, pick No. 191 overall (from Indianapolis Colts)
– Round 7, pick No. 226 overall (from New York Giants)
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Northern Illinois vs. Toledo: Week 11 College Football Betting Odds, Prediction
Wednesday night MACtion rolls on as the college football slate gives its national coverage to the MAC for some of the most fun football that the sport has to offer.
The Northern Illinois Huskies (2-6, 1-3 MAC) hit the road to Toledo, Ohio, to take on the Toledo Rockets (4-4, 2-2 MAC) from the Glass Bowl.
If you are looking for some betting advice for the matchup, we’ve got you covered. Here are the latest odds for the game, courtesy of BetMGM.
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Northern Illinois vs. Toledo game odds
All college football odds via BetMGM
- Spread: Toledo -14 (-110), Northern Illinois +14 (-110)
- Money Line: Northern Illinois -625, Toledo +450
- Over-Under: Over 41.5 (-110), Under 41.5 (-110)
Northern Illinois vs. Toledo prediction, pick:
This game comes down to a rather simple analysis. Northern Illinois struggles horribly to score points. They average just 13.4 points per game, which is No. 134 out of 136 teams in America. Toledo is No. 48 in college football at 31.8 points per game.
The Huskies’ defense is middle of the pack, giving up just 22 points per game, but they are not on the level of Toledo’s unit, which allowed just 16 points per game, No. 10 in the country.
Toledo’s dominant defense going up against a struggling Northern Illinois offense is what this matchup comes down to. The Rockets won’t have to be dominant offensively, although you may want to check out wide receiver Junior Vandeross III (52 receptions, 608 yards, 8 TD), who is one of the best weapons college football isn’t talking about enough.
Prediction: Toledo 30, Northern Illinois 10
Best Bet: Toledo -14
Northern Illinois vs. Toledo channel, start time, streaming:
Time: 7 p.m. ET
TV Channel: ESPN2
Live Stream: ESPN App
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Man found dead after apartment building fire in Cicero, Illinois
A man was found dead after an apartment building fire Monday night in west suburban Cicero.
Around 9:15 p.m., Cicero firefighters responded to a fire in the 1800 block of 51st Avenue, after reports of an explosion in the middle unit of a three-story apartment building, according to a town spokesperson.
The fire was extinguished by about 9:45 a.m. After the fire was put out, firefighters found a man dead in the apartment where the fire started. The victim’s name has not been released.
No one else was in the apartment at the time, and officials said foul play is not suspected.
The people living in the other apartments were displaced, but no one else was injured.
The cause of the fire was under investigation Tuesday morning.
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Gov. JB Pritzker mulling bill passed by lawmakers to make Illinois a ‘right-to-die’ state
Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday wouldn’t commit to signing legislation narrowly approved by the Illinois General Assembly that would allow terminally ill people to end their own lives with a doctor’s prescription, but he said he’s “deeply” affected by the plight of residents seeking end-of-life options.
The Illinois Senate passed the polarizing bill with a bare-minimum 30-27 majority last week during the waning overnight hours of the Legislature’s fall veto session, leaving Pritzker’s signature as the final hurdle toward granting patients access to life-ending medicine if they have six months or less to live.
Like many other Springfield observers, the Democratic governor said he was surprised to see the bill taken up five months after it passed the Illinois House with just three votes to spare.
“It was something that I didn’t expect and didn’t know was going to be voted on, so we’re examining it even now,” Pritzker said after an unrelated press conference Monday in Glen Ellyn.
“I know how terrible it is that someone who’s in the last six months of their life could be experiencing terrible pain and anguish, and I know people who’ve gone through that. I know people whose family members have gone through that, and so it hits me deeply and makes me wonder about how we can alleviate the pain that they’re going through,” Pritzker said.
Lawmakers in 11 other states and Washington D.C. have passed so-called “right-to-die” legislation, which is opposed by religious leaders including Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich.
Illinois’ bill, championed by Democratic Aurora state Sen. Linda Holmes, would open the door for people 18 or older with a terminal diagnosis to be prescribed a fatal dose of medicine.
They would have to be assessed by a physician and a mental health professional as being “of sound mind,” and make a series of oral and written requests for the drug, with witnesses attesting.
Doctors would be required to explain other end-of-life care options such as hospice. If prescribed a life-ending drug, patients would administer it themselves. Health care providers wouldn’t be required to participate.
“This is a choice,” Holmes said during Senate floor debate. “If you are opposed to it, whether the reason is moral, religious, you just don’t like the idea — fine. I would never tell you you should choose this option. What I’m saying is, why? Why, if I am facing an illness where I am going to die in pain, do you think you should tell me I don’t have the option to alleviate that pain?”
Holmes, whose parents died of terminal cancer, urged colleagues to “let people make the decision on how their lives are going to end.”
State Sen. Chris Balkema, R-Channahon, denounced the effort “to introduce a culture of death into Illinois.”
“Assisted suicide forces doctors into a role that contradicts their professional ethics. Illinois’ values overall are at stake,” Balkema said. “Whether the Lord chooses to take somebody today or 50 years from now, it shouldn’t be our choice to walk down that slippery slope, only to come back later, to have a future general assembly, open the guardrails and allow more of this.”
Archdiocese leaders of the Catholic Conference of Illinois urged Pritzker “not only to veto this bill in totality, but also to address humanely the reasons why some view assisted suicide as their only option.”
“It defies common sense for our state to enact a 9-8-8 suicide hotline, increase funding for suicide prevention programs and then pass a law that, based on the experience of other jurisdictions, results in more suicide,” Catholic Conference leaders said in a statement.
Bill proponents from the ACLU of Illinois and the nonprofit Compassion & Choices hailed the legislation to ensure “everyone in Illinois has the ability to access all options at the end of life.”
“Our hearts are with the families and individuals who have courageously shared their stories in the effort to advance this legislation. Their honesty and openness will make life better for Illinoisans once the law is implemented,” supporters said in a statement.
Pritzker has two months to consider the bill.
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