The Best NFL April Fools' Day Pranks

Published: Apr 02, 2018 at 06:46 AM

The Checkdown's daily collection of football culture stories for April 2, 2018. This is The Extra Point.

1. Plenty of NFL teams and players had social media pranks, but the Jaguars took the crown with this one. The joke even included an Easter Egg.

Reminder to update this copy before April 19 jersey launch — DO NOT POST. pic.twitter.com/LFnxI1D3vR
— #DUUUVAL (@Jaguars) April 1, 2018

🤫 pic.twitter.com/T5BEvVHYmA
— Darnell Brady (@MDarnellBrady) April 1, 2018

2. Broncos LB Von Miller decided to prey on fan's thirstiness for trade news leading up to the 2018 NFL Draft.

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It’s been real Denver! The “Mile High City” and the @broncos will always have my heart! SB50 Champs! They can never take that away from us! @clevelandbrowns & @juice_landry what’s good!!! “A P R I L F O O L S”

A post shared by Von Miller (@vonmiller) on Apr 1, 2018 at 7:49am PDT

3. The Cardinals' social media team got creative and used some of their marketing skills for their April Fools' Day prank. Who wouldn't want to smell like a savage?

We are excited to announce a new line of fragrances.

For more info, please visit ➡️ https://t.co/l2OaGxhyIl pic.twitter.com/R0bL4uVJBu
— Arizona Cardinals (@AZCardinals) April 1, 2018

4. Giants WR Cody Latimer got engaged this weekend -- seriously. Thankfully this was not an ill-advised April Fools' prank. Congrats to Cody and his fiance.

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No April fools, happy Easter!!!! We’re engaged!!! Hey fiancé @jaimeenicole_

A post shared by Cody Latimer (@clats14) on Apr 1, 2018 at 5:15pm PDT

5. Michigan alum Tom Brady is pumped for tonight's Wolverines vs. Wildcats championship game. Hopefully the reigning NFL MVP has more photoshops on deck.

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Ready to go tonight! Let’s go Blue!!! @umichbball

A post shared by Tom Brady (@tombrady) on Mar 31, 2018 at 1:23pm PDT

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