Disappointing start to season for Heels QB Howell … It was a disappointing start to the season for North Carolina QB Sam Howell this evening at Virginia Tech. Howell is generally considered to be a potential top 10 prospect for the 2022 draft, but completed just 17 of 32 pass attempts for 208 yards as the Hokies upset… Read More »
Steelers get ‘Hawks’ CB for ’23 5th … Pittsburgh has reportedly acquired veteran CB Ahkello Witherspoon from Seattle in exchange for a 5th round pick in 2023.
Star Gopher RB dinged in season-opening loss to Buckeyes … Team officials at Minnesota are holding their collective breaths waiting for an update on the status of star RB Mohamed Ibrahim. The reigning Big Ten RB of the year almost single-handedly kept the Gophers in their season-opener against 4th ranked Ohio State last night as he rushed 30… Read More »
Are you ready for some football!! … Of course you are!! and just in time the 2021 college football season gets underway in earnest this weekend. As we do every year, the GBN staff including Editor and Publisher Colin Lindsay, Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette and Chief Scout Larry Parker put our heads together and made our annual… Read More »
Post-cut rookie transactions … As we noted when yesterday’s roster deadline passed, people shouldn’t get too comfy as there was still likely to be a lot of roster tweaking around the league before the actual games kicked off next week. And several of those moves to day involved players selected at the 2021 draft. Indianapolis, for example, claimed… Read More »
Once again draft class pretty much survives the Turk … One of the fears associated with last season’s odd college football season in which some teams played radically shortened schedules, while others, including just about everybody outside the FBS ranks, didn’t play at all, is that pro teams just wouldn’t be able to get the best reads on… Read More »
Kiper posts pre-season top 25; positional rankings … For those that haven’t seen them yet, long-time ESPN draft analyst has posted his pre-season ranking of the top 25 prospects overall for the 2022 draft. And no surprises at the top of Kiper’s board, as he has Oregon ER Kayvon Thibodeaux in the top spot followed by Oklahoma QB… Read More »
Late cutdown day notes … All teams, of course, are now down to the NFL’s 53-man roster limit after a busy day yesterday. There were a couple of minor deals along the way that we neglected to report. In one, the LA Rams sent P Corey Bojorquez to Green Bay in a deal in which the Rams will… Read More »
Couple of more trades to report … There are a couple of more trades involving future draft picks to report as teams continue the process of announcing their moves as they get down to today’s 53-man roster limit. Kansas City picked up a 2022 7th rounder earlier this afternoon when they sent G/T Yasir Durant to New England.… Read More »
Giants add young Ravens’ OG in pick swap … The NY Giants traded for yet another young offensive lineman this afternoon as they acquired Ben Bredeson from Baltimore in a deal involving the swap of several picks. The Ravens will get one of the Giants’ 4th rounders this year, while the Giants get the Ravens’ #5 this year… Read More »
Falcons first to 53 … It doesn’t get you anything in the standings, but Atlanta appears to be the first team to formally announce their full complement of cuts in order to get down to today’s 53-man roster limit. For the record, the Falcons kept all their 9 picks at the 2021 draft as well as a couple… Read More »
Eagles get Colts’ 6th for G/T Pryor … Philadelphia has reportedly acquired a 6th round pick in 2022 from Indianapolis for G/T Matt Pryor and a 2022 7th round pick.
Pats cut Cam; hand ball to rookie Jones … In a little bit of a shocker, New England has outright released veteran QB Cam Newton and will go with rookie Mac Jones, the 15th player selected at this year’s draft, at the position. That the Patriots couldn’t find a trade partner for Newton is also a tad surprising… Read More »
Broncos swing pair of pre-cutdown trades … Denver reportedly made a couple of trades overnight involving later round picks. First the Broncos acquired LB Jonas Griffith and a 7th round pick in 2022 from San Francisco in exchange for a 6th round pick this year and a 7th in 2023. The the Broncos sent WR Trinity Benson and… Read More »
The Turk is on the prowl … It is cutdown day in the NFL as all teams must be down to the 53-man roster limit by 4 PM ET later today. As usual, we’ll be tracking all of today’s transactions as best we can with, of course, a special focus on players selected at the 2021 draft. Note,… Read More »
Jags get 6th rounder from Seahawks for vet CB … Jacksonville has reportedly acquired a 6th round pick in 2022 from Seattle for veteran CB Sidney Jones. In fact. it’ll be a homecoming of sorts for Jones who was a 2nd round pick of Philadelphia from Washington in 2017.
Top agent says Dolphins-Texans talking Watson … NFL super agent Drew Rosenhaus is quoted in the Houston Chronicle today saying that he wouldn’t be at all surprised if embattled Houston QB Deshaun Watson in uniform with Miami for their season opener on September 12th. According to the report, Rosenhaus, who is not a party to the discussions, but… Read More »
Cards first to cut 2021 pick … With tomorrow’s 4 PM ET deadline for teams to get down to the 53-man roster looming, some teams have started to announce some of their cuts. In particular, Arizona became the first to team to release a player selected at the 2021 draft as the Cardinals have released C Michael Menet,… Read More »
Bills get 6th from Panthers for vet DE … Buffalo has reportedly traded veteran DE Darryl Johnson to Carolina for for a 2022 6th-round pick. Johnson, a 2019 seventh-round pick by the Bills, has primarily played special teams in Buffalo, but did have a couple of sacks over 31 games. Meanwhile, Cincinnati and the NY Giants have reportedly… Read More »
Texans trade DE Lawson to Jets for #6 … There has been something of a buzz around the league this weekend that talks involving embattled Houston QB Deshaun Watson have been heating up again. Well, the Texans did make a trade today, but not for Watson. They sent veteran DE Shaq Lawson to the NY Jets for the… Read More »
Ravens reportedly send vet C/G to Dolphins in pick swap … Baltimore made its second pre-roster deadline trade in the past 24 hours and the second reportedly involves the first. In that first deal yesterday, the Ravens got a 7th round pick in 2022 (and a 2023 5th rounder) from New England for rookie CB Shaun Wade, a… Read More »
Panthers first to get cuts started … Carolina appears to be the first team to make cuts prior to Tuesday’s 53-man roster deadline. The Panthers announced releasing 6 players including PK Joey Slye and former Northwestern LB Paddy Fisher, one of the better undrafted players in the 2021 draft. The Panthers, though, still have to release another 21… Read More »
Jags get Eagles 6th for QB Minshew … In something of an interesting late pre-season move, Philadelphia has acquired QB Gardner Minshew from Jacksonville for what is being described as a conditional 6th round pick in 2022; the pick could escalate to a #5 based on playing time. With the Eagles, Minshew will only be the #3 QB… Read More »
Turk is on the prowl … The final weekend of pre-season games is underway and that means the final cuts are on the way. In fact, all teams have to be down to the regular season 53-man roster limit by 4 PM ET on Tuesday afternoon. And with 5 of this weekend’s games already on the books, with… Read More »
Pac-12 nixes expansion … Updating this week’s news that the Big Ten, Pac-12 and ACC conferences have confirmed that they have agreed to form an alliance of Power-5 leagues, the Pac-12 announced earlier today that the conference will NOT be looking to expand. There had been some speculation that the Pac-12 might try and get into Texas by… Read More »
