Happy pre-draft Easter … Here’s hoping everyone has a very relaxing Easter! Because its going to get real busy real soon with the draft now just 4 days away. At least for now, though, the league appears to be locked down tight as a drum. Normally on the Sunday before the draft, the local papers from around the… Read More »
That’s a wrap; THE end, finished!! … The 2025 draft came to a fitting close just before 7 PM ET this evening when the NY Jets selected former Alabama S Jaylen Key with the 257th and final pick of the draft. Of course, that makes him ‘Mr. Irrelevant’ for the year. And while the actual draft is in… Read More »
It is on to the final day of the 2025 draft … The second and third rounds of the 2025 draft came to a close last evening when Detroit selected former Rice WR Luke McCaffrey with the 102nd and final pick of the third round. However, as usual there won’t be much rest for NFL personnel people as… Read More »
Saints in numbers at Walker, Williams private work out … Roughly half the teams in the NFL had reps at today’s private work out at Georgia for former Bulldog DEs Jalon Walker and Mykel Williams. Somewhat surprisingly, perhaps, the team with the largest contingent in Athens was New Orleans. In fact, the Saints flew a full contingent to… Read More »
Browns, Giants won’t rule out two-way for Buffs’ Hunter … Just a day or two after star Colorado WR/CB Travis Hunter claimed he’d quit football if he wasn’t allowed to play both ways in the NFL, both Andrew Berry and Joe Schoen, the GMs of Cleveland and the NY Giants respectively, the two teams most likely to draft… Read More »
Tradin’ on down … or tryin’ … With just a week to go until the picks start coming off the board for real at the 2025 draft, all 32 teams still have their first round picks. And that’s for the first time in the history of the modern draft which dates back in to the late 1960s. There… Read More »
QB Sanders, ER Walker workouts on tap … Another interesting day with the draft now just a week away with a couple of key private workouts on the docket. The NY Giants are expected to a full contingent in Boulder today for a final private workout with Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders. Meanwhile, a pretty good crowd is expected… Read More »
Another day; another episode of the Saints, Giants, Sanders soap opera … A couple of observations on the ongoing drama surrounding Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders and where he is likely to be selected at next week’s draft. After reports surfaced last week that New Orleans QB Derek Carr could miss the upcoming season, there was a burst of… Read More »
Final Big Board posted … With just over a week to go until the start of the 2025 draft, the final GBN Big Board ranking the top 350-plus prospects for the upcoming draft has been posted. In previous renditions we have noted that this year’s draft is exceptionally deep at both the DT and RB positions. The other… Read More »
Spring college transfer portal reopens … Most of the big names have already moved on, but college football’s spring transfer portal window opens today. Of course, the big prize will be QB Nico Iamaleava who left Tennessee last week in the midst of a dispute over his NIL deal with the Vols. Other than Iamaleava, though, there aren’t… Read More »
Strange day on the draft front … For those that have not heard to date, but there are a couple of strange stories out there. Colorado WR/CB Travis Hunter, who is expected to be selected with one of the top 2-3 picks this year, is threatening to not play at all if the team that drafts him doesn’t… Read More »
Giants to work out QB Sanders … In a somewhat interesting development, the NY Giants will hold a private work out with Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders in Boulder tomorrow. No team had done more due diligence on Sanders this year than the Giants, who have the 3rd pick in next week’s draft. However, the feeling around the league… Read More »
Pigskin wraps team mocks with NFC East … Former long-time GBN Associate Editor and now Contributing Editor Pigskin Paul Guillmette wraps up his annual series of team/division 3-round mock drafts with a projection for the NFC East. And while Paul is now in semi-retirement he’s hoping to be back with post-draft reviews along the same lines.
UM CB Johnson works out; doesn’t run at private pro day … Michigan CB Will Johnson finally worked out for NFL teams at a private pro day, but opted not to run a 40. Johnson missed both the combine and Michigan’s regular pro day a hamstring injury after he missed much of the 2024 season with a toe… Read More »
Troubled LSU WR Lacy found dead … In a developing story, LSU WR Kyren Lacy was reportedly found dead from an undisclosed cause overnight. Until recently, Lacy had been considered to be a decent second-tier prospect for the 2025 draft, but all that went away when he was charged with causing a car crash that resulted in the… Read More »
UT, QB Imaleava ‘moving on’ … In a rather stunning development in college football, it appears that star QB Nico Iamaleava’s days at Tennessee are over. Iamaleava, a top prospect for the 2026 draft, was a no-show at the Vols’ practice session yesterday amid an on-going dispute over his NIL contract. Then this morning, Vols’ head coach Josh… Read More »
Saints QB Carr could be out for year … Just what the 2025 draft needed is a little more QB intrigue at the top of the board. Sources are indicating this evening that New Orleans QB Derek Carr could miss much, if not all, of the upcoming season because of a shoulder injury that could require surgery. The… Read More »
Browns add vet Flacco to QB room … Cleveland has agreed to a one-year deal with veteran QB Joe Flacco. It will actually be Flacco’s 2nd tour with the Browns after he led them to the playoffs with a late run in 2023. The deal is worth $4 million, with incentives worth up to $13 million. Flacco joins… Read More »
UT WR Bond out on bond; DE Carter on track … Texas WR Isaiah Bond turned himself in to Frisco police earlier today on an outstanding warrant for sexual assault. Bond was later released on a $25K bond. so far there are no other details on the case including when it happened. Bond did claim that the charges… Read More »
New 3-round projection posted … We weren’t really planning on updating our latest projection until much closer to the draft, but as noted in an earlier report this morning, there appears to have been enough change in how teams are looking at different players, and especially the QBs, that we feel an update is in fact warranted. So… Read More »
Couple of thoughts on the passing passing scene … Hard to believe we are now just two weeks until the actual draft. And while there isn’t necessarily a lot of news coming out of the league there does seem to be a lot of potential movement going on just under the surface especially as it relates to the… Read More »
Senior Bowl gets new exec director … The Senior Bowl announced earlier today that longtime Dallas National Scout Drew Fabianich has been hired as the all-star games new executive director. Fabianich replaces Jim Nagy who left the Senior Bowl staff to become the GM of the Oklahoma football program.
Browns meet with ‘other’ QBs … With now just over two weeks until the start of the 2025 draft, Cleveland had QBs Jaxson Dart of Mississippi, Alabama’s Jalen Milroe and Tyler Shough of Louisville in for on-site visits yesterday. For the record, the three ARE essentially the second-tier of QBs in this year’s draft class behind Miami’s Cam… Read More »
QB Sanders to visit Steelers … In a rather interesting development, Pittsburgh has confirmed that Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders will visit their facility on Thursday as one of their 30 allotted on-site visits. Interesting because while the Steelers have been looking hard at QBs thru the pre-draft process, Sanders has barely registered on their radar. The Steelers, for… Read More »
Observations as final Big Board takes shape … With now just over two weeks to go until the start of the 2025 draft, we’re in the process of putting together the final version of the GBN Big Board which we plan to post early next week. And while most teams around the league also now have their respective… Read More »
