Pigskin’s ponders some of this year’s underappreciated combine participants … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has some thoughts of the several prospects he identified as the underappreciated stars of the combine. Here!
Let the bidding begin: Texans’ QB Watson NOT indicted … A grand jury in Houston declined to indict embattled Houston QB Deshaun Watson after following a police investigation brought on by lawsuits filed by 22 women who have accused him of sexual assault. Watson still has to deal with multiple civil suits stemming from the allegations, but other… Read More »
Texans’ Watson finally gets some days in court … The NFL may finally get a little clarity on the legal situation of embattled Houston QB DeShaun Watson on Friday. A grand jury has been impaneled in Houston to hear evidence related to the allegations of sexual assault against Watson on Friday and there is even some hope that… Read More »
Pro day circuit wraps first week … The first full week on the annual pro day schedule ends relatively quietly Friday with only a half dozen or so teams scheduled to hold their on-campus workouts including those at Illinois and UNLV. Its actually been a pretty quiet week overall so far. It was nice to see a big… Read More »
Bolts reportedly getting Bears Mack in trade … What is the old saying? If you can’t beat ’em, copy ’em! The LA Chargers appear to have taken a page out of the playbook of their cross-town rivals the Super Bowl champion Rams and traded for some quality defensive help as they are reportedly in the process of acquiring… Read More »
Thursday morning pro day round-up … It will be a relatively quiet day on the pro day schedule today with only a handful of on-campus workouts on the docket, although there are workouts at Texas and Indiana among others. There could also be a relatively decent crowd at today’s workout at Tulsa tp get another look at OT… Read More »
Another red flag for Ducks’ Thibodeaux … We link without comment, but the attached is a piece on the latest red flag associated with Oregon DE Kayvon Thibodeaux. By itself, its hardly the worst charge, but in context with all the other questions about just how much he really wants to play the game its not going to… Read More »
Details on Colts-Commanders trade for Wentz … Several media sources are now reporting on the specific details of today’s trade in which Washington acquired QB Carson Wentz from Indianapolis. The Colts do in fact receive the 73rd pick in this year’s draft, the Commanders’ 3rd rounder. The Colts will also get Washington’s 3rd rounder next year, although that… Read More »
QB Wentz back to NFC East … Carson Wentz is back in the NFC East. Wentz, who played his first 5 years in the NFL in Philadelphia, has been acquired by Washington in a trade with Indianapolis. In return, the Colts will reportedly get two 3rd round picks. The exact details of the deal have yet to be… Read More »
Wednesday morning tidbits … Just a little bit of housekeeping updates as of this morning. For those that keep track of these things, the 2022 draft is 50 days away today as we speak!! Hang in there … In addition to the several franchise tags that were announced yesterday, there were several other veteran moves around the league… Read More »
Busy pro day on tap … It didn’t take the pro day schedule long to heat up with a very busy day on tap for Wednesday. Indeed, there’ll be on-campus workouts at Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Arkansas, UCLA, and Kansas State among the others. And among the others will be Texas-San Antonio which could see an unusually large contingent of… Read More »
Pigskin’s closing combine thoughts … The combine is over for another year but is far from forgotten. Our Pigskin Paul Guillemette, for example, has been pouring over the data for the past couple of days and has some closing thoughts on what we saw in Indianapolis.
Four more tags fly; top pick impacted … With the deadline for team’s to designate franchise and transition players passing at the top of the hour, at least three more teams have used a franchise tag as Green Bay designated star WR Davante Adams, Tampa Bay tagged WR Chris Godwin, and Jacksonville tagged LT Cam Robinson. In fact,… Read More »
‘Hawks reportedly get Broncos 2nd in Wilson deal … Just a quick update on today’s blockbuster trade between Denver and Seattle in which the Broncos acquired star QB Russell Wilson for 4 picks and three players including QB Drew Lock. Once the deal is finalized on March 16th when the new football year starts, the Seahawks will get… Read More »
Broncos go to Plan B; get Seahawks’ Wilson in huge deal … Rebuffed in their pursuit of Aaron Rodgers, who resigned a 4-year deal with the Packers earlier today, Denver has acquired star Seattle QB Russell Wilson in a blockbuster trade in which the Seahawks will reportedly get first and second round picks in what are believed to… Read More »
Rodgers, Pack agree to extension … You can scratch Aaron Rodgers from the list of veteran QBs who could be on the move this off-season. Not that he was going anywhere, but Rodgers and the Packers have reportedly agreed on a 4-year contract extension. Teams like Denver had been hoping that Rodgers might be available this off-season, but… Read More »
Cowboys, Dolphins tag TEs … With the deadline to designate franchise and transition players coming up later this afternoon, both Dallas and Miami have tagged their TEs with the franchise designation. The Cowboys franchised Dalton Schultz, while the Dolphins tagged Mike Geisicki. That brings to four the number of teams that have used a tag so far. Ironically,… Read More »
Post-combine trends … In normal times, NFL teams come out of the combine with a little more clarity on where players stand heading into the final stretch leading up to the draft. For those that haven’t noticed, these are anything but normal times and talked with a couple of NFL people we know and they hinted, in not… Read More »
Browns, Bengals tag players … With tomorrow’s deadline to designate franchise and transition players looming, Cleveland has reportedly tagged TE David Njoku as a franchise player, as has Cincinnati with FS Jesse Bates.
NFL sets 2022 salary cap … The NFL informed teams today that the salary cap for the 2022 season has been set at $208.2M. That’s up substantially from the 2021 figure of $182.5M which was low because of revenue lost during the 2020 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 figure was also lower than in 2020… Read More »
No rest for weary football souls … Watched over 20 hours of NFL combine drills over the weekend and think you should get a break! Think again! We are just getting started! The new NFL year starts a week today when teams must be under the salary cap and can begin to trade players and sign free agents.… Read More »
Combine wrap … As we said at the outset of the combine, one never wants to read too much into the results. Football is a game played in helmets and pads, not shorts, and the grades for most teams are still going to be based largely what they saw on tape during the season. That said, there was… Read More »
As we said at the outset of the combine, one never wants to read too much into the results. Football is a game played in helmets and pads, not shorts, and the grades for most teams are still going to be based largely what they saw on tape during the season. That said, there was a lot to… Read More »
LSU adds ASU grad QB … The SEC West just got a lot more interesting – if that is even possible – with word this evening that former Arizona State QB Jayden Daniels, one of the top dual-threat passers in the country, will be joining LSU as a grad transfer for the upcoming season. The 6-3, 185-pound Daniels… Read More »
Terp Cross blitzes safety 40; Irish’s Hamilton still slowish … Alas there was no reprieve as there were earlier today for several corners for Notre Dame’s Kyle Hamilton when the official 40 times for the safeties were confirmed. Hamilton, who is generally considered to be a top 5 type prospect for the upcoming draft was indeed clocked in… Read More »
