No more gimmies at top of draft order … While almost nothing has been settled in the early selection order for the 2022 draft with just two weeks to go in the schedule, if there are, in fact, going to be any major shifts between now and the end of the season, it will almost certainly require a… Read More »
Selection order updated … With Miami apparently well on the way to a win over the short-handed Saints in New Orleans in the Monday night game, the opening round selection order for the 2022 draft if it were to be held this week has been updated.
CMU off to Sun; Arizona game off in latest bowl scrambling … Just a quick update on that report earlier tonight about Covid continuing to play havoc with the bowl schedule. It has now been confirmed that Central Michigan will play Washington State in Friday’s Sun Bowl. CMU had been scheduled to play Boise State in the Arizona… Read More »
Bowl parade continues Tuesday; will anyone care??… The bowl build-up towards Friday’s CFP semi-finals continues with 5 games on Tuesday. Sounds good, but its also ‘buyer beware’ as 4 of the 5 games involve a 6-6 team. In fact, of the 15 bowl games scheduled for Monday through Thursday this week, 10 of the 30 teams involved were… Read More »
OSU WR Wilson enters draft; will skip Rose Bowl … Ohio State junior WR Garrett Wilson, one of the top 3-4 prospects at the position for the 2022 draft, has confirmed that he will be entering the upcoming draft. he also also confirmed that he will skip this weekend’s Rose Bowl to begin draft preparations. Wilson, in fact,… Read More »
Test for Tua in Monday nighter … Should be an entertaining Monday night game later this evening when Miami plays at New Orleans in what is for all intents and purposes an elimination game for both teams. Both are 7-7 and on the cusp of playoff qualification, but need a win tonight to stay there. It would certainly… Read More »
One CB into draft; one out … The NFL heard from a couple of the top corner prospects for the upcoming draft in the past day or so. On the one hand, Washington junior Trent McDuffie has indicated that he will in fact be turning pro this winter and entering the upcoming draft. The 5-11, 195-pound McDuffie is… Read More »
UAB DE enters draft … Alabama-Birmingham junior DE Alex Wright has become the latest underclassman to announce they will be forfeiting their remaining college eligibility and entering the upcoming draft. Wright, a third-day prospect who is currently the #75 rated candidate for 2022 on the GBN Big Board, is an intriguing emerging player. He’s 6-7, 270, and while… Read More »
Bears win shuffles later top 10 order … As noted earlier, there won’t be any changes to the top 5 picks in the weekly selection order for the 2022 draft. However, as a result of Chicago’s comeback win over Seattle, there will be some movement in the second 5. Carolina will actually move up into the 6th position,… Read More »
Bowl sked continues … The Bowl season continues on Monday with the Quick Lane Bowl (11 AM ET; ESPN) between Western Michigan and Nevada. There was actually supposed to be second bowl Monday, but the scheduled Military Bowl between Boston College and East Carolina had to be cancelled because of Covid-related issues. And they could just as easily… Read More »
Two more bowls cancelled by covid … Covid continues to play havoc with the college bowl schedule with both tomorrow’s Military Bowl and Wednesday’s Fenway Bowl canceled as a result of Covid-19 issues. Boston College was supposed to play East Carolina in Monday’s Military Bowl, but BC has over 40 players unavailable to play. Meanwhile, Southern Methodits was… Read More »
Top 5 picks unchanged despite all kinds of stuff!! … A most interesting slate of early games today, but in the end the top 5 picks in current selection order for the 2022 draft remain unchanged. Both Jacksonville and Detroit, which came into the week sitting on the first and second picks overall respectively, had chances at late… Read More »
A very Merry Christmas and a ‘it’s just gotta be better’ New Year … from everyone here at the GBN. Hope everyone gets a chance to spend some quality time with family and friends but please be safe.
QB roulette could impact race to #1 … With three weeks (we hope) still to play in the NFL’s regular schedule, at least four teams still have some probability of ending up with the #1 pick overall at the 2022 draft. Issues at the QB position, though, could end up have a major impact on which teams actually… Read More »
Pigskin posts Xmas mock … With the ‘sudden’ change in the opening round selection order as a result of Detroit’s upset win over Arizona last Sunday, not to mention that it’s Christmas, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul has tweaked his first-round projection for the upcoming draft.
Mountain West DPOY enters draft … San Diego State junior DE Cameron Thomas has confirmed that he will be foregoing his remaining college eligibility and entering the 2022 draft. Thomas, the Mountain West defensive player of the year who had 11.5 sacks this year, is considered to be an early second day prospect for the upcoming draft. And… Read More »
Red Raider WR enters draft … Texas Tech junior WR Erik Ezukanma is the latest underclassman to indicate that they will be foregoing their remaining college eligibility and entering the 2022 draft where he projects to be a late second or early third day prospect. Ezukanma is a good-sized receiver (6-3, 220) with some speed who led the… Read More »
Bowl (madness?) updated … Update: Friday’s Hawai’i Bowl between Memphis and host Hawai’i has been cancelled after the Rainbow Warriors had to drop out because of covid concerns. Let’s hope the Memphis players at least get a day at the beach! The college bowl season continues later today with a couple of games on the schedule. The ‘other’… Read More »
Giants fans’ survival guide: 2021 Xmas edition … With another disappointing Giants season slip-sliding away, we go looking for some silver lining in the Christmas Edition of the Giants Report.
Pretty much on cue after the Giants lost their last three games which pretty much ended any hopes, however slim, of somehow trying to sneak back into the playoff race, we received the usual deluge of mail with all the usual name-calling and finger-pointing. All of which has had us asking ourselves: “Really! I mean WTF were people… Read More »
Former Trojan QB Slovis off to Pitt … The college QB carousel took another spin this morning with news that former Southern California starter Kedon Slovis is transferring across the country to Pittsburgh. Slovis looked all the part of a future top draft pick when he replaced an injured J.T. Daniels as a true freshman in 2019. Indeed,… Read More »
Coastal QB McCall to return … Rising Coastal Carolina redshirt sophomore QB Grayson McCall confirmed earlier this evening that he will be returning to the Chanticleers for the upcoming college season. McCall was named the Sun Belt player of the year in each of the past two seasons and was a also Maxwell Award semifinalist in both years.… Read More »
Selection order updated … With the Tuesday night games winding down, the opening round selection order for the 2022 draft has been updated.
Aggie G/T Green to enter draft … Texas A&M junior G/T Kenyon Green announced earlier today that he’ll be foregoing his remaining college eligibility and entering the 2022 draft where he is expected to be one of the first 3-4 offensive linemen selected this spring. The 6-4, 325-pound Green, who played at both tackle and OG for the… Read More »
Bears loss keeps Giants at 5-6 … With Chicago apparently going down to defeat to Minnesota in the late Monday night game this evening, we can confirm that the Giants will again be sitting on both the 5th and 6th picks were the 2022 draft to be held this week. One is their own and the other they… Read More »
