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 »
Giants meet – twice – with DE Carter … For those that haven’t seen this yet, but almost right on cue the NY Giants confirmed that head coach Brian Daboll, who has otherwise kept a relatively low profile during the current pre-draft process, had breakfast with Penn State DE Abdul Carter yesterday morning. As well, the Giants who… Read More »
Pigskin mocks the NFC West … Former long-time GBN Associate Editor and now Contributing Editor Pigskin Paul Guillmette continues his annual series of team/division 3-round mock drafts with a projection for the NFC West.
Are teams rethinking Shedeur? … As recently as a few days ago the feeling we were getting from our sources around the NFL that it was pretty much guaranteed that either Cleveland or the NY Giants would select Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders with their respective picks at this month’s draft. However, we’ve gotten the sense over the past… Read More »
Titans cancel Sanders private workout … In a somewhat interesting development, Tennessee has cancelled a private workout with Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders which was scheduled for next Wednesday. The Titans, who have the #1 pick in this month’s draft, were well represented at yesterday’s pro day at Colorado, but had scheduled next week’s workout presumably for a final… Read More »
Buffs’ Hunter: WR or CB … One of the existential questions regarding the 2025 draft is whether Colorado’s two-way star Travis Hunter, arguably THE best player in this year’s draft, will ultimately play corner or receiver at the NFL level. Hunter himself has let anyone who will listen know that he wants to play both at the next… Read More »
Browns ‘regrets’ after Sanders, Hunter Showcase … Cleveland GM Andrew Berry, who led a full contingent of Browns’ front office personnel at yesterday’s pro day ‘showcase’ at Colorado featuring QB Shedeur Sanders and WR Travis Hunter, said he had one huge regret after the event in that he couldn’t take both players with the 2nd pick at this… Read More »
Sanders pro day in the books … Just finished a second run thru the recording of Shedeur Sanders scripted throwing session at the special pro day workout at Colorado earlier today. No question, that Sanders is something of a tough guy on whom to get a real good read. On the one hand, the ball comes out of… Read More »
Updates on Colorado work out … A couple of updates from today’s pro day – er, NFL Showcase – at Colorado which is scheduled to get underway in just over 90 minutes. WR/CB Travis Hunter, one of the star attractions at today’s workout along with QB Shedeur Sanders, has confirmed that he will not take part today which… Read More »
Browns taking Sanders, Hunter to pre-pro day dinner … Its a big day on the pre-draft process coming up tomorrow when Colorado hosts what they are calling an ‘NFL Showcase’ – the Big XII had the conference’s ‘official’ pro day last month – featuring QB Shedeur Sanders and WR/CB Travis Hunter. The Buffaloes will be covered live tomorrow… Read More »
Pats send QB Milton to Cowboys for pick swap … With now just three weeks to go until the tart of the 2025 draft, Dallas has acquired second-year QB Joe Milton from New England in exchange for a 5th round pick (#171). To complete the deal, the Cowboys will also get the 217Th pick overall, the first pick… Read More »
Pigskin mocks the NFC North … Former long-time GBN Associate Editor and now Contributing Editor Pigskin Paul Guillmette continues his annual series of team/division 3-round mock drafts with a projection for the NFC North.
New 3-round projection posted … With just 23 days to go until the picks start coming off the board at the 2025 draft, we have updated our 3-round projection for the 2025 draft, although as we have noted in the past the goal here isn’t so much to try and predict which team will select which player, but… Read More »
As you examine how NFL teams approach their first-round selections, you’ll see a blend of strategic planning and intuition. Teams consider more than just player stats; they analyze everything from game films to psychological profiles. They must decide when to trade up for a coveted player or trade down for future advantages. The pressure in the war room… Read More »
Giants GM: Won’t force QB pick at #3 … NY Giants GM Joe Schoen had his turn at the microphone earlier this week at the NFL’s owners meeting in Florida and stated that with the signings of veteran QBs Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston, the Giants wouldn’t be forcing a pick at QB with the 3rd pick overall… Read More »
No fooling! Its April. Draft month … Many years ago when the GBN was in its infancy we had a little bit of fun on April Fool’s Day posting a number of totally preposterous stories. Unfortunately, so many people took them seriously and got mad at us we never did it again and won’t this year. However, it… Read More »
Pigskin mocks the AFC West … Former long-time GBN Associate Editor and now Contributing Editor Pigskin Paul Guillmette continues his annual series of team/division 3-round mock drafts with a projection for the AFC West.
The elephant in the Browns’ war room … Despite their protestations that they still haven’t made a final decision on which player to select with the #1 pick overall at next month’s draft, just about everybody around the NFL fully expects Tennessee to name Miami QB Cam Ward as their choice when the Titans get on the clock… Read More »
NFL leaders in Florida for winter meetings … Anybody who is anybody in the NFL hierarchy, including team owners, GMs and head coaches, will be in Florida as we speak for the league’s annual winter meeting. As usual they’ll be discussing proposed rule changes as well as the possibility of going to an 18-game schedule. But with draft… Read More »
