Eagles sign vet QB Flacco … In yet one more subtle hint that Philadelphia, which has the 6th pick overall in next month’s draft, likely won’t be taking a QB with their #1 pick, the Eagles have reportedly signed veteran Joe Flacco to a 1-year deal. Flacco backed up Sam Darnold in New York last year. Flacco is… Read More »
WRs Smith, Waddle, others sit out; Surtain stars at Tide pro day… Not surprisingly, all 32 teams had reps at the Alabama today. The crowd of NFL personnel people included G.M.s Brandon Beane of Buffalo, Jacksonville’ s Trent Baalke; Rick Spielman of Minnesota, and Martin Mayhew of Washington, along with Tennessee G.M. Jon Robinson AND head coach Mike… Read More »
Not surprisingly, in the wake of the Giants signing first WR Kenny Golladay, and then CB Adoree Jackson, two of the top free agents on the market, earlier this week, we’ve had a bunch of emails asking who we think the Giants will now be taking with the 11th pick overall at the 2021 draft, now just 37… Read More »
Tide QB Jones throwing session okay … Alabama QB Mac Jones went through a scripted 40-pass throwing session to wrap up the Tide’s pro day. We leave it to analysts with a higher pay grade to make the final judgement, the initial impression was that Jones’ performance was ‘okay’ but maybe not much more. Jones did show off… Read More »
Couple more notes from Tide pro day … Can’t confirm whether he ran or not, but Alabama DT Christian Barmore certainly passed the eye test at the Tide pro day today. Barmore, a late-first early second round type prospect by most accounts, measured in at an impressive 6-4, 310 with long 34.5-inch arms and big 10-inch hands. Meanwhile,… Read More »
Tide CB Surtain appears to pass pro day test … While several top Alabama prospects are sitting out the Tide’s pro day today, one who is not is CB Patrick Surtain. And by all accounts, Surtain, who is generally considered to be one of the top 1-2 corners in this year’s draft field, had a strong day. He… Read More »
Boiler WR Moore blitzes pro day workout … Purdue WR Rondale Moore reportedly had a terrific day at the Boilermakers’ workout. Moore reportedly had a 42.5-inch vertical and an unofficial 40 clocking of 4.29 seconds, although he wasn’t all that big when he measured in at just 5-7 but a stoutish 180 pounds. Moore exploded on the scene… Read More »
WRs Smith, Waddle, others to sit out Tide pro day … The Alabama pro day is underway as we speak on the NFL Network; however, several of the Tide’s top prospects will not be working out including WRs Devonta Smith and Jaylen Waddle, RB Najee Harris, LB Dylan Moses, and C Landon Dickerson, reportedly because of some health… Read More »
Tide stars warming up for pro day … From the moment the pro day schedule was confirmed the date that just about every team red-circled was March 23rd when national champion Alabama would be on the field for their workout. Indeed, expect about as big a crowd as possible tomorrow when the Tide prospects do their thing. And… Read More »
Monday pro day reports … Took a little longer than we planned, but we have managed to post pro day reports from today’s workouts at Missouri (LB Nick Bolton did good); Florida State (DT Marvin Wilson not so much); Iowa; Colorado and Colorado State.
The Buffs have at least a couple of players likely to be drafted this coming April in veteran OT Will Sherman and DE Mustafa Johnson. Sherman only measured in at 6-3, 300 today which likely means he’ll have to kick inside to play at the next level, although he’ll give some deep depth at OT. Sherman, though, tested… Read More »
The one thing we can say about WR Warren Jackson’s pro day at Colorado State was that he didn’t have to worry about talking it up on the bench as he was the only former Ram to be working out. For now we know that Jackson, who had 77 receptions for over 1,100 yards and 8 TDs in… Read More »
All but three NFL teams were represented at the Missouri, the large majority of which were there to see Tigers’ ILB Nick Bolton. And Bolton, who measured in at a stout 5-11, 237, didn’t disappoint as he ran a reported 4.60 40 while posting 24 reps in the bench press. While Bolton did pretty much was expected, unheralded… Read More »
It was kind of a mixed bag at the FSU pro day. On the one hand several former Noles at least held serve during their workout. CB Asante Samuel, for example, ran pretty well with a 40-clocking in the mid-4.4 range; he also had a solid 35-inch vertical and decent times of 4.13 in the short shuttle and… Read More »
It was kind of hit or miss at the Iowa pro day with solid performances and some not so solid. Hard to imagine, for example, that All-America DT Daviyon Nixon did himself any harm today. The Hawkeyes best prospect for the upcoming draft measured in at 6-3, 313 and ran a sub-5-flat 40 with a very quick 10-yard… Read More »
Top CB prospect Farley to have back surgery … Teams looking to add a CB early at the 2021 draft were thrown something of a curveball when it was announced that Caleb Farley of Virginia Tech, a legit potential top ten candidate for the upcoming draft, will not be taking part in the Hokies’ pro day workout this… Read More »
‘Select’ fans, players to be allowed to attend draft … The NFL just its released its formal plans for the 2021 draft in Cleveland which gets underway in just 38 days. Unlike last year, when the event was almost entirely virtual, a select number of fans and top prospects will be allowed to attend. Each team will be… Read More »
FA signings could impact top ten picks … There have been a lot of free agent signings around the NFL since the new football year kicked off earlier this week, although until this weekend none appeared likely to have much impact on the early picks at the 2021 draft which is now just 39 days away. That may… Read More »
Unfortunately, it has been a while since Grambling was a major player at the draft. Indeed, the program has had only 4 players selected since the turn of the century including just one in the past 13 years. However, GSU does have a chance to get on the board next month as C/G David Moore, who was a… Read More »
In normal times, the pro day at DII Charleston probably wouldn’t even merit a footnote. However, these are not normal times, and this year Charleston has a legit prospect in WR Michael Strachan, a DII All-American in 2019 when he had 78 receptions for over 1,300 yards and 19 TDs in just 11 games. Strachan certainly passed the… Read More »
Interesting pro day at South Alabama where NFL scouts saw pretty much what they expected from ILB Riley Cole, the Jaguars’ leading tackler (with 96) who got a home-town invite to this year’s Senior Bowl. Cole, who measured in at 6-2.5, 240, tested about as expected as he ran a couple of respectable 4.72s in the 40 and… Read More »
It took awhile but the Giants finally got their man Saturday afternoon when they announced the signing of former Detroit WR Kenny Golladay, the guy who had been pretty much their top target once he became a free agent. Needless to say, Golladay didn’t come cheap with a 4-year, #72M contract. However, only $40M is guaranteed and we… Read More »
Saints to lose that pick for covid violations next year; Raiders don’t … Pro Football Talk is reporting at this hour that according to the NFL New Orleans will in fact be forfeiting a draft pick for violating the league’s covid policy but not until the 2022 draft. The Saints will lose their 6th round pick next year… Read More »
Saints, Raiders get picks back … It was reported last year that both New Orleans and Las Vegas had been forced to forfeit 2021 draft picks because of covid-related violations. However, when the NFL released the full selection order for next month’s draft those picks were still on the board. The Saints had reportedly lost a 7th-rounder for… Read More »
Bad back slows top S prospect pro day … All 32 NFL teams were in the Dallas area yesterday for the TCU on-campus workout. And almost all of them were there to see Horned Frogs’ FS Trevon Moehrig, the consensus top safety in this year’s draft class. Unfortunately, Moehrig may not have been completely healthy as he reportedly… Read More »
