Bucs get GOAT … Well there you have it. According to multiple reports, Tampa Bay has an agreement in principle to sign former New England QB Tom Brady to a $30M per season contract when the new football year kicks in tomorrow. What that means is that the NFL’s two all-time leading passers – Brady and Drew Brees… Read More »

Colts ink QB Rivers; Panthers closing in on Bridgewater … A couple more QB dominos have fallen as Indianapolis has signed former Chargers’ QB Philip Rivers to a one-year contract worth a reported $25M. Meanwhile, Carolina which earlier in the day gave incumbent starter Cam Newton permission to seek a trade for himself, is reportedly close to a… Read More »

Ravens net picks from Falcons for TE Hurst … One trade that kind of slipped under the radar last evening or early this morning saw Atlanta acquire veteran TE Hayden Hurst and a 4th round pick from Baltimore in exchange for second and 5th round picks at the 2020. To be exact, Baltimore gets the 55th and 157th… Read More »

Brees staying; Brady leaving; Newton eyeing the door … It has been an interesting morning to say the least for veteran QBs around the NFL. New Orleans got some good news with word that Drew Brees has resigned for two years. At the same time, Tom Brady has announced that he will definitely not be going  back to… Read More »

Bills get Vikes WR Diggs for package of picks … For the second time today, one of the NFL’s top WRs is on the move as Buffalo has reportedly acquired Stefon Diggs from Minnesota in exchange for the Bills’ 1st, the 22nd overall, 5th and 6th round picks this year and a 4th in 2021. To complete the… Read More »

49ers get 13th pick from Colts for DE Buckner … San Francisco has agreed to trade DE DeForest Buckner to Indianapolis for the 13th pick overall at next month’s draft. The Colts have agreed to give Buckner a new contract that will pay him $21 million a year. The trade comes just after the 49ers had extended DE… Read More »

Cards get star WR Hopkins in deal with Texans … In a somewhat surprising move Houston sent star WR DeAndre Hopkins to Arizona in exchange for RB David Johnson. In addition to Johnson, the Texans will get a second-round pick this year, the 40th pick overall, and a fourth-round selection in 2021, while the Cardinals will get a… Read More »

Draft a go; party not so much … The NFL announced earlier today that the 2020 draft will proceed as scheduled on April 23rd to 25th, but will no longer include public events in Las Vegas due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Details to follow!

And off we go … The NFL has decided to go ahead and start its new football year as planned on Wednesday despite the issues related to the pandemic that have shut down just about every other aspect of day-to-day living. That means the free agent signing and trading period will in fact get underway later this week.… Read More »

Apocalypse Now Projection … We really wanted to get away from doing mock drafts this year as too many readers continue to misinterpret them. However, we have looked into the sports abyss and it is indeed a big empty so to help everyone get through this we have updated the GBN projection through the first three rounds. Fact… Read More »

Titans re-up QB Tannehill … The first of the veteran QB dominos fell earlier this afternoon when Tennessee resigned Ryan Tannehill to a 4-year, $118M contract with $62M guaranteed. There had been speculation that the Titans were a prime possible landing spot for Tom Brady, but obviously that is off the table. In fact, there are reports that… Read More »

An observation from the end of pro days … The annual pro day schedule came to a screeching halt late last week when just about everything in the sports world shut down. Everything else being equal, the final pro day likely before the actual draft was at Oregon where QB Justin Herbert reportedly had a strong performance. One… Read More »

Report: draft to be delayed; moved out of Vegas … There are unconfirmed reports in the media, including some reputable sources that the NFL has already decided, but is holding back on formally announcing, that the 2020 draft will be pushed back into the middle of May at the earliest. The draft will also reportedly be moved from… Read More »

Deep dive into 2020 draft order … Earlier this week, the NFL released the full selection order for the 2020 draft including the compensatory picks. GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has taken a deeper dive into the distribution of picks across the league and the implications thereof for different teams here.

CBA passes; barely; free agency still on hold … The vote is in and the NFL players voted to accept the new CBA which includes a 17-game season and expanded players. It wasn’t exactly a ringing endorsement as only 51.5% of the players voted in favor of the deal, but it was just enough to get it passed.… Read More »

NFL bans on-site visits … Amid growing concerns about the coronoavirus, the NFL informed all 32 teams that effective the end of business on Friday no more pre-draft visits to team facilities by prospects would be allowed. The league also banned any team officials from visiting prospects on the road. Teams will be allowed to conduct interviews with… Read More »

NFL planning fall back for draft … For now the 2020 draft is still scheduled to be held in Las Vegas for April 23-25, but the league is drawing up contingency plans because of the COVID-19 pandemic. If the coronavirus remains a threat, the league hopes to be able to still conduct the draft, but by conference call… Read More »

Ducks, Herbert did work out … It was maybe one of the last sporting events to take place in the wake of the COVID-19 tsunami, but Oregon did get its pro day in late yesterday afternoon. Included in the work out was a scripted throwing session by Ducks’ QB Justin Herbert which by all accounts was impressive. All… Read More »

Tigers WR Higgins posts average pro day times … With the entire sports world pretty much shutting down over the COVID-19 threat we have no idea whether there will be any more pro days this year. Heck, we still aren’t sure whether Oregon actually held its pro day this afternoon as the Ducks were scheduled to go just… Read More »

Life descends on NFL; AGM cncelled; pro day sched at risk … You kind of knew it had to happen as the COVID-19 virus threat has now caught up with the NFL. The league has announced that the AGM scheduled for later this month has at least been postponed, although the league is saying that the start of… Read More »

Tigers, Ducks hilite pro day sched … The annual pro day schedule really heats up later today with workouts at Clemson and Oregon with big turnouts expected at both sites. Clemson, of course, is simply one of the most talented programs in the country, although most of the Tigers’ top prospects, including LB Isaiah Simmons, who is generally… Read More »

Sooners, Badgers hilite pro day docket … Meanwhile, back to the business at hand and the 2020 draft which is now just 43 days away. It should be a most interesting day on the annual pro day circuit with work outs scheduled at Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Colorado among other programs. We are particularly interested to see which NFL… Read More »