Pro day sked winds down … The annual pro day schedule winds down this week just a few remaining on-campus workouts including west Virginia on Monday and Texas A&M on Wednesday. The highlight of the week though also comes on Wednesday when Memphis holds its pro day where QB Paxton Lynch, the consensus 3rd rated QB in this… Read More »
Salary spat holding up Broncos-49ers deal for vet QB … Denver is that much closer to acquiring veteran QB Colin Kaepernick from San Francisco as the two teams reportedly have the parameters in place for a trade that could have significant implications on the 2016 draft. However, the deal is still pending as the two teams spar over… Read More »
Denver is that much closer to acquiring veteran QB Colin Kaepernick from San Francisco as the two teams reportedly have the parameters in place for a trade that could have significant implications on the 2016 draft. However, the deal is still pending as the two teams spar over who is going to pay what on Kaepernick’s contract. The… Read More »
Where’s the buzz … The 2016 draft gets underway a month today and remains still relatively quiet around the NFL with little real buzz about trades and the like, although there is still some stuff percolating just below the surface. More in the draft buzz
by Grumpy Lindsay, GBN Editor Where’s the buzz … The 2016 draft gets underway a month today and remains still relatively quiet around the NFL with little real buzz about trades and the like, although there is still some percolating just below the surface. This week, for example, Florida State DB Jalen Ramsey, one of the leading candidates… Read More »
German WR wows at pro day … NFL.com is reporting that the NFL is abuzz about the workout of German Football League WR Moritz Boehringer. Boehringer, who measured in at 6-4.5, 227, participated in today’s pro day at Florida Atlantic where he 0ran a 4.43-second 40-yard dash on grass, had a vertical of 39 inches, a 10-11 broad… Read More »
Deadline passes; Kaepernick still a 49er; trade watch continues … Today’s 4 PM ET deadline passed for San Francisco to release QB Colin Kaepernick and he’s still with the 49ers meaning that his 2016 salary of $11.9 is now guaranteed. The 49ers are believed to have hoped to trade Kaepernick before today’s deadline, but got no takers just… Read More »
Pigskin Paul’s sleeper picks … One of the fun parts of studying the draft is looking for those hidden gems who for one reason or another weren’t great college players, but have the potential to be much at the next level. GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillmette lists some of the guys he thinks fit that sleeper label… Read More »
Draft one month today!! … The 2016 draft gets underway one month today. Hang in there guys!
Pigskin Paul talks picks … Now that the full selection order for the 2016 draft has been officially released, GBN Associate Editor and Chief Scout Pigskin Paul Guillemette weighs in some thoughts based on the GBN list of picks by team.
LB Jack won’t run this week; may not at all before draft … NFL teams with early picks were hoping that star UCLA LB Myles Jack would run the 40 at a private pro day on Friday. Instead it turned out to be April Fool’s with word that Jack will in fact not run this week. Jack tore… Read More »
Titans still looking at top prospects … One of the underlying dynamics of today’s pro day at Ole Miss was a whisper rafting around the league that Tennessee may not be totally locked in on OT Laremy Tunsil for the #1 pick in next month’s draft. That has been the consensus opinion of analysts around the league pretty… Read More »
Full draft order, picks by team posted … After a number of delays because we couldn’t confirm exactly which pick had changed hands in trades involving teams with more than one picks in a particular round, we have finally been able to post what we believe is the full 7-tound round order for the 2016 draft which is… Read More »
Early Ole Miss pro day updates … Mississippi OT Laremy Tunsil has done nothing so far at the Ole Miss pro day to dissuade NFL teams that he is not a legit candidate to be taking first overall at next month’s draft. Tunsil, with 34.5″ arms, threw up 34 reps in the bench press, which would have tied… Read More »
We are the champions!!! … Don’t want to date ourselves, but we are going 6 decades as really dedicated sports fans going all the way back to the 1957 World Series between the New York Yankees and the Milwaukee Braves, the first sporing event in which we really cared who won. Over the years, people have learned not… Read More »
Wentz aces pro day … Because of bad weather, as many as 14 teams weren’t able to make it North Dakota State earlier today to watch QB Carson Wentz’ pro day. They missed a show. Of course, every team gets a tape of the workout so nothing really lost, but Wentz certainly looked the part of a near… Read More »
Browns sign RGIII … Cleveland has in fact reportedly agreed on a 2-year contract with former Washington QB Robert Griffen. The big question now of course is do the Browns still take a QB – likely either Carson Wentz of North Dakota State or Cal’s Jared Goff with the second pick overall at the 2016 draft. New Browns… Read More »
Browns still hot after QB at #2 … Speaking at the AFC coaches breakfast at the annual NFL owners meetings, Cleveland head coach Hue Jackson left little doubt that the Browns are still expecting to select a QB with the second pick overall at the 2016 draft even if they were able to sign a veteran like Robert… Read More »
Titans claim some ‘serious’ interest in top pick … Just days after saying it would cost a ‘king’s ransom’ to pry the #1 pick at the 2016 draft away from Tennessee, new titans’ G.M. Jon Robinson says that the team has had “a couple” of calls about trading the top pick. According to an article in USA Today,… Read More »
Pigskin’s undervalued list, part deux … Every draft season has its Top 100 big boards, sleepers, and overrated and underrated prospects list. GBN Associate Editor and Chief Scout puts a slight semantic twist on the game and has come up with his list of what he is calling his undervalued prospects. Here is the second part.
Vols LB out spring, maybe longer … Tennessee LB Jalen Reeves-Maybin, a top prospect for the 2017 draft, will miss the rest of spring practice and will be sidelined at least until June by a shoulder injury. Reeves-Maybin had considered entering this year’s draft but ultimately decided to return to Tennessee for his senior season after starting every… Read More »
As the QB turns … Several people have commented that there just doesn’t seem to be as much draft buzz out there this year as, say, last year. And they are absolutely right. While its not quite dead this year the patient does appear to be on life support. Remember, in contrast last year, there were all the… Read More »
Several people have commented that there just doesn’t seem to be as much draft buzz out there this year as, say, last year. And they are absolutely right. While its not quite dead this year the patient does appear to be on life support. Remember, in contrast last year, there were all the rumors about Chip Kelly and… Read More »
Pro day updates … A #1 pick worthy performance at Iowa and the two best Fighting Camel prospects ever – no kidding!- highlight today’s rundown of the latest pro day results.
Browns kick RGIII tires … Interesting story from Cleveland where the Browns had former Washington QB Robert Griffen in for a visit yesterday. Griffen reportedly met with Browns’ Executive Vice President Sashi Brown, coach Hue Jackson, assistant head coach/offense Pep Hamilton and Vice President of Player Personnel Andrew Berry yesterday afternoon, but did leave town without a contract.… Read More »
