Jags end winless skid; Pats to #1, Bengals #2 as first 9 picks sort of set … With the late Sunday afternoon games now in the books we can update further what the top of the 2025 selection order will likely look like when post the first full, updated order after tomorrow night’s Monday nighter. After Jacksonville finally… Read More »
UGA LB out for awhile …Georgia LB Smael Mondon, one of the top prospects at the position for the 2025 draft, did not play in the Bulldogs win over Auburn yesterday and according to the program this ‘ may not be the only game he ends up missing.’ Mondon has a foot issue that he’s apparently been dealing… Read More »
College rankings thrown for a loop as #1 and 4 go down … What a day in college football land yesterday as two of the top 4 ranked teams – and 5 of the top 11 – were knocked off. The biggest upset of the day came in Nashville where Vanderbilt, where the Commodores had never, ever defeated… Read More »
ESPN talks ‘muddy’ QB waters … For those that haven’t seen it, ESPN did a poll of NFL scouts and other personnel people asking which QB they’d take first at the 2025 draft. Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders got the most votes, but it was hardly unanimous which kind of confirms what we’ve been saying the past few weeks. Indeed,… Read More »
Wolfpack QB McCall out again after hit to head … North Carolina State QB Grayson McCall was carted off the field on a stretcher after taking a hit to the head in this afternoon’s game with Wake Forest. Unfortunately, its not the first such injury for McCall who transferred from Coastal Carolina this past off-season as he suffered… Read More »
Big Board, positional rankings updated … With the first month plus of the college season now in the books we have updated both the GBN Big Board ranking of the top 50+ prospects for the upcoming draft, along with the specific positional groupings (as per the drop-down menu above.) A couple of things that kind of jumped out.… Read More »
QB fallout from Tide-Dawgs thriller … We have had more than a few readers asked who we think is the better QB prospect for 2025, Carson Beck of Georgia or Alabama’s Jalen Milroe, in the wake of Saturday’s thrilling SEC battle between the Tide and Bulldogs. In fact, we don’t like to make such evaluations based on one… Read More »
Raiders’ WR Adams appears to be headed out the door in Vegas … The oft-troubled relationship between Las Vegas and star WR Davante Adams appears to be headed for a divorce. Adams has reportedly told the team that would like to be traded, while several sources around the league have indicated that the Raiders have let it be… Read More »
Making sense of the NFL’s new KO rules … We’ve had several readers ask what we think of the NFL’s new kick-off regulations in the past couple of weeks. Truth be told, other than thinking it all just looks kinda weird, we tend to be somewhat agnostic on the subject in that it really hasn’t changed the game… Read More »
Browns’ DT Hall gets 5-game suspension … The NFL announced earlier today that rookie Cleveland DT Michael Hall, a 2nd round pick by the Browns this past April, has suspended for 5 games without pay for violating the league’s personal conduct policy. Hall plead no contest to a reduced charge of disorderly conduct stemming from a domestic altercation… Read More »
The NFL has always been known for its evolving strategies and rule adaptations aimed at maintaining a competitive and entertaining game. This year, inspired by the XFL, the NFL has introduced new kickoff rules for the 2024 season with the dual aim of increasing returns and reducing injuries. As we dive into the details of these changes, the… Read More »
Titans win; Jags last still winless team … Thanks to what can only be called an inept Dolphins’ offence, Tennessee was finally able to get its first win of the season in one of the two Monday night games this week. Of course, there’s a bit of a caveat to Miami’s struggles as star QB Tua Tagovailoa, who… Read More »
Bengals end winless skid; Jags don’t in early action … It wasn’t necessarily easy but Cincinnati finally got its first win of the season earlier this afternoon with a 34-24 win in Carolina. However, Jacksonville wasn’t as lucky as the Jags fell to 0-4 with a tough 24-20 loss in Houston when the Texans pushed across the game-winning… Read More »
Tide edges Dawgs in SEC thriller … Just in case anyone missed it last evening, but #4 Alabama edged out #2 Georgia 41-34 in a thriller in Tuscaloosa that wasn’t decided until freshman CB Zabien Brown picked off a Carson Beck pass in the Alabama end zone in the final minute to seal to end Georgia’s final drive.… Read More »
‘Horns QB Ewers sits SEC opener … Probably no big surprise, but Texas QB Quinn Ewers, potentially one of the first 2-3 QBs selected at the 2025 draft who has been listed as questionable all week long with a strained abdominal muscle, is not playing in this afternoon’s SEC opener against Mississippi State. Ewers is again being replaced… Read More »
Who to watch when #2 Dawgs play #4 Tide … Every once in a while there’s a college football that just has a national championship feel and Saturday’s titanic SEC match-up between 2nd ranked Georgia and #4 Alabama which kicks off at 7:30 PM ET on ABC Saturday evening has all that feel. And why not as the… Read More »
USC DT Alexander to sit out year … In something of a surprise move, Southern California DT Bear Alexander has announced that he intends to sit out the rest of the season to preserve a year of eligibility. The 6-3, 315-pound Alexander, who has exceptional quickness for somebody that size, came into the year projected as a potential… Read More »
College QB walks away because of unmet promises … Strange situation out at UNLV where starting QB Matt Sluka has walked away from the 3-0 and almost ranked Runnin’ Rebels because he claims ‘certain representations were not being met.’ Translated, according to Sluka, promises made his NIL opportunities with the program when he transferred were not being fulfilled.… Read More »
Bengals-Titans share top picks in early 2025 selection order … As we have noted, we won’t be posting the full, updated first round selection order for next April’s draft for a couple of more weeks, but if the draft were held after this past weekend’s games Cincinnati and Tennessee would share the top two picks as they currently… Read More »
Leftover notes and observations from USC-UM thriller … Several things from the terrific USC-Michigan game Saturday evening that the Wolverines won 27-24 with a last minute TD. First, Michigan TE Colston Loveland, the top prospect at the position for the upcoming draft, did not play because of an unspecified injury. On the surface, comments from the program don’t… Read More »
LSU LB Perkins out for year … LSU has confirmed that star LB Harold Perkins will miss the rest of the year after tearing an ACL in the Tigers win over UCLA on Saturday. Perkins was being considered as a possible mid-firs round pick at the 2025. Like ECU CB Shavon Revel who also tore an ACL in… Read More »
The meek, or at least the winless, did inherit the earth today … Heading into the weekend, there were still 9 winless teams in the NFL. Two of those – Jacksonville and Cincinnati – do not play until tomorrow evening, but of the 7 0-2 taems that did play this afternoon, 6 were winners. That included Carolina which… Read More »
Panthers have gotten inquiries about QB Young … According to several sources, including ESPN, Carolina has received inquiries about the availability of QB Bryce Young, the first player picked in the 2023 draft who was benched this week in favor of veteran Andy Dalton. The Panthers have said at this time that they do not intend to trade… Read More »
Rising ECU CB out for year with ACL … East Carolina CB Shavon Revel, a rising prospect for the 2025 draft, reportedly will miss the rest of the season after tearing an ACL at practice this week. The 6-2, 200-pound Revel with reported 4.4 speed was being considered to be a likely first-round pick this coming April. Revel… Read More »
Bonus coverage: WRs on parade … We previewed Saturday’s two big college football games in an earlier post, but there are actually a couple of other potentially interesting games on the college docket this evening as Stanford plays at Syracuse (7:30 PM ET; ESPN) – and yes its a conference game between schools almost 2,800 miles apart –… Read More »
