Preliminary 2024 LB preview … LB – and we’re referring here almost exclusively to players that project to middle and ILBs as opposed to OLBs who tend to get included with the edge rushers – has never necessarily been a prime position early in the draft. The last time an inside LB was selected with a top 10… Read More »
Preliminary 2024 DE/ER preview: long on potential … You aren’t going to get much of an argument from anyone in the NFL that QB is not the #1 prime, premium position come draft day. Indeed, QBs were the first player selected in 7 of the past ten drafts, while the position also accounted for 1 out of every… Read More »
2024 draft DT preview; keep bringing it on! … By almost every measure available, 2023was a pretty darn good draft for the defensive tackles. Overall, 4 were selected in the opening round, tied for the second highest total this century behind the half dozen chosen in 2018. As well, the 11 DTs taken within the first three rounds… Read More »
Supp draft back on after 3-year absence … Multiple sources are reporting that after a 3-year absence, the NFL will be holding a supplemental draft this summer on July 11th. Th league last held a supp draft in 2019. The league has also reportedly confirmed that former Purdue WR Milton Wright will be available in this summer’s supplemental… Read More »
Colts lose 5th round S for year to ACL … Indianapolis has placed rookie safety Daniel Scott on injured reserve after he reportedly tore an ACL during an OTA last week. Scott, who played collegiately at California, was a 5th round pick at the 2023 draft, but will now miss the upcoming season.
2024 Offensive line preview: More of the same on the way … The 2023 draft was pretty typical for the offensive line. a total of 5 OTs, for example, were selected in the opening round (and we are counting Northwestern’s Peter Skoronksi as an OT, although he was technically listed as an OG when he was selected 11th… Read More »
Hopkins to visit Pats, Titans; Vikes cut RB Cook … Not too much going on around the NFL these days. However, after a couple of weeks in which it appeared that maybe nobody was interested, former Arizona WR Deangelo Hopkins, who was released a couple of weeks, is finally starting to draw some interest. Hopkins will reportedly visit… Read More »
CFL schedule kicks off … The 2023 CFL regular season gets underway later Thursday evening when the B.C. Lions play the Stampeders in Calgary with kick-off set for 9 PM ET. The rest of the Canadian leagues opening week schedule sets up with Hamilton playing at Winnipeg on Friday, Ottawa travels to Montreal on Saturday, with Saskatchewan wrapping… Read More »
ESPN previews top 2024 QBs … For those that haven”t seen it, ESPN has a useful preview of the top QB prospects for the 2024 draft, needless to say starting with Caleb Williams of Southern Cal, the consensus top prospect overall for next April, at least at this time.
Let’s try that again: 2024 TE preview … The draft turned out to be, well interesting for the 2023 TE class. On the one hand, the expected ‘best year ever’ for the position never really materialized. Dalton Kincaid of Utah was selected with the 25th pick overall by Buffalo, but that was as many 10 picks lower than… Read More »
Shrine game on the move again … The East-West Shrine all-star game announced earlier today that it will be played in Frisco, Texas in 2024. The Shrine game was played in Las Vegas the past two years after a decade in Florida. The 2024 game will be played on February 1st.
Some thoughts on NFL alignment … Its the first full week of June and there really isn’t much going on around the NFL. However, there was recent article over on the ESPN college football page regarding a fantasy realignment for college football. And that got us thinking about something we have thought a fair amount of late and… Read More »
Sleeper WR prospect heads to SEC … Former Texas-San Antonio WR Zakhari Franklin, a rising prospect for the 2024 draft, has confirmed that he has transferred to Mississippi. The 6-1, 185-pound Franklin, a two-time consensus C-USA first teamer who had 93 receptions for 1,137 yards and 15 TDs last fall, is currently #8 on the GBN list of… Read More »
Time to move on: 2024 WR preview … There is simply no way to sugarcoat it; the 2023 was a pretty big disappointment for this year’s WR class. For starters, as many as 4 different receivers had at least a top 15-20 grade at some point in the build-up to the draft, but in the end none were… Read More »
Pigskin’s final draft grades … After a very quiet Memorial Day weekend around the NFL, the pace picks up a little as GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette posts his final grades for the 2023 draft.
Veteran NFL safety switches to scouting … Interesting story out of Baltimore where veteran S Tony Jefferson has retired as an active player and instead is joining the Ravens as a scout. Jefferson played 9 seasons in the league including three in Baltimore between 2017 and 2019; he also played for Arizona, San Francisco and finished his playing… Read More »
Cards release star WR Hopkins … in a somewhat surprising move, at least given the timing, Arizona has released veteran WR DeAngelo Hopkins who, if as expected clears waivers, will become an outright free agent. The Cardinals have actually trying to trade Hopkins, who represented a $31M salary cap hit on their books, literally since the beginning of… Read More »
Lions get PK from Jags for late future pick … Detroit has acquired veteran PK Riley Patterson from Jacksonville in exchange for a conditional 2026 7th round draft pick. The Jaguars were reportedly set to waive Patterson after signing former Denver PK Brandon McManus earlier this week. Patterson, who actually kicked for the Lions in 2021 will compete… Read More »
Almost like old times: 2024 Preliminary RB Preview … For the RBs, the 2023 must have felt a little bit like the good old days when the position was one of the most valued areas on draft day. Indeed, two backs – Bijan Robinson who was selected 8th overall by Atlanta and Jahmyr Gibbs. selected 12th by Detroit… Read More »
ESPN projects teams with top ten at 2024 picks … For those that haven’t seen it yet, ESPN has a piece up today in which they predict that Arizona will have the first two picks at the 2024 draft. Arizona would have their own pick next spring, along with that of Houston which the Cardinals acquired in that… Read More »
Pigskin grades Chargers, Texans drafts … Continuing his series of individual team draft grades. GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette takes a look at the draft of the Los Angeles Chargers and Houston Texans.
Pack gets ’25 draft … The next two drafts will have a very NFC North feel to them. Detroit is on deck to hold next year’s draft, while the NFL has announced that Green Bay has been awarded the 2025 draft.
Colts-Commanders settle Luck tampering differences … Indianapolis and Washington have reportedly settled any differences the two teams had regarding the Commanders’ alleged tampering with retired Colts’ QB Andrew Luck. In particular, it does not seem that there is any evidence that anyone from the Commanders ever spoke directly with Luck or anyone in his camp. If they had,… Read More »
Giants add another top young exec to front office … The New York Giants continue to add to their front office with the announcement today that they have hired former Tennessee G.M. Ryan Cowden to their front office in an as yet undefined position. Cowden had been the VP of player personnel for the Tennessee since 2018 and… Read More »
Bills shuffle scout staff … Buffalo has announced several changes within their scouting department. Malik Boyd has been promoted to senior personnel advisor from senior director of pro scouting. Boyd has been with the Bills since 2017 after he began his scouting career in 2003 with Indianapolis. In his new, expanded role Boyd will work as an executive… Read More »
