Updated: Role of UGA DT Carter in fatal crash questioned … Just the kind of news you don’t need when you are under consideration to be the #1 pick overall at the NFL draft. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting at this hour that star Georgia DT Jalen Carter was at the scene of a fatal car crash early… Read More »
Combine notes: day three … Its day three of the annual scouting combine in Indianapolis with three of the four position groupings now in the house. Today the defensive linemen and LBs will undergo orthopaedic exams and meet with the NFLPA; the defensive backs and specialists will have their general medical exams; while the QBs and receivers will… Read More »
Pigskin’s combine snubs … With still not a whole lot going on, or at least worth reporting on, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette took a deeper dive into the guys that weren’t invited to Indianapolis this week with a post on the biggest combine snubs at each position.
FA Carr meets with Jets, Saints and Panthers … There were reports yesterday that free agent QB Derek Carr had met with several unnamed teams at this week’s scouting combine in Indianapolis. This morning it was reported that Carr has met so far with New Orleans, Carolina and the NY Jets. What’s interesting about that is that the… Read More »
Combine notes: day two … Its day two at the annual scouting combine in Indianapolis where the defensive linemen and LBs will undergo their general medical exams, while the defensive backs and specialists will go thru the registration process and orientation. However, there likely won’t be a lot of breaking news out of Indianapolis probably until Thursday when… Read More »
Washcoms first to tag … Literally just hours after releasing QB Carson Wentz and saving over $26M against the cap, Washington has become the first team to use a tag as the Commanders have reportedly applied the franchise tag to star free agent DT Daron Payne. As a result, Payne is guaranteed will get almost $19M next fall… Read More »
Panthers add former Card S Wilson to senior scout staff … Carolina has signed former Arizona star FS Adrian Wilson as the Panthers new VP of Player Personnel; he replaces Pat Stewart, who the team parted ways with earlier this month. Wilson has been working in the Cardinals’ front office since he retired and even got a couple… Read More »
QB Wentz out in DC … To absolutely no one’s surprise, Washington released QB Carson Wentz after just one less than stellar season in the nation’s capital. In releasing Wentz, whom they acquired from Indianapolis last spring for what amounted to a pair of 3rd round picks, Washington does save just over $26M in cap space. However, also… Read More »
Draft two months today!! … For those that like to note these things, the 2023 draft will get underway two months from today. Hang in there guys!!
Levis also to throw at combine … Just a quick update on that earlier report of the fact that Alabama QB Bryce Young won’t throw at the combine on Saturday, but that Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud and Anthony Richardson of Florida will. There are now additional reports that Kentucky’s Will Levis, the other top ranked QB in the… Read More »
Bears ‘leaning’ toward moving top pick … ESPN is reporting this morning that Chicago is “leaning toward” trading the #1 pick at this year’s draft. According to the reports, the Bears have already been approached by multiple teams about the availability of the first overall pick. And while the report doesn’t name names, it is widely assumed that… Read More »
Combine notes: Top DL won’t work out; 2 QBs to throw, one won’t … The annual scouting combine is officially underway in Indianapolis as we speak with the defensive linemen going through registration and orientation. They’ll also be the first group to work out later this week when they do their on-field physical testing and positional drills on… Read More »
Questions about combine … Interesting that at a time when the NFL is trying to make the annual scouting combine, which is just getting underway in Indianapolis as we speak, another ‘event’ on the league’s off-season calendar, there seem to be a bit of a growing chorus questioning various aspects of the ‘event.’ NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith,… Read More »
Teams, players start arriving in Indy as combine set to go … Literally as we speak, NFL coaches and personnel people, along with the players, have begun arriving in Indianapolis for the start of the annual scouting combine which gets underway tomorrow. However, there have been some changes to the schedule and the format. As usual, the players… Read More »
Pre-combine draft buzz … Pretty much anyone who is anyone in the NFL will begin gathering in Indianapolis tomorrow for the annual scouting combine which will run through March 5th. And THE big question at the combine this year is just how big is Alabama QB Bryce Young. Young appears to have emerged as the #1 QB prospect… Read More »
Pretty much anyone who is anyone in the NFL will begin gathering in Indianapolis tomorrow for the annual scouting combine which will run through March 5th. And THE big question at the combine this year is just how big is Alabama QB Bryce Young. Young appears to have emerged as the #1 QB prospect in this year’s draft;… Read More »
Pigskin posts pre-combine top 25 … With just a couple now before players start gathering in Indianapolis for the annual NFL scouting combine, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has posted his pre-combine ranking of the top 25 prospects for this year’s draft.
Rising UGA LB booked on driving charges … Rising junior LB Jamon Dumas-Johnson, one of the top defensive prospects for the 2024 draft, was booked earlier this week on charges of reckless driving and street racing stemming from an incident following the Bulldogs’ national championship win over TCU last month. Dumas-Johnson was able to post bond and was… Read More »
NFL QB carousel starting to heat up … For those who have been out of touch with the world this week, Still-for-now Green Bay QB Aaron Rodgers emerged from his self-imposed 4-day hiatus in darkness (that ended up being just two days; apparently a guy can only make like a mole in a hobbitt-hole for only so long)… Read More »
Rising LSU WR Nabers arrested on gun charge … Rising junior LSU WR Malik Nabers, the second leading receiver in the SEC last fall, was arrested and charged with illegal carrying of a weapon earlier this week. The charge is a misdemeanor and isn’t likely to impact Nabers ultimate draft grade all that much, but it is certainly… Read More »
Tag window now open … As of this morning, teams around the NFL can begin to tag players set to become free agents when the new football year begins next month as either franchise or transition players. Teams considering using one of the two tags have until the end of business on March 7th to do so. Any… Read More »
‘Hawks shuffle top scout staff … Not much going on these days; late last week, though, Seattle made a number of moves in its personnel department promoting Nolan Teasley to assistant G.M. from director of pro personnel, while Matt Berry, the team’s director of college scouting was promoted to senior director of player personnel. In their places, Willie… Read More »
Path to the draft runs thru Indy … Every year we make that statement referring to the fact that the scouting combine in Indianapolis is an indisputably a key element of the pre-draft process. Last year, for example, almost 85% of all players selected at the 2022 draft participated in some way in the combine. However, that is… Read More »
Late Colts pick gets boost … When Indianapolis sent veteran RB/KR Nyheim Hines to Buffalo late last season, they received a conditional 6th round pick as compensation. Because the conditions were ultimately met, the Colts will now receive the Bills 5th rounder this coming April.
Pre-combine mock posted … With this year’s Super Bowl now in the books, we have updated our 3-round projection for the first two days of the 2023 draft. This one has a bit of a twist in that both Pigskin Paul and myself made picks, we’re just not saying where. And, as we always like to point out… Read More »
