Saints focused on QB … I think we have mentioned this before, but perhaps it bears repeating, no team appears to be more due diligence on this year’s QB class than New Orleans. The Saints, for example, had a full contingent at Cam Ward’s pro day at Miami earlier this week; they were the team that took Quinn… Read More »
Deion ‘happy’ where Shedeur ends up … Colorado head coach Deion Sanders and father of Buffs QB Shedeur, one of the top prospects for the 2025 draft, went on the record earlier today on a podcast with Skip Bayless saying that they would be ‘happy’ with whatever team that needs a QB selects Shedeur at next month’s draft.… Read More »
Irish run at pro day; Aggies don’t … There were somewhat different storylines at the day’s two most prominent pro days as a number of Notre Dame prospects ran at their pro day, whereas the guys NFL types wanted to see at the Texas A&M workout didn’t. Unfortunately, though, for the Irish prospects that ran today, none really… Read More »
PSU’s Carter will not work out tomorrow … The agent for Penn State DE Abdul Carter has just confirmed that the former Nittany Lion edge rusher will not be participating at the school’s pro day tomorrow. Carter injured a shoulder during the CFP playoffs and then a stress fracture in one of his feet was discovered by doctors… Read More »
Another busy day on pro day sched … It may not have quite the pizzazz of the past few days but it will be another very busy day on the pro day schedule with workouts at Notre Dame, Texas A&M, Florida, Mississippi State, JMU, and North Dakota State. And the QB flavor of the day will be the… Read More »
Packed house takes in Buckeyes’ pro day … Over 140 NFL personnel people were in Columbus this afternoon for the Ohio State pro day including GMs Brian Gutenkunst of Green Bay and Atlanta’s Terry Fontenot. The Falcons, in fact, also had head coach Raheem Morris at the Buckeyes’ work out today which is no surprise as Atlanta has… Read More »
Jeanty skips 40 at BSU pro day … In the end, RB Ashton Jeanty chose not to run at today’s Boise State’s pro day despite a big crowd that included Las Vegas GM John Spytek, as well as RB coaches from at least Minnesota, Seattle and the Giants.
TE Taylor, others run well at LSU pro day … Several of LSU’s top prospects who did not run at the combine, including TE Mason Taylor, posted decent 40 runs. Taylor, one of the top 2-3 prospects at the position for the upcoming draft, posted a 4.65 40 clocking earlier today which would have been one of the… Read More »
Browns working out Canes QB Ward … We stand corrected! In fact, literally as we speak, a contingent of senior Cleveland officials including owner Jimmy Haslam, GM Andrew Berry and head coach Kevin Stefanski, are working out QB Cam Ward at a private workout at Miami. The Browns. of course, have the 2nd pick overall at next month’s… Read More »
Are the Titans trying to trade out of the #1 pick? … That’s the question that’s buzzing around the league this day, although its not exactly clear where its actually coming from. Here’s one article for example by Mike Florio of PFF (who at least did predict the Giants still signing Russell Wilson after signing Jameis Winston last… Read More »
Another fascinating day on pro day circuit … It should be another very interesting day on the pro day circuit with a lot of the attention on national champion Ohio State which has arguably the deepest 2025 draft class of any program in the country including first round prospects in OT Josh Simmons, WR Emeka Egbuka, OG Donovan… Read More »
Pro day QB focus moves to Ewers, Shough … With Cam Ward’s pro day now in the books, the QB microscope turns to Quinn Ewers of Texas and Louisville’s Tyler Shough when their teams go through their pro days later today. And as much as we are eager to hear about their respective performances today, we are also… Read More »
Pro day updates … As noted earlier, Miami’s pro day was only one of a dozen on the docket today. Among others that we watching, neither of DEs Mike Green of Marshall nor Boston College’s Donovan Ezeiruaku, who didn’t run at the combine, ran at their respective pro days today. Green, though, did the shuttles posting very good… Read More »
Ward solid at Canes pro day … Miami QB Cam Ward, the presumptive #1 pick at next month’s went thru a solid, albeit rather low-key 45-minute scripted passing session at the end of the Hurricanes’ pro day this afternoon. In fact, a couple more passes than one would like to see hit the ground, but for the most… Read More »
Updated: Crowd gathering for Canes pro day … Not surprisingly, there will be a full house at this afternoon’s pro day at Miami where QB Cam Ward, the likely #1 pick at next month’s draft, will go thru his scripted throwing session. Tennessee, which currently owns that #1, will certainly be out in force with a contingent that… Read More »
Really busy Monday on pro day schedule … Needless to say, QB Cam Ward’s scripted throwing session at the Miami pro day will get most of the attention tomorrow, but there’s actually a whole lot more going on on the pro day docket. Indeed, including Miami, there are at least a dozen pro days on Monday with at… Read More »
Giants Report: Winston signing a bridge to where? … Literally right on cue after we posted our thoughts on the ‘Reality’ of the Giants current QB situation two days ago, the Giants dropped the proverbial other shoo signing Jameis Winston to a 2Y, $8M contract with incentives. Clearly, Winston comes to the Giants as a bridge QB, but… Read More »
QBs on parade next week … Just as a follow-up of sorts to today’s earlier post noting Louisville QB Tyler Shough’s impending visit with Cleveland, there is a very interesting situation regarding next week’s pro day schedule in that there will be a prominent QB prospect for 2025 working out every day. On Monday, Cam Ward, the top-rated… Read More »
Cards’ QB Shough to visit Browns … There’s a possibly interesting development in Cleveland where the Browns will reportedly have Louisville QB Tyler Shough in for one of their 30 allowed pre-draft on-site visits. Of course, the Browns could just being doing some due diligence, but it is something to at least take note of as it has… Read More »
Friday pro days notes … It appears that Michigan may be another one of those places that had a pro day but nobody came! As noted earlier Wolverines’ star CB Will Johnson opted not to participate in the school’s pro day because of a tweaked hamstring, but it turned out he was also joined on the sidelines by… Read More »
Rodgers is in the building!! … Aaron Rodgers is reportedly in Pittsburgh visiting with the Steelers as we speak. Other reports have suggested that nothing is necessarily imminent but multiple teams along with the Steelers have been waiting for Rodgers to decide where he’s going to play next fall. He has had an offer on the table from… Read More »
Pro day weeks wraps with key UM work out … An interesting week on the pro day schedule wraps with an interesting day highlighted by a work out at Michigan. The Wolverines never came close to defending their 2023 national championship last fall, but still lead the league in top 10 prospects this year in DT Mason Graham,… Read More »
Pigskin mocks the AFC North … Former long-time GBN Associate Editor and now Contributing Editor Pigskin Paul Guillmette continues his annual series of team/division 3-round mock drafts with a projection for the AFC North.
Sanders, Hunter don’t run at Big XII pro day … It was kind of like they held a pro day and nobody showed! Not quite, obviously, but this year’s joint Big XII pro day was billed as kind of a coming out party for Colorado stars Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter. However, with today’s workout for the skill… Read More »
Giants Report: As the QB doesn’t turn; Reality Bites … Not surprisingly, we have been getting numerous queries from our Giant fans friends the past few weeks asking when we’ll get some clarity regarding the team’s very chaotic QB situation these days. Unfortunately, we can’t say anything for sure, but there are certain realities that appear to be… Read More »
