Browns out of Watson sweepstakes … Cleveland has reportedly been told that they are no longer being considered as a potential landing spot for Houston QB Deshaun Watson. That leaves Carolina, Atlanta and New Orleans as presumably the final three finalists for his services, barring a surprise late entry by another team like Seattle or Philadelphia. Meanwhile, the… Read More »
Watson meets second time with Saints … There had been some expectation that Deshaun Watson might make a decision as early as yesterday on where he wants to play after he completed meetings with the four teams that made Houston competitive trade offers. There were reports that Watson was ‘torn’ on his decision, although there are now late… Read More »
Thursday morning tidbits … Just 6 weeks to go today until the start of the 2022 draft!! Hang in there … And there will be another interesting workout of the pro day schedule later today with Clemson holding its pro day with Michigan on deck for tomorrow … We are starting to get a bit of a head… Read More »
Full selection order released; Jags still lead 2022 pick race … After releasing the list of comp picks for the upcoming draft yesterday, the NFL released the full selection order for the 2022 draft, now just 37 days away. And as we figured in our unofficial tally of picks yesterday, Jacksonville will not only have the #1 pick… Read More »
Jets get late future pick for vet LB/ST … We are now almost an hour into the new football year, but not a whole lot new has been announced. The NY Jets, though, have picked up a 6th round pick in 2023 from Houston in exchange for veteran LB/ST Blake Cashman.
LB Dean doesn’t run at Dawgs’ pro day … As expected, over 120 NFL personnel people were at this morning’s por day at national champion Georgia. However, the most anticipated aspect of the day never came off as star ILB Nakobe Dean, who did not run at the combine, was unable to participate because of a strained pectoral… Read More »
Are you ready for some football??? … Well, maybe not quite, but the new football year kicks off at 4 PM ET later today when all teams have to be under the 2022 salary cap and teams can start to officially sign free agents and make trades. Speaking of trades, it is believed that Houston QB Deshaun Watson… Read More »
National champs pro day on tap … When the annual pro day schedule was announced earlier this month, one of the dates that just about every team in the league red-circled was tomorrow’s on campus workout at national champion Georgia where a full house is expected, although it is likely that because tomorrow is also the first day… Read More »
Rams, Niners lead comp pick parade … The NFL announced today that a total of 39 compensatory picks have been allotted to 16 teams for the 2022 draft. San Francisco and the LA Rams lead the way with five comp picks each, while the LA Chargers will get four additional selections and Arizona, Baltimore and Detroit get three… Read More »
Browns meeting with QB Watson … A full contingent of senior execs from Cleveland are in Houston for a meeting this afternoon with Texans’ QB Deshaun Watson. Watson also reportedly met with both Carolina and New Orleans last evening. All three teams are reportedly willing to part with at least the three first round picks that the Texans… Read More »
New 3-round mock posted … Was holding off posting a new GBN 3-round mock for the 2022 draft until the actual start of the new football year on Wednesday; however, with so many signings-to-be being announced we figured if we waited it would be already out of date. And, again as we have noted in the past, the… Read More »
Mitch T to Steelers; Jags to sign top OG … With the NFL’s legal tampering window open ahead of the start of the new football year on Wednesday another QB domino has fallen with news that Mitch Trubisky has agreed to terms with Pittsburgh on a two-year deal. While the Steelers are simply saying that Trubisky will compete… Read More »
Pro day sched heats up this week … After a relatively quiet first week, the annual pro day schedule really starts to heat up this week with several key workouts on the docket. In fact, we have seen no reports that indicate that any NFL G.M. or head coach was on the road at a pro day last… Read More »
‘Tampering’ window opens Monday AM … With the official free agency signing period set to begin on Wednesday with the start of the new NFL year, teams will have a two-day window of opportunity to talk with impending free agents about a possible deal beginning tomorrow morning. Courtesy of the NFL Network, here is their list of the… Read More »
Big Board, positional rankings updated … For those that haven’t picked up on it already, the GBN Big Board ranking of the top overall prospects for the 2022 draft – with a new #1 – has been updated following the scouting combine. Same for the various positional rankings which are available on the drop-down menu above.
That didn’t last long … Apparently retirement ain’t what it used to be! Just 41 days after he announced his retirement, Tom Brady has unretired and will be back with the Buccaneers for at least another season. Which for our purposes means that Tampa Bay is no longer one of those teams that really needs a QB.
More prospect profiles added … Note that we have added profiles of several players who really upped their stock with strong combine performances to the full Prospect Profiles file including ones for Tulsa G/T Tyler Smith, UTSA CB Tariq Woolen and DEs Arnold Ebiketie of Penn State, Mississippi’s Sam Williams and Amare’ Barno of Virginia Tech. To make… Read More »
Panthers, Saints set to make Watson offers … There are multiple reports this day that both Carolina and New Orleans are prepared to make significant trade offers for Houston QB Deshaun Watson now that the embattled Texans QB no longer faces the prospect of criminal charges stemming from those allegations of sexual assault against multiple masseuses. This won’t… Read More »
Pigskin posts post-combine projection … With just 47 days and counting before the 2022 draft, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has posted his first post-combine mock draft. And it wouldn’t be a Pigskin Paul mock without a few surprises, in this starting with the very first pick.
Cowboys send WR Cooper to Browns for late pick … Dallas has reportedly worked a deal with Cleveland in which the Browns will get veteran WR Amari Cooper from the Cowboys in exchange for what is being reported as a 5th round pick this year. To complete the deal, the teams will also flip 6th round picks. The… Read More »
Pigskin’s ponders some of this year’s underappreciated combine participants … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has some thoughts of the several prospects he identified as the underappreciated stars of the combine. Here!
Let the bidding begin: Texans’ QB Watson NOT indicted … A grand jury in Houston declined to indict embattled Houston QB Deshaun Watson after following a police investigation brought on by lawsuits filed by 22 women who have accused him of sexual assault. Watson still has to deal with multiple civil suits stemming from the allegations, but other… Read More »
Texans’ Watson finally gets some days in court … The NFL may finally get a little clarity on the legal situation of embattled Houston QB DeShaun Watson on Friday. A grand jury has been impaneled in Houston to hear evidence related to the allegations of sexual assault against Watson on Friday and there is even some hope that… Read More »
Pro day circuit wraps first week … The first full week on the annual pro day schedule ends relatively quietly Friday with only a half dozen or so teams scheduled to hold their on-campus workouts including those at Illinois and UNLV. Its actually been a pretty quiet week overall so far. It was nice to see a big… Read More »
Bolts reportedly getting Bears Mack in trade … What is the old saying? If you can’t beat ’em, copy ’em! The LA Chargers appear to have taken a page out of the playbook of their cross-town rivals the Super Bowl champion Rams and traded for some quality defensive help as they are reportedly in the process of acquiring… Read More »
