Jags hire Pederson as head coach … The longest current on-going coach search has apparently ended as Jacksonville has reportedly come to terms with former Philadelphia coach Doug Pederson who not that long ago guided the Eagles to their only Super Bowl win. Pederson replaces Urban Meyer who was fired late this past season. Pederson became the guy… Read More »
Dispatches from Mobile; part deux … By all accounts the weather in Mobile yesterday was downright awful making for trying conditions for both players and reporters during the second day of practice sessions at this year’s Senior Bowl. In the end, the players gutted it out as did GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette, who is on the… Read More »
Senior Bowl practices wrap today; weather, Willis top stories … They’ll be getting the third and final day of practice at the Senior Bowl in Mobile in just over an hour. And they’re hoping for better weather today after yesterday’s practices were held in a steady downpour. Unfortunately, the forecast for today isn’t much better and there have… Read More »
Shriners to kick-off this evening … The first of this weekend’s double-header of all-star games goes this evening when the East-West Shrine game kicks off later this evening at 8 PM ET in Las Vegas with TV coverage on the NFL Network. And while the Shrine game doesn’t have the star power of the Senior Bowl, which will… Read More »
Harbaugh to return to UM; Vikes look to Rams’ OC … The flirtation between Minnesota and Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh appears to over. The Vikings had talked seriously with Harbaugh about filling their vacant head coaching job over the past week. However, Harbaugh has reportedly told Michigan officials that he’ll back in maize and blue next fall.… Read More »
Flores suit throws league for loop … Hands up anyone who thought that the league that still can’t figure out what’s a completed forward pass, can’t get a centuries old conundrum like race right. In fact, one could probably ask ‘what did they think was going to happen’ when the NFL introduced the Rooney Rule which forced teams… Read More »
College QB carousel continues to spin … You’ll probably need a program to figure who’s at QB when the 2022 college football season rolls around next fall. Another huge domino fell earlier this week with word that former Oklahoma freshman All-America QB Caleb Williams, an early favorite to be the first pick at the 2024, was transferring to… Read More »
Dispatches from Mobile … With the first practice sessions at this year’s Senior Bowl in the books, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette, who is on the ground in Mobile, weighs in with some of his observations from today’s workouts. The players will be back at it, this time in full pads, tomorrow afternoon. Stay tuned!
Top LBs profiled … We’ve talked in recent weeks about how many positions in this year’s draft have real battles for the top grade in that positional grouping. Another position with that kind of debate is at MLB where both Nakobe Dean of Georgia and Utah’s Devin Lloyd have their supporters. Here are our profiles of the two,… Read More »
UDub OT Pulls out of draft … Washington OT Jaxson Kirkland has reportedly opted to try and withdraw from the 2022 draft and return to school for the upcoming college season. Kirkland has reportedly been dealing with an ankle injury that has turned out out to be worse than first thought. As a result he will have surgery… Read More »
Senior Bowl weigh-in results … They actually held the measurement session at this week’s Senior Bowl in Mobile earlier this week. Courtesy of the guys at NFL Draft Countdown, here are the results from today’s weigh-in along with our comments on some of the notable results from today’s session.
QBs on parade at Senior Bowl … Players are gathering in Mobile as we speak for the start of this week’s Senior Bowl activities which get underway tomorrow. The players will be measured and weighed tomorrow, followed by the first practice sessions for both teams, although the first day of practice is usually in shorts. There will be… Read More »
Bengals, Rams off to Super Bowl; two more picks secured … It will be the upstart Cincinnati Bengals versus the LA Rams in the Super Bowl in Los Angeles in two weeks as both staged comeback wins today to advance to the championship game. The Bengals overcame a 21-3 second quarter deficit and stunned heavily favored Kansas City… Read More »
Bungles no more!!
Raiders tap Pats for coach, G.M. … Las Vegas will reportedly become the latest team to tap into the Patriots pipeline (presumably because so many other teams have gone there before and had such great success) to fill their vacant head coach and G.M. roles. The Raiders are reportedly putting the finishing touches on deals with Patriots’ offensive… Read More »
Star week heats up … While the NFL will take a bit of a break next week in anticipation of the Super Bowl on February 13th, the post-season all-star games will be taking center stage with the Senior Bowl scheduled for next Saturday in Mobile, while the East-West Shrine game will be played Thursday night in Las Vegas.… Read More »
Two more picks on lines as final 4 battle for Super Bowl spots … With the two conference championships to be decided later today, we’ll also be able to fill-in a couple of more slots in the opening round selection order for the 2022 draft. Indeed, while the winners of today’s games between Cincinnati and Kansas City for… Read More »
Bears add Asst G.M. from Eagles … Chicago is reportedly hiring Ian Cunningham, who had been Philadelphia’s director of player personnel, as their new assistant G.M. With the Bears Cunningham will be working with Ryan Poles, the team’s new G.M. who was hired earlier this week.
Top QB prospects profiled … One of the big questions re the 2022 draft, which for the record is now less than 3 months away, is whether any of this this year’s QB class will grade out as a potential top 10 pick. We’ll leave that particular answer for analysts with a higher pay grade. For now, though,… Read More »
G.O.A.T. steps down … It seemed like he would play forever. However, even Tom Brady has said he’s had enough and has just formally announced his retirement from the NFL. Brady played for 22 years in the league during which he won 7 Super Bowls. And he goes out on top. Tampa Bay won’t repeat as Super Bowl… Read More »
NFLPA star game on tap … The real all-star game action doesn’t start until early next week when the Senior Bowl gets underway in Mobile, but there is a post-season star game on today with the NFLPA Classic scheduled for a 6 PM kick-off at the Rose Bowl in Los Angeles. The game will be covered on the… Read More »
Giants sign Bills’ Daboll to coach; Jags still spinning wheels … The Giants have come to terms with former Buffalo offensive co-ordinator Brian Daboll to replace Joe Judge as the team’s head coach. In the end, it wasn’t a big surprise that Daboll lands with the Giants as they had just signed Joe Schoen, another former Bill, to… Read More »
Steelers confirm GM to step down after draft … Pittsburgh owner Art Rooney has confirmed that long-time G.M. Kevin Colbert will in fact step down after the 2022 draft, although there have been preliminary talks about him possibly staying with the organization in a different capacity. The expectation is that the Steelers will stay in house to find… Read More »
Broncos sign Packers’ OC Hackett as new head coach … Denver has a new head coach as the Broncos are reportedly working out the last fine details on a contract with Nathaniel Hackett who spent the past three seasons as Green Bay’s offensive co-ordinator. And that set off a new round of speculation that the Broncos may go… Read More »
Super Bowl betting … With the Super Bowl now just over two weeks away, we have been receiving emails asking for some guidance on who the best bets are for this year’s championship game. Fact is we don’t bet ourselves. Not that we have anything against betting, but once you start to put money on a game we… Read More »
