Combine set to kick-off … After a year off in which there was no formal scouting combine because of Covid concerns, we are back on this year. And players will start arriving in Indianapolis tomorrow for what is arguably the most important single week on the pre-draft schedule. Indeed, over the next week a total of 324 players… Read More »
Safety profiles added … Unfortunately, the safety position, much like OGs, RBs, and ILBs, doesn’t often get much love from NFL teams on draft day. That could change a little bit this year, as Notre Dame’s Kyle Hamilton is generally considered to be a top 5-10 prospect for this year’s draft. And while Hamilton is probably the only… 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. Only this year, we really mean it! Last year, of course, the combine was cancelled because of concerns about Covid. Instead the NFL got… Read More »
USFL draft continues today; former Michigan QB Patterson first pick overall … The fledgling USFL will return this spring with its own version of spring football. And to get there the league is conducting its first player draft literally as we speak. The Michigan Panthers had the first pick in yesterday’s opening round and selected former Michigan QB… Read More »
Two more OL added to prospect profiles … Note that we have added a couple more offensive linemen to the Prospect Profiles file with the addition of Boston College C/G Zion Johnson and Minnesota OT Daniel Faalele. Both are generally considered to be early second day candidates for the 2022 draft, now just 62 days away, although they… Read More »
Post star game; pre-combine draft thoughts … Its kind of quiet week, or at least as quiet as the NFL gets at this time of year, so our Pigskin Paul Guillemette, GBN Associate Editor, has weighed in with some some post-all star game, pre-combine draft thoughts.
Tag days underway … The official start of the new football year is still several weeks away, but things are already starting to percolate as today’s is the first day that teams can tag any impending free agents as either franchise or transition players prior to the start of free agency. Players who gets a non-exclusive franchise designation… Read More »
Badger PK late draft entry … Wisconsin PK Collin Larsh announced yesterday that he has decided against staying in college for an extra year and has entered the upcoming draft. Larsh was a 5th year senior this past fall, but originally decided to stick around for a 6th year when the NCAA granted everyone who played in 2020… Read More »
LB profiles added … Inside linebacker tends to be one of those positions that gets overlooked early in the draft. That could change this year, though, with at least a couple of guys at the position – Nakobe Dean of Georgia and Utah’s Devin Lloyd – getting their share of top 10-15 whispers. However, teams that miss out… Read More »
QB carousel starts to roll … So far, its an unconfirmed report, but a local podcaster in Minnesota is reporting that Carolina gave the Vikings a call asking about the availability of QB Kirk Cousins. According to the report, the Vikings said they weren’t interested, although it is believed that they would like Cousins to take a pay… Read More »
Bubble burst; combine saved!! … Faced with an open revolt by as many as 157 players, the NFL and the Scouting Combine, has announced that the controversial bubble concept for this year’s in Indianapolis has been abandoned. The league and combine officials had informed participants to this year’s event, which gets underway next week, that they would only… Read More »
Indy, we have a problem; multiple players threaten to boycott combine … The NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport is reporting this evening that as many as 155 players are threatening to limit their participation in next week’s scouting combine in Indianapolis if some of the league’s “bubble” restrictions for this year’s event aren’t changed. The restrictions include players being… Read More »
RB, TE profiles added … Please note that we have added profiles for the top three RBs for the 2022 draft (now just 65 days away) as well as those for 5 of the top TE candidates to the Prospect Profiles page.
No changes to CFP until 2026 … For those that missed it earlier this week, but hoped that the format for the current college football playoff would be expanded sooner rather than later, were doused when the committee looking at the options indicated that the current contract for the 4-team playoff, which expires in 2025, would be allowed… Read More »
Sun Devil QB Daniels to transfer … One of the stories we overlooked a little this week is the fact that rising Arizona State junior QB Jayden Daniels, who figures to be an interesting prospect for the 2023 draft, has confirmed that he has entered the transfer portal. Daniels had originally indicated he would be back with the… Read More »
Profiles added for top WR and rising ER and CB … Note that we have added profiles for three more players to the Prospect Profiles page inching ones for Ohio State WR Chris Olave, Minnesota edge-rusher Boye Mafe and Washington CB Kyler Gordon.
OL prospect profiles added … Note that we have added profiles for three more offensive line prospects for the 2022 draft to the full Prospect Profile file including OTs Bernhard Raimann of Central Michigan and Northern Iowa’s Trevor Penning, along with Texas A&M OG Kenyon Green.
Pigskin’s Shrine thoughts … As we said in a report yesterday, this year’s all-star games are gone but not forgotten. Indeed, our Pigskin Paul Guillemette is still pouring over the tapes from the star games and weighs in with some thoughts from the East-West Shrine game here.
DT profiles posted … The DT position is in kind of transition period in the NFL as teams around the league are increasingly focused on rushing the passer rather than pure run defense. That said, there is a solid group of DTs that are going to be available at the 2022 draft, now just 72 days away. Here… Read More »
Rams win Super; picks set … The city of Los Angeles finally has a Super Bowl champion as the Rams knocked off a game Cincinnati Bengals’ group 23-20 this evening to claim the 2021 title. The Rams, of course, have won the Super Bowl before, but when they were in St. Louis. And it was apropos that it… Read More »
CB profiles posted … The CB position appears as if it will be one of the deepest areas at the 2022 draft, now just 75 days away. Here are our prospect profiles for the top half dozen or so corners available in this year’s draft class. Obviously, its an interesting group with a lot of talent and proven… Read More »
Pigskin wraps Senior Bowl … The Senior Bowl is over but not forgotten as GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette weighs in with some final thoughts.
Biggest combine snubs … Unfortunately, it turns out you can’t invite everyone to the scouting combine. Indeed, every year, a number of players that you feel maybe should have been included don’t make the list and this year is no exception. Among the most prominent combine snubs this year include QBs Chase Garbers of California and Aqeel Glass… Read More »
QB pro days shuffled … According to a tweet from Albert Breer of SI, the pro day schedule for the top QBs in this year’s draft has been shuffled to avoid having literally all the leading prospects at the position throwing on the same day. Apparently, Mississippi, Liberty and Cincinnati had all scheduled their pro day for March… Read More »
To QB, or not to QB! … That is the question. Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to take a QB early or to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune by going best player available. OK, so that’s a little over-dramatic, but the overriding questions surrounding the early part of the 2022 draft continue to be… Read More »
