All the odd Super Bowl ads! … A reader asked us the other day whether we thought that winning the Super Bowl helps a team re-sign some of their players eligible for free agency. It would appear to be a particular big deal for the LA Rams as two of their key mid-season additions – Vonnie Miller and… Read More »
Combine invites announced … Speaking of ‘On to Indy’ the NFL today released the full list of 324 players who have been invited to this year’s scouting combine in Indianapolis which gets underway March 1st and runs thru the 7th.
It really is on to Indy; buzz building … OK, so it is still three weeks away but the next key date on the draft calendar is the last day in February when the first group of players arrive in Indianapolis for the start of the annual scouting combine. The actual testing this year runs from March 1st… Read More »
Texans, Saints announce head coach hirings … Two more coaching dominos fell in the NFL in the past few hours as both Houston and New Orleans filled their respective vacancies in both cases by promoting their defensive co-ordinators to the top job. The Texans, for example, announced that Lovie Smith, who had been the team’s Associate Head Coach… Read More »
49ers get comp picks as Dolphins hire away OC McDaniel … Miami has reportedly hired former San Francisco offensive co-ordinator Mike McDaniel to be their new head coach. McDaniel replaces Brian Flores who was fired at the end of the season. Because McDaniel’s father is black he is considered to be biracial and thus a minority candidate. As… Read More »
Senior Bowl DL report … To go along with our report on the offensive line which we posted earlier this evening, here is our report on the defensive line which starts with the question: what if they held a college football all-star game and a track meet broke out. That’s kind of what it looked like at times… Read More »
Senior Bowl offensive line report … As noted in an earlier report, while most of the buzz from Saturday’s Senior game was about the quarterbacks, arguably the real story from the game was the fact that the Orange (National) team pass rushers dominated their White (American) team opponents while the Orange offensive line pretty much did it’s job.… Read More »
Senior Bowl QBs hold serve … Anyone hoping to get a little more clarity about the somewhat murky QB situation for the 2022 draft at today’s Senior Bowl probably came away a little disappointed as it is unlikely anybody in the NFL’s mind changed much after today. In particular, none of the 6 QBs in Mobile really stood… Read More »
Its on to Indy as Orange Wins Senior Bowl … Senior Bowl week wrapped up earlier this evening as paced by two TD passes by Cincinnati QB Desmond Ridder and a suffocating defense, the National (Orange) team won today’s actual game 20-10 over the American (White) team. Ridder threw TD passes to TEs Trey McBride of Colorado State… Read More »
Top WRs profiled … While we were waiting for the Senior Bowl to kick-off, we put together quick profiles of the top WRs in this year’s draft. It is a good group with some players with potential, although it’s hard to see any of this year’s guys ending up with grades as high as Ja’Marr Chase, Jalen Waddle… Read More »
Defensive line takes the cake … Over the past few days we have been tracking the various reports and commentaries from this week’s Senior Bowl practices in Mobile. And while the QB class, not surprisingly, got the majority of the buzz, the position group that got the most props were the defensive line. As our colleague, Pigskin Paul… Read More »
Dispatches from Mobile: Moving on up … With the week’s practice sessions at this year’s Senior Bowl in Mobile in the books, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette weighs in on a half dozen or so players who he’ll be moving up on his personal big board after a strong week of practice.
Off day for Senior Bowl … Tomorrow will be an off-day for the players in Mobile at this year’s Senior Bowl after the three days of practice wrapped up earlier today. And Mobile has become something of a ghost town, at least when it comes to NFL personnel, as they pretty much all make a bee line for… Read More »
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 »
