Mid-season mock fest continues; Pigskin Paul up … After GBN Chief Scout Larry Parker posted his mid-season 2022 draft opening round projection yesterday, its Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette’s turn today right here. We have made the case before that there is no such thing really as ‘just one’ mock draft. Nobody in the business – not Mel… Read More »
Giants report: Mid-season grades: offense … So will the real Giants please stand up! Are they the guys that bumbled their way to a disastrous 0-3 start in one of the easy parts of the schedule to open the year, or the group that has gone 3-3 during arguably the toughest part of the schedule? The simple answer… Read More »
Mock week on GBN … With the NFL regular schedule at the mid-way point of the season, everyone on the staff has agreed to take a stab at mocking the opening round of the 2022 draft, starting with Chief Scout Larry Parker here.
Selection order updated … With another week’s action in the books, the current opening round selection order for the 2022 draft has been updated were it to be held this week.
Texans lose/win ‘battle for #2; Jags stun Bills … Both teams tried to fumble it away, but when the smoke cleared in today’s game between Houston and Miami with the 2nd pick overall in the current selection order for the 2022 draft on the line, the Dolphins came away with a 17-9 win. That dropped the Texans to… Read More »
UDub OT back in action against Ducks … For the record, Washington LT Jaxson Kirkland was back in action for the Huskies in last night’s loss to Oregon. Kirkland, a late first round prospect for the 2022 draft, had missed the past two games with an undisclosed injury and had been listed as out indefinitely. In fact, Kirkland… Read More »
QB shuffle to impact battle for #2 … Both teams will be making changes at QB for today’s game between Houston and Miami with the 2nd pick overall in the current selection order for the 2022 draft on the line. On the one hand, the Dolphins will be without starter Tua Tagovailoa who has a fractured finger on… Read More »
Second pick up for grabs in Sunday action … Detroit is guaranteed to still be sitting on the #1 pick in the ‘if the draft were held today’ opening round selection order as the league’s last remaining winless team has its bye. At least the Lions can’t loss this week! However, the second pick overall, at least for… Read More »
Star Coastal QB out … Coastal Carolina QB Grayson McCall, one of the most productive passers in college football, is out indefinitely with an undisclosed upper body injury. Through the 21st ranked Chanticlers first 8 games, McCall has completed 73% of his pass attempts for just over 2,000 yards and 17 TDs against just 2 interceptions.
BC QB Jurkovec makes unexpected return … In one of those ‘man bites dog’ type scenarios, Boston College QB Phil Jurkovec, who had been thought lost for the year with a hand injury, returned to the lineup last night to help the Eagles win their conference game of the year, 17-3 over Virginia Tech. Jurkovec, a third-day type… Read More »
Jets back to 5th pick after loss … We had several people ask how the NY Jets’ loss to Indianapolis in last night’s Thursday night game changed the opening round selection order for the 2022 draft were it to be held this week has been updated. Normally, we don’t like to update mid-week; however, because we are talking… Read More »
Rising UGA LB accused of rape … Georgia OLB Adam Anderson, a potential mid-first round prospect for the 2022 draft, has suspended indefinitely by the team after he was accused of raping a woman last week. To date, Anderson has not been arrested and has denied the allegation. The 6-5, 230-pound Anderson is currently rated the 30th top… Read More »
College football prospects preview … There’s only one game on this weekend’s college football schedule involving ranked teams. That’s in the SEC where #13 Auburn and #14 Texas A&M will battle it out to stay within shouting distance of Alabama in the conference’s always tough West division. However, there’s actually a lot of other stuff to see including… Read More »
Thursday nighter with Top 10 draft teams … For the record, this evening’s Thursday night game on FOX and the NFL Network has the NY Jets playing at Indianapolis in a match-up of teams that would have top 10 picks were the 2022 draft held this week. The 2-5 Jets, for example, would be picking somewhere in the… Read More »
Pigskin’s weekly prospects review … As he does every year, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette will be posting a weekly review of prospects who caught his eye in the previous weekend’s college football action. Here’s Paul’s column covering last weekend’s slate of games.
Eagles get rook CB for Broncos’ 6th … In a late trade prior to today’s deadline, Philadelphia acquired CB Kary Vincent from Denver in exchange for a 6th round pick in 2022. Vincent was a seventh-round round pick this past April, but while he has spent the entire season on the 53-man roster, he has not played a… Read More »
Initial college playoff rankings released … The college football playoff committee released their initial set of rankings for this year’s 4-team national championship playoffs. And for the first time ever, a team from a non-Power 5 conference made the top 4 with Cincinnati, ranked 2nd in both the AP and Coaches polls, making the grade. Yeah sure! In… Read More »
Huddle Report posts first ’22 Top 100 … For those that have not seen it yet, the Huddle Report, which just about every year is among the most accurate draft predictors, has posted their initial Top 100 ranking for the 2022 draft. Not a whole lot of surprises with the usual suspects – Thibodeaux, Neal, Hamilton and Stingley… Read More »
Deadline passes; no big deals … The NFL trade deadline passed at this hour with no major deals, although it is possible that are late deals that haven’t yet been announced. In one that was, Kansas City sent Canadian OG Laurent Duvernay-Tardif to the NY Jets in exchange for TE Dan Brown.
Texans trade DE to Niners … While Houston isn’t going to trade embattled QB DeShaun Watson, at least before today’s trade deadline, the Texans did make a minor deal today, sending veteran DE Charles Omenihu to San Francisco in exchange for what is being described as a 6th round pick in 2023.
Trading period into last hour; no deal for Texans’ Watson … There is less than an hour to go before the NFL trade deadline passes and so far there has only been that one minor deal in which Pittsburgh sent Kansas City LB Melvin Ingram for a 6th round pick. Meanwhile, sources in both Houston and Miami say… Read More »
Steelers send LB Ingram to KC for 6th … We have a trade! Pittsburgh has sent veteran LB Melvin Ingram to Kansas City in exchange for a 6th round pick in 2022. The NFL trade deadline comes at 4 PM ET later today.
Clock ticking on trade deadline … For those that have been out of the universe, the NFL’s trade deadline comes up at 4 PM ET later this afternoon. Right now there is a lot of talk as there are any number of teams out there that see themselves as possible contenders. However, we have heard a lot of… Read More »
Rams acquire star LB Miller from Broncos for picks … With the clock ticking down toward tomorrow’s trade deadline, the LA Rams and Denver are in the process of finalizing a splash deal that would see star Broncos’ OLB Von Miller going to the Rams for 2nd and 3rd round picks at the 2022 draft.Of course, the deal… Read More »
USC WR London confirmed out for year … Everybody at USC was hoping for some kind of miracle diagnosis on star WR Drake London who suffered what appeared to be a serious leg injury in Saturday’s win over Arizona. But it didn’t come as school officials have confirmed that London, one of the fastest rising prospects in the… Read More »
