Top agent says Dolphins-Texans talking Watson … NFL super agent Drew Rosenhaus is quoted in the Houston Chronicle today saying that he wouldn’t be at all surprised if embattled Houston QB Deshaun Watson in uniform with Miami for their season opener on September 12th. According to the report, Rosenhaus, who is not a party to the discussions, but… Read More »
Cards first to cut 2021 pick … With tomorrow’s 4 PM ET deadline for teams to get down to the 53-man roster looming, some teams have started to announce some of their cuts. In particular, Arizona became the first to team to release a player selected at the 2021 draft as the Cardinals have released C Michael Menet,… Read More »
Bills get 6th from Panthers for vet DE … Buffalo has reportedly traded veteran DE Darryl Johnson to Carolina for for a 2022 6th-round pick. Johnson, a 2019 seventh-round pick by the Bills, has primarily played special teams in Buffalo, but did have a couple of sacks over 31 games. Meanwhile, Cincinnati and the NY Giants have reportedly… Read More »
Texans trade DE Lawson to Jets for #6 … There has been something of a buzz around the league this weekend that talks involving embattled Houston QB Deshaun Watson have been heating up again. Well, the Texans did make a trade today, but not for Watson. They sent veteran DE Shaq Lawson to the NY Jets for the… Read More »
Ravens reportedly send vet C/G to Dolphins in pick swap … Baltimore made its second pre-roster deadline trade in the past 24 hours and the second reportedly involves the first. In that first deal yesterday, the Ravens got a 7th round pick in 2022 (and a 2023 5th rounder) from New England for rookie CB Shaun Wade, a… Read More »
Panthers first to get cuts started … Carolina appears to be the first team to make cuts prior to Tuesday’s 53-man roster deadline. The Panthers announced releasing 6 players including PK Joey Slye and former Northwestern LB Paddy Fisher, one of the better undrafted players in the 2021 draft. The Panthers, though, still have to release another 21… Read More »
Jags get Eagles 6th for QB Minshew … In something of an interesting late pre-season move, Philadelphia has acquired QB Gardner Minshew from Jacksonville for what is being described as a conditional 6th round pick in 2022; the pick could escalate to a #5 based on playing time. With the Eagles, Minshew will only be the #3 QB… Read More »
Turk is on the prowl … The final weekend of pre-season games is underway and that means the final cuts are on the way. In fact, all teams have to be down to the regular season 53-man roster limit by 4 PM ET on Tuesday afternoon. And with 5 of this weekend’s games already on the books, with… Read More »
Pac-12 nixes expansion … Updating this week’s news that the Big Ten, Pac-12 and ACC conferences have confirmed that they have agreed to form an alliance of Power-5 leagues, the Pac-12 announced earlier today that the conference will NOT be looking to expand. There had been some speculation that the Pac-12 might try and get into Texas by… Read More »
Ravens’ trade rook CB to Pats for picks … Something you don’t see everyday, but Baltimore has traded former Ohio State CB Shaun Wade, a 5th round pick at the 2021 draft, to New England for a 7th round pick in 2022 and a 5th in 2023. The 7th rounder the Ravens get will actually be Houston’s pick… Read More »
Giants get conditional 7th from Panthers for PK … As expected, the NY Giants have found a trade partner for PK Ryan Santoso. He is off to Carolina in a conditional deal in which the Giants will get a 7th round pick in 2022 if Santoso is on the Panthers’ roster this fall for at least two games.… Read More »
Vegas-Panthers swap late picks in vet LB deal … Carolina and Las Vegas will swap late round picks as compensation for a trade in which the Raiders get veteran LB Denzel Perryman from the Panthers. The Raiders also get a 2022 7th round pick from Carolina, while the Panthers get a 6th from Las Vegas. Interesting deal in… Read More »
Picks in Pats-Rams deal for RB Michel amended … New England has still traded veteran RB Sony Michel to the LA Rams, but the compensation has changed. It was announced earlier in the day that in exchange for Michel, a former first round pick in 2018, the Patriots would receive either a 4th round compensatory pick if the… Read More »
Updated: Bears name Dalton starter … Update: Two more QB dominos fell earlier today as both Jacksonville and Denver announced their starting QBs for the first week of the NFL regular season. To absolutely no one’s surprise, Jacksonville will give the ball to Trevor Lawrence, the first player selected at the 2021 draft; Lawrence had been dueling with… Read More »
Pack gets late pick from Texans for CB … As part of today’s roster moves, Green Bay traded CB Ka’dar Hollman to Houston in exchange for a 7th round pick at the 2022 draft.
Jags RB Etienne done for year … This week’s roster deadline came and went earlier today, but unlike last week, there was a major transaction involving a 2021 draft pick. Jacksonville has placed RB Travis Etienne, the team’s 2nd of two first round picks at this past spring’s draft on injured reserve. Etienne, the 25th player selected this… Read More »
Second cuts looming … Jacksonville and New Orleans are set to wrap up the second full week of pre-season games later this evening at 7:30 PM ET on the NFL Network. And then it will be on to the next round of cuts as all teams will have to be down to the 80-man roster limit by the… Read More »
Rising Bengals pick likely out for year … For the second year in a row, Cincinnati will lose a top pick for the year because of a knee injury. Of course, last fall, QB Joe Burrow, the #1 pick overall at the 2020 draft, suffered a torn ACL and spent the second half of the campaign on IR.… Read More »
ESPN’s McShay posts pre-season Top 50 … For those that haven’t seen it, ESPN draft analyst Todd McShay posted his pre-season Top 50 prospects for the 2022 draft, now just over 250 days away. McShay has QBs Spencer Rattler of Oklahoma and North Carolina’s Sam Howell as the top two players on his list, followed by defenders Derek… Read More »
USC DE/LB first to declare for 2022 … It kind of slipped under the radar last week, but Southern California junior DE/OLB Drake Jackson appeared to become the first underclassman to at least unofficially declare for the 2022 draft when he told a local reporter that the upcoming season would be his last in college, but that he… Read More »
Panthers get late pick for ‘Phins OT Little … No big surprise, but the deadline for teams to be down to the 85-man roster limit passed earlier this hour without much earth-shattering news! However, there were a couple of trades. Carolina traded veteran OT Greg Little to Miami in exchange for a 7th round pick in 2022. That’s… Read More »
Jags’ Tebow among cuts as teams get down to 85 … The first of three roster deadlines in the NFL comes up later today as all teams will have to be down to the 85-man roster limit by the end of business this afternoon. Teams will then have to reduce their rosters by another 5 player to 80… Read More »
Giants get Texans CB/STer for future pick … The NY Giants have reportedly acquired CB Keion Crossen from Houston in exchange for a 6th round pick in 2023. While he’s nominally a corner, Crossen’s real value is a special teams’ gunner.
Senior Bowl posts watch list … Speaking of stuff that folks might have missed in the past few days, the Senior Bowl released its pre-season watch list last week with the names of several hundred players who they’ll be watching as the season progresses. This year’s Senior Bowl is currently slated for February 5th in Mobile. And for… Read More »
Jax sends vet LB Schobert to Steelers for late round pick … Jacksonville has reportedly agreed i principle to trade veteran MLB Joe Schobert to Pittsburgh in exchange for what is being reported as a 6th round pick at the 2022 draft. In his one year with the Jaguars, Schobert piled up over 140 tackles, but was in… Read More »
