GIANTS REPORT: Some thoughts on how we got here and where we’re going …Things have finally started to pick up again in the NFL with training camps now nicely underway and the first full weekend of pre-season games set to kick-off literally within hours. And I’m probably I am not doing much more than preaching to the choir… Read More »
Watch list posted … With the start of the college football season just around the corner, we have posted our annual watch list of players we’ll be grading for the 2022 draft, which is now just over 260 days away.
Pigskin’s pre-season power rankings; The top 6 … As he does over the course of the full season, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette posts his NFL power rankings. And after he posted his rankings of which teams will likely go into the season ranked in the bottom fourth earlier in the week, he lists the Top 6… Read More »
Clemson WR Ross cleared to return … Clemson WR Justyn Ross, one of the top prospects at the position for the 2022 if he can stay healthy, has been medically cleared to play this season. Ross, though, must wait a few days before he can join his Tigers’ teammates on the field as he has to sit out… Read More »
Pigskin’s pre-season power rankings; starting at the bottom … As he does over the course of the full season, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette posts his NFL power rankings. And he starts this season off with a look at the team’s which will likely go into the season ranked in the bottom fourth. Obviously, a whole lot… Read More »
Are you ready for some football?? Part deux … Just a few minutes after the NFL pre-season gets underway in Canton on Thursday evening, the delayed Canadian Football League regular season will kick-off with a full slate of games on the weekend. Hamilton will open the season in Winnipeg tomorrow night at 8:30 PM ET in a replay… Read More »
Are you ready for some football?? Part 1 … The shortened NFL pre-season schedule gets underway tomorrow with Dallas playing Pittsburgh in the annual Hall-of-Fame game in Canton. Kick-off is set for 8 PM ET Thursday evening with coverage on Fox. Of course, its unlikely many, if any of the two team’s top stars, including QBs Dak Prescott… Read More »
Vet LSU QB Brennan out indefinitely with arm injury … LSU senior QB Myles Brennan, the odds-on favorite to be the Tigers starting QB this coming season, is out indefinitely after undergoing surgery to repair what is being described as a ‘severely’ broken arm. In fact, there are concerns in Baton Rouge that Brennan’s season could be done… Read More »
Wentz to have surgery; could impact 2022 pick … Indianapolis announced earlier today that newly-acquired QB Carson Wentz will have surgery on his injured foot and could be out anywhere from 5 to 12 weeks. If its 5 weeks or so, Wentz could actually be back for the start of the regular season. However, if Wentz, whom the… Read More »
And then there were none as Jets QB Wilson signs … He missed a couple of days of practice but former BYU QB Zach Wilson, the last unsigned pick from the 2021 draft, has finally agreed to terms with the NY Jets. Wilson, the 2nd player selected overall at this year’s draft, reportedly signed a fully guaranteed 4-year… Read More »
Pack re-acquire vet WR Cobb for 6th … Its not clear if it was a condition for Aaron Rodgers return, or just a favor to the QB, but Green Bay has re-acquired veteran slot receiver Randall Cobb from Houston. In return, the Packers will send the Texans a 6th round pick at the 2022 draft. For some reason,… Read More »
Niners sign QB Lance; one #1 left unsigned … San Francisco avoided a somewhat embarrassing holdout when they signed former North Dakota State QB Trey Lance, the 3rd player selected at the 2021 draft, prior to their first official practice session later today. Lance agreed to a fully guaranteed 4-year deal worth $34.1 million with the usual club… Read More »
Pack QB Rodgers shows for camp; Watson cleared for practice … Updating yesterday’s reports on-going sagas in Houston and Green Bay involving star QBs DeShaun Watson and Aaron Rodgers, the league’s top two rated passers this past season. Rodgers, for example, did in fact show up in Green Bay and will be on the field when the Packers… Read More »
Bolts sign top pick; two left unsigned … With literally just hours until NFL teams hit the field tomorrow for their first practice sessions of training camp, the LA Chargers avoided a holdout when OT Rashawn Slater, the 13th player selected at this year’s draft, signed a 4-year deal earlier today. That leaves just two unsigned first-round picks… Read More »
Tide trio hilites pre-season LB watch list … If its August – and it almost is – a young man’s fancy turns to college football the start of which is just over a month away. And with the season closing in we are starting to see some of the various watch lists of prominent players in college football… Read More »
More seismic changes in store for college football as OU, ‘Horns abandon Big XII … College football is bracing for another round of potentially seismic changes after it was revealed today that both Oklahoma and Texas would not be renewing their grants of media rights following the expiration of the Big XII’s current contract in 2025 and would… Read More »
Browns sign first-round pick … Cleveland has signed CB Greg Newsome, their first round pick at this year’s draft. Newsome, who was selected 26th overall, signed a standard 4-year deal with a club option for a 5th worth a reported $12.7M. With Newsome in the fold, there are only 3 remaining unsigned first round picks from this year’s… Read More »
Bears ship WR Miller to Texans for late round pick … Chicago has reportedly traded WR Anthony Miller to Houston in exchage for what is being described as a ‘late-round’ pick.
Jets, Jags sign second first-round picks … The NY Jets and Jacksonville have both signed the second of their two opening round picks at the 2021 draft. The Jets, for example, signed former USC G/T Alijah Vera-Tucker, whom they acquired with the 14th pick this past April after trading up with Minnesota. Vera-Tucker signed a standard 4-year deal… Read More »
Senior Bowl announces scout staff … The Senior Bowl announced today its scouting staff for the 2022 game which is currently scheduled for February 5th in Mobile. This year’s Senior Bowl scouting staff for this year’s game cycle, which has a collective 120 years of NFL front office, coaching, and playing experience includes Andy Dengler, Mark Ellenz, Ryan… Read More »
Pats sign top pick; half dozen to go … New England has reportedly come to terms with former Alabama QB Mac Jones the Patriots first round pick at the 2021 draft. Jones was selected with the 15th pick overall at this year’s draft. Jones reportedly signed a 4-year deal worth $15.6M with a club option for a 5th… Read More »
#1 signs … Former Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence, whom Jacksonville selected with the 1st pick overall at the 2021 draft, has reportedly come to terms with the Jaguars. Lawrence reportedly signed a 4-year deal worth $36.8M, $24.1M of which is guaranteed. That leaves just 7 first round picks from this year’s draft left to be signed with NFL… Read More »
No supp draft this summer … The NFL has confirmed that for the second year in a row there will not be a supplemental draft this summer.
Falcons sign top pick … Atlanta has reportedly come to terms with former Florida TE Kyle Pitts, the 4th player selected overall at the 2021 draft. Pitts signed a standard 4-year deal worth an estimated $32.9M with a club option for a 5th year. Pitts is the earliest pick selected this past April to have come to terms… Read More »
Pigskin reviews AFC West draft … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette wraps up his review of the 2021 draft with a report on the AFC West. His previous reports include those for the NFC East, AFC East, NFC South, AFC South, NFC North, AFC North, and the NFC West
