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 »
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 »
