IT IS DRAFT DAY!!! … Where is everyone?? Of course the actual draft doesn’t get underway for several hours with the first picks scheduled to come off the board a little after 8 PM ET later this evening. As usual, coverage will be provided by ESPN and the NFL Network with ABC simulcasting ESPN’s coverage. And with so… Read More »
Broncos bluff; Giants dilemma … Okay, so we are getting a little giddy here waiting for the actual draft to get going. But we did have a couple of crazy thoughts. Firstly, a lot of people are scratching their heads after Denver acquired veteran QB Teddy Bridgewater from Carolina in exchange for a 6th round pick. What the… Read More »
You want mocks? We got mocks! … Never quite understood the fascination of what NFL fans have with mock drafts this close to the actual draft – heck, wait 24 hours and you’ll get the real thing – but it seems to be a compulsory requirement for draft sites. So with that in mind, each of the senior… Read More »
The draft’s biggest wild card … With the draft set to get underway in just under 24 hours, the one guy we are still struggling to get a handle on where he fits in the big picture is Ohio State QB Justin Fields. With QBs Trevor Lawrence, Zack Wilson and Mac Jones apparently headed to Jacksonville, the NY… Read More »
Panthers get late Broncs pick for QB Bridgewater … Carolina has reportedly traded veteran QB Teddy Bridgewater to Denver in exchage for a 6th round pick – #191 overall – in tomorrow’s draft. Its certainly no surprise that the Panthers moved Bridgewater after acquiring Sam Darnold from the Jets earlier this winter, but it may raise some eyebrows… Read More »
Covid to keep CB Farley from attending draft … Some guys have all the luck; some don’t! And one guy who must be wondering if it’s even worth getting out of bed in the morning is Virginia Tech CB Caleb Farley. Farley was considered to be a potential top ten pick as recently as 6 weeks ago, but… Read More »
Pigskin posts top 100 … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has posted his final top 100 ranking for the 2021 draft. He’s also hoping to have a final first-round mock up and running in the next day or so.
Jones douses Pitts to Cowboys trade talk … The past week or so, the NFL have been abuzz with talk about the possibility of Dallas trading up to acquire former Florida TE Kyle Pitts. In particular, Dallas owner/G.M. Jerry Jones was believed to be enamored with Pitts, who is generally considered to be the best non-QB prospect –… Read More »
Miami-WFT trade for OG Flowers finalized … Took awhile to be announced but the details in that trade earlier today in which Miami sent veteran OG Ereck Flowers to Washington have been confirmed. In a deal, that is sure to shake up the 2021 draft, the teams swapped 7th round picks with Miami getting #244 from Washington, while… Read More »
‘Phins send OG Flowers back to WFT … Veteran G/T Ereck Flowers is on the move again. Barely a year after he signed a three-year free agent deal with Miami, the Dolphins have reportedly traded Flowers, who originally came into the league as a first-round pick by the Giants in 2015, to Washington for what is being described… Read More »
More signs point to Jones to 49ers; other buzz notes … There were also media reports earlier in the day that San Francisco’s choice for the 3rd pick overall at this week’s draft was ‘down’ to QBs Mac Jones of Alabama and North Dakota State’s Trey Lance. However, San Francisco G.M. John Lynch and head coach Kyle Shanahan… Read More »
Sunday morning draft buzz … It started almost as a joke a few backs, but there is a growing buzz around the league that Dallas could actually be seriously considering making a play for Florida TE Kyle Pitts at this week’s draft. There were early reports that Cowboys’ owner Jerry Jones was totally enamored with Pitts, who most… Read More »
The draft starts when? Really? … The general consensus around the NFL these days is that with QBs fully expected to be the selected with the first three picks at next week’s draft that the real starting point of the 2021 draft will be the 4th pick with Atlanta on the clock. Hold on a second though! We… Read More »
Pigskin mocks AFC North … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette completes his series of separate mock drafts for each team highlighting the direction or directions they are most likely to go at the upcoming draft with a preview of the drafts of the teams in the AFC North. Meanwhile, for those that missed it, here is Pigskin’s… Read More »
QB Wilson, WR Waddle confirm draft attendance … The NFL has confirmed that BYU QB Zack Wilson and Alabama WR Jaylen Waddle have been added to the list of players who will be attending next week’s draft in Cleveland in person. Waddle, of course, won’t be lonely in Cleveland as he’ll be part of a 5-man delegation from… Read More »
Ravens get Chiefs #1, other picks for OT Brown … The back end of the opening round of the 2021 draft got a bit of a shake up this afternoon as Baltimore has traded OT Orlando Brown to Kansas City for the Chiefs’ opening round selection this year – #31 – along with the 94th (third round) and… Read More »
Injury notes for WR Marshall, DE Phillips … Not a whole lot of details, but NFL Network draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah reported on a conference call earlier this week that LSU WR Terrace Marshall had some medical stuff that popped up at the combine that could cause him to slip a little bit at next week’s draft. Unfortunately,… Read More »
UDub ER out for year … Rising Washington junior DE/OLB Zion Tupuola-Fetui will be out for 6-10 months after tearing his Achilles tendon in practice last week. He is expected to undergo surgery later this week. As a redshirt sophomore in 2020, Tupuola-Fetui had 7 sacks and was named as a 3rd team All-American by AP, despite playing… Read More »
CFL start pushed back to August but still a go for now … The Canadian Football League announced earlier today that the league will in fact try and return to play this fall after not playing at all in 2020. However, the start of the regular season, which usually gets underway in June, has been pushed back to… Read More »
NFL to release schedule May 12th … The NFL announced this afternoon that the long-delayed release of the 2021 schedule will be on May 12th. The schedule will be announced at 8 PM ET on both the the NFL Network and NFL.com. And of course this year will feature an extra regular season game for each team as… Read More »
QB Fields, WR Smith throw draft curveballs … With barely over a week to go until the 2021 draft, teams with high picks in this year’s opening round have been thrown a couple of nasty breaking curveballs. For starters, Ohio State QB Justin Fields has reportedly told teams that he has a epileptic condition that he is managing. … Read More »
Tuesday buzz report … They are still at the talking stage, but it appears that there may be some genuine interest in trade between Atlanta and Denver involving a swap of the 4th and 9th picks in this year’s opening round. Indeed, there may have been some actual parameters discussed with Denver reportedly offering the 9th and 40th… Read More »
Pigskin mocks NFC South … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette continues his series of separate mock drafts for each team highlighting the direction or directions they are most likely to go at the upcoming draft with a preview of the drafts of the teams in the NFC North. Meanwhile, for those that missed it, here is Pigskin’s… Read More »
With draft ten days away trade talks appear to be heating up … It has been awfully quiet around the NFL when it comes to chatter about the 2021 draft, but with just ten days to go until the actual picking begins in earnest a little buzz is in fact starting to build. There are multiple media reports… Read More »
Pigskin mocks AFC South … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette continues his series of separate mock drafts for each team highlighting the direction or directions they are most likely to go at the upcoming draft with a preview of the drafts of the teams in the AFC South. Meanwhile, for those that missed it, here is Pigskin’s… Read More »
