Category Archives: News

Draft intrigue at 3-4 shifts to Fargo

Draft intrigue at 3-4 shifts to Fargo … With the 2021 draft now just over 10 days away and counting, the focus of NFL personnel people will be on Fargo where star North Dakota State QB Trey Lance will be the featured attraction at a special pro day event on Monday. And we probably won’t know until tomorrow… Read More »

Pigskin mocks NFC South

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 South. Meanwhile, for those that missed it, here is Pigskin’s… Read More »

Two weeks to go; Larry Parker mocks

Two weeks to go; Larry Parker mocks … With two weeks to go until the 2021 draft gets underway in Cleveland, GBN Chief Scout Larry Parker has taken a turn mocking this year’s opening round.

Pigskin mocks AFC East

Pigskin mocks AFC East … 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 East. Meanwhile, for those that missed it, here is Pigskin’s… Read More »

Random draft notes

Random draft notes … As of tomorrow, there will be just two weeks to go until the 2021 draft gets underway in Cleveland. And there’s two ways to think about that. On the one hand, one can say ‘wow!’ just 14 days to go. On the other, one can say ‘Jeez! we got two more weeks of this!!’… Read More »

Is #3 pick still in play as Fields set for 2nd pro day

Is #3 pick still in play as Fields set for 2nd pro day … Interesting day on the pre-draft schedule coming up on Wednesday as Ohio State QB Justin Fields will throw again for NFL teams at the school’s second pro day. And according to reports, the San Francisco 49ers who have the 3rd pick overall at this… Read More »

Pigskin mocks the NFC East

Pigskin mocks NFC East … 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 East. Meanwhile, for those that missed it, here is Pigskin’s… Read More »

QB intrigue stirs quiet buzz pot

QB intrigue stirs quiet buzz pot … For those that keep track of these things, the NFL is now just 17 days away and counting. However, whether its because of covid or some other factor, its actually been very quiet around the league when it comes to rumors and the like about the upcoming draft. The one story-line… Read More »

NDSU’s Lance 2nd top QB to set 2nd pro day

NDSU’s Lance 2nd top QB to set 2nd pro day … Literally just hours after Ohio State QB Justin Fields confirmed that he would be attending a 2nd Buckeyes’ pro day on April 14th, Trey Lance of North Dakota State indicated that he’ll also be participating in his programs second pro day on April 19th. One of the… Read More »

Pigskin mocks AFC West

Pigskin mocks AFC West … 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 West. Meanwhile, for those that missed it, here is Pigskin’s… Read More »

Mills hot

Twenty days and counting; QB Mills hot … Less than three weeks now until the start of the 2021 draft and its still pretty quiet around the league. One player that is generating a little buzz these days is Stanford QB Davis Mills. Mills is still a ways behind the group of 5 top prospects at the position… Read More »

QB Lawrence throwing again

QB Lawrence throwing again; getting hitched … The NFL Network is reporting that Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence, who will be the first player selected at the 2021 draft when the actual picking gets underway on April 29th, has been throwing for the past couple of weeks. Lawrence underwent surgery on his non-throwing shoulder in mid-February and while he… Read More »

On the whole I really ould rather be in Cleveland

‘On the whole I really would rather be in Cleveland’ … Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence, who will be the first player selected at the 2021 draft, has already said that he won’t be attending this year draft in Cleveland; instead, he’ll be watching the draft with his family at home. However, the NFL has announced that ten players… Read More »

Three weeks and counting

Three weeks and counting to go … The start of the NFL draft is just three weeks away. That’s 21 days and counting. And we don’t know whether its because of covid or whatever, but there’s really not a whole lot of buzz out there right now. There are a couple of players, though, that people are talking… Read More »

Medical testing on tap for top prospects

Medical testing on tap for top prospects … Nothing formal has been announced but we believe that this is the weekend that 150 or so of the top prospects for the 2021 draft will be asked to go to Indianapolis for final medical tests before the draft. It is also believed that each individual NFL team will be… Read More »

Trade up interest in TE Pitts

Trade up interest in TE Pitts … While most of the focus on the top ten of the 2021 draft, now just 22 days away has been on the QBs, there is a bit of a buzz around the league that there could be potentially some teams interested in moving up to acquire Florida TE Kyle Pitts. As… Read More »

Buckeyes’ add second pro day

Buckeyes add 2nd pro day … Ohio State has reportedly opted to hold a second pro day prior to the 2021 draft on April 14th, in part to provide another opportunity for NFL teams to watch Fields work out in person. Recall that the Buckeyes first pro day was held the same day as that of Alabama last… Read More »

GBN Big Board

GBN Big Board tweaked; up to 300 … With just 22 days until the picks start coming off the board, the GBN Big Board ranking the top 300 prospects for the 2021 draft, has been updated. And our Chief Scout Larry Parker reports the staff is really impressed with the quality and depth of this year’s draft class.… Read More »

Projection tweaked

Projection tweaked … We weren’t really planning on it, but with all the developments over the past week or so we figured we had to update our current first-round projection.

49ers brain trust at odds over QB pick?

49ers brain trust at odds over QB pick? … Interesting report in the local paper in San Francisco over the weekend suggesting that there is some disagreement between 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan and the rest of the personnel over which QB to select with the 3rd pick overall at the 2021 draft. According to the report, Shanahan… Read More »

Jets send QB Darnold to Panthers for picks

Jets send QB Darnold to Panthers for picks … Another curve ball of sorts for the 2021 draft, which is now just 24 days away as the NY Jets have traded QB Sam Darnold to Carolina for a 6th round pick this year, the 226th pick overall, along with 2nd and 4th rounders next year.  The Jets, who… Read More »

Pigskin mocks NFC West

Pigskin mocks NFC West … As he does every year at this time, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette is preparing separate mock drafts for each team highlighting the direction or directions they are most likely to go at the upcoming draft. And he gets it underway this morning with a preview of the drafts of the teams… Read More »

GBN staff thoughts on Sewell pro day

GBN staff thoughts on Sewell pro day … In the aftermath of Oregon OT Penei Sewell’s less than eye-popping pro day workout this week, we talked with GBN Chief Scout Larry Parker about what it all means. And his response was ‘don’t overthink it!’ According to Parker, Sewell is still the best OT prospect in this year’s draft;… Read More »

Pigskin set to mock team drafts

Pigskin set to mock team drafts … As he does every year at this time, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette produces a separate mock draft for each team highlighting the direction or directions they are most likely to go at the upcoming draft. This year is no exception, although because there has been so much going on,… Read More »

Mixed bag so far for Sewell pro day

Mixed bag of sorts at Sewell pro day … Its been kind of a mixed bag for Oregon OT Penei Sewell at the Ducks’ pro day today. Accoring to reports from the Senior Bowl’s Jim Nagy, Sewell came in a tad shorter than expected at just under 6-5, 331 – he had been listed at 6-6 in the… Read More »