Comp picks announced; Cowboys lead with four … The NFL has just announced that a total of 36 compensatory draft selections have been awarded to 17 different teams for the upcoming draft, which we noted earlier today is now just 50 days away and counting. Dallas leads the way with four comp picks including one in each of… Read More »
OT Van Lanen runs well at Badger pro day … Good on Wisconsin for at least posting the numbers from their pro day earlier today. Veteran OT Cole Van Lanen, the only Badger currently included in the GBN Big Board ranking of the top 200 prospects for the upcoming draft, had a decent day, with an unofficial clocking… Read More »
Salary cap set at $182.5M … Multiple media sources are reporting that NFL are being informed that the 2021 salary cap has finally been set at $182.5M. For the record, that’s over $15M less than last year when the figure was $198M. As a result, of the decline, the reduction in cap is expected to lead to many… Read More »
50 and counting … For those that keep track of these things the 2021 draft is just 50 days away today. Hang in there guys!!
Small school OL shines at pro day … Wisconsin-Whitewater C/G Quinn Meinerz did not disappoint at his pro day workout earlier today. Working out outside on a field with piles of snow on the sidelines, Meinerz, who measured in at 6-3, 320, reportedly ran the 40 in under 5.00 flat while posting leaps of 32 inches in the… Read More »
‘Cats’ Slater, Newsome shine at pro day … Still waiting on some official word from the Northwestern pro day today, but FoxSports reporter Stacy Dales (from just down the road in Brockville) is reporting via twitter that both OT Rashawn Slater and CB Greg Newsome, the Wildcats top prospects, had really good days. According to Dales’ reporting Slater… Read More »
Four more tags issued; Lions to let WR Golladay walk … With the deadline for NFL teams to designate free agents-to-be as either franchise or transition coming up in just over 90 minutes, four more players have tagged as franchise players including WRs Chris Godwin of Tampa Bay and Chicago’s Allen Robinson, along with OTs Cam Robinson of… Read More »
Back to work on pro day schedule … The first full week on this year’s pro day schedule gets underway later this morning with on-campus workouts at Northwestern, Kansas State, and Wisconsin-Whitewater. The Northwestern pro day should attract plenty of attention with rising Wildcats’ G/T Rashawn Slater, a potential top 10 prospect this year, scheduled to work out.… Read More »
Giants to tag DL Williams; deadline still looming … Still no word from the NFL whether today’s deadline for teams to designate players with either a franchise or transition tag will be extended with the salary cap still not yet known. The tag deadline is currently set for the end of business later this afternoon. Reports out of… Read More »
Raiders send OT Brown back to Pats for 2022 pick swap … Massive OT Trent Brown is reportedly going back to New England. Las Vegas has reportedly agreed to trade the 6-8, 380-pound Brown to the Patriots once the new NFL year starts next week. As compensation the two teams will swap 2022 picks with the Raiders getting… Read More »
No-names tag OG Scherff … For the second year in a row, Washington has franchised star OG Brandon Scherff. Scherff will receive just over $18M this season if he remains tagged but the team reportedly is hopeful that they can still sign him to a long-term deal sometime before the July 15th deadline to do so.
Jets tag FS Maye; QB Darnold back on the block? … The NY Jets became the second team to exercise their franchise tag when they designated rising FS Marcus Maye. Earlier this month, Denver had franchised FS Justin Simmons for a 2nd straight season. Teams officially have until the end of business Tuesday to designate players as either… Read More »
Titans trade enigmatic OT Wilson to Dolphins … The short, snappy Isaiah Wilson era is over in Tennessee as the Titans have traded their enigmatic 2020 first rounder to Miami. As NFL trades go, though, its not much of a trade as the Titans will get a 7th round pick in 2021, but then will give the Dolphins… Read More »
NFC East QB dominos falling into place … With just hours to go until the franchise tag deadline passes tomorrow, Dallas has come to terms on new long-term deal with QB Dak Prescott. Prescott, who played under a franchise tag last year, sign what is being reported as a 4-year deal worth a whopping $140M with $126M guaranteed.… Read More »
Peter King draft primer … For any one who has not seen it yet, Peter King has a really good preview of the 2021 draft out this day. Here’s the link.
QB ups and downs … Not a whole lot of draft buzz around the league these days with just over 50 days to go until the picking starts in earnest on April 29th. Hopefully, things will start to pick up once the pro day circuit kicks into high gear next week. The one set of whispers that seem… Read More »
Pooka runs well at KU pro day … Not sure if these are totally neutral results, but former Kansas RB Pooka Williams reportedly was timed in under 4.4 seconds for the 40 at the Jayhawks’ pro day on Friday, the first on the pro day schedule. Not sure who exactly reported the numbers but Williams was listed as… Read More »
Pigskin’s random draft musings … With the 2021 draft now just 55 days away and counting, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has some thoughts on several players that should be getting extra credit here.
Pro day sched kicks off … This year’s pro day schedule gets underway later today with an on-campus workout at Kansas. And with the cancellation of this year’s scouting combine in Indianapolis because of the pandemic, the pro day workouts will take on added importance this year. Indeed, the pro days will literally be the only chance that… Read More »
Road to the draft still leads thru Indy … sort of … Even though this year’s scouting combine was cancelled because of the pandemic, the NFL powers that be have still released the list of 323 players that would have been invited to Indianapolis this year. Not surprisingly, the list includes a whopping 14 players from Ohio State,… Read More »
Big Kat transfer again … Former Auburn DE Big Kat Bryant announced earlier this week that he is transferring to Central Florida where he will be reunited with former AU head coach Gus Malzahn. The 6-5, 260-pound Bryant, a mid-to-late round prospect for the 2022 draft with 10 career sacks, had originally indicated that he was staying in… Read More »
Is a sea change in draft data on the way … Interesting article for those that haven’t seen it in which NFL.com’s lead draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah suggests that we could be as little as 2-3 years away from pro personnel departments replacing long-standard draft metrics such as the 40 times with in-game data provided by the GPS… Read More »
Watt flies off to desert … In a bit of surprise former Houston DE J J Watt has agreed to a 2-year deal with Arizona.
Big Board tweaked, extended … For those that have not noticed already, the GBN Big Board has been revised based on the latest intelligence; it has also been extended to include the top 200 prospects for this year’s draft, which for the record is now just 60 days away. Also note that several of the positional rankings have… Read More »
All-ACC CB Kendrick out at Clemson … Clemson CB Derion Kendrick, a late first round prospect for the 2022 draft has been dismissed from the program. Kendrick was a solid cover corner but had more than his share of disciplinary issues and suspensions that cost him three games last fall. In fact, league observers were more than a… Read More »
