Broncos QBs all ruled out of Sunday game … Its the doomsday scenario that has kept NFL execs awake at all season. Denver, which is scheduled to play New Orleans tomorrow afternoon, won’t have an NFL QB available as everyone in their positional room has been ruled out of the game by the NFL as they were in… Read More »
Senior Bowl adds UGA OG … The Senior Bowl announced this morning that Georgia OG Ben Cleveland has accepted his invitation to this year’s game and will be in Mobile at the end of January. Cleveland is the third Bulldawg to accept, along with TE Tre’ McKitty and DE Malik Herring.
QB Darnold to start for Jets this weekend … Barring a late setback, the NY Jets are expected to have Sam Darnold back at QB when they play Miami on Sunday. The Jets, of course, are the NFL’s last remaining winless team and are on track to end up with the #1 pick at the 2021 draft. Darnold… Read More »
Ravens-Steelers rescheduled again … The on-again, off-again game between Baltimore and Pittsburgh has been rescheduled to 8 PM ET on Tuesday night. The Ravens and Steelers were originally scheduled to play on Thanksgiving night, but the game was moved to Sunday after over a dozen Baltimore players, including star QB Lamar Jackson, the NFL’s reigning MVP, tested positive… Read More »
Pigskin’s weekly prospects review … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has posted the latest edition of his weekly college football prospects report featuring games from last weekend. Here is the full report with a special emphasis on the key observations from last weekend’s Big Ten showdown between Ohio State and upstart Indiana.
Star Gophers WR Bateman opts out again … Minnesota WR Rashod Bateman, who was one of the first players to opt out of the 2020 season back in the summer when the option was first made available, but then opted back in when the Big Ten got going, has formally opted out again and will begin preparations for… Read More »
And then there were two: Ravens-Steelers Turkey Day game pushed back … Because of covid concerns, tomorrow night’s game between Baltimore and Pittsburgh has been rescheduled for Sunday afternoon. There are as many as 7 Baltimore players that would have been unavailable to play tomorrow because of covid tests. That leaves Houston playing at Detroit in the early… Read More »
QB decisions impacting early selection order … A couple of teams sitting on very early picks in the current selection order for the first round of the 2021 draft have made moves at QB. Jacksonville, which would have the 2nd pick overall were the draft held this week, for example, will reportedly start veteran backup Mike Glennon on… Read More »
Senior Bowl adds two more OL … The Senior Bowl has added two more offensive linemen to its list of players who have committed to this year’s game including Alabama C Landon Dickerson. The other new name on the roster is East Carolina OG D’Ante Smith.
Vandy LB opts out; will return … Vanderbilt junior ILB Dimitri Moore, who originally opted out of the 2020 campaign and then opted back in to play in 6 games this season, has now opted out again. Rather than enter the draft, though, the 6-2, 235-pound Moore who led the Commodores with 99 tackles last fall, has entered… Read More »
Weekly selection order updated … With this weekend’s schedule in the books, the full opening round selection order for the 2021 draft were it to be held this week has been updated.
MRI on Bengals’ QB Burrow ‘not good’ … It didn’t look at all good when it happened and an MRI earlier today indicated that the damage to his knee suffered by Cincinnati QB Joe Burrow yesterday was in fact worse than initially anticipated. Indeed, according to a report on ESPN, in addition to a torn ACL, Burrow also… Read More »
Jets, Jags inch closer to top picks … Interesting afternoon in the NFL this PM with the NY Jets and Jacksonville both moving closer to a top 1-2 pick at the 2021 draft, while just about everybody else moved on, sort of. The Jets led early, then rallied late in Los Angeles against the Chargers, but in the… Read More »
Bengals’ QB Burrow injured … Rookie Cincinnati QB Joe Burrow, the first player selected at the 2020 draft, suffered what appeared to be a potentially nasty leg injury in today’s game at Washington. More details to come.
Star PSU TE opts for surgery; done for year … Penn State has confirmed that TE Pat Freiermuth will undergo season-ending surgery next week for an undisclosed injury suffered against Ohio State last month. Freiermuth, who is generally considered to be the second-best prospect at the position for the 2021 draft behind Kyle Pitts of Florida, actually played… Read More »
Another 5 confirmed for Senior Bowl … The Senior Bowl has announced that 5 more players have confirmed their attendance in this year’s game in Mobile in late January, including Notre Dame OT Liam Eichenberg, Houston WR Marquez Stevenson, Buffalo OLB Malcolm Koonce and WR Demetric Fulton and DE Osa Odighizuwa from UCLA. Meanwhile, in other college notes,… Read More »
Jets, Jags hunt for tip pick back on Sunday sked … There will be some reshuffling of the top 10 picks in the proverbial ‘if the draft were held this week’ selection order for 2021 as a result of this weekend’s action as two games involve teams with top 7 picks. And one of those games involves the… Read More »
Clemson-FSU postponed … Turns out Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence will have to wait another week to return to action as today’s game at Florida State has been postponed because of covid-related issues. Lawrence, the presumptive #1 pick at the upcoming draft, missed the past couple of weeks after he was diagnosed with covid symptoms. Today’s game was postponed… Read More »
Clicker QB fest in college football Saturday … Interesting situation in college football tomorrow afternoon when all of the top QB prospects for the 2021 draft will be on the menu. In fact, three of the top 4 guys will be playing opposite each other in nationally televised games getting underway at Noon ET tomorrow afternoon. Clemson’s Trevor… Read More »
LATech WR Hardy opts out … Due to some internal miscommunication, an earlier report had indicated that Louisiana Tech WR Adrian Hardy had accepted an invitation to this year’s Senior Bowl. Hardy may in fact ultimately get an invite to Mobile; however, the story should have read that Hardy had actually opted out of the rest of the… Read More »
Pigskin’s weekly prospects review … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemete has posted the latest edition of his weekly college football prospects review report featuring games from last weekend’s games. Here is the full report.
Senior Bowl confirms booking a Book … The Senior Bowl has announced the addition of 6 more players who have accepted invitations to this year’s game in Mobile in late January. The latest roster additions include three players from 2nd ranked Notre Dame including QB Ian Book. Book will be joined in Mobile by Irish OG Robert Hainsey… Read More »
Hula Bowl staying put … The Hula Bowl has confirmed that the 2020-21 version of the all-star game is still on as scheduled for January 31st in Hawai’i. That comes as both the East-West Shrine and NFLPA star games have been cancelled, while the Senior Bowl is still a go for that same week. And while the Senior… Read More »
Former Sooner TE Calcaterra lands at Auburn … Former Oklahoma TE Grant Calcaterra, who opted to retire last year after suffering a series of concussions, has reportedly decided to give football another go and has transferred to Auburn where he intends to play in 2021. The 6-4, 235-pound Calcaterra was considered to be a rising star at the… Read More »
Draft QB notes … The NY Jets, the NFL’s last remaining winless team who would have the #1 pick overall were the 2021 draft held this week, have confirmed that nominal starting QB Sam Darnold will miss at least one more game due to the sprained throwing shoulder that has already cost him four games this season. Veteran… Read More »
