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 »
Clemson DE Foster retires … Veteran Clemson DE Justin Foster, who would have been a solid 3rd day prospect for the upcoming draft, has decided to give up football. Foster, who has congenital asthma and allergy issues, missed the 2020 season after contracting COVID-19 from which he still hasn’t fully recovered. Foster, though, has graduated and reportedly has… Read More »
Updated GBN mock posted … Most draft years tend to hard to mock, however, this year feels even harder than most. We have a pretty good idea that Jacksonville is going to take Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence with the first pick overall. After that, though, it really is a crap shoot, at least when it comes to trying… Read More »
To QB or not to QB … With Jacksonville about as committed to taking former Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence with the #1 pick in the 2021 draft – now just over two months away for those that keep track of these things – as is possible, the upcoming draft will really start with the NY Jets at the… Read More »
Tag days get underway … Starting today, NFL teams can tag veteran free agents with either the franchise or transition dags. Teams have until March 9th to designate tagged players. The whole tag process is somewhat complicated by the fact that teams still don’t know exactly what the salary cap will be when the new NFL year begins… Read More »
Colts top nfl.com rook grades … Not sure if it can be considered to be a roll, but literally the same day that Indianapolis acquired veteran QB Carson Wentz in a trade with Philadelphia, a report by nfl.com gives the Colts’ 2020 rookie class the top grade among all teams’ first-year crops. Other teams rounding out the top… Read More »
Eagles land pair of picks from Colts for QB Wentz … We were going to post a brief update on some of the QB rumblings around the league these days which was going to include the note that Philadelphia was having trouble moving QB Carson Wentz as it appeared that the only team interested was Indianapolis. In fact,… Read More »
QB Lawrence undergoes surgery … As planned, Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence, the presumptive #1 pick at the 2021 draft, underwent surgery on his non-throwing shoulder earlier today. According to sources close to the situation there were no complications and the doctors expect Lawrence to be ready for training camp this summer. It is expected that Jacksonville, which has… Read More »
Pro day sched grows … The number of schools releasing the dates of their pro days this year continues to grow, albeit slowly. Here is the full list as we aware of it as of today. Among the latest additions to the list are North Dakota State on March 12th where QB Trey Lance, a potential top 10… Read More »
Big Board tweaked … For those that haven’t noticed as yet the GBN Big Board ranking of the top 100 prospects for the 2021 draft has been updated here.
QB Lawrence works out for Jags, other teams … Former Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence had a pretty solid workout earlier this morning as the presumptive #1 pick at this year’s draft threw for reps from 17 NFL teams at a private pro day workout. Clemson’s actual pro day is scheduled for March 11th, but Lawrence is slated to… Read More »
