Giants report: Thoughts on the Barkley pick … Over the past few weeks we’ve received a bunch of emails from Giants fans asking if we think the season-ending knee injury suffered by Saquon Barkley is the final proof that taking him with the 2nd pick overall in 2018 was a big mistake. To paraphrase the apparent thinking ‘sure… Read More »
Covid continues to mess with football … It looks like the Covid pandemic is going to mess up more schedules than that for the presidential debates. In college football, Baylor has announced that is has suspended all football-related activities to allow for further evaluation of recent positive tests and the completion of close contact tracing. The program did… Read More »
Note to Giants fans from a seventies survivor!!! … With the Giants stumbling out of the gate once again this fall – they’d have the #1 pick overall were the 2021 draft held this week – we’ve had a lot of emails from the team’s faithful asking if we would think about reinstating the old Giants Report to… Read More »
USC OL back in … Southern California OG Alijah Vera-Tucker is the latest PAC-12 player to opt back into the 2020 season after previously announcing they would not play this year and would focus on preparing for the 2021 draft. The PAC-12 will play a 7-game conference schedule beginning the first weekend in November.
QB Lance opts out; WR Ross cleared to lift and other college draft notes … After playing in his team’s only game this fall, rising North Dakota State QB Trey Lance has confirmed that he has opted out of the rest of any 2020 season that the Bison plays this year and instead will be entering the upcoming… Read More »
We’re #1 … Its still a little early to be posting the updated, weekly selection order for the 2021, but if the draft were held this week, the NY Giants would have the first pick overall. The Giants are one of four still winless teams, but have the weakest strength of schedule of the four, dropping below that… Read More »
Chiefs-Pats rescheduled for tomorrow night … The NFL has announced that the Kansas City-New England game which was originally scheduled for this afternoon, but was cancelled following several positive tests for COVID-19, has been shifted to tomorrow evening with KO set for 7 PM ET on CBS. In addition, kick-off for the regular Monday night game between Atlanta… Read More »
Texans-Vikes highlights Sunday draft sched … Prior to the season both Minnesota and Houston figured to be at least contenders for a playoff berth this fall. Instead both have stumbled to almost shocking 0-3 starts. However, at least one will get off the schneid, barring a tie of course, as the Vikings will be in Houston to face… Read More »
NDSU QB Lance ‘not sharp’ in lone fall appearance … By his own admission, star North Dakota State redshirt sophomore QB Trey Lance was ‘not sharp’ in what will be his only game this fall. Lance, who more than one team grades right up there with the likes of Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence and Justin Fields of Ohio State… Read More »
Another game delayed; update … No word yet on when the Kansas City-New England has been been rescheduled to, but to fill the void in the TV schedule, tomorrow’s game between Indianapolis and Chicago has been pushed back to 4:25 PM ET. As reported earlier, tomorrow’s game between the Chiefs and Patriots, at least for now, been pushed… Read More »
PAC-12 releases fall sched … The PAC-12 conference has finally released its abbreviated fall football schedule. The conference will kick-off what amounts to a 7-game schedule for each team on November 7th. Each team will play 6 games through December 12th and will will hold its annual conference game on Friday, December 18th. The teams not involved in… Read More »
Titans-Steelers rescheduled … The NFL announced earlier this morning that the league schedule has been juggled with the Tennessee-Pittsburgh that was to be played this Sunday, but has been cancelled because of the Titans’ COVID-19 outbreak, will now be played in on Sunday, October 25th. That had been the Titans’ bye week, while the Steelers had been scheduled… Read More »
Cardinal CB Adebo opts out … Stanford junior CB Paulson Adebo, one of the top prospects at the position for the 2021 draft, has opted out and declared for the upcoming draft. Adebo is considered to be a mid-to-late first round prospect for this year’s draft.
Broncos get first win; Jets still struggling … The long season for the New York Jets got a little longer this evening as they lost at home to the previously winless Denver Broncos 37-28. Oh, did we mention that the Broncos were starting a former undrafted QB making his first career start at the position. The win drops… Read More »
Thursday nighter with early draft implications … It probably wasn’t what they had in mind when they put this year’s schedule together, but tonight’s Thursday night game on the NFL Network has some major early season implications for the 2021 draft order as the 0-3 Denver Broncos play the equally 0-3 Jets in New York. Kick-off is slated… Read More »
Picks at risk over mask use … In its on-going battle to ensure that coaches wear masks on the sideline during games, the NFL has reportedly warned all teams that they risk forfeiting future draft picks if they fail to fully comply with COVID-19 game-day protocols. Beware!
Gopher WR Bateman back in; PSU LB Parsons not … With the Big Ten back playing fall football, players who had previously opted out of the season are now faced with the decision of whether to opt back in or not. One prominent player who has decided to play again is rising Minnesota junior WR Rashod Bateman. Bateman,… Read More »
Happy 10th to #14 … Big day in the family today and second grandson Austin turns the big 1-0!. Happy Birthday bud despite the pandemic. And when it’s all done we are going to celebrate in style playing a little mini-putt, going to a movie and then having pizza at a Boston Pizza!!
Pigskin’s weekly prospects review … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemete has posted this week’s edition of his weekly college football prospects review report. Here is the full report.
Falcons would hold first pick if draft held this week … We have had several requests whether we’ll be posting the current selection order for the 2021 draft were it held this week. And the simple answer is ‘No!’ its just a little too early. Give it at least a couple more weeks. However, we can report that… Read More »
Duck DE top college player not eligible for 2021 draft … As he does every year at this time, GBN Chief Scout Larry Parker has put together a list of the top redshirt freshmen and true sophomores in college football not eligible for the 2021 draft. Heading the list this year is rising Oregon DE Kayvon Thibodeaux, followed… Read More »
UGA QB Daniels cleared to play; Duck S Holland opts out … With SEC contender Auburn coming to town this coming weekend, Georgia got some good news when QB J.T. Daniels was finally cleared to play, although Dawgs head coach Kirby Smart says he still has to win the job in practice this week. Daniels had all the… Read More »
Panthers, Lions win to get off schneid; Bengals, Eagles tie; 6 remain winless … Interesting day so far in the NFL where two teams – Detroit and Carolina – got their first wins of the season, while Cincinnati and Philadelphia, both of whom were 0-2 coming into their game, battled to a 23-23 tie. At the same time,… Read More »
Conference championship previews hilite weekly schedule … Could be a couple of real treats on this week’s NFL schedule with a couple of games that could literally be previews of this year’s conference championship games. Indeed, one would get pretty good odds that this year’s conference title games will be Green Bay versus New Orleans in the NFC… Read More »
Falcons top pick on Covid IR … Atlanta has placed CB A.J. Terrell, the team’s first round pick at the 2020 draft, on the NFL’s COVID-19 reserve list. this season. The Falcons did not indicate whether Terrell, whom they took with the 16th overall pick this past April, has tested positive or was just in contact with someone… Read More »
