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Go east young man … or something like that. GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has reviewed the 2020 drafts of both the AFC East and NFC East.

Draft lite up north … The CFL holds its annual draft of Canadian players tomorrow evening. The CFL draft starts at 8 PM and will be covered by TSN in Canada. The picks are also available in real time on the CFL draft tracker. Calgary has the #1 pick overall which the Stampeders acquired from Ottawa in exchange… Read More »

Cowboys, Pats, Pack look to lead 2021 comp picks … Compensatory picks for the 2021 draft, of course, won’t be formally announced for many months, however, with most of the top free agents already signed the folks that know how these things work can make a pretty good guess as to which teams will be getting what extra… Read More »

Redskins, Lions sign top UDFAs … It seems somewhat apropos that Washington and Detroit, which had the 2nd and 3rd picks respectively in each round of last weekend’s draft, also ended up signing the top two undrafted free agents on the GBN’s original Big Board. The Redskins, for example, signed former LSU TE Thaddeus Moss, while the Lions… Read More »

Just 366 days to go … until the 2021 draft, aka the ‘Trevor Lawrence Lottery.’ The NFL announced earlier today that next year’s draft will be held April 29-May 1 in Cleveland. hang in there guys!!

More the morning after the morning after thoughts on the 2020 draft … Or evening depending on your perspective. With now a couple of days to chew over things, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has posted some additional thoughts on what went on over the weekend at the 2020 draft and beyond. Here

The morning after thoughts … Or evening depending on your perspective. With 24 hours to chew over things, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has posted some thoughts on what went on over the weekend at the 2020 draft and beyond. Here

Pigskin posts best undrafted list … GBN Associate Editor has just posted the list of his favorite undrafted free agents.

Only 364 days to go!!! … Until the 2021 draft. We hope! There will be football sometime this year.  However, with the pandemic still raging around the world we may not know for a while when the respective college and pro seasons will start and what form they will ultimately take. There will also be a draft next… Read More »

It’s a young man’s game … Every year, there is something of a debate around football whether so many underclassmen should enter the draft with eligibility remaining. By and large, though, the numbers don’t really support the argument. This year, for example, 7 of the first ten players selected, and 23 of the 32 first round picks were… Read More »

LSU, SEC continue to dominate draft … After dominating the first two days of the 2020 draft, the SEC literally jogged to the finish line through the final rounds to lead all conferences with players chosen this weekend. In the end, the SEC had 63 players drafted throughout the 7 rounds, including 15 of 32 first round picks,… Read More »

Redskins ship OT Williams to 49ers … Updating that trade in which Washington traded veteran holdout LT Trent Williams to San Francisco. The Redskins will receive a 5th round pick, #156 overall, later this afternoon and a 3rd round pick in 2021. There are reports that the 49ers want to add Williams because they have told that long-time… Read More »

SEC draft domination continued thru second day … The SEC dominated the opening round of this year’s draft when players from the conference made up almost half – 15 of 32 – of those selected in the first round. And that trend continued yesterday when 25 more players from the SEC were selected bringing the conference’s total to… Read More »

Observations from the opening round … With the morning to chew over what we witnessed in last night’s opening round, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has some belated observations here.

LSU, SEC dominate opening round … No surprises here as LSU, the reigning national champions led all schools with 5 players selected in last night’s opening round, including QB Joe Burrow the first player selected overall. The Tigers edged out SEC West rival Alabama which had four players selected. Just how deep those programs are, both also had… Read More »

Bengals back on the clock … Cincinnati will be back on the clock with the 33rd pick overall later this evening when the second day of the 2020 draft gets underway at 7 PM ET. ESPN and the NFL Network will again be simulacasting the event, while ABC will have its own coverage. And after trading out of… Read More »

That’s a wrap … The opening round of the 2020 draft wrapped up just after midnight this evening when the Kansas City Chiefs selected former LSU RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire with the 32nd and final pick in tonight’s first round. However, there won’t be much of a break for NFL personnel types who are already busy restacking their boards… Read More »

Cincy, ‘Skins staying put; Lions ‘on the clock’ … With just over a half hour until the start of the 2020 draft, word around the league is that Cincinnati and Washington will be staying at the 1st and 2nd picks respectively. In fact, the Bengals have reportedly told LSU QB Joe Burrow that he’ll be the pick at… Read More »

Clock ticking on draft … There has reportedly been a lot of chatter so far today around the NFL, but with just over fours to go until the first picks start coming off the board nothing has changed. Which gives us a minute to review some of the basics. The opening round of the draft gets underway at… Read More »

Dolphins making push to get to #1 … With just over 6 hours to go until the start of the 2020 draft, the word around the league is that Miami is making a real push to trade up with Cincinnati in order to acquire the #1 pick in tonight’s draft, ostensibly to select LSU QB Joe Burrow. The… Read More »