Path to the draft runs thru Indy … We made the point both when the NFL released the names of the players invited to next week’s scouting combine in Indianapolis, as well as in yesterday’s post listing some of the top prospects who were not invited this year, that simply who gets invited to the combine is crucial… Read More »
Buff star Hunter listed as CB for combine … Interesting development regarding Colorado star Travis Hunter who is being listed as a CB for the upcoming combine. Hunter, one of the top 2-3 prospects overall for the 2025 draft, was an all-American at both corner and WR this fall for the Buffalos and has indicated that he would… Read More »
Guess who’s not coming to dinner … or at least not invited to this month’s scouting combine in Indianapolis. One of the always interesting aspects of the NFL’s announcement of which players have been invited to the combine is which players did not get invites. Clearly, every year a certain number of players do get drafted who were… Read More »
NFL releases combine invite list … The NFL released the names of 329 players who have been invited to the annual scouting combine in Indianapolis later this month. The combine gets underway on February 24th and runs thru March 3rd. And who is on the list is a big deal because generally the large majority of players that… Read More »
QB Sanders to visit Browns, Giants … We are still several weeks away from when draft prospects can actually visit team facilities, but Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders reports that he has already scheduled visits with Cleveland and the NY Giants which hold the 2nd and 3rd picks respectively at the upcoming draft. While Sanders is expected to also… Read More »
New 3-round projection posted … We have been reluctant to post a new mock draft in large part because we felt that there was just too much uncertainty with the first 4 picks. However, upon further review, at least from a projection point of view, what could happen in the those initial picks this coming April, is in… Read More »
Season over, season begins … With Philadelphia’s impressive win over two-time defending champion Kansas City in last night’s Super Bowl in new Orleans, the 2024 season is now formally in the books. For the record, the Eagles will now have the 32nd pick in every round this coming April, while the Chiefs will have the 31st pick. There… Read More »
The Sanders spill a few draft tea leaves … Several comments by Deion and Shedeur Sanders in recent days may have left some potential draft related hints. Shedeur, the QB, indicated, for example, that he would be perfectly fine not being the #1 pick at the overall draft, while dad deion said he expects Shedeur to be selected… Read More »
Big Board updated, expanded … With the all-star games now in the books, the GBN Big Board for 2025 which, for the record, is now just over 75 days away, has been updated and expanded to include the top 200+ prospects overall for the upcoming draft. Again, we note that these are less our personal rankings of how… Read More »
Update on QB ranking … Just a quick update to our note in that earlier report today regarding the sense that Ole Miss QB Jackson Dart appears to have emerged as a clear QB3 in this year’s draft behind Miami’s Cam Ward and Shedeur Sanders of Colorado. For starters, even though Dart appears to be the 3rd ranked… Read More »
Positional rankings updated … With the all-star games now in the books, we have updated the various positional rankings for the upcoming draft per the drop-down menu above. We also plan to post a fully updated Big Board either late tomorrow or early on Thursday. And while there aren’t necessarily a lot of truly major changes in the… Read More »
The Chiefs have a four-game winning streak against the Eagles, setting up a much-anticipated Super Bowl LIX clash with history on the line. The Chiefs’ dynamic offense, led by Patrick Mahomes, faces an Eagles’ defense crafted under Vic Fangio’s watchful eye. With each team boasting unique strengths and tactical ingenuity, you’ll witness a gridiron duel capable of reshaping… Read More »
Senior Bowl defensive line review … he defensive line in the Senior Bowl game was actually somewhat harder to review than the OL group, in large part because of some questions about level of competition. In particular, the National team defensive linemen, led by Arkansas SE Landon Jackson and Central Arkansas’ David Walker, were blowing past their American… Read More »
Senior Bowl offensive line review … We always start these things with the proviso that there has seldom been much of a direct correlation between which players at the Senior Bowl actually play well, which ones get drafted where, and which ones turn out to be good pros. That said, we thought it was pretty clear cut at… Read More »
Senior Bowl wraps; on to Indy … The Senior Bowl just ended in Mobile with the American team pulling out a dramatic 22-19 win when Memphis QB seth Henigan hit TCU WR Jack Bech with a 2-yard scoring play with no time left on the clock. For the most part, this game was generally dominated by the defensive… Read More »
QB Sanders has Shrine games best moment … He wasn’t even playing in Thursday night’s East-West Shrine game in Frisco, Texas, but Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders may have had the games best moment during an in-game interview on the NFL Network. When asked about his father Deion’s calls during some of the interviews, Sanders the younger laughed and… Read More »
Shrine game observations … Just finished re-watching last night’s East-West Shrine game in Dallas which was kind of a sloppy affair with 7 turnovers, multiple sacks, and way too many penalties for an all-star game that as pretty lop-sided to boot with the East team cruising to a 25-0 shutout win. Of course, as we have noted in… Read More »
Senior Bowl observations: Thursday morning report … The final practice session ahead of Saturday’s game just wrapped up in Mobile. And that likely means there is already a race to the airport among NFL personnel people. A couple of notes from this afternoon’s practice: both of QBs Jalen Milroe and Jaxson Dart, currently the #3 and 4 prospects… Read More »
Senior Bowl observations: Thursday morning report … After a couple of high-tempo practices, the National team session Thursday morning was something of a muted affair with mostly a lot of situational work especially in the red zone. As such, there wasn’t a whole lot new to report so instead here’s our very informal, very unofficial list of players… Read More »
Senior Bowl observations: Wednesday afternoon report … Second day! same as the first! Or something like that. Certainly, anyone who hoped to get a better feel for Jalen Milroe and/or Jaxson Dart, ostensibly QBs 3 and 4 in this year’s draft class, in this afternoon’s practice than they did yesterday. Neither threw the ball more than a half… Read More »
Senior Bowl observations: Wednesday morning practice … The National team went thru another high-energy practice session at the Senior Bowl in Mobile this morning that included more than just a little bit of feistiness. And that feistiness was most obvious at the always entertaining one-on-one drills between the offensive and defensive linemen. Recall that yesterday, the offensive line… Read More »
Senior Bowl Report: Tuesday morning … Don’t want t read to much into one practice, but several players jumped out at this morning’s Senior Bowl session in Mobile. Normally, the defensive linemen have an edge in the one-on-one OL-DL drill, but today one had to give the edge to the big uglies on the offensive front. And the… Read More »
Senior Bowl practices to get underway … The players are literally in the dressing room getting ready for the first day of practice sessions at this year’s Senior Bowl in Mobile. The morning practice starts at 10:30PM ET, while the afternoon session gets underway at 1 PM. The NFL Network will provide coverage of the morning session, but… Read More »
Tide QB Milroe hands small; Ducks Gabriel, Johnson just small … We’ve been pouring over the height and weight measurements at the Senior Bowl earlier today in Mobile. In the end, there isn’t a whole lot of breaking news regarding today’s measurements, although the fact that Alabama QB Jalen Milroe has relatively small hands for a quarterback which… Read More »
Following up on Shedeur at Shriners … Even though he is not in uniform Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders remains the big story at this week’s East-West Shrine practices at North Texas in Dallas. Sanders, who also won’t play in the actual game on Thursday, has been meeting with teams, particularly those with early picks. That is probably not… Read More »
