Cards get star WR Hopkins in deal with Texans … In a somewhat surprising move Houston sent star WR DeAndre Hopkins to Arizona in exchange for RB David Johnson. In addition to Johnson, the Texans will get a second-round pick this year, the 40th pick overall, and a fourth-round selection in 2021, while the Cardinals will get a… Read More »
Draft a go; party not so much … The NFL announced earlier today that the 2020 draft will proceed as scheduled on April 23rd to 25th, but will no longer include public events in Las Vegas due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Details to follow!
And off we go … The NFL has decided to go ahead and start its new football year as planned on Wednesday despite the issues related to the pandemic that have shut down just about every other aspect of day-to-day living. That means the free agent signing and trading period will in fact get underway later this week.… Read More »
Apocalypse Now Projection … We really wanted to get away from doing mock drafts this year as too many readers continue to misinterpret them. However, we have looked into the sports abyss and it is indeed a big empty so to help everyone get through this we have updated the GBN projection through the first three rounds. Fact… Read More »
Titans re-up QB Tannehill … The first of the veteran QB dominos fell earlier this afternoon when Tennessee resigned Ryan Tannehill to a 4-year, $118M contract with $62M guaranteed. There had been speculation that the Titans were a prime possible landing spot for Tom Brady, but obviously that is off the table. In fact, there are reports that… Read More »
Jags ship DE Campbell to Ravens for 5th … Jacksonville has agreed in principle to trade veteran DE Calais Campbell to Baltimore for a 5th round pick at the upcoming draft. The trade can’t be formally confirmed until the beginning of the new football year which is currently slated to begin Wednesday. The Ravens have also reportedly extended… Read More »
An observation from the end of pro days … The annual pro day schedule came to a screeching halt late last week when just about everything in the sports world shut down. Everything else being equal, the final pro day likely before the actual draft was at Oregon where QB Justin Herbert reportedly had a strong performance. One… Read More »
Report: draft to be delayed; moved out of Vegas … There are unconfirmed reports in the media, including some reputable sources that the NFL has already decided, but is holding back on formally announcing, that the 2020 draft will be pushed back into the middle of May at the earliest. The draft will also reportedly be moved from… Read More »
Deep dive into 2020 draft order … Earlier this week, the NFL released the full selection order for the 2020 draft including the compensatory picks. GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has taken a deeper dive into the distribution of picks across the league and the implications thereof for different teams here.
CBA passes; barely; free agency still on hold … The vote is in and the NFL players voted to accept the new CBA which includes a 17-game season and expanded players. It wasn’t exactly a ringing endorsement as only 51.5% of the players voted in favor of the deal, but it was just enough to get it passed.… Read More »
NFL bans on-site visits … Amid growing concerns about the coronoavirus, the NFL informed all 32 teams that effective the end of business on Friday no more pre-draft visits to team facilities by prospects would be allowed. The league also banned any team officials from visiting prospects on the road. Teams will be allowed to conduct interviews with… Read More »
NFL planning fall back for draft … For now the 2020 draft is still scheduled to be held in Las Vegas for April 23-25, but the league is drawing up contingency plans because of the COVID-19 pandemic. If the coronavirus remains a threat, the league hopes to be able to still conduct the draft, but by conference call… Read More »
Ducks, Herbert did work out … It was maybe one of the last sporting events to take place in the wake of the COVID-19 tsunami, but Oregon did get its pro day in late yesterday afternoon. Included in the work out was a scripted throwing session by Ducks’ QB Justin Herbert which by all accounts was impressive. All… Read More »
Tigers WR Higgins posts average pro day times … With the entire sports world pretty much shutting down over the COVID-19 threat we have no idea whether there will be any more pro days this year. Heck, we still aren’t sure whether Oregon actually held its pro day this afternoon as the Ducks were scheduled to go just… Read More »
Life descends on NFL; AGM cncelled; pro day sched at risk … You kind of knew it had to happen as the COVID-19 virus threat has now caught up with the NFL. The league has announced that the AGM scheduled for later this month has at least been postponed, although the league is saying that the start of… Read More »
Dolphins lead league with 14 picks … It took a little longer than we expected, but we think we have the official draft order for the 2020 draft now that the compensatory picks have been announced. It took a little while because several media outlets published the full draft order, however, there were several inconsistencies between those and… Read More »
Tigers, Ducks hilite pro day sched … The annual pro day schedule really heats up later today with workouts at Clemson and Oregon with big turnouts expected at both sites. Clemson, of course, is simply one of the most talented programs in the country, although most of the Tigers’ top prospects, including LB Isaiah Simmons, who is generally… Read More »
Sooners, Badgers hilite pro day docket … Meanwhile, back to the business at hand and the 2020 draft which is now just 43 days away. It should be a most interesting day on the annual pro day circuit with work outs scheduled at Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Colorado among other programs. We are particularly interested to see which NFL… Read More »
JR 67s sweep final series; win title … We apologize if we have seemed a tad distracted of late as we have been a little pre-occupied as oldest grandson Zach Gaul and his Ottawa JR 67s mates have been deep in their playoff run. Last night, the JR 67s, with pesky winger Carson McGurn scoring twice and grandson… Read More »
Pats lead league with 4 comp picks … The NFL has finally announced this year’s compensatory draft picks. A total of 32 comp picks were awarded to 15 different teams. New England has a league-high compliment of 4 comp picks including two third rounders and two more in the 6th round. Meanwhile, Denver, Houston, Minnesota, Philadephia, Seattle and… Read More »
To QB or not to QB … Early today while guesting on former Atlanta WR Billy Rickman’s Sportsnote radio program down in Lafayette, Louisiana, we were asked what’s the most important thing we are trying to figure out in anticipation of the 2020 draft, which, for the record, is now just 44 days away! Our answer was quite… Read More »
Tua cleared to work out; on track for April pro day … For those that missed the story yesterday, Alabama QB Tua Tagovailoa has been cleared by tem doctors to begin working out again. Tagovailoa, a top 5 prospect for the 2020 draft, underwent season-ending surgery to repair a fractured hip in early November and has been rehabbing… Read More »
Pro day notes … The annual pro day schedule doesn’t really heat up in earnest until this week, however, there were a half dozen or so workouts last week just to get the ball rolling. In fact, things actually kicked off last Monday when Miami of Ohio hosted the first of at least a couple of hundred pro… Read More »
Senior Bowl on the move (across town); combine ratings tick up … A couple of draft related housekeeping items. The Senior Bowl announced yesterday that event has agreed to a multi-year deal to hold the practices and game at Hancock Whitney Stadium, the brand new 25,000-seat state-of-the-art stadium located on the campus of South Alabama in Mobile beginning… Read More »
Pigskin combine observations … Our Pigskin Paul Guillemette has never been known to be all that fast on the draw as he prefers to chew over things before commenting. Wise words to live by! And there was plenty to chew on from last week’s scouting combine in Indianapolis. Here are some late thoughts from Pigskin on what he… Read More »
