Senior Bowl preview … Players are gathering in Mobile as we speak for this week’s Senior Bowl all-star game, the first big date on the draft calendar. Unfortunately, neither of the top 2 QBs for this year’s draft – Cam Ward and Shedeur Sanders – will be in Mobile this week, but a ton of talent for the… Read More »
Bills come up just short again; to pick 30th … This evening’s AFC championship game in Kansas City between Buffalo and the Chiefs pretty much ived up to the billing as KC hung on for a 32-29 win and a ticket to another Super Bowl. For the Bills, though, just another heartbreak as all they’ll get is the… Read More »
WashComs to pick 29th … With Washington going down to defeat in Philadelphia in the NFC championship game this afternoon, the Commanders will have the 29th pick in every round of the 2025 draft. The loser of this evening’s AFC title game in Kansas City between Buffalo and the Chiefs will get the 30th pick, while the final… Read More »
Big Board tweaked … We were actually only planning to a major revision to the GBN Big Board after the all-star games; however, we keep hearing of some major moves by a number of players and we thought it perhaps a good idea to do a preliminary revision right away as several of those players will be in… Read More »
Sanders talks with Giants; not playing updated … In addition to talking with Tennessee, Dallas, Chicago, and Seattle yesterday, Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders also spent a considerable amount of time with Giants head coach yesterday at the East-West Shrine game in Dallas. he also reportedly visited with officials from Cleveland meaning he spent with each of the three… Read More »
Buckeyes get CB, LB back … National champion Ohio State will be pretty much in full-blown rebuild mode next fall as all those players that passed on the 2024 draft for one more kick at the CFP can have moved on; however, the Buckeyes did get some good news yesterday with word that both CB Davison Igbinosun and… Read More »
Full pads for Shrine stars … The players in this year’s East-West Shrine game in Dallas will hit the field tomorrow for the first day of their four practice sessions that run thru Tuesday. Generally with the Shrine game, the first and last practices are more walk-thrus, while the second and third day workouts are usually the ones… Read More »
And we are off and running!!! … The 2025 draft process ‘officially’ got underway earlier today when Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders met with Tennessee and three other teams – Dallas, Seattle and Chicago – ahead of the start of the East-West Shrine week. And the Titans, who have the first pick overall at the upcoming draft, were well… Read More »
Teams with picks 5 & 6 get new coaches … Both Jacksonville and La Vegas, which have the 5th and 6th picks respectively in the opening round of the 2025 draft, got themselves new coaches earlier today. Its a familiar face in Las Vegas where the Raiders signed NFL veteran Pete Carroll, whereas it was more of a… Read More »
Underclassmen declaring late … We have had several inquiries today why several underclassmen including RB Quinshon Judkins and WR Emeka Egbuka and S Xavier Watts and CB Ben Morrison of Notre Dame were announcing today, several days after the nominal deadline for underclassmen to apply for early entry to the 2025 draft, that they were in fact entering… Read More »
Mother of all sleeper QBs invited to Senior Bowl … The Senior Bowl announced earlier today that QB Taylor Elgersma has been invited to next week’s practice and game in Mobile. Who? For the record, Elgersma is from Laurier University in Canada where he was named the Hec Creighton award, the Canadian version of the Heisman Trophy, this… Read More »
Lions get comp picks for Glenn signing … As an addendum to the NY Jets signing of Detroit defensive co-ordinator aaron Glenn to their vacant head coaching position, the Lions will get a couple of minority hiring compensatory picks in the next two drafts. The Lions will get picks at the end of the 3rd round in both… Read More »
As the GM turns; Raiders add, Jags fire … There have been a couple of G.M. moves around the league this afternoon that could impact the 2025 draft. On the one hand, Jacksonville somewhat surprisingly has fired G.M. Trent Baalke just a couple of days into the second round of the Jaguars interviews for their vacant head coaching… Read More »
Titans head says team won’t pass on generational talent … Some interesting comments today from Chad Brinker, Tennessee’s head of football operations re the #1 pick at the 2025 draft. What has grabbed the headlines is Brinker saying: “As far as that Number 1 pick, you can’t pass up on a generational talent. We won’t do that.” The… Read More »
Buzz has Ward top QB; Sanders all over the place …We are coming up on the three months to the draft mark later this week, so there is a lot time for things to change, but there does seem to a growing consensus around the NFL that Miami’s Cam Ward has emerged as the clear #1 QB prospect… Read More »
Buckeyes prevail for national title … for those that were following other stuff yesterday, Ohio State won the first national championship of the true playoff era with a 34-23 win over Notre Dame in Atlanta last evening in a game that started out as a rout – the Buckeyes led 31-7 mid-way thru the 4th quarter – but… Read More »
Irish, Buckeyes battle for national title … It is championship Monday in college football with Ohio State slated to take on Notre Dame for the national title this evening in Atlanta. Kick-off is scheduled for 7:30 PM ET with coverage on ESPN. The Buckeyes are favored as they have Top 100 draft prospects as just about every position… Read More »
Ravens have to settle for 27th pick … It pretty much lived up to the hype as Buffalo earned a trip to Kansas City for the AFC championship and a spot in the Super Bowl with a dramatic 27-25 over Baltimore that was not decided until the Ravens missed what would have been a game-tying 2-point with less… Read More »
NFL announces list of draft eligible underclassmen … The NFL has released the formal list of underclassmen given special entry to the 2025 late last week. The list includes a total 55 3rd year juniors and redshirt sophomores who who needed special permission to enter the upcoming draft; the NFL also included on the list 15 players who… Read More »
Tropical Bowl next up on star sched … Its back to Orlando for the post-season college all-star games as the Tropical Bowl will be played in the city on Sunday after the Hula Bowl was played there last week. In fact, someone will have to explain to me the whole deal because I have never thought of Orlando,… Read More »
New #1 on Big Board … As we have noted, here at the GBN we do not rank players necessarily by how we have graded ourselves, but how we hear NFL teams, at least in general, have them ranked. Everything we are hearing these days is that an emerging majority of teams would select Penn State DE Abdul… Read More »
Titans hire Chiefs’ exec as new GM … Tennessee is reportedly ironing out a deal with Kansas City assistant G.M. to be the Titans new general manager. Borgonzi replaces Ran Carthon who was fired earlier this month, although technically the Titans president of football operations Chad Brinker will have final say on all football operations matters. Needless to… Read More »
Browns, Giants’ assistants to coach Senior Bowl … Cleveland Assistant Head Coach/Special Teams Coordinator Bubba Ventrone and Giants’ OC Mike Kafka will serve as head coaches for this year’s Senior Bowl. The Browns have the second overall pick in this year’s draft, while the Giants own the third selection. This is the third year for the Senior Bowl’s… Read More »
Good review of the options possibly available to QB-needy teams this winter … For those that haven’t seen it, Nick Suss of the Nashville Tennessean has an interesting overview of the QB options that could be available to teams looking to upgrade at the position this off-season including possibilities at both the draft and free agency and/or trades.… Read More »
Giants end of season report: looking forward … The just concluded season can probably be best summed up in one word for the Giants: Yecch!! Maybe even Really, really double Yecch! But we do what we always do after we get through our initial angst. We start looking ahead, because it is what it is and there are… Read More »
