Category Archives: News

Pigskin reviews 49ers draft … As he does every year, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette will be posting reviews of some of the key individual team drafts including the San Francisco 49ers today.

Pats, ‘Hawks projected to lead 2020 comp pick race … A deadline of sorts passed on the NFL calendar yesterday as it was the final day on which veteran UFA signings were included in the calculation of 2020 compensatory picks. Any free agents signed today or later this off-season will not impact the comp pick formula. Compensatory picks… Read More »

Bills tweak scout staff … It is not uncommon for NFL teams to shakeup their personnel departments in the days immediately following the draft. That was the case in Buffalo where the Bills have named Dennis Hickey as a senior national scout; they also hired A.J. Highsmith and Mike Szabo as area scouts. Hickey, the one-time Miami G.M.,… Read More »

Pigskin reviews Raiders draft … As he does every year, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette will be posting reviews of some of the key individual team drafts starting today with the Oakland Raiders and their three first rounders from last month’s draft.

Where top undrafted rooks are signing … The so-called 8th round of the 2019 draft in which teams around the NFL scramble to sign the best players who went undrafted last weekend is well underway. GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette, with help from GBN Investigative College Football Reporter Larry Parker have tracked where the top undrafted rookies… Read More »

Crazy, as in loon or fox!!!  … Not surprisingly, we have had any number of calls and emails from Giants fans wondering what was our take on last week’s draft, in particular, of course, the selection of former Duke QB Daniel Jones with the 6th pick overall. And rather than try and write the same thing over and… Read More »

Giants 6th rounder wounded in shooting incident … Washburn CB Corey Ballentine, who was chosen in the 6th round of the 2019 draft by the New York Giants was injured in a shooting incident in Topeka early this morning. Sadly, fellow Washburn DB Dwane Simmons was killed in the same incident. Ballentine’s injuries, though, are thought not to… Read More »

Shoulda, coulda stayed in school … No question that underclassmen played a huge part in the 2019 draft. Indeed, 9 of the first 10 players selected this week, and over 20 of all opening round picks, were either juniors or redshirt sophomores.  However, it wasn’t all peaches and cream for those underclassmen that did enter the draft. In… Read More »

Third day underway … Cardinals back on the clock as the 4th round gets underway.

That’s a wrap, Part deux … The second day of the 2019 draft wrapped up when Minnesota selected Boise State RB Alex Mattison ith the 102nd pick and final pick of the 3rd round. Again, there won’t be much rest for NFL personnel people as they restack their boards and get ready for the start of the 4th… Read More »

And we are underway again!!  The second day of the 2019 draft just kicked off with Arizona back on the clock with the 33rd pick. Enjoy!!

Into the last hour before second round … Less than an a half an hour to go until the start of the second round of the 2019 draft. As usual, we’ll be tracking all the picks as they come off the board; as well as by team. We’ll also be updating the GBN Big Board as the picks… Read More »

Cards, Dolphins close to a deal for QB Rosen … Arizona is reportedly close to trading QB Josh Rosen to Miami for what is expected to be the 48th pick in the second round of tonight’s draft. The Cardinals, of course, already own the first pick in tonight’s second round, the 33rd overall.

Into the last hour … Less than an hour to go until the first picks start to come off the board at the 2019 draft. In fact, its been pretty quiet all day with almost nothing concrete to report. However, the league has been abuzz all day with reports that Washington owner Dan Snyder wants to get his… Read More »

Its draft day!!! … Where is everybdy??? Of course, the thing doesn’t start until 8 PM ET later this evening. so we’ll still get another solid ten-plus hours of idle speculation. Indeed, as of this morning there does not appear to be anything much really new on the buzz wire. There is still speculation that Atlanta and Washington… Read More »

Wednesday morning buzz … The countdown to the draft is now in full swing with less than 36 hours to go until the picks start coming off the board. And while there still isn’t a ton of buzz out there some stuff is starting to percolate. There are several reports out there this morning, for example, that the… Read More »

Final GBN mocks posted … With less than 48 hours until the start of the 2019 draft, GBN draft analysts Colin Lindsay, Pigskin Paul Guillemette and Larry Parker have posted their final first-round projections for Thursday’s draft. Of note, all three GBN analysts have Arizona selecting Oklahoma QB Kyler Murray with the first pick overall. However, that’s the… Read More »

Pigskin (and others) mock Giants draft … As he has done in the past, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette will be posting mock drafts for specific teams over the final few weeks of the pre-draft process including one today for the New York Giants, who with two first rounders this year including #s 6 and 17 look… Read More »

Pigskin posts top 100 … With just over 48 hours until the start of the 2019 draft, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has posted his final top 100 for this week’s draft with a surprise #1 prospect overall.