Raiders get star Steelers WR Brown for picks … Let’s try that again; one of the off-season’s most watched soap operas came to a conclusion last night when Pittsburgh agreed to trade disgruntled WR Antonio Brown to Oakland for 3rd and 5th round picks at this spring’s draft. For the record, those are the 66th and 141st picks… Read More »
Auburn QB Stidham throws well at pro day … The first week on the pro day schedule wrapped up earlier with several workouts including one at Auburn where Tigers’ QB Jarrett Stidham reportedly threw the ball very well. While the actual tally is unofficial, Stidham reportedly completed all but two of his 50-60 scripted throws in a performance… Read More »
Pats get Eagles vet DE Bennett in pick swap … New England has reportedly agreed to a trade in which the Super Bowl champs will acquire veteran DE Michael Bennett and a 7th round pick in 2020 for a 2020 5th rounder. The deal will become official when the new NFL year gets underway next week. Bennett will… Read More »
Pigskin grades offensive position groups … With the all-star games and combine now part of the evaluation for the 2019 draft, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has revised his grades on the overall offensive position groupings for the upcoming draft.
Steelers, Cardinals deal for vet OT; not WR Brown … The buzz around the NFL was that Arizona was a prime potential landing spot for Pittsburgh WR Antonio Brown. The two teams did agree on the parameters of a trade this afternoon but it was for veteran OT Marcus Gilbert, not Brown. In exchange the Steelers will get… Read More »
Giants, Browns swap vets, picks … The Giants and Cleveland have agreed on a trade in principal in which the Browns will get DE Olivier Vernon and a 4th round pick, the 132nd overall, from the Giants in return for veteran OG Kevin Zeitler and a 5th round pick, the 155th overall. The Giants also get a modest… Read More »
Silly season in full swing!! … For those struggling to stay up to speed, the latest rumors in the on-going Kyler Murray saga come from whispers that he may have ‘inflated’ his height at last weekend’s combine weigh-in. As folks will recall, Murray’s draft stock shot through the roof when he measured in at just over 5-10 when… Read More »
WR Brown NOT traded to Bills … There were reports late last night that Pittsburgh was on the verge of trading disgruntled WR Antonio Brown to Buffalo. This morning Bills’ G.M. Brandon Beane confirmed that Buffalo had had talks with the Steelers about Brown but that nothing had developed and that the Bills have ‘moved on.’ According to… Read More »
‘Skins get QB Keenum in pick swap with Broncos … Washington has reportedly agreed in principle with Denver to acquire veteran QB Case Keenum in exchange for a swap of 2020 draft picks. Denver will get Washington’s 6th round pick in 2020 while Washington will get the Broncos’ 7th rounder. With the Redskins, Keenum is expected to compete… Read More »
Murray soap opera continues to dominate draft talk … With exactly 50 days to go until the start of 2019 draft, most of the buzz out there is focuses on Oklahoma QB Kyler Murray and what Arizona will do with the #1 pick. And Arizona head coach Kliff Kingsbury didn’t offer much clarity week when he was quoted… Read More »
CSU WR; Cincy DTs in pro day spotlight … All 32 NFL teams had reps at the Colorado State pro day on Wednesday, with most there to check out WR Preston Williams. Williams had hoped to have a breakout workout at the combine after emerging as one of the most productive receivers in the country this past season… Read More »
Combine surprises … Much has been made of the fact that an inordinate number of the very top-ranked prospects for the 2019 draft, including Alabama DT Quinnen Williams, Ole Miss WR D.K. Metcalf, LSU LB Devin White and Mississippi State ER Montez Sweat, excelled. However, they weren’t the only players to excel at this past weekend’s combine. And… Read More »
QB Murray goes #1 in latest Larry Parker mock … With the combine in the book, GBN Investigative College Football Reporter Larry Parker has updated his first-round projection for the opening round of the 2019 draft.
Where to from here … A most fascinating combine just came to a conclusion in Indianapolis earlier this afternoon. What made this year’s combine truly unusual, in addition to all the swirling rumors about Oklahoma QB Kyler Murray, was the fact that while we get top prospect or two blowing the top of the drills every year, it… Read More »
Pro day sched next up in draft process … NFL folks might be headed home from this weekend’s scouting combine in Indianapolis, but there won’t be much rest for the league’s scouting community as the annual pro day schedule gets underway almost immediately. In fact, there will be pro days at Purdue and Miami (Ohio) as soon as… Read More »
Tag day in NFL … NFL teams actually have until tomorrow to designate franchise and/or transition players prior to the start of free agency next, however, several got the jump on proceedings today with 5 teams naming franchise players. Dallas, for example, franchised All-Pro DE Demarcus Lawrence, while Houston tagged DE Jadeveon Clowney, Seattle franchised DE Frank Clark,… Read More »
OSU CB Sheffield tears pec in combine injury … Ohio State CB Kendall Sheffield, who had a chance to be the fastest player at this year’s combine, suffered what is believed to be a torn pectoral muscle during the bench press phase of the combine. Sheffield had an MRI to confirm the diagnosis and will likely have to… Read More »
Foles to Jags done deal: report … Multiple sources here and here around the NFL are indicating that Jacksonville will almost assuredly sign former Philadelphia QB Nick Foles when the league’s free agency period begins on March 13th. According to the sources, a market never developed for Foles outside Jacksonville and as a result the two parties team… Read More »
DBs to wrap combine … The defensive backs are warming up as we speak for their turn in the spotlight at the scouting combine in Indianapolis. The CB and safety prospects for the 2019 draft will be running their 40s along with the other physical tests as well as doing positional drills beginning at 9 AM ET. Once… Read More »
D-line on tap at combine … It is no secret at all that the defensive line is the strength of the 2019 draft; indeed as many as 6-7 of the first ten picks this coming April 25th could be from the defensive front. So there should be a full house for today’s on-field workout for the defensive line… Read More »
Murray center of combine top pick buzz … We are still only half way through the on-field workout sessions at the scouting combine, but according to just about every source around the league we have the major developing story in Indianapolis is that if the draft were held this week, Oklahoma QB Kyler Murray would be the #1… Read More »
Busy day ahead at combine … Today could very well be the busiest day at this week’s scouting combine in Indianapolis. The CBs and safeties will be going through the weigh-in and measurement phase, while the defensive linemen will do the bench press among other activities. The real action though will be on the field where the QBs,… Read More »
Up and down day for OL in on-field drills … It was an up and down day for the offensive linemen at their on-field physical testing and positional drills workout at the scouting combine in Indianapolis on Friday. In fact, the best performers were largely from the interior offensive linemen while the OTs, including the top candidates at… Read More »
Sweat, Lawrence ‘star’ in defensive line weigh-in … While the offensive linemen were doing their thing on the field earlier today at the scouting combine in Indianapolis, their defensive line counterparts were getting weighed and measured. And given the fact that most analysts rate the DL as the strength of the 2019 it is not surprising that there… Read More »
Big uglies, backs set to run … The offensive linemen are warming up for their on-field testing and positional drills as we speak at the scouting combine in Indianapolis with the RB slated to go a little later today. A couple of points to note. There are usually two times reported; the first is a hand-time with the… Read More »
