Welcome to Indianapolis … Draft hopefuls begin arriving in Indianapolis on Tuesday for the start of the NFL’s annual scouting combine in what is arguably the most important week of the pre-draft testing period. A total of 338 college prospects will be poked and prodded, as well as tested both mentally and physically as they go through what… Read More »
Path to the draft runs thru Indy … The NFL’s annual scouting combine gets underway in Indianapolis later this week with over 330 of the top prospects for the 2019 draft set to be poked, prodded and tested. And while the importance of the combine sometimes gets overstated, no question it is one of the key elements of… Read More »
Pats owner Kraft formally charged; NFL watching … Officials in Palm Beach have confirmed that New England Patriots’ owner Robert Kraft has been formally charged with two misdemeanor counts of first-degree solicitation. If convicted, Kraft could face one year in jail, a $5,000 fine, plus 100 hours of community service. The bigger questions for football fans is whether… Read More »
Two months and counting to draft … The 2019 draft gets underway two months to the day – 59 days to be exact – from today. Hang in there guys!!!
Wrist to keep star Tide FS out of combine, pro day … Sources in Alabama are reporting that star Tide FS Deionte Thompson will not be able to participate in on-field drills and testing at this week’s scouting combine in Indianapolis after undergoing surgery on Friday to repair a torn ligament in his wrist. Thompson will reportedly be… Read More »
Draft order set; Patriots with most picks … Now that the NFL has announced the assignment of 32 compensatory picks for the 2019 draft, the full selection order is also now available for the full seven rounds. And in one of those the rich get richer scenarios, the team currently with the most picks this year is the… Read More »
Combine notes: ban gets less banny; Haskins to throw … The NFL has reportedly further tweaked its decision to bar Mississippi State DT Jeffrey Simmons, Louisiana Tech DE Jaylon Ferguson and Colorado State WR Preston Williams from participating in next week’s scouting combine in Indianapolis because of off-field incidents involving violence in their past. After originally indicating that… Read More »
Comp picks announced … The NFL has announced that 32 compensatory picks have been assigned to a total of 15 teams for the 2019 draft. Washington, Arizona and Super Bowl champion New England lead the way with 4 comp picks, while Minnesota, Cincinnati and the LA Rams get three extra picks each. At the same time, Atlanta and… Read More »
Star WR Brown officially on market … The often stormy marriage between Pittsburgh and star WR Antonio Brown appears to be finally on the verge of collapse. Brown met Steelers’ owner Art Rooney and G.M. Kevin Colbert earlier this week and while there were some differences in the specifics coming from the two sides about the meeting, both… Read More »
Clemson QB Lawrence caught in intramural shoving match … It isn’t likely to change the trajectory for the 2021 draft, but there is a video out there today in which Clemson sophomore QB Trevor Lawrence, the presumptive favorite to be the #1 pick that year, is seen shoving another player to the floor during an intramural basketball game… Read More »
Legend of Kyler Murray growing … When we posted that article earlier this month about our hesitation to update our mock draft, the main reason as noted was that we just had no idea how the QB situation was going to play out on April 25th. And while there’s still a lot of sorting out to be done… Read More »
Banned combine players not so banned … For those that didn’t see the report over the weekend, but the NFL has reportedly sent a memo to all teams stating that while Missiissppi State DT Jeffrey Simmons, Louisiana Tech Jaylon Ferguson and Colorado State WR Preston Williams will still not be allowed to participate in on-field drills at next… Read More »
Rising Sooners’ WR Brown out of combine; OU pro day … While we were off the grid the past couple of days. Oklahoma confirmed that star WR Marquise Brown, one of the top prospcets at the position for the upcoming draft, will miss both scouting combine later this month as well as the Sooners’ pro day early in… Read More »
No mock today!!! … We have had several queries over the past few days about why our latest mock is a seriously outdated one going way back to December 5th. The simple answer is we haven’t done one since. The reason we haven’t done one since is that we simply have no clue at this time how the… Read More »
Rising DE Ferguson out of combine … Louisiana Tech DE Jaylon Ferguson, the NCAA’s all-time leading sacker, was supposed to have been one of the most intriguing prospects at the scouting combine later this month. Instead, teams will have to wait after a background check turned up an off-field issue that made Ferguson ineligible to attend the combine… Read More »
Updating Broncos-Ravens trade for vet QB Flacco … Just a quick update on that trade in which Denver has reportedly agreed to a trade in principle with Baltimore to acquire veteran QB Joe Flacco. Sources are reporting that the compensation will be a 4th round draft pick; however, the Broncos actually have two 4th rounders – their own,… Read More »
Top 10 DT Simmons tears ACL … As first reported by ESPN earlier today, former Mississippi State DT Jeffery Simmons, a potential top ten prospect for the 2019 draft, suffered what is believed to be a torn ACL during training for the draft. A fina diagnosis is still needed to confirm the full severity of the injury, but… Read More »
It IS on! OU QB Murray commits to football … Just four days before he was scheduled to report to the Oakland A’s spring training facility, Oklahoma QB Kyler Murray has tweeted earlier today that he is in fact committed to playing football going forward and will heading to this month’s scouting combine in Indianapolis rather than the… Read More »
QB Gubrud wins appeal; gets 6th year at WSU … Washington State got an early Valentine’s Day gift from the NCAA when the otherwise grinch-like organizations confirmed that former Eastern Washington QB Gage Gubrud had won his appeal and will be granted a medical redshirt year that will make him eligible to play for the Cougars next fall… Read More »
Vols’ OT Richmond to transfer … Tennessee has confirmed that veteran RT Drew Richmond has entered the transfer portal and will almost assuredly be playing elsewhere next fall. Richmond, a 5th year senior this coming fall, had seriously considered entering the 2019 draft where he had been considered at one point to be a possible top ten prospect… Read More »
Wyoming DE Granderson charged with sex assault … Wyoming DE Carl Granderson, a solid second-tier prospect for the 2019 draft, has been charged with third-degree sexual assault and sexual battery stemming from an off-campus incident that occurred after the season. The 6-4, 225-pound Granderson who is the 10th rated DE on the GBN positional ranking, is scheduled to… Read More »
Star game disappointments … One of the cliches regarding the all-star games is that players can’t hurt their grades if they show up, but play poorly. Nice sentiment, but it is just not the way it works. Of course, if a player struggles at the Senior Bowl or other star game then NFL teams are going to take… Read More »
Guess who’s not coming to dinner … As noted in the earlier report on the fact that the NFL has released the list of 338 players that will be attending the scouting combine which gets underway in Indianapolis on February 26th, who actually gets invited to the combine is important as it is an indicator, albeit imperfect, of… Read More »
Combine participants list released … The NFL has just released the list of 338 players that will be attending the scouting combine which gets underway in Indianapolis on February 6th. And included on the list is Oklahoma QB Kyler Murray who still has not formerly declared whether he is going to pursue a career in baseball or football.… Read More »
Reading the QB tea leaves … Given that QBs generally make up an inordinate share of players selected early in the draft, 2019 should be interesting in that a) each of the teams holding top 5 draft picks this year all appear to be relatively well set at the position everything else being equal; while b) there are… Read More »
