Category Archives: News

Second day in books

Second day in the books … The second of selections at the 2018 draft case to a close just before 11 PM ET when Kansas City selected former Clemson OLB Dorian O’Daniel with the 100th pick overall. Again however there won’t be much sleep for NFL personnel people who will be spending a better part of the wee… Read More »

Back at it

Browns almost on clock to start second round … We are just a few minutes away from the start of the second round of the 2018 draft with Cleveland back on the clock with the 33rd pick overall. And as usual we’ll be tracking all the picks, as well as maintaining an updated GBN Big Board which will… Read More »

First round review post

First-round full of surprises … It seems that just about every draft year, the watchwords heading into the draft are ‘expect the unexpected’ but then year and year out it seems that the picks actually come off the year in pretty much cookie cutter fashion. Not so much in last night’s opening round of the 2018 draft which… Read More »

Is Mayfield inching closer to #1

Mayfield inching closer to #1??? … Just three hours to go until the pick is actually made, but in just days Oklahoma QB Baker Mayfield has gone from an almost total outsider to be the first player selected at today’s draft to the prohibitive favorite to go #1. Indeed, if the buzz around the NFL is to be… Read More »

Pigskin posts latest team mocks; final top 300

Pigskin posts final top 300; latest team mocks … With the start of the draft now barely 8 hours away, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has posted his final personal picks for the top 300 for the upcoming draft. Pigskin also posted his final team mocks for Buffalo, New England, Atlanta and Tampa Bay.

Draft basics

Draft basics reminder … With the draft now just slightly over ten hours away, here’s a quick reminder of a few draft basics. The opening round gets underway later this evening with the first picks expected to start coming off the board just after 8 PM ET. Once on the clock, teams have ten minutes to make their… Read More »

Intrigue continues

Intrigue continues at top of draft … It was just a couple of weeks ago that it looked like at least the first few picks of the 2018 draft would come off in cookie cutter fashion: USC QB Sam Darnold first overall to Cleveland; UCLA QB Josh Rosen to the Giants at #2; and Wyoming QB Josh Allen… Read More »

Its draft day

ITS DRAFT DAY!!! … Where is everybody???

Pigskin mocks Bengals draft

Pigskin mocks Bengals draft … With the draft less than 24 hours away, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette continues his annual series of individual team mocks with a preview of the draft options of the Cincinnati Bengals.

Latest intrigue re top pick

Latest intrigue with top pick … If its Wednesday, it means the draft is just a day away and all the madness will spot. If it’s Wednesday, though – and it is – then there must be a new plan for what Cleveland intends to do with the #1 pick overall at tomorrow’s draft. Indeed, Browns’ beat reporter… Read More »

LP’s final mock

IR posts final mock … As an editorial note, both GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette and myself are dithering as to whether the post a final mock draft before tomorrow’s actual picks start to come off the board. However, Investigative College Football Reporter Larry Parker is a braver man than we are and he has gone ahead… Read More »

Pigskin posts top 100

Pigskin posts top 100 … With the 2018 draft now coming down the track like a runaway train, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has posted his final personal picks for the top 100 for the upcoming draft.

Mayfield back in mix at #1 …

Mayfield back in mix at #1 … We were going to start this morning’s report off with rumors about two QBs who seem to be getting hotter with the draft just two days away. One of those is Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield who has kind of been the top 4 QBs poor cousin, the guy who somebody would settle… Read More »

Pigskin mocks Saints draft

Pigskin mocks Saints, Falcons drafts … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette continues his annual series of individual team mocks with another two-fer, this time in the tough NFC South, with previews of the draft options of the New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons.

No mock today

It’s draft week!! … Depending on who is counting, just three days to go until the picks actually start coming off the board at the 2018 draft. And while there may be a lot of stuff going on just under the radar there really isn’t much buzz out there. Which is kind of surprising, because it is generally… Read More »

Pigskin mocks, Da Bears, Vilkes

Pigskin mocks Da Bears, Vikes … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette continues his annual series of individual team mocks with an NFC North two-fer this fine Monday morning with previews of the draft options of both the Chicago Bears and the Minnesota Vikings.

Steelers draft preview

Steelers draft preview … Pittsburgh fan Mark Gregg has put together a pretty comprehensive preview of the Steelers draft options for later in this week which he has passed along. It looks like a potentially useful document for Steelers’ fans and its free.

Final GBN Big Board

Final GBN Big Board; positional rankings posted … With the draft now less than 5 days away both the GBN positional rankings (see drop down menu above) and the final GBN Big Board ranking the top overall prospects for the 2018 draft has been released. Note that our rankings are based on our best estimate of where NFL… Read More »

Pigksin mocks Browns draft

Pigskin mocks Browns picks … New Cleveland G.M. John Dorsey continues to say that the Browns still have not settled on the player that they will be selecting with the first pick overall at Thursday’s draft. If indeed the Browns are still undecided GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has some advice in his latest team mock draft… Read More »

Giants get Broncos P for future pick

Giants get Broncos P for future pick … The NY Giants have reportedly acquired P Riley Dixon from Denver for what is being reported as a conditional 7th round pick in 2019. Dixon became expendable in Denver when the Broncos signed Marquette King who had been released by Oakland.

Presser musings

Just 6 days to go; noted draft guru muses ‘make it stop! … Thank the lord next time this week we’ll be digesting the opening round of the 2018 draft. This morning all we’ve got to digest are a bunch of pre-draft pressers at which top NFL personnel execs go to great lengths to say nothing at all.… Read More »

Pigskins mocks Jets picks

Pigskin mocks Jets picks … As he does over the past few years, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette is posting mock drafts for particular teams up until the actual draft kicks off on April 26th. Up today are his picks for both the New York Jets, who have the 3rd pick overall this year.

Morning buzz

One week to go!!! … Just a week to go until the 2018 draft. Hang in there guys. And the actual draft can’t come soon enough as what looked like was going to be something of a cookie cutter opening round appears to be getting muddier by the day. There is a growing chorus around the league, for… Read More »

Peeking down the road

Peeking down the road; an early look at possible top prospects for 2019 … NFL teams really don’t draft that way, but it’s always fun to take a look down the road and see what’s coming in future years if one wants to do a little strategic drafting. Of course, much is going to change between now and… Read More »

Pigskin’s Steelers mock picks

Pigskin mocks Steelers picks … As he does over the past few years, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette is posting mock drafts for particular teams up until the actual draft kicks off on April 26th. Up today ware his picks for both the Pittsburgh Steelers.