To BPA or not to BPA … One of the intriguing elements of the 2018 draft is that while QBs are expected to go 1-2-3 – if not 1-2-3-4 – when the actual picking gets underway on the 26th, many analysts consider non-QB prospects like Penn State RB Saquon Barkley, NC State DE Bradley and Notre Dame OF… Read More »
Former First Lady Barbara Bush passes … Barbara Bush, wife of former President George H.W. Bush and the mother of former President George W. Bush, passed away earlier this evening. Mrs. Bush was 92. Normally we wouldn’t note such a non-football event, however, Mrs. Bush is the only former First Lady, and the only mother of a former… Read More »
Pigskins’ picks Chiefs, Cowboys in mock two-fer … 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. And there are two for the price of one today with his picks for both the Kansas City Chiefs… Read More »
And then there were four … Apparently, Cleveland is still figuring out this draft thing. The trick is to narrow your list of choices until you get down to the guy you want to take. However, the Browns appear to be going in the other direction. Indeed, it wasn’t all that long ago that it appeared that USC… Read More »
Draft buzz; Monday April 16 … There are just ten days to go until the 2018 draft gets underway and for the most part it remains very quiet out there, although some speculative rumors about a possible three-way deal between the Browns, Bills and Giants re-surfaced in the past 24 hours. Read more
Pigskins’ Pack picks … As he does over the past few years, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette will be posting mock drafts for particular teams up until the actual draft kicks off on April 26th. His picks today are for the Green Bay Packers.
Dez done in Big D … In something of a stunner, Dallas has released long-time star WR Dez Bryant who was set to count something like $16.5M against the Cowboys’ cap this year. The Cowboys were already looking at adding a WR sometime during the 2018 draft, but the release of Bryant no doubt increases the urgency.
No Barkley, Chubb visits with Browns … Interesting story out of Cleveland where the Browns, who have the 1st and 4th picks in this month’s draft, reportedly will not have either Penn State RB Saquon Barkley nor NC State DE Bradley Chubb in among their 30 allotted pre-draft visits. Its odd because the two are widely considered to… Read More »
Two weeks to go until the draft; hang in there guys … Not a whole of breaking of breaking news about the draft this morning with now just two weeks to go until the picks start coming off the board, which is probably a good thing because we have really entered the silly season part of the draft… Read More »
Is QB Allen really in play for top pick … With just over two weeks to go until the start of the 2018 draft, one just can’t get away from rumblings that Cleveland is increasingly leaning toward selecting Wyoming QB Josh Allen with the first overall pick rather than USC’s Sam Darnold who has been the presumptive favorite… Read More »
Pigskins’ Giants mock … As he does over the past few years, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette will be posting mock drafts for particular teams up until the actual draft kicks off on April 26th. He started with the Denver Broncos yesterday and moved onto the Giants today.
Pigskins’ Broncos mock … Back by popular demand, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette will be posting mock drafts for particular teams starting today with the Denver Broncos.
No buzz today … The start of the 2018 draft is literally two weeks away and normally at this time of the year the NFL community is awash in rumors about potential trades and who’s hot and who’s not on draft boards around the league. For whatever reason, though, it’s dead this year, although there are whispers that… Read More »
With Rams-Pats trade GBN projection updated … In the aftermath of last week’s trade in which the LA Rams acquired veteran WR Brandin Cooks from New England for the 23rd pick in the opening round of the 2018 draft, the GBN’s three-round projection has been updated. As usual, we also add a note that we generally aren’t big… Read More »
Sad day in Canadian sports … We don’t veer off the beaten track very often, especially with the draft less than three weeks away, but every so often we are reminded that sports are just that. Yesterday afternoon, a bus carrying a Junior A hockey team in Saskatchewan to a playoff game collided with a tracker trailer. So… Read More »
Browns send QB Hogan to ‘Skins; move up in 6th … Cleveland has reportedly shipped QB Kevin Hogan to Washington. As compensation, the teams will swap 6th round picks with the Browns getting the 188th pick from Washington, while the Redskins get the 205th pick from Cleveland.
Badger CB Nelson tears MCL … Wisconsin CB Nick Nelson, a mid-round prospect for the 2018 draft, reportedly tore a meniscus during a private work out for an undisclosed NFL team. Nelson will require surgery and is expected to be out 3-4 months meaning that he could miss the start of training camp. It’s impossible to know exactly… Read More »
Pats sign vet WR Matthews … New England has signed veteran WR Jordan Matthews to a one-year deal which could at least temporarily fill a big void in the Patriots’ roster after they traded WR Brandin Cooks to the LA Rams earlier this month. The Patriots did pick up a second opening pick in the deal for Cooks… Read More »
USC RB Jones runs at private workout … USC RB Ronald Jones ran a 4.48 40 at a private workout in Los Angeles this week. Jones was running because he was only able to clock a 4.65 time at the combine when he had to pull up with a hamstring injury. Jones also wasn’t ready to run at… Read More »
NC State DE Street tears ACL … North Carolina State DE Kentavious Street reportedly tore an ACL during a pre-draft private workout with the NY Giants. Given the normal recovery time frame, Street will likely miss most, if not all, the 2018 season. Street had been considered to be an early 3rd day prospect for this month’s draft,… Read More »
LSU ER Key posts slow pro day 40 time … Enigmatic LSU edge rusher Arden Key had hoped to run in the 4.6-4.7 range at today’s pro day in Baton Rouge to re-energize his possibly flagging draft status. Instead, Key was only able to run in the 4.85-4.90 range which would have been one of the slowest times… Read More »
If its Wednesday it must be Cleveland … Nobody will excuse the top QB prospects in this year’s draft if they have to check the newspaper when they wake up in the morning to see what city they are in the these days as they are all building up their travel miles big time. Today, for example, USC… Read More »
Pats get Rams #1 pick for WR Cooks … Updated … The 6th round pick New England gets from the LA Rams to complete the deal for WR Brandin Cooks is being reported as the 198th selection. New England has acquired the LA Rams first round pick (#23) at the 2018 draft for WR Brandin Cooks. The Rams… Read More »
LP mock posted … The latest first-round mock draft from GBN College Investigative Reporter Larry Parker has been posted.
What others are saying … Normally with just over three weeks to go until the draft the NFL wire would be rife with rumors. Not so much so far this year for some reason. For those that missed them, several national writers did have some draft tidbits in the past couple of days including some whisperings about the… Read More »
