Losses take Texans to top of early draft order … As noted last week, we won’t be starting to post a weekly, updated selection order for the upcoming draft until we get a somewhat bigger sample size in a couple of more weeks, BUT if the the draft were held this week, Houston would have the #1 pick… Read More »
Top TE prospect avoids the worst after knee injury scare … Updating that report from earlier today that noted that star LSU TE Trey-Dez Green, the top prospect at the position for the 2027 draft with legit top 10-15 potential, suffered what appeared to be a serious knee injury in last night’s loss at Mississippi. However, his mother… Read More »
Top ER prospect returns; still limited … South Carolina DE Dylan Stewart, the consensus top ER prospect for the 2027 draft who has been out dealing with a lingering back issue literally since last year, finally got back on the field this weekend in the Gamecocks’ 41-34 home loss to Mississippi State in their SEC opener. However, Stewart… Read More »
Ole Miss gets its revenge; top prospects hurt … Mississippi had red-circled yesterday’s game with LSU the day last fall that former Rebs’ head coach Lane Kiffin bolted the program in the midst of their run to the 2025 CFP playoffs for the Tigers. So it was extra sweet when the Rebels were able to hold off a… Read More »
Bonus college football coverage … As reported earlier today, the big game on this weekend’s college schedule is LSU at Ole Miss with Lane Kiffin making his return to Oxford where he’s Public Enemy #1, #2, and #3 after bolting the Rebels during last season’s stretch run to the CFP playoffs. However, there are a number of other… Read More »
Kiffin return to Ole Miss hilites weeked college watch list … There is really one place to be in college football this weekend. And that’s at Oxford, Mississippi where #7 LSU and head coach Lane Kiffin play at #8 Ole Miss on Saturday evening. Kiffin, who was never all that beloved to begin with around the country, has… Read More »
Niners top pick out months after ankle surgery … San Francisco has confirmed that promising rookie WR De’Shaun Stribling, the first player selected in the second round of the 2026 draft, will miss 8-12 weeks after undergoing surgery to repair a deltoid sprain in his ankle. However, that’s actually a better scenario than what the 49ers feared when… Read More »
Rook report: OLs shine in week one … Its something of a given in NFL circles that it generally takes rookie offensive linemen longer to get up to the speed of the pro game than other positions. Somebody forgot to tell this year’s first-year class as a number had more than solid performances in the first outings including… Read More »
Top draft contenders face tough scheds … In response to several inquiries today, no, we aren’t going to be posting a ‘if the draft were held this week draft selection order!’ In fact, we won’t be doing so until a few more games are in the books to provide a better sample. What we can say based on… Read More »
Browns, Titans, ‘Phins take early lead in ’27 #1 odds … The first week of the 2026 NFL season is now in the books and while one of our watchword rules when it comes to evaluating teams and the like is ‘never put too much emphasis on just one game’ with the corollary ‘especially the first game of… Read More »
Wither the top ’27 QBs after wild college football week … For those that haven’t seen it, ESPN had an article over the weekend based on their annual poll of NFL scouts and executives asking who will be the top QB taken in the upcoming draft. In fact, of the 25 pro execs polled, 21 named either Dante… Read More »
Are you ready for some football!! … And the simple answer is yes! The first full Sunday of the NFL regular schedule is set to get underway in just a few hours with several really good games on today’s docket. Interestingly, we may also get a very feel as to how the top picks for the 2027 draft… Read More »
Guess who’s coming to dinner … or more to the point ‘who’s coming to scout’ this weekend’s big college football games. Again, its hardly a perfect science, but it can give some early -season hints as to what certain teams are looking at with regards to the 2027 draft. For example, roughly half the league – 17 teams… Read More »
Who to watch in college football this week … In many ways the ‘real’ college football season gets started this weekend with a couple of huge SEC-Big 10 matchups on Saturday. The biggest has #1 Ohio State travelling south to face #5 Texas in a game that has all kinds of national implications. It also has all kinds… Read More »
LSU punts on playing ‘former’ NFL players … Faced with the possibility of being expelled from the SEC, LSU has apparently abandoned plans to play at least a couple of players who had been in NFL training camps this summer, but opted to return to college after a legal ruling ordered that they be allowed the same 5th… Read More »
Initial in-season 2027 mock posted … Our long national wait is almost over as the 2026 NFL regular schedule kicks off tomorrow evening with a Super Bowl rematch between Seattle and New England. To help wile away the hours until kick-off here is our initial first-round projection for the upcoming draft which for the record is just 236… Read More »
GBN fearless forecast … If you believe us – and its not entirely clear why anyone actually would – it will be Denver and the LA Rams in the 2026 Super Bowl next February in Los Angeles. At least that’s what it says in our annual Fearless Forecast predicting the outcomes across the board in the NFL this… Read More »
SMU-FSU wrap long college football weekend … A very busy first full weekend of college football wraps Monday evening with #19 SMU playing at Florida State on ESPN with a 7:30 PM ET KO. And yes that is correct; the Mustangs are ranked, the ‘Noles are not! A case can certainly be made that SMU is potentially the… Read More »
Triple-header in college football … With the NFL on hiatus until the start of the regular season next week, college football takes center stage with a triple-header of games including the Apple Bowl between Washington and Washington State at 4 PM ET, while Mississippi will play Louisville in Nashville and Notre Dame will meet Wisconsin in Green Bay,… Read More »
Star Longhorns’ OT back in lineup … Good news for Texas – and for NFL teams looking to upgrade their offensive line at next April’s draft – as Longhorns’ All-America LT Trevor Goosby was in the starting lineup when the team kicked off its season against Texas State in a late afternoon game. Goosby, a legit top 10-15… Read More »
Saturday AM college football notes … Couple or three things to catch up on we count the hours down to the start of the full college football season with a full slate of games later today. LSU backs down for now: After all the drama whether LSU would defy the conference and play players who had been in… Read More »
More chaos in chaotic SEC situation with suits and countersuits … Just a quick update on last night’s preview of tomorrow’s big season-opening clash between LSU and Clemson which highlighted the ongoing controversy regarding the potential eligibility of several former college players who opted to try and return school this fall after the NCAA adopted its new 5-year… Read More »
‘Tiger Bowl’ highlights first full week on college sched: who to watch … The college football season kicks off in earnest this weekend with a full slate of games on Saturday headlined by the ‘Tiger Bowl’ beween the SEC’s LSU Tigers and the ACC’s Clemson Tigers (7:30 PM ET; ABC) in a battle of perennial contenders both coming… Read More »
Final thoughts on cutdown day … Just a few random final thoughts on cutdown and the like. First let me ask why in reporting transactions and the like does the NFL insist on including such as Jr or John Smith III. In fact there was one guy who was actually listed as John Smith V. Maybe with a… Read More »
Something of a tough year for UDFAs … Perhaps as an indication that the 2026 draft class wasn’t necessarily as strong as some of its recent predecessors, somewhat fewer undrafted free agents made their respective team’s opening day roster than normal. Indeed, whereas historically something in the range of 55-65 UDFAs have made an opening day roster, the… Read More »
