That’s a wrap; THE end, finished!! … The 2026 draft came to a fitting close just after 7 PM ET this evening when the Denver Broncos selected Buffalo Bulls LB Red Murdock with the 257th and final pick of the draft. Of course, that makes him ‘Mr. Irrelevant’ for the year. And while the actual draft is in… Read More »
Third day of draft set to start … And we are back with the third and final day the 2026 draft set to get underway in just a few minutes with Las Vegas on the clock with the 101st pick after a late trade with Buffalo. For the record, teams will have 5 minutes in which to make… Read More »
Clock ticking on draft’s 3rd day … The third and final day of the 2026 draft gets underway in just over a couple of hours with Buffalo on the clock with the 101st pick overall which they acquired in a trade with Tennessee. However, the busiest team in Pittsburgh this afternoon – and this’ll really make the Steelers’… Read More »
It is on to the final day of the 2026 draft … The second day of the 2026 draft came to a close this evening when Jacksonville selected former Maryland safety Jalen Husky with the final pick of the third round. However, as usual there won’t be much rest for NFL personnel people as teams will be burning… Read More »
Second round set to start … And we are back with the second round of the 2026 draft set to get underway in just a few minutes with San Francisco on the clock for now with the 33rd pick. And ‘for now’ may be the operative term as there have been reports flying around all day that the… Read More »
Better late than never: Thoughts on the Giants 1st round … We have had a number of queries from our Giants’ fans friends wondering what are thoughts on last night’s first round picks. To be honest at first blush we kind of had a ‘meh!’ moment. No question the Giants got two really good players, but was there… Read More »
To trade or not to trade … It was an interesting night for trades last evening. On the one hand, there were few trades early in the draft with just three relatively minor deals within the first 25 picks. But then boom! There were 5 trades of the final 7 picks of the opening round, that included one… Read More »
SEC dethroned as kings of first round … It seemed like for years that the SEC would have the most players selected in the opening round of the draft; in fact, in most it was even necessarily close. But that streak ended last night when the Big 10 led the way with 10 first round picks to the… Read More »
We got our guy!!! … Just as we suspected, as we surveilled the responses to last night’s draft, there were indeed 20 or so NFL GMs quoted as saying ‘they couldn’t believe their guy was still on the board!’ And in fact some were being perfectly honest as teams like the Giants (LB Arvell Reese at #5); Washington… Read More »
And down the stretch they come!!! … We are now just a few hours away from the start of the 2026 draft this evening in Pittsburgh and while there a lot of rumors swirling out, we tend to ignore them on draft day unless there is some real substance to them. The one we have kind of noticed… Read More »
ITS DRAFT DAY!!! … Where is everybody???
The draft starts at #2 … or maybe #3 … With the start of the draft now just over 30 hours away, there’s some growing chatter about what what could happen at the very top of the board once Las Vegas selects QB Fernando Mendoza with the first pick overall. The Jets have the 2nd pick and had… Read More »
Tuesday morning buzz … Just over two days t go until the pcks start coming off the board and about all we know for sure, other than the fact that Las Vegas is almost certain to make Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza the first pick overall on Thursday, is that we don’t much else for sure. And if things… Read More »
A little late intrigue at top of draft … Its been awhile now that it has appeared that Arizona was prepared to trade the 3rd pick overall in Thursday’s opening round of the 2026 draft. The assumption, though, has been that the target for any team moving up would be Texas Tech DE David Bailey, the NCAA’s leading… Read More »
The latest buzz in a relatively buzzless draft … Okay the NFL is still buzzing this day about yesterday’s monster trade in which the NY Giants sent three-time All-Pro DT Dexter Lawrence to Cincinnati in exchange for the 10th pick overall in Thursday’s opening round. And that has some observers wondering if that might be a precursor to… Read More »
DT Dex passes physical; signs extension to complete big Bengals-Giants trade … For those that haven’t heard, DT Dexter Lawrence passed his physical with Cincinnati earlier today and then promptly signed a one-year contract extension with the Bengals to close the books, at least for today, on yesterday’s big trade in which the Giants sent the three-time All-Pro… Read More »
UGA WR Branch arrested week before draft … So close!! Georgia almost made it to the draft without any of its players arrested, but then … Former Bulldog WR Zachariah Branch, one of the fastest players in college football who is considered to be an early second day prospect for this week’s draft, went out and got himself… Read More »
Giants send DT Lawrence to Bengals for 10th pick … In a bit of a stunner just days before the draft, the NY Giants have agreed to trade star DT Dexter Lawrence to Cincinnati in exchange for the 10th pick overall on Thursday. That gives the Giants a pair of top ten picks as the already have the… Read More »
Pigskin Paul mocks AFC North … Pigskin Paul Guillemette continues his series team mock drafts with a projection for the always interesting AFC North.
‘Phins, Giants GMs head big turnout at ASU WR Tyson workout … It is being reported that 18-20 teams had reps at today’s private pro day workout for Arizona State WR Jordyn Tyson. That’s a big turnout for a private workout less than a week before the draft. And at least two general managers – John-Eric Sullivan of… Read More »
ASU WR Tyson work out wraps pre-draft testing … Today is the final day NFL teams can work out prospects prior to next week’s draft. And there is a big one on the docket as oft-injured Arizona State WR Jordyn Tyson will work out for pro scouts after being unable to do at both the combine and the… Read More »
Sooner LB Heinecke gets another year of eligibility … Oklahoma LB Owe Heinecke has been granted a preliminary injunction by a local district judge that will allow to return to the Sooners in 2026. The NCAA had ruled that Heinecke was out of eligibility after counting his true freshman year when he played lacrosse at Ohio State. The NCAA… Read More »
With draft week away, calls picking up … With the 2026 draft now just a week away, it appears that there has been an increase in the number of trade related calls between teams. Even Las Vegas, which has the #1 pick overall and has been reportedly been committed to Indiana QB Frenando Mendoza for weeks now, reports… Read More »
Jets cancel DE Bailey 30-visit … As initially reported by Connor Hghes of SNY, the NY Jets have cancelled a scheduled on-site visit by Texas Tech DE David Bailey. Its a somewhat curious move as the Jets, who have the 2nd pick overall, had been thought to be deciding between Bailey, who led D1 programs with 14.5 sacks… Read More »
Is the 3rd pick in play? … We are now just 8 days from the actual ad it remains unusually quiet for this time of year with very little buzz out there. However, there has been a bit of an uptick in trade chatter, particularly as it relates to the 3rd pick overall currently held by Arizona. On… Read More »
