Where we stand today … The spate of trades around the NFL over the past few days certainly spiced things up with the new football year to start in just three days – and the draft now just 46 days away – but its not clear that the flurry of deals added much clarity from a draft perspective.… Read More »
Browns keep dealing; send NT Shelton to Pats … Cleveland has reportedly agreed to its fourth trade in the past 24 hours with news that the Browns have dealt DT Danny Shelton, a 2015 first-rounder, to New England. The Browns will also include a 5th rounder – the Browns have two, the 150th and 159th – in the… Read More »
UDub up on pro day schedule … There is a rare Saturday date on the annual pro day schedule with Washington set to work out later today. Unfortunately, however, the Huskies best prospects aren’t going to be doing much. DT Vita Vea, a legitimate top ten candidate for this year’s draft who ran a 5.10 at 347-pounds at… Read More »
The Eastern Washington pro day was held in blustery conditions that made it difficult for the players. NFL teams are intrigued by the versatility of DE Albert Havili, who could also get looks at OLB and even TE at the next level. Havili, who had 7 sacks this past season, measured in at 6-2, 278, and impressed with… Read More »
Auburn RB Johnson runs okay at pro day … There was a good crowd at the Auburn pro day with most were there likely to watch RB Kerryon Johnson run the 40 after he opted not to run at the combine. Johnson’s pro day run was okay as he was timed unofficially in 4.54 seconds which would have… Read More »
Browns lead trade fest … NFL teams still can’t officially make trades until the start of the new football year next Wednesday, but a spate of trades were reportedly agreed upon today. In the biggest deal of the day, Cleveland acquired veteran QB Tyrod Taylor from Buffalo in exchange for the 65th pick at the upcoming draft. The… Read More »
Pro day updates … The pro day schedule continues with a number of workouts including sessions at Auburn, Rutgers, Troy and Eastern Washington. There will also be a rare Saturday pro day tomorrow when Washington has its workout. Unfortunately, star Huskies’ WR/KR Dante Pettis, who has a foot injury that kept him out of the combine, will again… Read More »
Rams get Bronco CB Talib for 5th … While we were out last evening, the LA Rams made yet another trade this time acquiring veteran CB Aqib Talib from Denver for a 5th round pick, the 160th overall at the upcoming draft. The trade will become official when the new league year begins Wednesday.
Tide kicks off pro day sched … The annual pre-draft pro day schedule got underway with a bang earlier today with a workout at national champion Alabama. Needless to say all 32 teams were represented at the Tide workout with a total of 80 NFL personnel people in attendance including a half dozen General Managers and 5 head… Read More »
Giants, Eagles get NFC West defensive stars in trades … What’s the old saying? Go East young man! That was the case earlier today when both the Giants and Super Bowl champion Philadelphia pick up defensive stars from NFC west teams. The Giants acquired MLB Alec Ogletree from the LA Rams in exchange for 4th (#135) and 6th… Read More »
Tide kicks off pro day schedule … The annual pre-draft pro day schedule gets underway later today and it kicks off with a bang with a workout at national champion Alabama that begins at Noon ET. Needless to say there’ll be a full house at the Alabama workout, although most of the Tide’s top prospects, including DB Minkah… Read More »
Pigskin comps combine … Its an off-day for NFL talent evaluators which gives GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette the opportunity to post some thoughts on last weekend’s combine. Read here.
Star Houston declares for draft – next year … All-American junior DT Ed Oliver, who is not eligible for the this year’s draft, told the Houston Chronicle after the Cougars first day of spring practice that he will definitely be entering the 2019 draft where he is projected to be a top 5-10 pick. The 6-3, 290-pound Oliver… Read More »
Movin’ on up … Perhaps the #1 takeaway from this year’s scouting combine Indianapolis was that just about all the top prospects that did work out worked out very well. In fact, there were far more players that helped their ultimate grade than hurt themselves. Starting with Penn State RB Saquon Barkley, who made the case he should… Read More »
NFL sets salary cap … The NFL reportedly informed clubs earlier today that the salary cap for the 2018 season has been set at $177.2 million. That’s up over $9M from last year when the cap was $168 million. All teams have to be under that number by the start of the new football year on March 14th when… Read More »
No rest for weary scouts … Anyone looking for a little break after the grueling scouting combine week in Indianapolis probably needs to find another line of work. Indeed, pro scouts won’t have time to do much more than grab a shower and some clean clothes as the pro day schedule gets underway later this week. And it… Read More »
James, Minkah run okay as safeties do 40s … The final group of prospects for the 2018 draft have completed running their 40s with the safeties doing their stuff. And it was an impressive showing for the safeties as many of them ran as well as the corners. That included solid times of 4.47 for Alabama’s Minkah Fiztpatrick… Read More »
Buckeyes’ Ward lead fast times at CB run … The first 40 run for the CBs is in the books. Here are the unofficial results from that first run. In the end, LSU’s Donte Jackson was not able to break John Ross’ all-time 40 record, but the former Tiger was still pretty quick as he clocked a position… Read More »
DBs warming up in Indy … Its the final day for on-field testing at the scouting combine in Indianapolis with the defensive backs set to do their physical tests and on-field drills. And because its the DBs expect plenty of speed. Indeed, especially for the CBs, pure foot speed is more important than at any other position. Guys… Read More »
LB 40s done … The LBs are through their two 40-yard runs; here are the unofficial results from those runs.
LBs Edmunds, Green, Carter run really well … The LB 40s are underway at the combine in Indianapolis and there have already been some really good numbers posted in the early going. Virginia Tech’s Tremaine Edmunds did nothing to hurt his emerging top ten cred when he posted a 4.55 clocking while Georgia’s Lorenzo Carter really opened some… Read More »
DE 40s done … The DEs have completed their 40 runs and along with the great times posted by Bradley Chubb and Marcus Davenport several other guys stood out with their pure speed. Ade Aruna, a rangy (6-4.5, 262) from Tulane was something of a revelation as he ran a 4.61 40 with a 1.60 split. And Boston… Read More »
DEs Chubb, Davenport run well … The second group of DL are running their 40s and both Bradley Chubb and Marcus Davenport posted impressive times. Chubb ran a 4.66 with a very quick 1.63 split, while the rangy Davenport was faster at 4.6, but not quite as quick with a 1.66 split. On the other hand, Kansas ER… Read More »
Tide, UW DTs run well on first DL 40 … Like many of the offensive linemen, nobody puts too much stock in the 40 times of the DTs. However, several guys did stand out this morning including a solid run by Washington’s Vita Vea who clocked in at 5.11 running at 347 pounds. At the same time, Alabama’s… Read More »
Defensive line warming up for combine runs … Day three of on-field activities at the scouting combine in Indianapolis are about to get underway with the first group of defensive linemen warming up for their 40 runs. Obviously lots and lots of players to watch but we are most intrigued to see how well NC State DE Bradley… Read More »
