Go pro young man … Every year there is something of a debate around the NFL whether as a general principle, so many underclassmen should be turning pro with college eligibility still on the books. The results from the 2018 draft offer something of a mixed bag of support. On the one hand, this year’s opening round was… Read More »
Trade fest that was draft … According to an unofficial count by GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette, 123 of the 256 picks at the 2018 draft were traded at least once. And that doesn’t count what appeared to be a fairly substantial number of picks that were moved more than once. In the end, though, only four… Read More »
Only 364 days to go … until the 2019 draft. Hang in there guys! To help wile away the time, here is our first, very, very very preliminary first-round projection for next year’s draft. And, as in past years, anyone writing in complaining that ‘the Buckeroos will never take a …” will be automatically suspended from the site… Read More »
That’s a wrap … The 2018 draft came to a close just before 7 PM ET when Washington made SMU WR Trey Quinn this year’s ‘Mr Irrelevant’ when they selected him with the 256th and final pick. Again, however, there won’t be any rest for NFL personnel people who are already working the phones trying to sign the… Read More »
Panthers on the clock to start third … We are just a few minutes away from the start of the 4th round of the 2018 draft with Carolina on the clock with a pick originally owned by Cleveland. And as usual we’ll be tracking all the picks, as well as maintaining an updated GBN Big Board which will… Read More »
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 »
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 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 »
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 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 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 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!!! … Where is everybody???
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 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 »
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 … 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 … 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, 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.
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, 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 … 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; 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 »
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 … 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.
