Redskins’ QB Cousins to play tag again … Washington QB Kirk Cousins will play under the franchise tag for the second straight year after the deadline for teams to come to terms with designated players passed earlier today with Cousins still unsigned. And while it is still possible that Washington and Cousins could agree on a long-term deal… Read More »
Gator WR Callaway settles drug case … Florida junior WR Antonio Callaway has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of possession of drug paraphernalia. As part of the deal, prosecutors dropped a more serious charge of marijuana possession. Callaway was fined $300. Callaway is considered to be one of the better prospects at the position for the… Read More »
Panthers fire G.M. Gettleman … Just one year removed from a 15-1 season and a spot in the Super Bowl – and not to mention literally just days before the start of training camp – Carolina announced this morning that G.M. Dave Gettleman has been relieved of his duties. Gettleman, one of the most respected personnel guys in… Read More »
Huskers’ top pro prospect out for extended time … Nebraska will be without senior CB Chris Jones for much of the upcoming season after he underwent surgery to repair a torn MCL earlier this week. The 6-0, 185-pound Jones, who seriously considered entering the 2017 draft and is considered to be the Huskers’ best prospect for 2018, was… Read More »
Annual supp draft comes and goes quietly … For those that missed all the excitement yesterday, the NFL held its annual summer supplemental drfat on Wednesday, but no one was selected. In fact, only two players, DT Tavares Bingham of Georgia Military College and Western New Mexico RB Marques Rodgers were eligible in this year’s supplemental draft and… Read More »
LSU DE Key to miss start of camp … LSU head coach Ed Orgeron told reporters prior the SEC media days earlier this week that star DE Arden Key will not be ready for the start of fall camp as he continues to rehab from off-season shoulder surgery. Key, one of the top prospects for the 2018 draft,… Read More »
Chiefs find new G.M. in KC … Kansas City announced earlier today that the Chiefs have promoted Brett Veach to their vacant G.M. position. The 39-year-old Veach spent the past four seasons as co-director of player personnel with the Chiefs. Veach replaces John Dorsey who was fired last month.
Hawkeyes, Orange add grad transfers … Amid all the hoopla of the national celebrations earlier this week a couple of graduate transfers kind of slipped under the radar. Former Nevada RB James Butler transferred to Iowa as a graduate student and will be eligible for the 2017 season. The 5-9, 210-pound Butler has rushed for over 1,300 yards… Read More »
Looking for some NFL football talk then head on over to 950thefan.com and listen to Pigskin Paul & Huffy talk football for an hour between 5-6PM Eastern this afternoon. They’ll talk DORSEY/REID, DORSEY/PACKERS and even some early discussion of glamour positions for 2018 NFL Draft, especially QB.
Power play in KC … To the surprise of many associated with the NFL, a power play took place in Kansas City this past week when head coach Andy Reid apparently won the battle by convincing owner Clark Hunt that either he or G.M. John Dorsey had to go, and that he – Reid – was clearly the… Read More »
Chiefs fire G.M. Dorsey … In a surprise announcement, Kansas City has abruptly fired General Manager John Dorsey. The announcement of Dorsey’s firing came barely an hour after the Chiefs had announced that head coach Andy Reid had been signed to a contract extension leading to some speculation that Dorsey and Reid weren’t on the same page and… Read More »
Are you ready for some football!! … There are still almost 6 week to go until NFL training camps get underway, but there is some football in the air as the Canadian league kicks off its 2017 regular schedule this weekend with four games on the slate. Saskatchewan and Montreal kick off the schedule when they play at… Read More »
Draft dates confirmed … The NFL has confirmed that the 2018 draft will be held April 26-28 next spring. Still to be determined, though, is where the draft will be held. Dallas is reportedly very interested in hosting the upcoming draft, but other teams are also interested. Stay tuned. Meanwhile, here is the full NFL football calendar through… Read More »
Sooners lower boomlet on QB Mayfield … Oklahoma QB Baker Mayfield, a leading Heisman Trophy candidate for the 2017 season, won’t miss any game time as a result of a DUI offense back in February. Mayfield still has a court date to decide any legal ramifications, but the school mandated that he will have to participate in university… Read More »
Top pick Garrett misses final day of OTAs with foot … Cleveland DE Myles Garrett, the first player selected at the 2017 draft, missed the final day of the team’s OTAs earlier today with a foot injury. Garrett is still in the process of having his left foot evaluated after he limped off the field on Wednesday. Garrett… Read More »
Rams send former #2 pick to Lions for late rounder … The Los Angeles Rams cut bait on OT Greg Robinson, whom they selected with the 2nd pick overall at the 2014 draft, when they traded him to Detroit for what is being reported as a sixth-round in 2018. In fact, Detroit loaded up on offensive linemen selected… Read More »
Former star QB Williams assumes big role in Washington staff shuffle … Washington went through the 2017 without a general manager after the team and former G.M. Scot McCloughan parted company for undisclosed reasons in March. The team appears to have finally resolved the situation by promoting former QB Doug Williams, who led the Redskins to the 1987… Read More »
Top prospect Key back at class at LSU … The folks down around LSU were holding their collective breaths this weekend, but star junior DE Arden Key was in fact back in class this morning as the school’s summer session got underway. And by extension, Key is back with the football program after he left the team in… Read More »
Draft odds for 2018 … For those that didn’t see it last week, ESPN ran an article late last week in which their sports analytics people ran the numbers for the upcoming season combining each team’s projected efficiency on offense, defense and special teams and calculated the odds for every team’s playoffs chance and Super Bowl probability. While… Read More »
And the winner is … As we have noted on numerous occasions in the past, we here at the GBN aren’t big on rating drafts, especially just weeks after the actual event, but one can look at the potential of every pick. And based on his analysis, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has concluded that, at least… Read More »
SEC tweaks transfer rules; Irish QB Zaire now a Gator … As expected, the SEC tweaked its graduate transfer policy on Friday, making changes that would allow former Notre Dame quarterback Malik Zaire to join the Florida Gators. Florida had been unable to add Zaire as a grad transfer because a couple of previous graduate transfers failed to… Read More »
Pigskin’s top 8th round winners … Every year just about every team in the NFL has an undrafted rookie free agent or two who makes their 53-man roster. And in addition, about half the practice squad roster for most teams is also comprised of undrafted rookie free agents. And over the years more than one UDFA has gone… Read More »
Post-spring practice positional rankings … There is still a long way to go until the 2018 draft, but with springs practices in the books, GBN Investigative College Football Reporter Larry Parker has posted his rankings by position for the upcoming draft.
Pigskin picks biggest draft losers … The draft process is a difficult one to predict, but its not hard to deduce which picks one likes and which picks one doesn’t like. And while there was a lot to like for many teams at the 2017 NFL draft, after running the numbers and rechecking our pre-draft intel, GBN Associate… Read More »
Browns add former Colts’ exec Grigson … Cleveland has hired former Indianapolis GM Ryan Grigson as Senior Personnel Executive. Grigson was fired by the Colts after five seasons at the end of the past season.
