What a week on the college football schedule with 7 games featuring ranked teams going head-to-head. And most of the games also have huge conference and national implications. Needless to say, these games also include many of this year’s top draft prospects. Here in chronological order are the 7 games between ranked teams and the players we’ll be… Read More »
UCLA QB Rosen to be game-time decision vs Utes tonight … Updating the status of UCLA QB Josh Rosen, a top 5 prospect for the 2018 draft who injured his hand last weekend, he is listed as questionable for tonight’s game at Utah and will be a game-time decision. Rosen was forced to leave last weekend’s loss at… Read More »
Bad day for young AFC South QBs … Actually miserable would be a better description with word out of Houston that rookie QB DeShaun Watson tore an ACL during practice this afternoon and will miss the remainder of the season. That news came just hours after Indianapolis confirmed that QB Andrew Luck will be going on IR and… Read More »
Defensive positional rankings posted … A little later than planned, the first official GBN positional rankings have been posted for the defensive positions including: DE, DT, ILB, OLB, CB, and safety. FYI, we will have an updated Big Board in the next couple of days.
Failed physical alters Seahawks-Texans trade for OT Brown … As a result of the fact that CB Jeremy Lane failed his physical with Houston, the terms of the trade between the Texans and Seattle involving OT Duane Brown have been adjusted. Houston originally was supposed to get a 5th-round pick in 2018 and 2019 second rounder along with… Read More »
Pigskin’s latest Top 15 … With the initial CFP rankings set to be announced on the hour, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette weighs in with who he thinks should be in the Top 15 with a month to go in the college football schedule.
Jets get 49ers CB Robinson for 5th … The New York Jets acquired veteran CB Rashard Robinson from San Francisco in exchange for a 5th round pick in 2018.
Bills get WR Benjamin from Panthers for picks … Buffalo has acquired WR Kelvin Benjamin from Carolina in exchange for what is being reported as 3rd and 7th round picks at the 2018 draft.
Trade deadline looms; Eagles get RB Ajayi from Dolphins … The NFL’s trade deadline comes up at 4 PM ET later this afternoon. And to kick things off today, Miami traded RB Jay Ajayi to Philadelphia for a 4th round pick in 2018.
Winless Browns, 49ers still 1-2 in opening round selection order … To nobody’s surprise around the NFL, if the 2018 draft were held this week, Cleveland and San Francisco would have the first and second picks overall. Here’s the full, updated selection order for the opening round of the upcoming draft were it to be held this week.… Read More »
Seahawks get unhappy Texans OT Brown for vet CB, picks … Seattle has acquired three-time Pro Bowl LT Duane Brown from Houston in exchange for CB Jeremy Lane and what is being reported as a 5th round pick in 2018 and a 2nd rounder in 2019.
49ers get Pats QB Garoppolo for #2 … Updating the trade in which San Francisco acquired emerging QB Jimmy Garoppolo from New England for a 2nd round pick; it will in fact be the 49ers own #2 pick this year which is likely to be one of the first 2-3 selections in the second round; the 49ers also… Read More »
Report: Rosen hand injury not serious … We are still waiting for confirmation from the school, but a Sports Illustrated report indicates that the hand injury UCLA junior QB Josh Rosen is not thought to be serious. Rosen, a potential top 5 prospect for the upcoming draft, was forced to leave this past weekend’s loss at Washington with… Read More »
Finger injury to QB Rosen has UCLA, pro scouts worried … Officials at UCLA, not to mention pro scouts, are holding their breath this evening waiting for word on the seriousness of the finger injury suffered by star UCLA QB Josh Rosen in the Bruins’ loss to Washington on Saturday night. Rosen, a potential top 5 pick this… Read More »
Top 4 draft slots remain unchanged … There are still a couple of games to go to complete the weekend’s NFL schedule; however, we can say already that the first 4 positions in the weekly 2018 draft selection order are unchanged from last week. Cleveland, for example, will hold onto the first pick overall, for at least another… Read More »
Bills get Jags late rounder for DT Dareus … Buffalo has reportedly traded two-time Pro Bowl DT Marcel Dareus to Jacksonville in return for a conditional 6th round pick at the 2018 draft. That pick could become a fifth-round pick based on Dareus’ performance with Jacksonville. The NFL trade deadline comes up next Tuesday. With the acquisition of… Read More »
Bucks-Lions headline frisky week on college sched … With apologies to the SEC West, the most competitive division in college football this year may just be the Big Ten East which currently has 4 teams in the top 20 including #2 Penn State and #6 Ohio State. And those two meet Saturday afternoon in what is shaping up… Read More »
No’ love’ for Bonus coverage … Updating our earlier report (see below) on Stanford RB Bryce Love, the Cardinal just announced that their star RB will not play in tonight’s nationally televised game against Oregon State (9PM ET; ESPN). For those that don’t follow college football all that closely, maybe the best player in the country that nobody… Read More »
Bolts get conditional Bears late pick for vet WR … Chicago has acquired a conditional 7th round pick at the 2018 draft from the Los Angeles Chargers in exchange for WR Dontrelle Inman. The conditional aspect of the pick is believed to be tied to the player’s production this fall. Inman had just 2 receptions for the Chargers… Read More »
Kizer back at QB – again – for Browns … Cleveland has re-instated rookie QB DeShone Kizer as the starter for the team’s game this Sunday against Minnesota in London. Kizer was benched for the second time this season in this past weekend’s overtime loss in Tennessee after he turned the ball over on successive series. Kizer was… Read More »
Hogs’ C Ragnow done for year … Arkansas All-American C Frank Ragnow, a second-day prospect for the 2018 draft, will miss the rest of the year with an ankle injury. Ragnow, who is rated as the 4th best prospect at the position in the latest GBN rankings, suffered a severe high ankle sprain in the first quarter of… Read More »
Offensive positional rankings posted … With the college football season now past the mid-point, the first official GBN positional rankings have been posted for the offensive positions including: QB, RB, FB, WR, TE, OT, OG, and C.
SC QB Darnold dinged – in more ways than one – in thumping loss to Irish … Going into Saturday’s big national TV game at Notre Dame, Southern California redshirt sophomore QB Sam Darnold, who entered the season as the consensus favorite to be the first player selected at the 2018 draft, but has had his ups and… Read More »
More QB issues for Browns … If Cleveland does in fact end up with the #1 pick overall at the 2018 draft there is a very good chance that the Browns will be looking at QBs. At the start of the season, the Browns thought they may have found their QB of the future in DeShone Kizer whom… Read More »
Browns, 49ers, Giants still -1-2-3 in weekly selection order … There are still a couple of games to go to wrap up the week, but we can confirm already that there will be no changes to the first half dozen picks when the weekly ‘if the draft were held today’ selection order for the opening round of the… Read More »
