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Browns, 49ers heads talk QB, other draft stuff … One of the best things about the annual NFL league meetings which are currently underway in Phoenix, are the interviews with the various coaches and general managers who don’t usually give away much directly, but there’s often a nugget or two in the tea leaves. Cleveland head coach Hue… Read More »

Pro day focus shifts to Florida … The pro day schedule focus shifts to the state of Florida today as both Florida State and Florida hold their on-campus workouts this morning. Figure they’ll both be well attended with particular attention paid to FSU RB Dalvin Cook, one of this year’s top 1-2 prospects at the position who will… Read More »

How much tread wear on top RB prospects … One reason why RB has almost become an afterthought early in the draft is that its a position where productive players tend to have short shelf lives. And it doesn’t help if they are already pretty beaten up when they get to the NFL. Every year, GBN Associate Editor… Read More »

Final full week of pro days gets underway … Time is moving on! The final full week on this year’s pro day schedule gets underway later today with workouts at Houston and Rice as well as at Villanova. Tomorrow, everything shifts to the state of Florida where both Florida State and Florida will have their pro days, while… Read More »

Combine lite underway up north … Not much going on regarding the NFL draft this weekend, but it is combine weekend for the Canadian league. The event is underway in Toronto, although several top name Canadian prospects including Mississippi State OT Justin Senior, Laval TE Antony Auclair and Manitoba G/T Geoff Gray are not participating. Meanwhile, Simon Fraser… Read More »

Friday pro day notes … SS/OLB/RB/KR/ETC Jabrill Peppers was the star attraction at the Michigan pro day today, but the guy who walked away as the big winner may have been DT Chris Wormley. According to the school, Wormley ran the 40 in unofficial times of 4.82 and 4.87 seconds. Note that several other former Wolverines who ran… Read More »

Browns confirm Garrett workout … No big surprise here but NFL sources have confirmed that Cleveland recently held a private workout with Texas A&M DE Myles Garrett. The Browns will also reportedly have Garrett into their facility for one of their 30 allowed on-site pre-draft visits. Unless something unexpectedly upsets the old apple cart in the next 5… Read More »

Bears add vet QB Sanchez … In a move that has more than one observer around the NFL scratching their heads, Chicago has signed veteran QB Mark Sanchez. Presumably, Sanchez has been brought in to back-up Mike Glennon whom the Bears signed away from Tampa Bay earlier this month. The assumption is that the signing of Sanchez won’t… Read More »

As the QB turns … After his generally solid pro day yesterday, Notre Dame QB DeShone Kizer will be working out with San Diego later today to highlight a number of private workouts by top QB prospects for this year’s draft. That and other notes in the pro day results blog.

‘Other’ QB to work out pro day today … He doesn’t get the same kind of buzz as the top 3 QB prospects in this year’s draft, but talk to scouts around the NFL and many will quietly tell you that that the guy they’d draft if they had the chance is Davis Webb of California. Webb will… Read More »

Big crowd at Ohio State pro day; Irish QB Kizer ‘crisp’ at his … Not sure what the record is, but Ohio State drew a monster crowd to its pro day today. Indeed, there were reportedly over 120 NFL personnel people in Columbus today, needless to say representing all 32 NFL teams. The crowd included 9 head coaches… Read More »

UCLA CB Moreau tweak needs surgery; out 3-6 months … The supposedly minor injury that forced UCLA CB Fabian Moreau out of the Bruins’ pro day earlier this week, turned out to be somewhat more serious. As a result, Moreau had surgery yesterday to repair a torn pectoral muscle. The recovery period for that type of injury is… Read More »

Pro day outings of note … While we wait for results from today’s super slate of pro day workouts, there were a couple of really solid performances earlier this week by small-school players not invited to the combine. Grambling WR Chad Williams, who did get an invite to the Senior Bowl, but not to the combine, for example,… Read More »

Monster day on pro day sched … Its another big day on the pro day schedule with workouts scheduled at Ohio State, Missouri, Utah, Stanford and San Diego State among others. And one of those others is Notre Dame where QB DeShone Kizer, one of the top 2-3 prospects at the position for the upcoming draft, will work… Read More »

Rising UCLA CB Moreau tweaks shoulder at pro day … UCLA CB Fabian Moreau’s pro day yesterday ended almost before it began when he tweaked his shoulder during the bench press and had to sit out the rest of the day. While the injury isn’t considered serious there may be some concerns among NFL teams about the shoulder… Read More »

UNC Trubisky pro day ‘solid’ … All 32 teams were represented at the North Carolina pro day where star QB Mitch Trubisky, one of the top 2-3 prospects at the position for the upcoming draft, was front and center. Trubisky went through a 68-pass scripted workout that was generally described as ‘solid.’ Trubisky reportedly showed some real athleticism… Read More »

Huskies’ CB Jones has Achilles surgery; 2017 no sure thing … Washington CB Sidney Jones announced via Twitter that he underwent surgery to repair the Achilles injury he suffered at the Huskies’ pro day earlier this month earlier today. According to a report on NFL.com, Jones could begin running within 4 months and still hopes to play in… Read More »

Couple of eye-openers in latest Mayock positional rankings … There are a couple of noteworthy moves in Mike Mayock’s latest positional rankings for the 2017 draft which were just released. Mayock, the star draft analyst of NFL Network who has been mentioned as a potential candidate to become Washington’s new G.M. still has Notre Dame’s DeShone Kizer as… Read More »

Saints looking at 2nd round DEs … While we wait for New Orleans to conclude talks with New England restricted free agent New England CB Malcolm Butler, there is another interesting story out that the Saints are working out DEs Tarell Basham of Ohio and Kansas State’s Jordan Willis. Both are considered to be second round type prospects.… Read More »

Jets sign vet journeyman QB McCown … The New York Jets signed veteran QB Josh McCown today to a one-year, $6M deal. While he’s a career journeyman, he does give the Jets a veteran with starting experience to help get them over the hump. What’s less clear is what the hump is. Or more to the point, does… Read More »

Pro day week notes … There were several under the radar players who had strong performances at various pro day days across the country last week. The most notable of these may have been by Albany State DT Grover Stewart, an athletic 6-4.5, 340-pounder who had 7 sacks in each of the past couple of seasons. Stewart, who… Read More »

‘Aggressive’ Eagles host star RBs Fournette, Cook … It flew under the radar just a tad, but Philadelphia reportedly had both of this year’s top RB prospects – LSU’s Leonard Fournette and Florida State’s Dalvin Cook – in for visits on Friday. The Eagles are said to be planning to be ‘aggressive’ in finding a top rusher to… Read More »

Key week on pro day sched looming … It has been kind of quiet couple of days around the NFL, but things will start to heat up next week with several of the top QBs in this year’s draft scheduled to workout at their pro days. On Tuesday, for example, Mitchell Trubisky will be front and center at… Read More »