Pro day focus on Clemson workout … No surprise here but all 32 teams had reps at this morning’s pro day at national champion Clemson. At this point, details are still a little skimpy, but it appears that Chicago was well-represented today as the Bears had a full contingent at the Clemson pro day including G.M. Ryan Pace,… Read More »
SMU QB enters draft … Southern Methodist QB Matt Davis has opted to enter the 2017 draft rather than continue to pursue a 6th year of eligibility through the NCAA after he missed all or most of both the 2012 and 2016 seasons because of injuries. This past season, for example, Davis tore an ACL after playing in… Read More »
49ers get Ravens vet C for swap-6 picks … San Francisco has acquired veteran C Jeremy Zuttah from Baltimore. In exchange the teams flipped sixth-round picks with Baltimore getting #186 from San Francisco and the 49ers get #198. The Ravens were in the process of releasing Zuttah when the 49ers gave them a call.
CB Lewis charged with domestic assault … Former Michigan CB Jourdan Lewis was reportedly charged with one count of domestic violence last night for an incident reportedly involving his girlfriend. Lewis is considered to be a second day prospect for the upcoming draft. He has never been known to have any off-field character issues, but the NFL currently… Read More »
You want mocks! We got mocks!! … Actually we have seriously considered making the GBN a ‘mock free’ draft zone! Not that they are not fun to do. And not that they can provide a certain level on information. However, what we sense is that the vast majority of fans, and even most media, tend to completely misinterpret… Read More »
Pats RFA CB Butler to visit Saints … Interesting development in New Orleans where the Saints will host restricted free agent New England CB Malcolm Butler on Thursday. If the Saints were to sign Butler to an offer sheet and the Patriots didn’t match it, New Orleans would owe the Patriots a first round pick. In fact, the… Read More »
Big Board updated … With the information from the scouting combine now in the system, the GBN Big Board ranking the top 200+ prospects for the upcoming draft has been updated. As usual, we note that what we try to do with our rankings is give the best possible approximation of a typical NFL draft board rather our… Read More »
Guess who’s coming to dinner … While the pro day workouts are the focus of the pre-draft process these days, teams are also starting to arrange on-site visits of prospects they would like to bring to their facilities. For the record, every team is allowed to bring in up to 30 out-of-town prospects for interviews and follow-up medical… Read More »
More Pigskin combine thoughts … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has a few more belated observations on the highlights and lowlights from the scouting combine in Indianapolis.
Deflategate costs Pats 4th round spots … If you thought we were all done with ‘deflategate’, you would be wrong. The punishment for New England for the deflated balls ‘scandal’ was the forfeiture of its 1st roundpick in 2016 as well as its 4th round selection this year. That was the 131st pick this year which the Patriots… Read More »
Torn Achilles devastates draft hopes of UDub CB Jones … Washington CB Sidney Jones, a mid-first round prospect for the 2017 draft, tore an Achilles tendon during today’s pro day at the school. Jones was actually running his final drill of the day when he was injured. Jones will now require surgery and could be sidelined for up… Read More »
Pats get WR Cooks; Saints an extra #1 in big deal … New England continued o wheel and deal this off-season by acquiring rising WR Brandin Cooks from New Orleans in exchange for the final pick of this year’s opening round (#32) as well as the Patriots’ 3rd round pick (#103). For the record, the latter pick is… Read More »
Pair of vet DEs traded … There were a couple of trades today involving veteran DEs. Carolina sent Kony Ealy and a 3rd round pick (#72) to New England for the Patriots’ 2nd round pick, #64. Ealy became expendable in Carolina when the Panthers resigned veteran DE Julius Peppers, who starred with the Panthers from 2002 to 2009,… Read More »
As the QB turns: San Francisco edition … There is also plenty of QB intrigue in San Francisco this morning. The 49ers, who have the second pick overall in this year’s draft, signed 9 free agents since 4 PM yesterday including veteran journeyman QBs Brian Hoyer and Matt Barkley, both of whom played with Chicago last year. The… Read More »
As the QB turns: Cleveland edition … After a wild and woolly first few hours of free agency yesterday, things around the NFL have kind of quieted down this morning. In particular, QB Brock Osweiller is still in Cleveland at this hour after having been acquired from Houston yesterday in a deal that appeared designed mostly to clear… Read More »
Redskins fire G.M. … Just hours after the start of the new NFL season, Washington announced that G.M. Scot McCloughan has been dismissed. The league has been abuzz the past few weeks since McCloughlan didn’t attend the scouting combine last. His absence was explained as because of a death in his family, but he then wasn’t in the… Read More »
Browns take QB Osweiller off Texans hands … In a move that nobody saw coming, Houston has traded QB Brock Osweiller, a 2nd round pick in 2018 and a 6th round pick (#188) originally acquired from Chicago to Cleveland in exchange for a 4th round pick (#142) this year. Houston signed Osweiller away from Denver in a big… Read More »
Pro day sched heads west … Today’s pro day schedule has a western flavor with on-campus workouts at Oklahoma State, Wyoming, New Mexico and UTEP among other sessions, although today’s workouts lack the star power of yesterday sessions at Alabama and Oklahoma.
Bears reportedly sign Bucs QB Glennon … Chicago will reportedly announce the signing of former Tampa Bay QB Mike Glennon when the new NFL season officially opens for business at 4 PM ET later today. And given the investment in Glennon – the deal is reported to be worth $43.5M over three years – it seems unlikely that… Read More »
HAPPY NEW YEAR!! … The new NFL season gets underway in just a few hours. Beginning at 4 PM ET this afternoon, teams can start to sign free agents and the trading period begins. Of course, teams have been allowed to talk with prospective free agents for the past couple of days so expect some of the big… Read More »
Crowd gathers at Bama workout … No surprise here, but all 32 teams had reps at the Alabama pro day earlier this afternoon. In fcat, there were an estimated 75-80 NFL personnel people in Tuscaloosa today for the Tide’s on-campus workout including Pittsburgh G.M. Kevin Colbert and head coaches Bill Belichek of the Super Bowl champion Patriots, Pete… Read More »
Pats reportedly get TE Allen, pick from Colts … The NFL trading period doesn’t actually begin until tomorrow, but New England has reportedly agreed to a deal in which the Patriots will get veteran TE Dwayne Allen and a 6th round pick (#200) from Indianapolis for a 4th round pick, the 137th overall. Allen became expendable in Indianapolis… Read More »
As the QB turns … With the clocking ticking down toward the start of the new NFL season which gets underway tomorrow, San Francisco has reportedly come to terms with Chicago QB Brian Hoyer and will formally sign him tomorrow. What isn’t clear is what impact this will have on what the 49ers do with the #2 pick… Read More »
Bills re-up vet QB Taylor … In a bit of a surprise, Buffalo has that it has agreed to a restructured contract with starting QB Tyrod Taylor. The Bills had until Saturday to make a decision on Taylor’s contract option, but had been expected to release him. In that scenario, the Bills had also been thought likely to… Read More »
Tide, Sooners hilite early pro day sched … We noted when posting the original pro day schedule that the whole process gets off to cracking start with both Alabama and Oklahoma holding their on-campus workouts on the second day. PS that’s today. Unfortunately, there won’t be any national TV coverage of either workout, but the Alabama pro day… Read More »
