Pigskin mocks the Cowboys draft … Back by popular demand this year, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette will be providing his own unique mock drafts for as many teams as possible in the final days until the draft; up today are the Dallas Cowboys who are coming off a 13-win season spuured in significant part by a… Read More »
Top prospect reported under sex assault investigation in Cleveland … A couple of readers living in the Cleveland area alerted us to a story being reported by a local TV station that police are investigating an unidentified top prospect for this week’s draft over a sexual assault incident that allegedly occurred earlier this month during a pre-draft. So… Read More »
Bills won’t match Pats Gillislee RFA offer sheet; get 5th round pick … Buffalo has announced they won’t match the restricted free agent offer sheet RB Mike Gillislee signed with New England. As compensation, the Bills will get New England’s fifth-round pick this year, the 163rd overall. With this deal, the selection order for this week’s draft, as… Read More »
S Peppers latest to announce failed combine drug test … Michigan’s SS Jabrill Peppers has become the second first-round prospect for the upcoming draft to reveal that they tested positive for a dilute urine sample at the scouting combine. Alabama MLB Reuben Foster reported the same occurrence earlier this month. And like Foster, Peppers blames the failed test… Read More »
Pigskin here, there and everywhere!!! … or so it seems with just 3 days to go until the draft. For those who’d like to listen to a little intelligent draft talk, our Pigskin Paul Guillemette guested on an Eye on Sports podcast with Fred Perdue over the weekend. Here’s the link. Pigskin also added some data on wonderlic… Read More »
Pigskin mocks Da Bears draft … Back by popular demand this year, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette will be providing his own unique mock drafts for as many teams as possible in the final days until the draft; up today are the Chicago Bears who with the 3rd pick overall are one of the key players in… Read More »
Final Big Board posted … A little bit later than we planned, but the final GBN Big Board ranking of the top 350-plus prospects for this week’s draft has been posted. Perhaps the most interesting area was in the area between roughly the 25th and 45th players overall. Just not much to choose between players in that level… Read More »
C’mon man!! Gators’ DT Brantley charged with assault … Florida DT Caleb Brantley, a second day prospect for this week’s draft, was charged with misdemeanor assault after he allegedly struck a woman with a closed fist and knocked her unconscious earlier this month. Brantley reportedly became involved in a verbal altercation with a women he did not know… Read More »
Jags say 4th pick available; other pre-draft notes … Despite the fact that the draft is just 5 days away and counting, it remains relatively quiet around the league. However, Jacksonville did add its name to the list of teams picking early that would be willing to move down. New/old Jaguars’ football head honcho Tom Coughlin indicated as… Read More »
X-Vols RB Hurd lands at Baylor … Former Tennessee RB Jalen Hurd has ultimately decided to transfer to Baylor where he plans to switch to WR in the Bears’ high-octane offense. Hurd entered the 2016 season regarded as one of the top backs in the country, but he struggled with injuries and inconsistency and ultimately left the team… Read More »
Putting the radar gun on top QB prospects … In this growing scientific age of sports analytics and the like, one of the emerging metrics for the draft is the throwing velocity of the QBs. In that context, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has a neat piece on the relative arm strength measurement of this year’s QB… Read More »
Pigskin mocks Vikes draft … Back by popular demand this year, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette will be providing his own unique mock drafts for as many teams as possible in the final days until the draft; up today are the Minnesota Vikings.
Are Browns wavering on top pick??? There have been multiple reports in recent days, including in the local Cleveland media, that the Browns are still undecided as to whether to select Texas A&M DE Myles Garrett or North Carolina QB Mitch Trubisky, a former Mr. Ohio from the area, with the first pick overall at the 2017 draft,… Read More »
Browns’ trade options in search of Trubisky … We mentioned in our report earlier in the week that if Cleveland does indeed intend to try and trade back up into next week’s top ten from the 12th pick in order to try and acquire North Carolina QB Mitch Trubisky they may not have to look far to find… Read More »
Pigskin ranks small-school prospects … Over the years, the draft has been pretty much the preserve of big-time college football programs. Every year, though, there are breakthroughs from guys playing at lower levels. And this year will be no exception, although the odds are stacked against anyone from outside the ranks of FBS schools being selected in this… Read More »
Pigskin mocks Bucs mock … Back by popular demand this year, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette will be providing his own unique mock drafts for as many teams as possible in the final days until the draft; up today are the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Another strike for Bama’ LB Foster … Alabama LB Reuben Foster didn’t need any more red flags heading into next week’s draft, but he now has enough to start his own May Day parade after reporting that he failed a drug test at the combine. To be exact, Foster was tested with diluted urine which the NFL considers… Read More »
Browns willing to trade up to land QB … One of the stories making the rounds of the NFL last week was that the Cleveland brain trust was split on whether to select Texas A&M DE Myles Garrett of North Carolina QB Mitch Trubisky with the #1 pick overall at next week’s draft. Turns out that it wasn’t… Read More »
Larry Parker’s updated top 10 positional rankings posted … With just over a week to go until this year’s draft kicks off next Thursday, GBN Investigative College Football Reporter Larry Parker has posted his final Top 10 positional rankings for the 2017 draft.
Pigskin mocks Saints mock … Back by popular demand this year, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette will be providing his own unique mock drafts for as many teams as possible in the final couple of weeks until the draft; up today are the New Orleans Saints.
Are Pats veteran trades back on??? … Throughout much of the early pre-draft process the only buzz out there were rumors about potential trades involving New England QB Jimmy Garoppolo and CB Malcolm Butler. Cleveland was reportedly interested in acquiring Garoppolo and were believed to be considering parting with the 12th pick in this year’s draft as part… Read More »
Pats sign Bills RFA RB; pick on the line … New England has signed Buffalo restricted free agent RB Mike Gillislee to a two-year, $6.4M offer sheet. The Bills have five days to decide to match the offer sheet, but all indications are they won’t. If the Bills in fact do not match, they will get a fifth-round… Read More »
Vet draft analyst Brandt posts top 150 … For those that haven’t seen it yet, veteran NFL.com analyst Gil Brandt, easily the most experienced draft analyst in the business, has posted his top 150 prospects for the upcoming draft. Among the noteworthy rankings, Brandt has LSU RB Len Fournette up at #2. Brandt also has both of QBs… Read More »
Conflicting story on state of Foster shoulder surgery … There are conflicting stories on the condition of Alabama MLB Reuben Foster’s surgically repaired shoulder. ESPN had a report by Shane Alexander that Foster had not been given a clean bill of health at the medical re-checks conducted in Indianapolis last week for injured players and that it was… Read More »
Big Board thoughts … Just finished tweaking the GBN Big Board based on what appears to be some late developments. Most notably, it appears that Stanford RB Christian McCaffrey has moved ahead of Florida State’s Dalvin Cook as the #2 back this year behind LSU’s Leonard Fournette. We are also hearing that nobody should be surprised if UCLA… Read More »
