LSU RB Fournette lighter, S Adams faster at LSU pro day … Still waiting for the full results of today’s LSU pro day, but among the highlights were the facts that star RB Leonard Fornette weighed in almost 12 pounds lighter than he was at the combine, as well as that FS Jamal Adams ran under 4.40 seconds… Read More »
LSU last of big pro days … Interesting that while Alabama effectively kicked off this year’s pro day schedule way back in early March, SEC rival LSU will effectively wrap up things up when the Tigers holds their pro day later today. And a big crowd of NFL personnel people is expected in Baton Rouge today as the… Read More »
Eagles trade for Raven’s vet DT … As we suggested in an earlier report today about how quiet everything around the NFL is, Philadelphia, which for the record is hosting this month’s draft, spiced things up a tad today when they acquired DT Timmie Jerignan from Baltimore in exchange for a swap of third round picks. The Ravens… Read More »
Its dead out there!!!! Indeed, anyone thinking that it has been a pretty quiet draft year so far wouldn’t be far wrong. Indeed, here we are three weeks and a bit from the first picks coming off the board at the 2017 draft and there is almost no buzz out there at all. last year, at this time,… Read More »
Romo retires; leaves Texans, Broncos in lurch … A day after being given permission to seek a new team for himself, Dallas QB Tony Romo took another route and announced his retirement with the intention of finding a job as a network color commentator. And Romo appears to be getting far from interest from the networks, with at… Read More »
Top 10 by positional rankings updated … GBN Investigative College Football Reporter Larry Parker has updated his positional rankings for this month’s draft; he’s also upped the number from the top 5 per to the top 10.
Tech QB Mahomes stays busy and other visit notes … We note in an earlier post that Texas Tech Patrick Mahomes, who has visits or workouts planned with 18 teams prior to the draft, may be the ‘most interesting man’ in the draft. In fact, the legend of Mahomes, or at least his itinerary, continues to grow. The… Read More »
Another snag for Ole Miss QB Chad Kelly … Mississippi QB Chad Kelly hoped to finally show his stuff in front of NFL personnel people at the team’s pro day today, but his day was cut short because of wrist injury. Kelly had planned to go through a scripted 45-throw workout, but had to cut things short after… Read More »
The ‘most interesting man in the draft’ … He’s not even a consensus first-round prospect for the upcoming draft, but Texas Tech QB Patrick Mahomes may be the most popular guy in the class. Mahomes had what is being described as a very impressive pro day today in Lubbock where he showed what is considered to be the… Read More »
Guess who’s coming to dinner … There is all kinds of stuff other than the pro days going on around the NFL with the draft now less than a month away. Cleveland, for example, worked out Clemson QB Deshaun Watson on Thursday and will host Mitch Trubisky for a workout on Friday as part of their local visits.… Read More »
Are Panthers-49ers talking trade for #2 pick … Our friends over at The Huddle Report are reporting that Carolina and San Francisco have talked about a deal involving a flip of the 2nd and 8th overall picks at next month’s draft. As far as we can tell nobody else in either the national or local press has picked… Read More »
4 weeks and counting … For those who keep track of these things the 2017 draft gets underway 4 weeks today. Hang in there guys!
Saints out of CB Butler talks … for now … New Orleans head coach Sean Payton confirmed this morning that the Saints will not extend an offer to New England restricted free agent CB Malcolm Butler. The Saints had what was reported to be a productive meeting with Butler earlier this month, Payton said the organization is unwilling… Read More »
CB ranking tweaked … You won’t get much argument from very many NFL personnel people that CB is the most talented, deepest position in the 2017 draft class. Indeed, it’s very possible that as many as 20 corners could go in the first three rounds of next month’s draft. However, there is still some fluidity in how the… Read More »
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 »
‘Horns RB Foreman flies at UT pro day … The focus of today’s pro day schedule was supposed to be on the state of Florida where Florida State and Florida had workouts scheduled. In fact, there were some notable performances at the two Florida schools, but in the end the story of the day may have been Texas… 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 »
