Tide OLB Williams admits past drug use … Alabama edge rusher Tim Williams, one of the more polarizing prospects in the 2017 draft class, admitted to having failed drug tests in the past during an interview at the combine. While took ownership of the problem, NFL teams likely will still be wary of his maturity level as he… Read More »
Jets shopping 6th pick, rest of draft: GM … In a signal that the New York Jets may be entering something of a complete rebuilding phase, G.M. Mike Maccagnan indicated at his combine presser on Friday, that the team may very well be shopping every one of its draft picks as well, including the 6th pick overall. Maccagnan… Read More »
WRs set to run at combine … The combine is underway again this morning in Indianapolis with the WRs at the starting line for their 40s. As usual, we’ll be blogging the highs and lows from the combine on the GBN combine blog.
Bama LB Foster sent home from combine … Just when you thought you had heard it all comes this story from the combine as ESPN is reporting that star Alabama MLB Reuben Foster, a top ten prospect for the upcoming draft, was sent home from the combine following a “heated argument with a hospital worker.” Not sure that… Read More »
Friday combine notes
Horns’ RB Foreman to miss rest of combine … Texas RB D’Onta Foreman will miss the remainder of the Scouting Combine with a slight stress fracture in his foot.
Vikes win coin flip; Eagles pick 14th, Colts 15th … Minnesota won this afternoon’s coin flip to break a tie with Indianapolis for the 14-15 picks in the opening round of the 2017 draft. However, because Minnesota traded its #1 pic this year to Philadelphia for QB Sam Bradford, it will actually be Philadelphia will pick 14th this… Read More »
Big uglies are on the track … The 40s are underway at the scouting combine in Indianapolis with the first group of offensive linemen on the track. And it was a great start for Utah OT Garrett Bolles whose initial time was 4.96 seconds for the 40 with a quick 1.71 10-yard split. As we have noted the… Read More »
Heads – or tails – up about coin flip … The NFL will reportedly hold the coin flip to determine the 14th and 15th picks at the 2017 draft at 12:30 PM later this afternoon. The flip will also reportedly be covered on the NFL Network. A coin flip is necessary to break a tie in this year’s… Read More »
Combine on-field drills set to start … The first group at this week’s scouting combine in Indianapolis will be up early tomorrow to get their on-field tests underway. The offensive linemen and running backs will go through their physical testing including the 40, vertical leap and shuttles, as well as their positional drills. The NFL Network will provide… Read More »
Thursday combine by the numbers … Maybe the most surprising thing about the data coming out of the scouting combine in Indianapolis this week is that there actually have been so few surprises. Same again today as the QBs, WRs and TEs were weighed and measured, while the offensive linemen did the bench press. Read more
Niners’ Lynch likes draft QBs … This year’s crop of QBs available for the 2017 draft hasn’t gotten much love from NFL’s scouting community. One dissenter, though, appears to be rookie San Francisco G.M. John Lynch who was quoted at his combine presser that there was a lot to like in this year’s QB class. According to Lynch:… Read More »
Titans shopping 5th pick … A year after masterfully moving around the board, Tennessee G.M. Jon Robinson says the team is open to trading down again this year. Speaking at his combine presser, Robinson said that “we’re open for business and willing to have discussions. We’re just trying to put ourselves in position to improve the football team.”… Read More »
Browns ‘to listen’ to offers for top pick … Not sure what it means, but Cleveland G.M. Sashi Brown indicated at his combine presser yesterday that the Browns are at least open to trading this year’s top pick at the 2017 draft. According to Browns, the Browns are “going to responsibly listen to any opportunities that are out… Read More »
My kingdom for an inch! UNC QB Trubisky passes 1st combine test … It doesn’t seem like a whole lot, but Mary Kay Cabot, the Browns’ beat reporter for the Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that North Carolina QB Mitch Trubisky measured in at 6-2 1/2 inches at this morning weight-in for the QBs at the scouting combine… Read More »
Tag door closes … The window for NFL teams to designate franchise and transition players closed just moments ago at 4 PM ET. In the end, a total of 7 players were named franchise players by their respective teams: Washington QB Kirk Cousins, DEs Chandler Jones of Arizona and Jason Pierre-Paul of the Giants, Pittsburgh RB Le’Veon Bell,… Read More »
LSU RB Fournette weighs in bigly … Again courtesy of Walter Football, here are the heights and weights for the RBs at this week’s combine in Indianapolis. And again, not many surprises in these data, although a few eyebrows were raised when LSU RB Leonard Fournette weighed in at 240 pounds, about ten pounds more than he was… Read More »
Big uglies measure up … The scouting combine is fully underway in Indianapolis where the first group, including the offensive linemen and running backs are in the process of being weighed and measured. Unfortunately, the NFL combine people still haven’t gotten the message that these data should be widely available. Still, they do leak and Walter Football has… Read More »
Reporter undergoes – endures – combine medical testing … While the on-field stuff like the 40 get most of the national headlines, much of the really important work at the combine goes on behind closed doors. Indeed, the original purpose of the combine was to centralize the medical testing every prospect undergoes. And for those that haven’t read… Read More »
Report: Pats QB Garoppolo not on the market … There are multiple reports – here and here – this morning that New England will not be trading back-up QB Jimmy Garoppolo this off-season. The league has been rife with rumors for months that Garoppolo, who becomes a free agent after the 2017 season, would be on the market… Read More »
Larry Parker mock updated … Intrepid GBN college football investigative reporter Larry Parker has updated his first-round projection for the 2017 draft, now just 58 days away, with some surprising selections. Check it out.
Road to the draft runs thru Indy … The NFL’s annual scouting combine gets underway in Indianapolis on Tuesday today with 330 or so of the top prospects for the 2017 draft set to be poked, prodded and tested over the course of the next week. And while the importance of the combine sometimes gets overstated, no question… Read More »
Ole Miss QB Kelly won’t be in Indy after all … On second thought, Mississippi QB Chad Kelly has decided not attend the scouting combine, which gets underway in Indianapolis tomorrow, to try and meet with NFL teams. Kelly was originally invited to the combine, but was subsequently uninvited because of the league’s new policy to not bring… Read More »
Pigskin ponders 2017 defensive positions, Part Deux! … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette wraps up his series of positional profiles for the 2017 draft with some more thought-provoking thoughts on where the defensive positions currently stand with the scouting combine on the horizon.
UCLA DE McKinley to undergo surgery; out 5-6 months … We posted this story last week, but for some reason it never actually made it to the news page. So for those who have not read it elsewhere, UCLA DE/OLB Takk McKinley has informed NFL teams that he will undergo shoulder surgery to repair a torn labrum and… Read More »
