Senior Bowl observations: Thursday morning report … After a couple of high-tempo practices, the National team session Thursday morning was something of a muted affair with mostly a lot of situational work especially in the red zone. As such, there wasn’t a whole lot new to report so instead here’s our very informal, very unofficial list of players… Read More »
Senior Bowl observations: Wednesday afternoon report … Second day! same as the first! Or something like that. Certainly, anyone who hoped to get a better feel for Jalen Milroe and/or Jaxson Dart, ostensibly QBs 3 and 4 in this year’s draft class, in this afternoon’s practice than they did yesterday. Neither threw the ball more than a half… Read More »
Senior Bowl observations: Wednesday morning practice … The National team went thru another high-energy practice session at the Senior Bowl in Mobile this morning that included more than just a little bit of feistiness. And that feistiness was most obvious at the always entertaining one-on-one drills between the offensive and defensive linemen. Recall that yesterday, the offensive line… Read More »
Senior Bowl Report: Tuesday morning … Don’t want t read to much into one practice, but several players jumped out at this morning’s Senior Bowl session in Mobile. Normally, the defensive linemen have an edge in the one-on-one OL-DL drill, but today one had to give the edge to the big uglies on the offensive front. And the… Read More »
Senior Bowl practices to get underway … The players are literally in the dressing room getting ready for the first day of practice sessions at this year’s Senior Bowl in Mobile. The morning practice starts at 10:30PM ET, while the afternoon session gets underway at 1 PM. The NFL Network will provide coverage of the morning session, but… Read More »
Tide QB Milroe hands small; Ducks Gabriel, Johnson just small … We’ve been pouring over the height and weight measurements at the Senior Bowl earlier today in Mobile. In the end, there isn’t a whole lot of breaking news regarding today’s measurements, although the fact that Alabama QB Jalen Milroe has relatively small hands for a quarterback which… Read More »
Following up on Shedeur at Shriners … Even though he is not in uniform Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders remains the big story at this week’s East-West Shrine practices at North Texas in Dallas. Sanders, who also won’t play in the actual game on Thursday, has been meeting with teams, particularly those with early picks. That is probably not… Read More »
Senior Bowl preview … Players are gathering in Mobile as we speak for this week’s Senior Bowl all-star game, the first big date on the draft calendar. Unfortunately, neither of the top 2 QBs for this year’s draft – Cam Ward and Shedeur Sanders – will be in Mobile this week, but a ton of talent for the… Read More »
Bills come up just short again; to pick 30th … This evening’s AFC championship game in Kansas City between Buffalo and the Chiefs pretty much ived up to the billing as KC hung on for a 32-29 win and a ticket to another Super Bowl. For the Bills, though, just another heartbreak as all they’ll get is the… Read More »
WashComs to pick 29th … With Washington going down to defeat in Philadelphia in the NFC championship game this afternoon, the Commanders will have the 29th pick in every round of the 2025 draft. The loser of this evening’s AFC title game in Kansas City between Buffalo and the Chiefs will get the 30th pick, while the final… Read More »
Big Board tweaked … We were actually only planning to a major revision to the GBN Big Board after the all-star games; however, we keep hearing of some major moves by a number of players and we thought it perhaps a good idea to do a preliminary revision right away as several of those players will be in… Read More »
Sanders talks with Giants; not playing updated … In addition to talking with Tennessee, Dallas, Chicago, and Seattle yesterday, Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders also spent a considerable amount of time with Giants head coach yesterday at the East-West Shrine game in Dallas. he also reportedly visited with officials from Cleveland meaning he spent with each of the three… Read More »
Buckeyes get CB, LB back … National champion Ohio State will be pretty much in full-blown rebuild mode next fall as all those players that passed on the 2024 draft for one more kick at the CFP can have moved on; however, the Buckeyes did get some good news yesterday with word that both CB Davison Igbinosun and… Read More »
Full pads for Shrine stars … The players in this year’s East-West Shrine game in Dallas will hit the field tomorrow for the first day of their four practice sessions that run thru Tuesday. Generally with the Shrine game, the first and last practices are more walk-thrus, while the second and third day workouts are usually the ones… Read More »
And we are off and running!!! … The 2025 draft process ‘officially’ got underway earlier today when Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders met with Tennessee and three other teams – Dallas, Seattle and Chicago – ahead of the start of the East-West Shrine week. And the Titans, who have the first pick overall at the upcoming draft, were well… Read More »
Teams with picks 5 & 6 get new coaches … Both Jacksonville and La Vegas, which have the 5th and 6th picks respectively in the opening round of the 2025 draft, got themselves new coaches earlier today. Its a familiar face in Las Vegas where the Raiders signed NFL veteran Pete Carroll, whereas it was more of a… Read More »
Underclassmen declaring late … We have had several inquiries today why several underclassmen including RB Quinshon Judkins and WR Emeka Egbuka and S Xavier Watts and CB Ben Morrison of Notre Dame were announcing today, several days after the nominal deadline for underclassmen to apply for early entry to the 2025 draft, that they were in fact entering… Read More »
Mother of all sleeper QBs invited to Senior Bowl … The Senior Bowl announced earlier today that QB Taylor Elgersma has been invited to next week’s practice and game in Mobile. Who? For the record, Elgersma is from Laurier University in Canada where he was named the Hec Creighton award, the Canadian version of the Heisman Trophy, this… Read More »
Lions get comp picks for Glenn signing … As an addendum to the NY Jets signing of Detroit defensive co-ordinator aaron Glenn to their vacant head coaching position, the Lions will get a couple of minority hiring compensatory picks in the next two drafts. The Lions will get picks at the end of the 3rd round in both… Read More »
As the GM turns; Raiders add, Jags fire … There have been a couple of G.M. moves around the league this afternoon that could impact the 2025 draft. On the one hand, Jacksonville somewhat surprisingly has fired G.M. Trent Baalke just a couple of days into the second round of the Jaguars interviews for their vacant head coaching… Read More »
Titans head says team won’t pass on generational talent … Some interesting comments today from Chad Brinker, Tennessee’s head of football operations re the #1 pick at the 2025 draft. What has grabbed the headlines is Brinker saying: “As far as that Number 1 pick, you can’t pass up on a generational talent. We won’t do that.” The… Read More »
Buzz has Ward top QB; Sanders all over the place …We are coming up on the three months to the draft mark later this week, so there is a lot time for things to change, but there does seem to a growing consensus around the NFL that Miami’s Cam Ward has emerged as the clear #1 QB prospect… Read More »
Buckeyes prevail for national title … for those that were following other stuff yesterday, Ohio State won the first national championship of the true playoff era with a 34-23 win over Notre Dame in Atlanta last evening in a game that started out as a rout – the Buckeyes led 31-7 mid-way thru the 4th quarter – but… Read More »
Irish, Buckeyes battle for national title … It is championship Monday in college football with Ohio State slated to take on Notre Dame for the national title this evening in Atlanta. Kick-off is scheduled for 7:30 PM ET with coverage on ESPN. The Buckeyes are favored as they have Top 100 draft prospects as just about every position… Read More »
Ravens have to settle for 27th pick … It pretty much lived up to the hype as Buffalo earned a trip to Kansas City for the AFC championship and a spot in the Super Bowl with a dramatic 27-25 over Baltimore that was not decided until the Ravens missed what would have been a game-tying 2-point with less… Read More »
