Category Archives: News

In conversation with … Over the course of the next few months as we head toward the 2017 draft, we’ll be talking to other draft analysts out there to get their impressions of the latest issues impacting the draft. And we start the series with one arguably the best independent draft analyst in the business in Scott Wright,… Read More »

Utes prospects go one for three … Utah got some bad news this week as it was announced that DE Kylie Fitts, a second-tier prospect for the 2017 draft, will in fact miss the season with a foot injury and will apply for a medical redshirt. Meanwhile, senior RB Joe Williams has retired due to injuries. The one… Read More »

Chiefs, Dolphins release picks … Kansas City raised a few eyebrows around the league when they released former Notre Dame CB Keivarae Russell earlier today. Russell was the Chiefs 3rd round pick at the 2016 and in effect becomes the highest pick from this year’s draft to be released to date. Meanwhile, Miami has released former Western Kentucky… Read More »

College football notes: Indiana junior WR Simmie Cobbs, a potential early 2017 draft entrant, apparently won’t play at all this year after undergoing surgery on an ankle. Cobbs, who had over 1,000 receiving yards in 2015, was injured on the first and only play he participated in this year when his ankle got rolled in the Hoosiers’ win… Read More »

SMU loses QB for year … The 2016 season of SMU QB Matt Davis ended almost before it started. The 5th year senior, a second-tier pro prospect threw for 2,300 yards and 16 scores while running for another 760 yards and 10 TDs last season, but tore an ACL in the Mustangs’ season-opening win over North Texas and… Read More »

College football weekend notes … It wasn’t all that great a weekend of college football last Saturday, but there are a couple of injuries of note, plus a couple of terrific performances by a couple of emerging backs. And as noted in the report, two words for those disappointed by last weekend’s college football fare: JUST WAIT!! …… Read More »

Browns’ IR QB Griffin, hand ball to vet McCown … Things went from bad to worse for Cleveland today in the wake of Sunday’s embarrassing loss to Philadelphia. And the 29-10 score line against the Browns wasn’t the worst of it for Cleveland, it was that the Eagles were led by rookie QB Carson Wentz, whom the Browns… Read More »

Ex-Cane DE heads FCS route … Former Miami junior DE Al-Quadin Muhammad has reportedly resurfaced at Hampton, an FCS program, although the school has yet to confirm his addition to the roster. Muhammad, who led the Hurricanes with 5 sacks last fall, was kicked off the Hurricanes squad as a result of his involvement in the rental car… Read More »

Irish name Kizer starting QB … Notre Dame has formally installed redshirt sophomore DeShone Kizer as the team’s #1 QB going forward. Entering the Irish’s season-opener against Texas, Kizer and junior Malik Zaire were listed as co-starters and alternated series going into the third quarter against the Longhorns before Kizer took over and finished up. Notre Dame ended… Read More »

Season kick-off projection posted … With the regular season set to kick-off tomorrow evening, here’s our annual kick-off projection to help dial away the next few hours.

Fearless 2016 NFL forecast … With the NFL regular season set to kick-off tomorrow night, the GBN gang weighs in with our picks for the upcoming campaign in our annual Fearless Forecast.

Top receiver prospect in practice scuffle … It has not been a good week for USC or star junior WR JuJu Smith-Schuster. The 6th ranked Trojans had been expected to give defending national champion Alabama a real test when they kicked off the season in Arlington on Saturday, but it was no contest as the Tide handed USC… Read More »

Eagles get future Pats pick for CB; OG nixed … Updating that trade yesterday between Philadelphia and New England in which the Eagles reportedly had acquired veteran OG Josh Kline and a conditional 4th round pick in 2018 from New England in exchange for CB Eric Rowe. The Eagles still get the 2018 4th rounder which could escalate… Read More »

Saints top pick to IR … New Orleans has DT Sheldon Rankins, the team’s first-round pick at the 2016 draft, on injured reserve. Rankins, whom the Saints selected with the 12th pick overall this past April, underwent surgery to repair a broken fibula suffered in training camp in mid-August. Rankins will have to sit out the next weeks,… Read More »

Random college football thoughts … Great opening week of college football this past weekend with some terrific games and upsets galore. And with the dust almost having settled, a couple of thoughts kind of standout. One, can anybody beat Alabama after the supposedly rebuilding – well reloading really – Crimson Tide hammered a very good USC team on… Read More »

Bengals IR top pick; claim QB … Cincinnati has placed CB William Jackson, the Bengals’ #1 pick at the 2016 draft, on injured reserve with a torn pectoral muscle. Jackson, the 24th player selected this year, must remain on IR for the first eight weeks of the season, but could be eligible to return after that. Meanwhile, the Bengals… Read More »

Solid results for undrafted rookies … In addition to the very positive results for this year’s draft class in terms of the number making an opening day roster reported yesterday, the early returns suggest that 2016 draft was also a pretty good one for players who went undrafted this past spring. Indeed, as of Saturday’s 53-man roster deadline,… Read More »

Chiefs get really future 49ers pick for WR; Saints-Dolphins trade nixed … In a late deal that slipped under our radar yesterday, Kansas City traded WR Rod Streater to San Francisco for what was described in the KC press as a conditional 7th round pick in 2019. As part of the deal, though, the Chiefs will also reportedly… Read More »

New draft class passes first test … Its still early and there will still be many more tests, but the initial results for the 2016 draft, at least in terms of how many made their respective team’s opening day roster, are very promising. Indeed, based on our unofficial numbers, the 2016 draft had as many players make a… Read More »

Seahawks trade late picks for pair of S/special teamers … Seattle has acquired a couple of veteran safeties from the bay area. The Seahawks got Dewey McDonald from Oakland and L.J. McCray from San Francisco in exchange for undisclosed late round picks. The 49ers pick has been confirmed for 2017, but not the deal with Oakland. Both of… Read More »

Chiefs release 5th round QB … Kansas City has released former Stanford QB Kevin Hogan, a 5th round pick at the 2016 draft. For the record, while the deadline passed for teams to get to the 53-man opening day roster limit passed a couple of hours ago, we are still waiting on roughly  a half dozen teams or… Read More »

Broncos waive QB Sanchez; 49ers cut four picks … No big surprise as the defending Super Bowl champion has released veteran QB Mark Sanchez as part of the team’s moves to get down to today’s opening day 53-man roster limit. No big surprise either that Sanchez was immediately signed by Dallas, which of course lost starting QB Tony… Read More »

Ravens cut former Navy star; Panthers axe two … Baltimore has confirmed that former Navy All-America QB Keenan Reynolds was among the Ravens’ cuts to get down to today’s 53-man opening day roster. Reynolds, who was trying out as a receiver and return specialist, was the Raven’s 6th round pick at the 2016 draft. Meanwhile, Carolina confirmed cutting… Read More »

Steelers cut pair as cuts start to dubble in … The large majority of NFL teams are still sitting on their cuts with teams needing to get down to the 53-man opening day roster within the hour. Some transactions are beginning to show up with several 2016 draft picks getting the axe. In fact, Pittsburgh released 2 rookie… Read More »