Browns get future pick for CB bust … Cleveland cut bait with CB Justin Gilbert, whom the Browns selected with the 8th pick overall at the 2014 draft, sending him across the division to Pittsburgh for a 6th round pick in 2018.
College football season kicks-off … Its the first full Saturday of the college football season with a slew of reallygood games on the docket. Defending national champion Alabama, for example, kicks off its title defense playing Southern California in Arlington (8 PM ET; ABC), while 2nd ranked Clemson has a toughie at Auburn of the SEC West (9… Read More »
Decision-day in the NFL … Its cut-down day in the NFL as all 32 teams have to be down to their 53-man season opening roster by 4 PM ET later this afternoon. And so far only Buffalo and Tennessee have made all their cuts as the majority of teams wait as long as possible before announcing thier releases. … Read More »
Undrafted rooks that caught Pigskin’s eye thru the pre-season … The next 24 hours may be the longest of their lives for undrafted rookies from this year’s draft class as they wait to find out whether they may have made their respective roster. While they wait, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette reports on a number of undrafted… Read More »
Cards-Chiefs swap CB, future pick; Titans cut late rounder … It has actually been a pretty quiet day on the NFL transaction wire despite the fact that the clock is ticking for teams to get down to their opening day 53-man roster by 4 PM ET tomorrow afternoon. In the day’s only trade, Arizona acquired veteran CB Marcus… Read More »
Draft heads back to Philly … The NFL has finally confirmed that the 2017 draft will be held in Philadelphia on the weekend of April 27-29 next spring. In fact, the first ever draft was held in Philadelphia back in 1936, while the last draft held in the city was in 1961. After a 50-year run in New… Read More »
Are you ready for some football??? … Of course you are as the 2016 college football season kicks off for real this weekend with a rather intriguing slate of opening week games. Defending national champion Alabama, for example, plays Southern California in the annual kick-off game in Arlington on Saturday night, while SEC West co-favorite LSU meets Wisconsin… Read More »
Rooks who ‘caught the eye’ of Pigskin in week three of pre-season … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has reviewed the tapes from each of last weekend’s pre-season games with an eye on how some of this year’s rookie crop fared in their taste of live NFL action. Here’s Pigskin’s report on which first-year players caught his… Read More »
Pick cut; others listed … The NFL’s initial roster limit deadline came and went yesterday as all 32 teams got down to the league’s initial 75-man roster limit. And while its not clear that all teams have actually officially reported all their transactions getting down to today’s limit, it appears that the 2016 draft class escaped the first… Read More »
Pack gets future Bills’ pick for LB … In what appears to be the only trade of the day as team’s around the NFL finalized their 75-man rosters, Buffalo has acquired veteran OLB Lerentee McCray from Green Bay in exchange for what is being described as a conditional 7th round pick in 2018.
Saints get vet ‘Phins DE for pick … New Orleans has acquired DE Chris McCain from Miami for what is believed to be a conditional 7th round pick this year. McCain is a two-year veteran with a pair of career sacks. With the deal, the GBN trade mart has been updated.
C Stork released; Pats trade nixed … This week’s trade in which Washington acquired New England C Bryan Stork for a conditional 7th round pick was nullified when Stork failed the Redskins physical. Stork’s rights then reverted back to the Patriots who subsequently released him as they had planned to do before the original trade. As a result,… Read More »
Browns, Panthers swaps Ps, picks … Carolina and Cleveland have swung a deal in which the Panthers get veteran P Andy Lee and a 2017 7th rounder in exchange for P Kasey Redfern and a 4th round pick in 2018. With the deal, the GBN Trade Mart has been updated.
And then there were none; Bolts sign top pick Bosa … San Diego has signed former Ohio State DE Joey Bosa, the 3rd player picked overall at the 2016 draft to a 4-year contract. Bosa was the last unsigned pick from this year’s draft to be signed and ends a protracted holdout with the Chargers that threatened to… Read More »
Big SEC DT arrested … again … Mississippi State DT Nick James, a second-tier prospect for the 2017 draft, was arrested over the weekend and charged with public intoxication. It was the fourth time that James has been arrested in the past three years after he was previously arrested for driving without insurance in 2013, disorderly conduct and… Read More »
Two more college players facing off-field issues … Oregon has suspended DE Torrodney Prevot for what is being described as a violation of the school’s code of conduct. Prevot reportedly is under investigation by local police after a former Ducks’ female student-athlete filed a criminal complaint against him alleging that he assaulted her twice in the past year. Meanwhile,… Read More »
Canes boot top defensive prospects … More fall-out from that luxury-car rental case at Miami, as the Hurricanes have dismissed rising junior DE Al-Quadin Muhammad and senior SLB Jermaine Grace from the program. Muhammad led the Hurricanes with 5 sacks last fall, while Grace, one of the faster LBs in the country, was tops in tackles with 79.… Read More »
Steelers IR 4th rounder … Pittsburgh has placed rookie Jerald Hawkins, the team’s 4th round pick at the 2016 draft, on season-ending injured reserve with a shoulder injury suffered in the Steelers’ opening week pre-season game. NFL teams have until 4 PM ET on Tuesday to get down to this week;s 75-man roster limit.
Chiefs get vet 49ers’ CB for future pick … Kansas City has acquired CB Kenneth Acker from San Francisco for what is being reported as a 7th round pick in 2018. With the deal, the GBN Trade Mart has been updated.
Duke QB out for year … Duke QB Thomas Sirk, a second-tier prospect for the 2017 draft, will miss the entire upcoming season after apparently re-aggravating an Achilles tendon injury he suffered in February. Sirk’s rehabilitation had reportedly gone smoothy until this week, when he was scheduled to return to full team practices. The 6-3, 220-pound Sirk passed… Read More »
Prelim GBN prospects list posted … A little later than usual, but the annual GBN list of prospects for the 2017 draft has been posted. Please note that while the players in the various positional groups are ranked roughly according to their ability, but it is hardly meant as a definitive ranking at this time. We also included… Read More »
Senior Bowl watch list posted … For those that have not seen it already, the Senior Bowl has posted its initial watch list which includes almost 400 seniors their scouts are watching for this year’s game. The Senior Bowl will then whittle the list down to the 100 or so players that will be invited to this year’s… Read More »
Browns get Pats pick for OLB Mingo … Cleveland has acquired a 5th round pick in the 2017 draft from New England in exchange for OLB Barkevious Mingo, the 6th pick overall in 2013 who has been a major disappointment with the Browns. With the acquisition of the 5th rounder from the Patriots, Cleveland now has extra 1st,… Read More »
Pats get late conditional pick for vet C … Washington has acquired New England C Bryan Stork for what is being described as a conditional 7th round pick in 2017. The trade was made official earlier today despite the fact that Stork informed Washington officials that he might retire once the two teams reached an agreement. New England… Read More »
Bolts rescind Bosa offer … San Diego has pulled its latest contract offer to DE Joey Bosa, the Chargers’ first-round draft pick this past April, and have indicated that they will restructure a new deal that would reflect him playing less than a full season. Bosa, the 3rd player selected overall this year, has missed all of training… Read More »
