Category Archives: News

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 »

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 »

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 »

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.