#2 pick at stake in Monday nighter … NFL execs have been literally pulling their hair out so far this season trying to explain the continuing drop in TV ratings for prime time games. Interest in the election, major league baseball’s pennant races and the growth of alternate entertainment venues have all been identified as possible causes. What… Read More »
Vols LB done for year … There has still been no official confirmation from team sources, but it appears that Tennessee OLB Jalen Reeves-Maybin has undergone surgery to repair an ailing shoulder. In fact, it was the second surgery for Reeves-Maybin on the shoulder this year and the third overall. There also isn’t any word on the projected… Read More »
So how are all those trades working out?? … That will be part of the question later today when Cleveland plays at Tennessee in a 1 PM ET game on CBS. This will be the second time this season that the Browns play one of the teams they worked blockbuster deals with at the 2016 draft. The Browns… Read More »
Safety first: defensive back ratings posted … The initial GBN rankings for the safety class for the 2017 draft have been posted.
Pigskin’s weekly prospects review goes two-fer… With his house now firmly attached to terra firma once again, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette weighs in one which prospects caught his eye over the past couple of weekends of college football.
College injury updates … There are a number of draft-related injuries of note in college football. Florida State senior SS Nate Andrews, a four-year starter who was once considered a top pro prospect, but who has battled assorted injuries throughout his career, is out for the rest of this year after undergoing surgery to repair a torn pectoral… Read More »
Corner rankings posted … Slowly working away on the initial 2017 rankings with what is looking like a pretty good potential CB class the latest to be previewed.
Early line of top 10 picks for 2017 … With the NFL regular season now officially past the quarter pole, it is starting to become a little clearer as to which teams are in contention for early picks at the 2017 draft. Needless to say if the draft were held this week, Cleveland, the leagues only remaining winless… Read More »
Pigskin’s college football Top 15 … Hard to believe, but the college football season is pretty much at the half way point; and while we are still a week or so away from the release of the initial BCS rankings which will ultimately determine the 4 teams in the national playoffs. GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette, having… Read More »
Top all-purpose back dinged; could miss time … Stanford RB Christian McCaffrey, arguably the best all-purpose back in the country is being listed as questionable for the Cardinal’s game with Notre Dame this coming weekend because of an undisclosed leg injury suffered in the team’s stunning 42-16 loss to suddenly resurgent Washington State this past weekend. Stanford officials… Read More »
Week 5 games with draft implications … The fifth full Sunday on the NFL regular season schedule kicks off in just a few hours with several games with implications for the early selection order for the 2017 draft. In fact, this weekend’s NFL schedule includes several games between 1-3 teams including Chicago at Indianapolis and Tennessee at Miami;… Read More »
Top prospect back in uniform … For the record, Texas A&M junior DE Myles Garrett, the consensus top prospect overall for the 2017 draft, is playing – and already has a key sack that led to an early A&M TD – in today’s game against Tennessee. Garrett had been hobbled by an ankle issue the past couple of… Read More »
ILB rankings posted … The initial GBN inside linebacker rankings for the 2017 draft have now been posted.
Let’s try that again!! … Earlier today we posted what we thought was our ranking of the OLB position for the 2017 draft, but what actually got posted was an under construction table rather than the finished product. Here is the updated OLB ranking.
Could Fournette sit rest of year … There are growing whispers around college football that LSU junior RB Len Fournette could, or should, consider shutting it down for the rest of the year to get healthy for the draft. Fournette, who was considered to be the best player in the country period coming into the season injured an… Read More »
Injury update from around college football … Weather permitting, there is another great weekend of college football coming up with as many as 4 games between teams ranked in the top 25. Headlining this week’s schedule is an inter-divisional SEC match-up in which #9 Tennessee plays at #8 Texas A&M (3:30 PM ET) on Saturday afternoon on CBS.… Read More »
SEC postpones LSU-Florida because of storm … For those that have not heard already, the SEC has cancelled Saturday’s conference game between LSU and Florida in Gainesville because of Hurricane Matt that is bearing down on the south Atlantic coast. Mo make-up date was announced and it may ultimately be problematic that the game is ever played at… Read More »
Top prospect Fournette out again … Star junior LSU RB Len Fournette, who is generally considered to be top one of the top prospects for the 2017 draft, will miss a second straight game when the Tigers play at Florida – weather permitting – on Saturday. Fournette has been dealing with an ankle injury since the pre-season and… Read More »
Irish OT says he intends to stay in school … Notre Dame LT Mike McGlinchey was quoted earlier today as saying that he fully intends to return to school for his final season of eligibility in 2017. Of course, there is still plenty of time for McGlinchey to change his mind before the deadline for underclassmen to apply… Read More »
DT rankings posted … As noted earlier today, DE looks to be one of, if not THE strongest position at the2017 draft. However, don’t sleep on their DT counterparts who are also pretty good starting with Michigan State junior Malik McDowell, who has top 5 potential of his own. Here is our initial ranking of this year’s DT… Read More »
Who should the Browns select to end their QB woes … As the NFL’s only remaining winless team, people betting on NFL at www.sbgglobal.eu know that Cleveland is not only brown, but also crispy – in other words, we may as well stick a fork in them because they’re pretty much done. And while they may not be… Read More »
THE best position at the 2017 draft … looks like it will be the DEs – with apologies to the RBs! Here is our initial ranking of this year’s DE prospects for the upcoming draft, although as we noted in the offensive rankings there is still a ton of sorting out to be done.
Big ugly position rankings posted … The initial positional rankings for the offensive line, including the OTs, OGs and Cs have now been posted. The plan is to get rankings for the defensive positions posted over the rest of the week and a first GBN Big Board ranking of the top 100 or so prospects overall later in… Read More »
Utes’ C/T done for year … Utah C J.J. Dielman, one of the team’s captain and a 2015 all-conference honoree as an OT, will miss the rest of the year after suffering what is being described as a ‘lower leg’ injury in this weekend’s loss to California. As he is already past the threshold for a medical hardship… Read More »
Under the radar prospects … With the college football season now appearing its mid-way point, the 2017 draft class is starting to take shape. And while just about everybody is aware of most of the top prospects, Special Contributor Steve Callahan has some thoughts on a number of players currently flying just below the draft radar.
