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 »
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 »
