How the Giants ended up with a 2nd Eli and other notes from their 2016 draft … We’re still not sure of all the details because we never got the full story from one trusted source, but this is our best take on how the 10th pick went last Thursday based on nuggets of information we have been… Read More »
Mother of all upsets in the ‘other’ football … For those who do not follow British football, Leicester City, the minnows of all minnows, just won the English Premier League title when Chelsea rallied to tie Tottenham Hotspurs 2-2. That leaves Leicester 7 up on Spurs with just two games to play. Just how surprising is it. Prior… Read More »
More draft thoughts … Contrary to what many millennials think being 2-4 days old does not make the draft ancient history to be stored in an archives section.In fact, it will actually take several years before the final story on the 2016 draft is written. That said, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has some preliminary thoughts on… Read More »
Cane DE dinged … Miami junior DE Al-Quadin Muhammad, a rising prospect for the 2017 or 2018 drafts, will reportedly miss at least a couple of weeks of football activity after he had minor arthroscopic knee surgery late last week. The 6-3, 260-pound Muhammad led Miami with 5 sacks and 8.5 tackles for loss last season and is… Read More »
Mixed bag for underclassmen in draft … Every year, one of the enduring questions revolving around the draft is whether too many underclassmen are leaving for the NFL with eligibility remaining. No question, though, that underclassmen tend to dominate the top of the board. At the 2016 draft, for example, 8 of the top 10 picks and 21… Read More »
Bucks rule draft; B1G makes b1g gains; 2016 draft by the numbers, Part I … Ohio State left little doubt which was the top school at the 2016 draft as the Buckeyes had a record 10 players taken in the first three rounds and twelve overall to lead all schools. However, despite the Buckeyes’ dominance on the board,… Read More »
Just 364 days until the 2017 draft … Hang in there guys!!! To help wile away the time, here’s our very first, very, very preliminary projection for the first round of next year’s draft. However, everyone is reminded of one the very few GBN house rules in that anyone even thinking of sending a missive along the lines… Read More »
Preliminary observations from the draft’s final round … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has some early thoughts on the proceedings of the final day of the 2016 draft.
Draft wraps; 8th round underway … With the Tennessee Titans making x the final pick of this year’s 7th round, not to mention Mr. Irrelevant, the 2016 draft is in the books. However, there won’t be any rest for weary NFL personnel departments as all teams are now frantically trying to sign the best undrafted free agents. And… Read More »
Pigskin punks second day picks … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette was the first one in the GBN War Room yesterday and the last one out this morning and he weighs in with his views on the hits, misses and surprises from the second day’s picks of this weekend’s draft.
And we are back … with Cleveland on the clock with the 99th pick to start the fourth round of the 2016 draft. We’ll be falling the business with the picks as they come off the board, the updated GBN board and the updated list of picks by team. Please note that for some reason our link to… Read More »
So in reality the league has supposedly skimmed the cream off the top of the 2016 NFL Draft. And to a great extent that is true, but.. As we all know this is far from an exact science, which in essence means that the 98 players selected so far are not necessarily the absolute best of the huge… Read More »
Browns back on the clock … The second round of the 2016 NFL draft is in the books, but it will be short night for NFL team execs as we’ll be back at it at Noon ET Saturday afternoon for the final four rounds. And once again it will be Cleveland on the clock when the fourth round… Read More »
Cowboys, Browns talking trade; LB Myles goes home as day two nears … With the start of the second day of the 2016 draft now just over three hours away, rumblings persist that Dallas is talking with Cleveland about possibly moving up to the 32nd pick – the first in the second – from the 34th. The Cowboys… Read More »
Morning after reflections … It wasn’t that long ago that the NFL community was bemoaning the fact that the 2016 draft was about as boring as these things can get. That was then, though, as actual draft had enough storylines that even Shakespeare, were he still around today, might not have known where to start. Here are some… Read More »
Maybe not so fast on OT Stanley to Bolts … One of the hot rumors over the course the past 2-3 days is that Notre Dame OT Ronnie Stanley was very much in play for San Diego with the 3rd pick overall at this evening’s draft. However, Chargers’ GM Tom Telesco my have thrown some cold water on… Read More »
Health concern could dip Tide LB; other late draft tidbits … NFL.com is reporting that Alabama ILB Reggie Ragland has been medically flagged for having what is described as an enlarged aorta that could cause him to drop on more than teams board for this evening, although it does not sound like a disqualifying condition. Other rumblings on… Read More »
Pigskin mocks Colts, Jets’ drafts … GBN Associate Editor and Chief Scout Pigskin Paul Guillemette continues his pound out his series in which he mocks each team’s drafts with the guys he’d pick. In today’s edition he analyzes the prospects for both the Indianapolis Colts and the New York Jets.
ITS DRAFT DAY!! Where the heck is everyone?? The 2016 draft finally gets underway in just under 12 hours. The Los Angeles Rams are on the clock with the first pick which should be announced a few minutes after 8 PM ET later this evening. The Rams are expected to take one of QBs Jared Goff of California… Read More »
Vets on the block … While much of the focus in the hours leading up to the start of the draft remains on which QB goes first, second and maybe even third and fourth when the actual picking starts in less than 24 hours, one of the major subplots of the 2016 draft could involve trades of veteran… Read More »
Injury woes continue to dog LB Myles draft hopes … There is a growing sense around the NFL that concerns about a nagging knee injury could in fact cause UCLA OLB Myles Jack to slip out of the top 10 of tomorrow’s draft. Myles, who had been considered to be one of the best overall prospects for this… Read More »
Final mocks posted … Not sure if any mock drafts these days are worth the cyberpaper they are printed on; fact is that after the LA Rams and Philadelphia select QBs with the first two picks in tomorrow’s draft, everybody’s just guessing. In the end what one ends up with are literally 100s of mock drafts in circulation… Read More »
Irish OT Stanley moving up?? … It was barely two weeks ago that the buzz around the NFL was that Notre Dame OT Ronnie Stanley was in the process of slipping out of this year’s top 10 because of concerns about his work ethic and lack of physical play. However, now with literally just hours before the first… Read More »
OT Tunsil still #1 on final Pigskin rankings … Ole Miss OT Laremy Tunsil remains the #1 prospect on GBN Associate Editor and Chief Scout Pigskin Paul Guillemette’s final ranking of the top 100 prospects for the upcoming draft. Tunsil is followed by UCLA OLB Myles Jack, while Florida State DB Jalen Ramsey and RB Ezekiel Elliott and… Read More »
Buzz around #3 QB – and beyond – growing … We will find out for sure in just over two days which of QBs Carson Wentz of North Dakota State and/or Cal’s Jared Goff Los Angeles and Philadelphia will select, respectively, with the first two picks of the 2016 draft. The more intriguing question for Thursday’s opening round,… Read More »
