Chiefs, ‘Hawks take early lead on ’17 comp picks … There are obviously still many quality free agents still yet to be signed, but after the first week of free agency, Kansas City and Seattle have the early lead on acquiring compensatory picks at the 2017 draft. According to our unofficial, both the Chiefs and Seahawks are minus-4… Read More »
Top QB prospect arrested for DUI … Former Mississippi State QB Dak Prescott was arrested early Saturday morning and charged with driving under the influence in Starkville. Talk about lousy timing as Prescott is considered to be one of the better second-tier QB prospects for the upcoming draft with the potential to be a second-day pick. It is… Read More »
Combine lite underway up north … The annual CFL combine is underway as we speak in Toronto. Here are the updated results on today’s bench press with the 40 and other athletic tests scheduled for tomorrow. Note that that few of the top prospects for this year’s CFL draft are actually attending this weekend’s combine. In fact, Oklahoma… Read More »
Comp picks awarded … The NFL has awarded a total of 33 compensatory picks this year to 13 different teams. Dallas, New England and San Francisco lead the way with 4 comp picks apiece, while Seattle, Denver, Baltimore, and Cleveland get three picks each; Detroit, Green Bay, and Buffalo get two each; and Arizona, San Diego and Pittsburgh… Read More »
Broncos get vet QB Sanchez … Denver has acquired veteran QB Mark Sanchex from Philadelphia in exchange for what is being described as a conditional pick in 2017. The Broncos, who are desperate for QB help with the retirement of Peyton Manning Brock Osweiler’s free agent jump to Houston, had reportedly been the leader to a get Colin… Read More »
‘Johnny football no more’ in Cleveland … About the only surprise is that it took so long, but Cleveland has formally released enigmatic QB Johnny Manziel. Manziel was the 22nd player taken at the 2014 draft despite some off-field questions that never subsided with the Browns. Indeed, Manziel is currently under investigation for a domestic violence incident with… Read More »
49ers QB hot market … Word around the NFL this evening is that three teams are hot after San Francisco QB Colin Kaepernick who is available in a trade. Denver, which lost QB Brock Osweiler who signed with Houston yesterday, appears to be the leader, but Cleveland and the New York Jets are also involved. Its believed that… Read More »
Clemson CB runs well, or not … Most pro day workouts tend to be anti-climatic because most of the top prospects take a pass after having worked out at the combine. One exception today was the Clemson workout where star CB Mackensie Alexander took the field after being unable to go at the combine because of a hamstring… Read More »
Fifty days to go until the draft … Lost amid all the free agent frenzy of the past days or so is the fact that the draft is now just 50 days away and counting. And while the draft focus has moved onto the pro day circuit, GBN Associate Editor and Chief Scout Pigskin Paul Guillemette has been… Read More »
KC docked picks for tampering … The NFL has announced that Kansas City has been forced to forfeit two draft picks after the Chiefs were found to have tampered with WR Jeremy Macklin before signing him last season. The Chiefs lose their third-round pick in this year’s draft, the 91st overall, as well as their sixth-round pick in… Read More »
Texans sign Broncos QB … One of the apparent givens heading into the 2016 draft was that Houston would be hot after one of the top QBs available this year. However, you can scratch that as the Texans have reportedly come to terms with Denver free agent QB Brock Osweiler. Osweiler had been the presumed heir to Peyton… Read More »
Eagles end up with higher 4th in Murray deal … Several sources are reporting that Tennessee and Philadelphia will swap 4th-round picks as compensation in the trade in which the Titans acquired RB DeMarco Murray from the Eagles. The Titans currently have the second pick of the fourth round which right now is the 97th overall, while the… Read More »
Eagles-Dolphins trade appears to be back on … The on-again, off-again proposed trade in which Miami would get CB Byron Maxwell and LB Kiki Alonso from Philadelphia looks like it is back on again, although we not actually be sure until the deal is confirmed at 4 PM ET later today once the new football year was underway.… Read More »
Dolphins rescind tag on DE Vernon … As expected, after signing veteran free agent DE Mario Williams, Miami has rescinded the transition tag on emerging DE Olivier Vernon. That makes Vernon a full free agent as of 4 PM ET later today when the new football year officially begins. And Vernon is expected to cash in big-time as… Read More »
Are you ready for some football!! … The new NFL football year officially begins at 4 PM ET on Wednesday afternoon at which time all teams have to be below the 2016 salary cap. And once the clock hits that hour teams can begin to formally sign free agents and make trades. However, teams have been able to… Read More »
Baylor BBaller to enter draft … Interesting story at Baylor where star basketball junior power forward Rico Gathers has confirmed that he has decided decided to enter the 2016 NFL draft as an underclassman. The 6-8, 275-pound Gathers, who projects to play TE in the NFL, although some teams may also want to get a look at him… Read More »
CFP semi-final start times changed … In the wake of some very disappointing ratings for this year’s national college football semi-finals, the powers that be that run the college game have decided that the answer to the problem is to move the start times up an hour or so. The issue revolves around the fact that the semi-finals… Read More »
Eagles fire sale: trade RB Murray, CB Maxwell, LB Alonso … Philadelphia has reportedly agreed to trade RB DeMarco Murray to Tennessee and CB Byron Maxwell and LB Kiki Alonso to Miami forwhat are believed to be draft picks. The deals are expected to be confirmed on Wednesday once the new football year officially begins at 4 PM.… Read More »
“Gentlemen, er …warm up your engines …” The new NFL year doesn’t officially begin until 4 PM ET on Wednesday this week, however, starting at 4 PM ET today, teams are allowed to begin talking with prospective free agents, although no one can formally be signed until Wednesday. Of course, if the year is about to start it… Read More »
Record-setting 40 in regional combine … The NFL is still buzzing this morning about the 4.19 40 that Cumberlands’ WR Wendell Williams reportedly ran at the regional combine in Minneapolis yesterday. If true, that broke – well actually shattered – the existing 40-record of 4.24 that was established by Chris Johnson several years ago. Unfortunately we may never… Read More »
GBN Big Board updated/expanded… With the results from the annual scouting combine now in the books and the 2016 draft now just over 50 days away the GBN Big Board ranking of the top 200-plus prospects for the 2016 has been updated to reflect the latest intel. Again, please note that while these rankings incorporate GBN internal grades,… Read More »
Disappointing turnout for Spence pro day … All but four teams were represented at today’s pro day workout at Eastern Kentucky where DE Noah Spence was the main draw. However, according to a report on NFL.com, there were no head coaches or general managers in attendance. Washington did send director of college scouting Scott Campbell and the Jets sent… Read More »
Pigskin posts top 100 … really! … The cyber gremlins appear to have gotten into our system yesterday and caused some minor issues. In particular, the link for GBN Associate Editor and Chief Scout Pigskin Paul Guillemette’s updated top 100 players in this year’s draft was incorrect. That’s the proper link.
Browns still undecided at #2 … According to a report by Mark Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, New Browns’ head coach Hie Jackson says the team is still along way off from making a decision on which player to select with the second pick overall at the 2016 draft, now just 55 days away. Jackson wouldn’t… Read More »
Vandy kicks off pro day sched … The annual pro day circuit kicked off earlier today with a workout at Vanderbilt that included at least a couple of noteworthy performances.
