NFL to review combine ops … According to a report in USA Today, the NFL has formed a committee to review all aspects of the annual scouting combine which gets underway in Indianapolis later this week. According to the report, the committee will be looking at everything from the relevance of some of the current tests to the… Read More »
BYU QB Hill to stick with Cougs … In something of a surprise, BYU QB Tayson Hill has announced that he will play his final year of eligibility with the Cougars. There has been speculation that Hill would either opt to enter the 2016 draft or, if he decided to take stay in school for the extra year… Read More »
Tag day in NFL … NFL teams can begin to designate free-agents-to-be as either franchise or transition players today with the start of the 2016 league year now just over three weeks away. Those designated with the franchise tag can get either an exclusive or non-exclusive tag. The exclusive category includes a one-year tender offer to a player… Read More »
Regional combines underway … While most of the national attention is on next week’s annual scouting combine, the NFL is holding 5 regional combines over the next few weeks for players not invited to the ‘show’ in Indianapolis. The first regional combine was held last week in Houston with the 4 remaining ones scheduled for February 20th in… Read More »
Titans kick off smoke and mirrors season … After a week off to recharge the batteries following the Super Bowl, most NFL personnel departments are back at work this week putting the final touches on their preliminary draft boards in preparation for next week’s scouting combine in Indianapolis. And that pretty much signals the start of the NFL’s… Read More »
Pigskin ponders combine surprises … GBN Associate Editor and Chief Scout Pigskin Paul Guillemette has a few more thoughts on some of the top prospects for the 2016 draft who did not get invitations to the annual scouting combine which gets underway in just over ten days in Indianapolis.
Tide QB headlines list of those not invited to the combine … Alabama QB Jake Coker, who led the Crimson Tide to the 2015 national championships back in January, heads the list of players not invited to this year’s scouting combine which gets underway on February 23rd in Indianapolis. Other well-known prospects who did not get invitations to… Read More »
Combine invite list announced … The folks that run the NFL’s annual scouting combine have finally released the list of players who have been invited to this year’s event which gets underway in Indianapolis on February 23rd. In total, 332 players have been invited to this year’s combine. And just who is, and isn’t invited to the combine… Read More »
Path to the draft runs through Indy … The NFL’s annual scouting combine gets underway two weeks today in Indianapolis. However, the folks who run the combine have yet to release the full list of players who will be at the combine despite the fact that their website indicated that the roster of players invited to the event… Read More »
Players convicted of domestic violence or weapons charges to be banned from combine, draft attendance … ESPN is reporting at this hour that NFL teams have been told that prospective players who have been convicted on domestic violence, sexual assault or weapons charges will no longer be allowed to attend the NFL scouting combine or draft, although they… Read More »
Titans’ GM hints at O-line for top pick … New Tennessee G.M. Jon Robinson, whose Titans’ have the #1 pick overall at the 2016 draft, didn’t say which player the team will select with the pick during a recent interview with the Tennessean, but left little doubt that fixing the offensive line was perhaps his biggest priority this… Read More »
Orange QB appeal for 6th year denied; will be in draft … Syracuse confirmed yesterday afternoon that the NCAA has denied QB Terrell Hunt’s appeal for a 6th year of eligibility after injuries ended both his 2014 and 2015 years prematurely. Hunt, a fifth-year senior, tore an Achilles tendon in the first quarter of Syracuse’s season opener this… Read More »
First three rounds of 2016 draft now set … Congratulations to the Denver Broncos who capped the 2016 season with a 24-10 upset win over Carolina in the 50th edition of the Super Bowl in a bruising defensive struggle. In leading the Broncos to their 3rd league championship overall and their first since 1998, veteran QB Peyton Manning… Read More »
NFL teams begin to release vets … The new NFL year doesn’t officially begin until March 15th when teams can begin to sign free agents and all teams have to be down to the salary cap; however, teams can start to release veteran players as of today. And Atlanta and Philadelphia got the ball rolling as the Falcons… Read More »
Rams RB; Chiefs CB take top rook awards … With the Super Bowl set to kick-off in just a few hours, the NFL handed out its annual individual player awards last evening. There were no big surprises as Carolina QB Cam Newton was named the league’s MVP, while Houston DE J.J. Watt won his third defensive player of… Read More »
Second top QB to throw at combine … Memphis junior QB Paxton Lynch has confirmed that he will throw at the NFL scouting combine which gets underway in Indianapolis in just over two weeks. Lynch becomes the second top QB prospect for the 2016 draft to indicate they will be a full participant in the on-field activities at… Read More »
Injuries end promising Duck RB career … Oregon sophomore RB Thomas Tyner, who looked like a future top pick when he was originally recruited, has decided to give up football because of injuries. Tyner, who was a 5-star recruit at Oregon and would have been eligible for the 2017 draft, ran for over 1,200 yards in the season… Read More »
Senior Bowl game report: LBs and DBs … Because of the Senior Bowl rules limiting what defenses can and can’t do in the game itself, there isn’t a whole lot that one is going to learn from Saturday’s game tape about the LBs and DBs. However, one can always have observations so here goes with some passing thoughts… Read More »
Senior Bowl game skill position review … College all-star games are usually tough venues for the offensive skill position players. As a general rule, they don’t get many reps and for the most part are playing in unfamiliar systems. So what made this year’s Senior Bowl game somewhat unusual is that NFL personnel people saw pretty much what… Read More »
College football ‘draft day’ underway … Today is national signing day in college football, the first day that high school seniors can actually sign their letters of commitment. And while many have stated earlier where they intended to go to school there is some drama today as DT Rashawn Gray of Paramus, New Jersey, the consensus top recruit… Read More »
Senior Bowl offensive line game review … While the top story line out of last week’s Senior Bowl revolved around the number of defensive linemen, and especially the defensive tackles, who have emerged as legitimate first and second day prospects for the 2016 draft, in part as a result of their solid performances in both the practices and… Read More »
Pigskin Senior Bowl wrap … After a grueling two weeks at first the East-West Shrine week in St. Petersburg and then the Senior Bowl last week, GBN Associate Editor and Chief Scout Pigskin Paul Guillemette is back home and sends along this final report from Mobile documenting some final observations as well as his game all-star team.
Senior Bowl DL review … Arguably, the top storyline to emerge at this year’s Senior Bowl, and maybe for the whole 2016 draft overall has been the emergence of the defensive line, and especially the defensive tackles, as one of, if not the best unit in this year’s draft class. And that group didn’t disappoint in Saturday’s actual… Read More »
On to Indy!!! … With the college all-star games now in the books, its on to Indianapolis and the annual scouting combine for NFL personnel people. The scouting combine gets underway on February 24th and runs the 29th. In fact, though, most teams gives their scouts and other senior personnel execs a few days off after the hectic… Read More »
Pigskins All-practice team ‘announced’ … With the Senior Bowl game set to kick-off within the hour, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has reviewed his noted and made his choices for his annual All-practice Team.
