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.
“No QB for Cowboys at #4:” quote … One of the enduring questions regarding the 2016 draft is whether Dallas will take a QB with the 4th pick overall as a future replacement for incumbent starter Tony Romo who missed much of this past season with a colllarbone issue. However, according to highly respect NFL Media senior analyst… Read More »
UTEP RB charged with DWI … UTEP junior RB Aaron Jones, an intriguing possibility for the 2017 draft, has been arrested on suspicion of DWI and will appear in a local court later this month. The 5-10, 205-pound Jones, had a breakout year in 2014 when he had over 1,600 yards from scrimmage and was off to a… Read More »
Positional rankings tweaked … With the data/info from last week’s scouting combine in Indianapolis, the GBN positional rankings have been tweaked (see drop-down menu above). Meanwhile, the goal is to have the GBN Big Board updated in the next day or so. Again, please note, that as much as possible these are based on where we think NFL… Read More »
Ten teams play tag with franchise/transitions designations … It turned out to be an eventful tag day in the NFL yesterday as a totalof nine players were tagged with the franchise designation while another was hit a transition tag. The nine players franchised include Denver DE Von Miller, Washington QB Kirk Cousins, LA Rams CB Trumaine Johnson, Carolina… Read More »
WKU RB Allen gets another year on the Hilltop … Western Kentucky RB Leon Allen has been granted another year of eligibility by the NCAA. Coming off a year in 2014 when he had over 2,000 yards from scrimmage, Allen had been expected to be one of the top backs in the 2016 draft class, but he tore… Read More »
No rest for NFL personnel departments … They turned out the lights on the 2016 scouting combine in Indianapolis, but there won’t be much rest for NFL personnel people as the annual pro day circuit starts later this week with workouts at Vanderbilt and Northern Arizona on Thursday, followed by a half dozen or so more on Friday… Read More »
Monday combine thoughts … Another very interesting day at the combine where the defensive backs went through their physical testing and positional drills, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette weighs in with some thoughts on the highs and lows from the CB and safety workouts in Indianapolis earlier today.
Chargers shopping 3rd pick … Given several developments at this week’s scouting combine in Indianapolis, San Diego has let it be known that the 3rd pick is available for the right package of picks in return. In particular, if as assumed Ole Miss OT Laremy Tunsil is in fact the first player selected by Tennessee, and that Cleveland… Read More »
DBs wrap combine … The 4th and final day of physical tests and positional drills at the scouting combine gets underway momentarily in Indianapolis when the defensive backs hit the field. And while it may not be quite as wild and wacky as yesterday’s defensive line workouts, there are also a lot of questions that NFL personnel people… Read More »
Wentz still #1 QB … Just about everyone around the league appears to feel that Cal QB Jared Goff had an outstanding combine and may be the most pro-raedy QB in this year’s draft class; however, there still appears to be a consensus that North Dakota State’s Carson Wentz has the bigger upside and should be the first… Read More »
49er QB at center of NFL kabuki dance … Here’s a translation, as best as we can figure, at the centre of the posturing surrounding San Francisco QB Colin Kaepernick. For those so immersed in the combine that they missed the latest: 49ers’ G.M. Trent Baalke was quoted early in the week saying that Kaepernick would ‘absolutely’ still… Read More »
Third day of combine workouts set to start … Arguably the most interesting positional group of the 2016 draft class is warming up as we speak for their physical testing and positional drills with the defensive linemen and LBs set to go on the third day of on-field stuff at the scouting combine in Indianapolis. An let’s hope… Read More »
As the QB turns … One of the enduring story lines throughout this year’s darft process has been the question whether Dallas would be taking a young QB to groom to ultimately replace the soon-to-be 36-year-old incumbent starter Tony Romo. And that story was all over the place today. On the one hand Cowboys’ owner/GM Jerry Jones was… Read More »
Hammy forces OSU QB to leave combine early … For those that haven’t heard yet, former Ohio State QB Cardale Jones was forced to make an early exit from today’s on-field tests and positional drills at the scouting combine in Indianapolis after he pulled up with a hamstring injury running his second 40-yard dash. That was a bit… Read More »
