All quiet on the draft front … almost … For those thinking that it seems awfully quiet around the NFL these days; well, it is awfully quiet. Most personnel departments are still on their post-season break, or have returned to their respective war-rooms and are hunkered down preparing their preliminary big boards in anticipation of the scouting combine… Read More »
Browns pick at risk over texts … Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that the Browns could lose a draft pick if an NFL investigation concludes that their were texts from team execs to the sidelines outside what the league allows during games. G.M. Ray Farmer also faces a possible suspension as he is… Read More »
Another suitor for Mariota trade … Jason Cole of the Bleacher Report is reporting that Cleveland is thinking about trying to make a play to try and move up in the opening round of the 2015 draft in order to acquire Oregon QB Marcus Mariota. According to the report, the Browns have been considering the option even before… Read More »
Talking football … One of the things we have always wanted to add to the GBN experience was a draft forum where folks could discuss the pro and cons of the various prospects or talk about their particular team’s needs or targets. The new format as allowed us to do that and we have posted a prototype forum.… Read More »
Willy: Nolo contendre … Weather prognosticators in Canada are reportedly perplexed as to how to interpret Groundhog Day results from today when the groundhog apparently refused to come out of his hole because of the cold. Willy, as he is affectionately known, did pop his head out of the hole and according to sources close to the situation… Read More »
Final picks set … With New England’s thrilling 28-24 win over Seattle in tonight’s Super Bowl, the final two picks in the selection order of the 2015 draft have been set. Seattle will have the 31st pick in each of this year’s seven rounds, while New England will have the 32nd pick.
DE Fields commits to ACC Cards … Former TCU DE Devonte Fields has confirmed that he is transferring to Louisville. Fields appeared to be a rising star when he was named the Big XII Freshman of the Year in 2012 after racking up 10 sacks, but he ended up playing for a community college last season after he… Read More »
Pigskin Paul ranks Top 5 by position … With the all-star games now in the books, GBN Associate Editor Paul Guillemette has posted his pre-combine list of the top 5 prospects by position for the 2015 draft.
Titans part ways with personnel VP … Tennessee has parted ways with VP of Player Personnel Lake Dawson who oversaw the Titans’ pro personnel and college scouting departments. It does not appear that Dawson will be replaced and that going forward Director of College Scouting Blake Beddington and Pro Scouting Coordinator Brian Gardner will report directly to G.M.… Read More »
GBN All-rookie team posted … After a little time for reflection, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has put together his picks for this year’s all-rookie team.
Eagles stay in-house for new personnel guy … Philadelphia has named Ed Marynowitz the team’s new VP of player personnel to basically run their scouting department for head coach and de facto G.M. Chip Kelly. The 31-year-old Marynowitz had been the Eagles’ assistant director of player personnel the past couple of years after coming to the team from… Read More »
Are the Bucs Duck hunting … In recent weeks, there had been a growing consensus around the NFL that if Tampa Bay took a QB with the #1 pick at this year’s draft it would almost assuredly be Jameis Winston of Florida State despite all the off-field red flags as the former Seminoles’ star is more the kind… Read More »
Top Shrine game players ranked … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette had so much fun ranking the top players from last week’s Senior Bowl that he went back to his notes and did the same for the top 50 players at the East-West Shrine game.
Selection order; picks by team updated … Given we are in a bit of downtime for the draft as everyone gears up for Sunday’s Super Bowl, we have done a little housekeeping and updated the 2015 selection order by including the second and third rounds which are now pretty much set except for the inclusion of any comp… Read More »
More Senior Bowl player rankings … GBN Chief Scout Pigskin Paul Guillemette is home from Mobile and has had a chance to review the game tape and has posted his ranking of of all the players at last week’s Senior Bowl combining both their work in the practice sessions and the actual game.
Senior Bowl MIAs … One of the frustrating aspects of the Senior Bowl every year is that too many quality seniors who get invited to Mobile decline for one reason or another. Certainly, Senior Bowl organizer Phil Savage didn’t sound like a happy guy when he addressed the situation last week. GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has… Read More »
Sexual assault allegation against top QB prospect still out there … Any hopes by former Florida State QB Jameis Winston, or for that matter the NFL, that the allegations f sexual assault against the former Seminoles’star would just quietly go away, well just don’t look like they are going to go quietly away. Indeed, the female FSU student… Read More »
Mock updated … With the Senior Bowl in the books, the GBN first-round projection for the 2015 draft has been updated. Note that as much as possible the picks are based on which player we think the respective team will take given the latest intel rather than who we would take ourselves.
Senior Bowl game defensive line review … The tapes showed kind of what we saw live from the defensive linemen during the actual Senior Bowl game and that’s that the position was something of a mixed bag in Mobile last week. Here’s a quick rundown of some of the highlights and lowlites for the defensive linemen during Saturday’s… Read More »
Are the Eagles Duck hunting ?? … One of the rumors swirling around at last week’s Senior Bowl was that Philadelphia was looking at ways to possibly move up from the 20th spot in the 2015 draft to get into range to select Oregon QB Marcus Mariota. Mariota, of course, played for current Eagles’ head coach and de… Read More »
Big Board updated … With the passing of the deadline for underclassmen to enter the draft as well as the completion of the Senior Bowl last weekend, the GBN Big Board ranking of the top 225 prospects for the 2015 draft has been updated. As well, so have the individual positions as per the drop-down list above. Again,… Read More »
Top QB may not throw at combine … According to a report in his hometown newspaper, Oregon QB Marcus Mario is unsure whether he will be able to throw at next month’s scouting combine in Indianapolis. Mariota, a potential top pick overall at this year’s draft, sprained the AC joint in his throwing shoulder in the Ducks’ loss… Read More »
On to Indy … With the Senior Bowl now in the books, the focus of the college scouting departments around the NFL now turns to the annual Scouting Combine which gets underway on February 17 in Indianapolis, although most NFL teams give their scouting staffs some kind of break during the Super Bowl period. Each team then reconvenes… Read More »
Game day in Mobile … Its game day in Mobile with the Senior Bowl set to kick-off at 4 PM ET. The NFL Network will be providing national TV coverage. And while most NFL personnel execs and scouts headed home after Thursday’s final practice sessions, there is still a lot at stake in the game as the players… Read More »
GBN top Senior Bowl practice players … With a little time to reflect on everything that went on in Mobile this week, GBN Chief Scout Pigskin Paul Guillemette has put together his list of the top 10 or so players from both the North and South teams at this week’s practice sessions at the Senior Bowl.
