A few more thoughts … We wanted to add just a couple of corollary thoughts to the piece earlier today on the volatility of the current QB situation as it relates to the 2025 draft. And, again, we’re just kind of spit-balling here, but we’re wondering if one of the elements we are seeing here is that some… Read More »
Seahawks get vet Titans’ LB for LB, pick … Seattle has acquired veteran LB Ernest Jones from Tennessee in exchange for LB Jerome Baker and a 4th round pick in 2025.
More random thoughts on the ’25 QB conundrum … We have noted on several occasions in the past several weeks there seems to be some serious rethinking of the QB situation for the upcoming draft. For the first month and a half of the college season, the consensus around the NFL appeared to be that there were a… Read More »
OSU LT; SMU TE out for season … A couple of more top prospects for the upcoming draft will both miss the rest of the season with knee injuries. Ohio State has confirmed, for example, that rising LT Josh Simmons is done for the year because of an injury he suffered two weeks ago at Oregon. Simmons was… Read More »
IU QB Rourke has surgery; Tide S out for ‘awhile’ … A couple of injury updates in college football. Rising Indiana QB Kurtis Rourke, who leads all of college football in passing efficiency this fall, has surgery on his injured thumb yesterday. The bad news for the 7-0 and 16th ranked Hoosiers is that Rourke won’t play this… Read More »
Pats stay atop weekly selection order; Panthers at #2, Browns #3 … For now the third week in a row, New England would have the #1 pick overall if the 2025 draft were held this week. Carolina, though, moved ahead of Cleveland for the second pick as the Panthers SOS weakened signifcantly over the weekend while that of… Read More »
PM games settle several more picks in weekly order … With New England and Cleveland comfortably ensconced with the first and second picks in the updated weekly selection order for the 2025 draft were it to be held this week, several more positions – again for the week – were confirmed as a result of the late afternoon… Read More »
Couple of top CB prospects; rising QB dinged … Nothing necessarily serious here, but several college injury issues that we’ll be tracking in the next few weeks. Star Michigan CB Will Johnson, arguably the top pure corner in the 2025 draft class and a top 5 prospect for next April’s draft, sat out the second half of the… Read More »
#1 goes down again; big QB questions emerge in college football Saturday … There will be a new #1 team in college football this weekend – most likely Oregon – after Georgia knocked off top-ranked Texas 30-15 last night. For the record, that means for the first time in almost two decades there are no remaining unbeaten teams… Read More »
Another super weekend on college sked … It may be hard for college football to match last weekend’s string of terrific games, but they’ll give it a go with several potentially outstanding match-ups headlined by #1 Texas hosting #5 Georgia on Saturday evening in what looks like one of those prototypical ‘Games of the Year!’ And just as… Read More »
USC loses another defender … Southern California LB Eric Gentry, another Trojan defender who got some draft props earlier in the season, has announced that he will sit out of the rest of the year because of a series of recurring concussions.
Good news for Buffs’ Hunter; not so much for USC DE … Colorado go some good news in that star WR/CB Travis Hunter will be playing with the Buffaloes play Arizona this Saturday evening. Hunter was forced to leave last weekend’s game with an apparent shoulder injury and there were fears could could miss some time, but those… Read More »
Vikes-Texans trade vet RB for swaps of future late picks … Minnesota has acquired veteran RB Cam Akers from Houston. In exchange the teams will flip late round conditional picks in 2026 with the Texans getting a 6th rounder and the Vikings a 7th.
Another WR domino falls as Bills acquire Cooper from Browns … Yet another majorish trade today as Buffalo has acquired veteran WR Amari Cooper from Cleveland in exchange for a 3rd round pick this coming April and a 7th in 2026. To complete the deal, the Bills will get a 6th rounder this year.
Rodgers, Adams re-united with Jets … Fresh off last night’s disappointing loss to Buffalo, the NY Jets are re-uniting QB Aaron Rodgers and WR Davante Adams, whom they have finally acquired in a trade with Las Vegas. In exchange, the Raiders will get a conditional 3rd round pick that could escalate to a 2nd if Adams either is… Read More »
Star CSU WR Horton done for year … Colorado State WR Tory Horton, one of the top prospects at the position for the 2025 draft, will miss the rest of the season with an undisclosed injury that will reportedly require surgery. Horton left Saturday’s game against San Jose State with an apparent knee injury late in the first… Read More »
Pats stay atop weekly selection order … For the second week in a row, New England would have the #1 pick overall if the 2025 draft were held this week. Here is the full, updated first-round selection order for the upcoming draft. Note, that the SOS figures are based on each team’s full 17-game schedule rather than just… Read More »
Jags send vet DT to Seahawks; get late future pick … Seattle has acquired veteran DT Roy Robertson-Harris from Jacksonville in exchange for a 6th round pick in 2026.
Irish CB Morrison out for year … Notre Dame has confirmed that star CB Benjamin Morrison, a first-round prospect for the 2025 draft, will miss the rest of the season after suffering a hip injury that will require surgery this past weekend. So far, there is no timeline on his recovery and no word whether he will still… Read More »
Pats hold top pick for another week; Browns up to #2 … With just this evening’s Monday night game to go for the week, we can confirm that New England, which dropped to 1-5 with a loss against Houston on Sunday, will hold onto the #1 pick in the 2025 selection order were the draft to be held… Read More »
Top prospect Hunter; OSU OT injured … There were a couple of draft-related injuries of note in a wild day of college action yesterday. Star Colorado Wr/CB Travis Hunter, who is considered to be the top prospect overall for the 2025 draft one at least some team’s boards, was forced to leave the Buffs 31-28 loss to #18… Read More »
Are 2025 QBs slipping? … For those that haven’t seen it yet, ESPN’s Mel Kiper posted an updated ranking of his top 25 prospects for the upcoming draft and in a major change does not have a QB rated in the top 10. Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders is the top player at the position at #13, followed in order… Read More »
Best week ever in college football? Who to watch … Okay so that might be a bit of stretch, but if it isn’t at least one of the best weeks ever, its close with three games matching up top 20 teams including a potentially titanic contest between #2 Ohio State and #3 Oregon on Saturday evening on the… Read More »
Pats nab star WR/CB Hunter with first pick in updated projection … Having updated the GBN Big Board a week or so back as well as having posted the initial weekly selection order for next April’s draft, it seemed like a good time also to post an updated first-round projection for 2025. Again, though, we caution folks not… Read More »
Pats make move at QB; to start Maye … New England has just confirmed that they will be starting rookie Drake Maye, the 3rd pick overall at the 2024 draft, at QB when they host Houston on Sunday. Maye will replace Jacoby Brissett who has been at the helm during the Patriots 1-4 start to the
