Some thoughts on the passing college QB situation … Star of the week in college football this weekend appears to be Oklahoma QB John Mateer who led the Sooners to 24-13 upset win over Michigan Saturday evening as he completed 21 0f 34 passes for 270 yards and a score, while running for another 74 yards and 2… Read More »
Belichek confirms Pats’ scouts’ ban … In the wake of North Carolina’s 20-3 win over Charlotte on Saturday, Heels’ coach Bill Belichek confirmed that he has in fact banned scouts from New England from UNC’s premises. The move apparently comes in response to the fact that Belichek feels that he has been dissed by his old employers and… Read More »
Last unsigned 2025 pick signs … Cleveland has signed former Ohio State RB Quinshon Judkins, the Browns’ second round pick at last April’s draft. Judkins, the last unsigned 2025 pick, agreed to a fully guaranteed 4Y contract worth about $11.4M which including a signing bonus worth close to $5M. Judkins had not signed after he was charged with… Read More »
Bonus coverage … As noted earlier this week, there’s really only one key game in college football today – and even that’s a bit of a stretch – when #15 Michigan plays at #18 Oklahoma later this evening. One game we will be checking out this afternoon is the renewal of the Kansas-Missouri border war (3:30 PM, ESPN2)… Read More »
Who to watch in college football: September 7th … After last weekend’s wild and wacky opening slate of game sin college football including three top 10 match-ups, this week’s fare unfortunately pales in comparison. In fact, there’s only one game this weekend involving ranked teams neither of which is in the top ten. For the record, its #15… Read More »
Pre-season mock posted … As promised, to help folks wile away the hours until Dallas and Philadelphia kick-off the 2025 regular schedule later this evening, here is our annual pre-season projection for next year’s draft, which for the record is now just 230 days away. Of course, plenty can and will change between now and the end of… Read More »
GBN fearless forecast … If you believe us – and its not entirely clear why anyone actually would – it will be Baltimore and Detroit in the 2025 Super Bowl next February in Los Angeles. At least that’s what it says in our annual Fearless Forecast predicting the outcomes across the board in the NFL this coming season.… Read More »
Pre-season Big Board posted … The first GBN Big Board of the year – ranking the top 50 prospects overall – for the 2026 draft is now up. Note that neither of 3rd-year QBs Arch Manning of Texas or South Carolina’s LaNorris Sellars are included as we just don’t see either, at least for the moment, actually turning… Read More »
Bonus coverage: college football on Sunday … Anyone thinking that was it for the week in college football after Saturday’s terrific slate of games, including a couple between top 10 teams, needs to take a couple of breaths and recharge as there is more to come Sunday with #6 Notre Dame going south to face #10 Miami (7:30… Read More »
Manning debut lands with a thud … It was billed as perhaps the ‘debut of the century’ but it looked more like the ‘dud of the century’ as Texas QB Arch Manning looked pretty much like one might expect a 3rd year QB making his first career start against the defending national champions in front of 103,000 raucous… Read More »
Vikes, Browns ‘win’ 8th round … At least from a purely draft perspective, the big story from this week’s roster reductions as NFL teams worked to get down to their 53-man opening day rosters was how the 2025 draft class fared. Part B of the exercise, though, is just how many undrafted rookie free agents ultimately made the… Read More »
Packers get star ER Parsons in blockbuster deal … Just when you thought it was almost safe enough to go back outside! Indeed, we’ll be starting a second-straight post with WOW as Green Bay has indeed acquired star ER Micah Parsons, arguably the best defensive player in the league, from Dallas in exchange for first-round picks in 2026… Read More »
Who to watch in college football on Saturday … Wow! What a way to kick-off the college football season with a couple of games between top 10 teams with legitimate national championship aspirations. That includes Ohio State, the defending national champions hosting Texas, the top-ranked team in the country heading into the campaign. That’s at Noon ET on… Read More »
Cut-down day by the numbers … We have had a chance to really pour over the numbers from this week’s cut-down roster transactions and there are a couple of interesting observations to be made. First, pretty much as usual, the large majority of drafted players survived this week’s roster reductions. Indeed, only 18 players – just 7% of… Read More »
Vikes reacquire vet WR Thielen in pick swap … Proving once again that, at least in the NFL, you can go home again, Minnesota has reacquired veteran WR Adam Thielen from Carolina. The now 35-yearold Thielen, a Minnesota native, played 10 years with the Vikings before moving onto the Panthers last season. The deal involves what amounts to… Read More »
Cut-down day updates … There were a couple of items that slipped under our radar during yesterday’s roster cut-down moves. New Orleans, for example, confirmed that second-year pro Spencer Rattler would start the season as the team’s #1 QB. Rattler had been in a battle with rookie Tyler Shough for the job. However, given that neither were particularly… Read More »
Panthers first to 53 as deadline looms … Carolina appears to be the first team to have formally announced their roster cuts to get down to today’s 53-man opening day limit. For the record, it appears that all 8 of the Panthers 2025 draft picks made the roster.
Falcons get vet OL from ‘Hawks for late conditional pick … Atlanta has reportedly acquired veteran back-up G/T Michael Jerrell from Seattle in exchange for a conditional 7th round pick in 2027.
Saints get vet OL depth with future late pick swap … New Orleans added some depth their somewhat beleagured offensive line by acquiring veteran back-up G/T Asim Richards from Dallas. As compensation the teams will swap 6th and 7th round picks in 2028 with the Cowboys getting a #6 and the Saints a #7.
Colts get vet CB Blackmon from Vikes for 6th … Indianapolis has acquired veteran CB Mekhi Blackmon from Minnesota in exchange for a 6th round pick in 2026.
Rams get really future pick for OG Leveston … Cleveland has acquired OG KT Leveston from the LA Rams in exchange for a 7th round pick in 2028. As far as our records indicate that’s the first 2028 pick that has been traded. Leveston was a 7th round pick by the Rams in 2024, but he ended up… Read More »
Raiders get QB Pickett from Browns for 5th … Las Vegas has reportedly acquired QB Kenny Pickett from Cleveland in exchange for a 5th round pick at the 2026 draft. The Raiders have been scouring the league for a back-up QB for Geno Smith after Aidan O’Connell was lost for the better part of the season with a… Read More »
Turk on the clock; Eagles first to cut pick … NFL teams continued to chip away at their rosters today with Tuesday’s 53-man opening day deadline looming for 4 PM ET tomorrow. In fact, roughly two-thirds of teams have made at least some of their cuts ahead of tomorrow’s deadline. And defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia became the… Read More »
ACC Tigers head list of top dozen draft classes for 2026 … We noted in a post a couple of weeks back entering the college football season there isn’t necessarily a clear dominant team or teams like Ohio State last year when a small army of the Buckeyes’ stars who were considered legit draft prospects opted to return… Read More »
Eagles stay busy; add vet OT Johnson, trade ER Kinnard to Pack … At least based on their activity earlier today, the defending Super Bowl champions aren’t going to rest on their laurels. After trading for back-up QB Sam Howell earlier in the day, Philadelphia made a couple of more deals this evening re-acquiring veteran back-up OT Fred… Read More »
