Saints back to #1 with Jets idle … With the NY Jets on their bye week, the New Orleans Saints will move back into the #1 spot on the weekly if the draft were held this week selection order for the first-round of the 2026. The Saints lost 34-10 loss to the LA Rams earlier today which drops… Read More »
Eagles get vet CB, future pick for Ravens’ 6th … Philadelphia has acquired veteran CB Jaire Alexander from Baltimore in exchange for a 6th round pick this coming April. To complete the deal, the Eagles will also get a 7th rounder in 2027.
ASU QB Leavitt out for year … Arizona State QB Sam Leavitt, who has been mentioned as a potentially interesting prospect for the 2026 draft, will undergo season-ending surgery to repair a lingering foot injury. Leavitt originally injured the foot back in September and has been in and out of the lineup since. Leavitt, is a third-year sophomore… Read More »
Dolphins GM out … Let’s face it, somebody in Miami had to go and that somebody, at least for now, is GM Chris Grier who has been relieved of his duties in the wake of the Dolphins’ dismal 2-7 start to the season that got real ugly in last night’s 28-6 home loss to Baltimore. Grier, who has… Read More »
Jags two-way top pick to IR … Jacksonville has placed star WR/CB Travis Hunter on injured reserve as a result of a non-contact knee injury incurred during practice on Thursday. As a result, Hunter will miss at the least the next 4 games. Hunter was the second player selected at the 2025 draft by the Jaguars who traded… Read More »
Who to watch in college football this weekend … Its another quiet weekend on the college football schedule with no real can’t miss engagements. However, there are 3 match-ups involving ranked teams including a couple in the SEC and one in the Big XII, along with a couple of potentially interesting games in the Big 10. Here’s who… Read More »
Iggles, Jets trade vets, swap future late picks … Philadelphia and the NY Jets completed a trade earlier today with the Eagles acquiring CB Michael Carter and a 7th round pick in 2027, while the Jets get WR John Metchie and a 2027 6th rounder.
Pats make 2nd deal of day; send S Duggar to Steelers … New England was expected to be a buyer with the NFL trading deadline looming for next Tuesday, but they were sellers today. As noted below, they sent DE Keion White to San Francisco earlier this evening and just minutes later traded S Kyle Duggar to Pittsburgh,… Read More »
Niners get DE White from Pats for pick swap … San Francisco has reportedly acquired DE Keion White from New England in a deal involving one of those proverbial late round pick swaps. To wit, the Patriots get a 6th round pick this year, while the 49ers get a 7th to complete the deal.
Another rook QB to start as Saints give Shough a chance … New Orleans has confirmed that rookie Tyler Shough will get the start at QB when the 1-7 Saints play the LA Rams this weekend. Shough, the Saints 2nd round pick at last April’s draft – #40 overall – replaces Spencer Rattler in hopes of giving their… Read More »
Coin flip to decide top pick in weekly selection order … Yesterday, we initially, and at the time erroneously, reported that despite their first win of the season, the NY Jets would still be sitting atop the updated, first-round selection order for the 2026 draft for the week. However, we’d somehow managed to overlook the Saints who actually… Read More »
Rams get vet CB from Titans in pick swap … The NFL trade deadline is still just over a week away, but the expected fire sale in Tennessee appears to be underway already as the Titans have reportedly sent veteran CB Roger McCreary to the LA Rams for a conditional 5th round pick this year. To complete the… Read More »
What we see is what we may get … With the college football season heading into the home stretch we took a quick peek at the remaining schedule to red circle the big games coming up in the final month of the campaign. However, we were kind of shocked to find out that there are, in fact, very… Read More »
LSU fires coach Brian Kelly … Hands up everyone who had Penn State’s James Franklin and Brian Kelly of LSU in their coaches likely to be fired during the season pool! Anyone? Kelly joined Franklin, who was terminated earlier this season, on the UE rolls yesterday when he was abruptly fired by LSU in the wake of the… Read More »
Jets win; Saints to top of board … The NY Jets got their first win of the season earlier today with a comeback 39-38 victory over Cincinnati. That combined with New Orleans’ loss to Tampa Bay and the Saints should have the top pick overall in this week’s updated selection order for the opening round of the 2026… Read More »
Giants dodge pick loss in Dart investigation … The NFL announced today that the NY Giants have been fined $200,000 for violating the league’s concussion evaluation protocol stemming from an incident earlier in the season involving rookie QB Jaxson Dart. Giants head coach Brian Daboll was also fined $100,000, while rookie RB Cam Skattebo was dinged $15,000 for… Read More »
Who to watch in college football this weekend … Its kind of a quiet weekend on the college football schedule with no real can’t miss engagements. However, there are 3 SEC games Saturday matching up ranked teams all with players worth a look. Here’s who we’ll be watching this weekend with an eye toward the 2026 draft.
AFC East 1-2 in updated weekly selection order … The AFC East would control the very top of the board if the 2026 draft were held this week as the NY Jets, the NFL’s only remaining winless team, would have the top pick overall, while disappointing Miami would pick second. Here is the full, updated selection order for… Read More »
Most of top ten set for week … There are still a couple of games later this evening, but it appears that the first 9 spots in this week’s updated selection order for the opening round of the 2026 draft were it held this week are set. As noted earlier, the NY Jets, the league’s only winless team… Read More »
Jets lose again and keep top pick for week; bench QB Fields … Another week in the NFL; another week of offensive ineptitude by the NY Jets. A week after the Jets piled up net minus passing yards in London in a loss to Denver, they scored just 6 points in a 13-6 home defeat at the hands… Read More »
Canes, Beck crash into Cards … For those who missed it last evening, #2 Miami’s dreams of winning a national title took a major hit when the Hurricanes were upset 24-21 at home by Louisville. And enigmatic Miami QB Carson Beck was well, enigmatic. Beck did complete an impressive 25 of 35 pass attempts against the Cardinals for… Read More »
Who to watch in college football: October 18th … The college football focus shifts back to the southeast this weekend with a pair of top-10 matchups on the SEC schedule including #5 Mississippi at #9 Georgia and #11 Tennessee at #6 Alabama. Here’s who we’ll be watching with an eye to the 2026 draft in those two games… Read More »
Mid-season mock posted … With the college season at the halfway mark, we have put together an updated first-round projection for the upcoming draft. As usual, we note that the goal of such an enterprise isn’t really to try and predict which particular player a particular team will select at a draft that is still more than 6… Read More »
Some late thoughts on Mendoza versus Moore … One of the first rules we operate by in this draft business is never put too much weight on one individual game. So we’re not going to go overboard over-analyzing Saturday’s big game between Indiana and Oregon that featured arguably the top two QBs prospects for the 2026 draft in… Read More »
Star Aggie RB Moss out for extended period … Texas A&M has confirmed that star RB Le’Veon Moss will miss what is being described as a ‘significant’ amount of time with an undisclosed ankle injury sustained in Saturday’s win over Florida. Moss, who leads the 4th ranked Aggies with 389 yards and 6 rushing TDs so far this… Read More »
