Lions add ex-Phins GM Grier to front office … Detroit has added a little more experience to its front office as the Lions have reportedly hired former Miami general manager Chris Grier as a personnel executive. Grier spent more than two decades in the Miami organization, but was fired as GM last October. Grier actually began his scouting career… Read More »
Eagles finally do send WR Brown to Pats for 1st, 5th round picks … Ending literally months of anticipation, Philadelphia has finally traded star WR AJ Brown to New England. In exchange, the Eagles will receive a 5th round pick in 2027 and a 2028 first-rounder, although Brown will need to pass a physical with the Patriots in… Read More »
Rams add star DE Garrett in blockbuster deal with Browns … Goodness! Step out for a few minutes to do a little plant shopping and the NFL is rocked by a major deal. In fact, teams around the league were bracing for a blockbuster trade between Philadelphia and New England for Eagles’ WR AJ Brown, which has been… Read More »
Court hearing could decide Sorsby future … Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby will be in court later today where his attorneys will ask a district judge to prevent the NCAA from barring him during the 2026 season. The NCAA had ruled Sorsby permanently ineligible for violations of its gambling rules as he has admitted to betting on his… Read More »
Seahawks could receive comp picks after Vikes hire key exec … Just a quick follow-up to yesterday’s reporting that Minnesota has hired former Seattle assistant GM Nolan Teasley as the Vikings’ new general manager. The Seahawks could be in-line to get a couple of third-round compensatory picks as Teasley is considered to be a minority candidate. He doesn’t… Read More »
Vikes tab ‘Hawks exec to be new GM … Minnesota has reportedly agreed to hire former Seattle personnel executive Nolan Teasley as the Vikings new G.M. replacing Kwesi Adofo-Mensah who was fired from the job in January. Teasley, who spent his entire NFL career to date in Seattle after joining the franchise as a scouting intern in 2013,… Read More »
Cut down day moved up … The NFL has reportedly informed teams around the league that this year’s cutdown deadline to their opening day 53 man rosters has been moved up two days meaning to 6 PM ET on Sunday, August 30th.
Gunshot muddies 2027 RB waters … The chances of a RB being chosen with a top 6 pick in 2027 for the third straight year took a hit earlier this off-season when Ahmad Hardy of Missouri, the consensus top prospect at the position for the upcoming draft, was shot in the leg at a concert in Mississippi. The… Read More »
Jets get future, late pick for vet KR … The NY Jets have acquired a conditional 7th round pick in 2028 from Seattle for WR/KR Irv Charles.
Top UDFA RB retires … For the record, we have neatened up the list of this year’s undrafted free agents by team. The teams have been rearranged by alphabetic order and we also tweaked those teams that made late roster moves with their UDFAs. One of those tweaks involved former Texas A&M RB Le’Veon Moss who was signed… Read More »
Giants extend GM Joe Schoen … So much for ‘dead man walking!’ It didn’t seem that long ago that NY Giants GM Joe Schoen appeared to be hanging onto his job by his fingertips. Today, though, the Giants announced that Schoen had in fact been given a multi-year extension that comes on the heels of what was thought… Read More »
Sorsby judge seeks recusal … The ongoing saga re the college eligibility of embattled Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby has taken another twist as the judge who had been assigned to hear his suit requesting that his eligibility be restored has recused himself from the case because of his close ties with the university. Sorsby had filed suit… Read More »
Titans add long-time NFL exec to front-office staff … Tennessee has announced that veteran NFL executive Dave Gardi has been hired as the team’s new executive VP of football ops. He replaces Chad Brinker in that role in which he will oversee the departments of football administration, strategy, analytics, research, information systems, video, equipment, team operations and security.… Read More »
He’s back!!! … For awhile!!! … For those that have been out of the universe, there will be no second season of the popular sit-com ‘Will he, or won’t he?’ about the eccentric veteran Pittsburgh Steelers’ QB and whether he’ll play or not that upcoming season. That’s because eccentric veteran Steelers’ QB Aaron Rodgers resigned with the team… Read More »
Simmons, Stewart headline strong 2027 DE/ER class … Most of the early buzz about the 2027 draft has tended to focus on what looks to be a potentially stellar QB class. However, a pretty good case can be made that THE strongest position for the upcoming year is actually the DE grouping which is lead by a couple… Read More »
CFP expansion stalemate drags on … For those that follow college football closely, the two conferences that essentially run the business – the SEC and the Big 10 – remain deadlocked in a disagreement over future expansion of the CFP playoff structure. The Big 10 is adamant that the current 12-team format be doubled to 24 teams, while… Read More »
2027 QB controversies start early … The start of the 2027 draft is still almost 340 days away, but already there are some rumblings as to what the top QB prospects might or might not do based on which teams are likely to select them. At least one national analyst is suggesting, for example, the Texas QB Arch… Read More »
Minnesota to get 2028 draft … The NFL confirmed earlier today that Minnesota will host the 2028 draft. That makes the NFC North the first division to have each of its 4 teams host the event since the league when to the rotating format. The 2027 draft will be held in on the National Mall in Washington. Meanwhile,… Read More »
Giants hire rising Texans scouting exec … The NY Giants have reportedly hired Houston co-director of college scouting John Ritcher for a similar role and in their personnel department. Ritcher, who had been with the Texans for 8 years, worked previously with Giants’ general manager Joe Schoen when they both worked in Miami. With the Giants, Ritcher will… Read More »
Tech QB Sorsby asking for quick resolution to eligibility issues … Lawyers for Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby are requesting an expedited resolution to the NCAA investigation looking into the players gambling habits. Sorsby’s legal team also indicated that they will consider legal action of their own if the issue isn’t resolved quickly. Sorsby, a potential top NFL… Read More »
NFL schedule to be released … The full 2026 NFL schedule will be released this evening beginning at 8 PM ET on the NFL Network. Of course, the international games as well as most of the special prime time contests have either been announced or leaked, but most of the everyday games are still to be released. For… Read More »
Pats 7th rounder booked for assault … Okay, so the idiot at least waited until after the draft (although in the end it may not help him) as former Boston College LB/ER Quintayvious Hutchins, a 7th round pick by New England at last month’s draft, was arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault and battery after an incident in… Read More »
Giants Report: Random thoughts on the two-week anniversary of the draft … Pretty much every year since we started doing this back in the late 1990s we have joked that pretty much every year there were 32 NFL GMs claiming the morning after that they ‘couldn’t believe’ that the guy they got in the opening round of the… Read More »
Missou RB Hardy released from hospital … Some positive news for star Missouri RB Ahmad Hardy, arguably the top prospect at the position for the upcoming draft who was shot last weekend while attending a concert in Mississippi, as he has been released from hospital and will soon be back on campus. However, there is still no word… Read More »
Final teams announce UDFA signings … With the completion of rookie mini-camps across the NFL, all 32 teams have now formally announced their 2026 undrafted free agent classes. We have also updated our listing of where the top UDFAs, or at least the highest-ranked players on the GBN Big Board that were not selected in last month’s draft,… Read More »
