WashComs shuffle front office deck … Washington has made a number of moves to its front office staff including the reassignment of former QB Doug Williams who moves back to the front office as a senior advisor to the GM Adam Peters; Williams had been a senior advisor to team president Jason Wright. At the same time, Chris… Read More »
2025 OT preview … The 2024 draft was the best ever for the OTs as 7 players from the position – which tied the all-time high for the position set originally in 2002 – were selected in this past April’s opening round, including 5 within the first 18 picks overall, while a total of 14 OTs were taken… Read More »
Updated 2025 TE preview … The 2024 draft was something of a down year for the TEs. Las Vegas did select Brock Bowers with the 13th pick overall, but in the end the former Georgia star was the only TE chosen within the first 50 picks, while only three were taken over the course of the first three… Read More »
Training camp dates announced … The NFL has released camp opening dates for all 32 teams. In fact, some teams will be opening their camps to rookies in less than a month as a half dozen or so teams are opening their camps on rookies on July 16th. Houston, one of the two teams in this year’s Hall-of-Fame… Read More »
2025 WR preview … The WRs were arguably the top position at the 2024 draft as three were taken within the first 9 picks, while a total of 7 came off the board in the opening round and 11 within the top 50 selections. And this year’s receiver class also figures to be pretty darn good, although it… Read More »
Quarterbacks to watch ahead of the 2025 draft … It’s possible the quarterback class in the 2024 NFL Draft will go down in history after six quarterbacks were selected in the first round. We’ve already seen the impact those quarterbacks have had on projections for the upcoming season. Those quarterbacks have influenced the odds at NFL sportsbooks for… Read More »
Falcons lose pick, Eagles cleared in tampering cases … The NFL has finally ruled on the tampering cases involving Atlanta and Philadelphia and as a result the Falcons will forfeit their 5th-round pick in the 2025 draft and fined $250,000, while the Eagles were cleared of any wrongdoing. The allegations involving the Falcons with QB Kirk Cousins, WR… Read More »
ESPN previews top 2025 QBs … For those that haven’t seen it, ESPN has an article up today overviewing the top QB prospects for the 2025 draft. No surprise that they have Georgia’s Carson Beck, Shedeur Sanders of Colorado and Texas’ Quinn Ewers at 1-2-3. It might be s urprise to some, though that the guys at ESPN… Read More »
2025 RB preview/preliminary ranking … It still waits to be seen whether any RBs are selected in the opening round of the upcoming, but on first blush it certainly appears that 2025 could in fact be a very good year at the position with at least several backs with first-round grades at this time. That group is headed… Read More »
Sleepers and keepers … One of the interesting elements of the 2024 draft was that while there were obviously changes, the top of the board remained remarkably constant pretty much through the whole process. And the sense we have as we begin the process of a pre-season Top 50 or so for the upcoming draft, given the quality… Read More »
CFL season kicks off … The 2024 CFL regular season gets underway Thursday night with a replay of last year’s Grey cup game as defending Canadian league champion Montreal plays in Winnipeg with KO set for 8:30 PM ET. The CFL’s opening weekend continues with Hamilton playing at Calgary at 9 PM ET on Friday, while Saskatchewan travels… Read More »
Browns extend coach, GM … Cleveland has signed both GM Andrew Berry and head coach Kevin Stefanski to contract extensions, although the actual length of the extensions have not been disclosed. The duo has been running the franchise since 2020, a run that includes a couple of playoff appearances.
Previewing the 2025 QB class … Over the course of the next couple of week’s we’ll be previewing the various positional groupings for the 2025 draft. Of course, the upcoming draft is almost a year away and there are bound to be numerous changes, but a preliminary look at next year’s QB class suggests that it likely won’t… Read More »
Tips for betting on the NFL, Part Deux … As we mentioned in an earlier post, we don’t normally advocate that folks bet on the NFL or any other sporting event for that matter. However, we do realize that many do and for those that do, whether a seasoned bettor or a relative newcomer to the sports betting… Read More »
Pats, Cats favored to get top picks at 2025 draft … For those that haven’t seen it yet, ESPN has an article up this week forecasting the odds teams across the NFL have to acquire the #1 pick at the 2025 draft. Its probably no great surprise that New England and Carolina currently have the best odds of… Read More »
NCAA settlement to allow schools to pay players … In a decision that is sure to further disrupt the college football landscape, the NCAA and the 5-power conferences have agreed to allow schools to pay players after agreeing to settle three pending anti-trust cases. The NCAA will pay almost $3B in damages to past and current athletes over… Read More »
Pittsburgh to host 2026 draft … The NFL confirmed this morning that the 2026 draft will be held in Pittsburgh. The 2025 draft will be hosted by Green Bay April 24-26 next year.
Chiefs claim 8th round signings title … With all the teams around the NFL having officially announced their post-draft undrafted rookie free agent classes we did our annual scoring based on our unofficial list of the top undrafted free agents following last month’s draft. and in one of those ‘the rich get richer’ scenarios, the Super Bowl champion… Read More »
49ers name new director of scouting … San Francisco has promoted veteran scout Josh Williams to the post of director of scouting and football operations. Williams, who has been with the 49ers since 2011, was a national scout the past two seasons.
Broncos sign QB Nix … Denver has signed QB Bo Nix, the 12th pick overall in last month’s draft, to a fully guaranteed, 4-year $18.7M contract that comes with a $10.4M signing bonus. Like all first-round picks, Nix’s contract has a team option for a fifth year. Nix is the first of the 6 QBs taken in the… Read More »
WashComs 2nd rounder to have foot surgery … Washington figured it had something of a steal in the 2nd round of last month’s when the Commanders were able to nab Illinois DT Johnny Newton with the 36th pick overall after he slipped out of the first round because of a foot injury. Newton ultimately had to have surgery… Read More »
Pats promote de facto GM Wolf to de facto GM … New England has confirmed the team’s worst kept secret and promoted Eliot Wolf to Executive VP of Player Personnel. Wolf had been the Patriots’ director of scouting the past couple of years and ran the team’s 2024 draft preparations after the departure of former head coach Bill… Read More »
That did not take long! Bears name #1 pick starting QB … Even before they stepped on the field for their rookie minicamp, Chicago named Caleb Williams, the first player selected at last month’s draft as the team’s starting QB heading toward the season.
Texans get vet Rams TE for late round pick swap … Houston has acquired veteran TE Ben Skowronek from the LA Rams. As compensation the teams will swap late round picks in 2026 with the Rams getting the Texans’ 6th rounder, while the Rams get the Texans’ 7th rounder to complete the deal.
Panthers 1st to sign 2024 draft class … Carolina has become the first team to sign their entire2024 draft class including WR Xavier Legette, their first round pick whom the Panthers traded up to acquire at the end of the opening round.
