Combine gets another year in Indy … The NFL announced earlier this morning that the annual scouting combine will be held again in Indianapolis in 2026. This year’s combine had already been slated for Indianapolis, but that was the last year of the NFL’s previous agreement with the city and the league had accepted bids from other cities… Read More »
Eagles, Washcoms kick off weekend action … Interesting week on the NFL schedule this weekend which kicks off Thursday evening with Washington playing at Philadelphia with first-place in the NFC East on the line. Same thing on Sunday when Baltimore plays at Pittsburgh for the AFC North lead in an early game, while Buffalo will host Kansas City… Read More »
QB issues to impact race to top pick … Three of the NFL’s 5 teams with 2 losses apiece have, or will, make decisions on their QB situati0ns that could have a major impact on who ends up with the top picks at the 2025 draft. Jacksonville, which would have the #1 pick overall were the draft held… Read More »
Dad/coach Deion confirms he’ll be involved in Shedeur, Travis Hunter drafts … He’s been very quiet of late, but Colorado coach Deion Sanders indicated during an interview earlier this week that he’ll be ‘getting involved’ if the wrong team were to draft either star Buffs’ QB Shedeur Sanders and WR/CB Travis Hunter. Sanders, the dad/coach, though, also indicated… Read More »
Random thoughts on the CFP playoff rankings … For those that don’t follow college football all that closely, the CFP playoff committee released their updated playoff rankings last night as they’ll do every Tuesday between now and the end of the college season. Oregon remains the #1 team, followed by Ohio State, Texas, and Penn State with upstart… Read More »
First-round mock updated again!!! … Normally we only update our first-round mocks every month or so, unless there is a major change. And we got that last week with the rather dramatic changes in the selection order as a result of this past weekend’s games. So we have in fcat updated our first-round projection for the 2025 draft… Read More »
Jags up to #1 in weekly selection order … At least for this week, Jacksonville has retaken over the top spot in the 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 the games played today.
Jags to #1 with Pats win … Just a quick update on what we learned via the late Sunday afternoon games re the opening round selection order for the 2025 draft, at least for the week. Miami will have the 3rd pick, following Jacksonville and the Giants if they lose tomorrow night’s Monday nighter in LA against the… Read More »
Bombers, Argos to meet in 111th CFL Grey Cup … It will be the Winnipeg Blue Bombers against the Toronto Argonauts in the 111th edition of the Grey Cup next Sunday in Vancouver. The Bombers will be headed to their fifth straight CFL championship game with a 38-22 win over Saskatchewan earlier this evening, while Toronto booked its… Read More »
#4 Canes, QB Ward ‘wrecked at Tech … Miami has kind of lived on the edge much of the season and 4th ranked ‘Canes paid the price in an early game today losing 28-23 to a middling Georgia Tech that was able to hold on when star Miami QB Cam Ward fumbled the ball away to snuff out… Read More »
Who to watch in Saturday’s big SEC games … The focus in college football will shift back to the SEC this weekend with a pair of games with major playoff implications. In the first #3 Georgia will be at #15 Mississippi at 3:30 PM ET on ABC. Then at 7:30 #11 Alabama visits #16 LSU, also on ABC.… Read More »
Young back as Panthers’ QB; future may still be undecided … There is a potentially interesting situation developing in Carolina where Bryce Young appears to have been restored as the Panthers’ starter after being benched in favor of veteran Andy Dalton earlier this season. At the time, it was thought that Young who was 2-16 as the starter… Read More »
First-round mock updated … With the NFL regular season pretty much at the midway point – where does the time go? – we thought it might be a good time to update our first-round projection for the 2025 draft. As we have noted in the past, the goal here isn’t so much to try and predict which team… Read More »
Browns’ GM ‘non-committal’ on QB Watson’s future with the team … Cleveland GM Andrew Berry was somewhat non-committal at a presser earlier today with regards to the future of QB DeShaun Watson with the team. Said Berry of Watson: ‘it is always possible’ he could return and play for the Browns again down the road. Watson is currently… Read More »
Ducks top initial CFP playoff rankings … To no one’s great surprise, Oregon is the top-ranked team in the initial CFP playoff ranking announced yesterday. The undefeated Ducks are followed by Ohio State, Georgia, Miami and Texas in spots 2-5, while Penn State, Tennessee, Indiana, BYU, Notre Dame, Alabama and Boise State round out what would be the… Read More »
College football notes … A couple or three notes from college football. Oregon will be without WR Tez Johnson for what the team is describing as ‘awhile’ after he suffered a shoulder injury in the top-ranked Ducks win over Maryland this past weekend, although the team claims they do expect him back at some point this season. On… Read More »
Trade deadline passes; one more minor deal … So far today, almost all the trades have involved playoff contenders adding to their rosters, but there was an exception as the deadline passed as Houston sent little-used DT Khalil Davis to San Francisco f0r a 7th round pick in 2026.
Another vet CB on the move as Ravens get Rams’ White … In the latest trade today, Baltimore has acquired veteran CB Tre’Davious White from the LA Rams. To complete the deal, the teams will swap late-round future picks with the Rams get a 6th in 2026 while the Ravens get a 7th in 2027. For the record,… Read More »
WashComs get star CB in trade; Steelers add two vets … With the clock ticking down to this afternoon’s 4 PM ET trade deadline, there are three more deals to report. In the only trade so far involving a top 100 pick, Washington has acquired star CB Marshon Lattimore from New Orleans. In exchange the Saints get three… Read More »
Cowboys get vet WR for 4th … Dallas is the latest team to make a trade with the NFL trade deadline looming at 4 PM ET later today. The Cowboys acquired 2nd year WR Jonathan Mingo from Carolina in exchange for a 4th round pick this year. To complete the deal the Cowboys will also get a 7th… Read More »
Lions add ER Smith with trade deadline clock ticking … Apparently there is a big deal going on across the country today; something about an election or other. But hey, the really big deal today is the NFL trade deadline which comes up at 4 PM ET later this afternoon. And there were a couple of deals overnight… Read More »
Patriots back to #1 in weekly selection order … At least for this week, New England has retaken the top spot in the 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 the games played today.
Cards get vet LB for 6th as deadline looms … For those sitting on pins and needles ahead of tomorrow’s NFL trade deadline, we do have a deal as Arizona has acquired veteran LB/ER Baron Browning from Denver for a 6th round pick. Browning, a 3rd round pick in 2021, has 9.5 career sacks, but none so far… Read More »
Pats back to #1 after loss, Jags to #2 … It appears that when the smoke clears from this week’s action that New England will be back in the #1 spot in the proverbial if the draft were held today selection order for the opening round next April. At the same time, Carolina, which had been at #1… Read More »
QB highs and lows from wild day in college football … It was kind of strange day yesterday in the world of college football with 4 top 20 teams going down to somewhat surprising losses. That included #10 Texas A&M going down to South Carolina, #11 Clemson getting whomped at home by Louisville, Iowa State, the other #11… Read More »
