Too much analysis leads to paralysis … We have joked over the years that there almost always comes a moment in the draft process when one realizes that we have hit that phase when in fact too much analysis leads to paralysis and it really is time to just get on with the picks. In fact, we may… Read More »
Bolts looking for big haul for 5th pick … LA Chargers’ GM Joe Hortiz confirmed at his pre-draft presser yesterday that the Chargers are definitely amenable to trading down from the 5th pick in next week’s draft. Hortiz, though, made it pretty clear that he’s not just giving the pick away. Indeed, he said the Chargers weren’t at… Read More »
Pats’ Wolf says team is ‘open for business’ … The draft world is abuzz here and here and here this afternoon after New England’s defacto GM Eliot Wolf said at his pre-draft presser earlier today that the Patriots are ‘open for business’ heading into next week’s draft and that they would be prepared to move up or down… Read More »
As the QB turns with the draft just a week away … The start of the 2024 draft is now barely a week away and what had been a rather orderly process to date seems to have turned a little weird! The way the draft normally works is that teams with high picks that need a QB take… Read More »
Top FCS prospect passes away … The real world intruded on the build up to next week’s draft with word that star Albany DE AJ Simon, one of the better FCS prospects in the 2024 class, passed away earlier today from an undisclosed cause. Simon, who was considered to be a late-round or free agent candidate, posted 12.5… Read More »
Draft buzz: Wednesday the 17th … With the start of the 2024 draft now just over 8 days away and counting, there does seem to be a bit of an uptick in the noise around next week’s event. On the one hand, more than one team out there is watching and waiting for a decision from the league… Read More »
Patriots host QB Penix … With just a few days left for teams to bring in out-of-town prospects for pre-draft visits to their facilities, there was something of a noteworthy development in New England where the Patriots had Washington QB Michael Penix in for one of their allotted ’30’ visits. Its noteworthy because the Patriots have the 3rd… Read More »
Illini DT Newton works out … Illinois DT Johnny Newton was finally able to work out in front of pro scouts earlier today. Newton, a late first or early second round prospect for the upcoming draft, has not been able to participate in either the Combine of Illinois’ pro day as he has been rehabbing from a foot… Read More »
College spring transfer portal open … Expect a little more craziness in the world of college football as the spring transfer portal opened this week. already two fairly prominent names have been added to the list of available college players including Penn State WR Keandre Lambert-Smith who at one time last year was being talked about as a… Read More »
Couple of notes from another very quiet weekend … With the draft now just over ten days away, the NFL appears to still be on pretty much total lockdown. This weekend, for example, we scoured newspapers from all the cities whose teams have picks in the top half of the opening round round next week and there was… Read More »
Are Cards, Vikes playing a little chicken with 4th pick? … We are just kind of spitballing here, but we are starting to get a sense that what happens with the 4th pick overall at this month’s draft could come down to whether Arizona or Minnesota blinks first. As noted earlier, people around the league are now pretty… Read More »
Browns get late Titans’ pick for vet OT … Tennessee has acquired 2nd year pro OT Leroy Watson from Cleveland in exchange for a 7th round pick, the 227th overall, at this month’s draft. Given that Watson is a former undrafted free agent who has never started an NFL game, his acquisition likely isn’t going to change’s the… Read More »
NFL announces 13 players to attend draft … The NFL announced earlier today that 13 players including QBs Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels and Drake Maye have confirmed that they will be attending this year’s draft in Detroit which will be getting umderway in just over 2 weeks as we speak. The 3 QBs, of course, are expected to… Read More »
UGA’s Bowers, Mims do work out, but don’t run … In the end, both star TE Brock Bowers, a potential top 10 candidate, and OT Amarius Mims, who has top 20 potential of his own, did work out for pro teams today at Georgia, but only did positional drills and passed on any field testing including the 40.… Read More »
Let me count the ways: 1-2-3-4 … There are still 15 days to the draft, and the opening round seldom goes just by the number, but there really does appear to be a growing sense around the league that QBs could indeed go 1-2-3-4 with the first four picks for the first time in history when the clock… Read More »
UGA S Starks out for spring; shoulder … Georgia All-America safety Malachi Starks, potentially one of thr top prospects at the position for the 2025 draft, is not practising with the Bulldogs as he recovering from off-season shoulder surgery. Starks, though, is expected to be ready for the start of the upcoming season. The Bulldogs open the season… Read More »
Iowa CB DeJean passes pro day test … NFL teams had to wait a little bit extra to finally get to check out Iowa CB Cooper DeJean, but it may have been worth the wait as the former Hawkeyes’ star reportedly had a pretty good workout at a private pro day earlier today. DeJean, who had been sidelined… Read More »
‘Horns’ DT Sweat booked on DWI charge … From the ‘not what you wanna be doing 2-3 weeks before the draft’ but former Texas DTe T’Vondre Sweat, a potential late first, early second round pick at the upcoming draft, was arrested in Austin early this morning and charged with driving while intoxicated, a Class B misdemeanor in Texas.Swet… Read More »
Final medical re-checks underway in Indy … It is actually one of the more important weekends on the NFL draft schedule as 2024 prospects with significant injury concerns will be back in Indianapolis for final medical checks. Needless to say, the results don’t get published but will be passed on to every team.
The draft, QBs and the long game … The NFL has gone pretty much stone quiet the past few days which has led us to think a little bit about the QB situation at the very top of the board. And this isn’t based on anything really concrete in terms of verifiable evidence, but we still wonder if… Read More »
Big Board updated … With less than 3 weeks to go until the 2024 draft, the GBN Big Board has been updated and extended to the 350 top prospects for this year’s draft. There is still the possibility – even the likelihood – that they will be some tweaking over the next couple of weeks, but this is… Read More »
Guess who’s coming to dinner! Part deux … One of the things we try and do during the course of the ’30’ visits process is identify under-the-radar prospects who making an unusual number of visits suggesting that the league may actually have them rated higher than they are generally credited with. And while its still early in the… Read More »
Guess who’s coming to dinner! … With the rest of the NFL assuming at this point that USC QB Caleb Williams to Chicago with the first pick at this month’s draft is pretty much a done deal, the focus has shifted to what Washington and New England will do with the 2nd and 3rd picks respectively. And while… Read More »
Prospective top pick QB Williams visits Bears … For the record, USC Caleb Williams, who is widely expected to be the first player selected at this month’s draft – which for the record IS three weeks today – had his official visit with the Bears in Chicago yesterday. And in further confirmation of the likelihood that it is… Read More »
The curious case of JJ McCarthy … Of course, Michigan QB JJ McCarthy’s path to the 2024 draft has been well documented as he appears t be getting plenty of attention from teams picking early in the upcoming draft and needing help big-time at the position. Indeed, there have been at least some rumblings that McCarthy could be… Read More »
