CBs off and running … We are back at it at the combine with the CBs starting the day with their 40s. And right off the bat Alabama’s Terrion Arnold, the presumptive top prospect at the position and emerging top 10 prospect, got his shot, but ran a somewhat disappointing 4.51 clocking, particularly given that the other 4-5… Read More »
Falcons early faves to land Bears’ QB Fields … One of the underlying stories circulating at the scouting combine in Indianapolis is where Chicago QB Justin Fields will end up if the Bears, as expected, elect to trade him with USC QB Caleb Williams, the presumptive #1 pick at the 2024 draft looming on the horizon. There were… Read More »
Day 1 combine workout winners and losers … The reviews from yesterday’s on-field workouts for the defensive linemen and LBs are in here and here and here and here. And the names of those that appeared to have helped themselves with solid workouts are pretty much the same as we reported during the day yesterday. Des that appear… Read More »
Friday morning combine notes … The second day of on-field workouts at the scouting combine in Indianapolis get underway later this afternoon (3 PM ET on NFL Network) with the defensive backs and TEs doing their physical testing and positional drills. And under normal circumstances the defensive linemen and LBs, who worked out yesterday would be on their… Read More »
Turner runs fast 40 … Speaking of checking off boxes or holding serve or whatever, Alabama DE/LB Dallas Turner probably just did that as the top 10 candidate blitzed an official 4.46 40 on the first run by the LBs. Turner, though, wasn’t the fastest at the position today as Payton Wilson of NC State, the last man… Read More »
DE 40 times posted … A little later than we planned, here are the official 40 clockings for the DEs this afternoon. In addition to the guys we mentioned in the earlier dispatch on the position, other DEs who ran well today include Cedric Johnson, Eric Watts, Xavier Thomas, Brennan Jackson and Jalyx Hunt. Meanwhile, those that did… Read More »
Official DT 40 times posted … The official 40 times for the DTs at today’s on-field workout at the scouting combine in Indianapolis have now been posted here. For the record, a handful of DTs opted not to run including Michael Hall, Fabien Lovett, Justin Rogers, Jrdan Jefferson, and Johnny Newton who as mentioned earlier in the day… Read More »
FSU’s Fiske leads DT 40 times … The first runs at this year’s combine are in the books as the DTs got things underway this afternoon with Florida State’s Braden Fiske leading the way. Fiske posted a solid unofficial 40 clocking of 4.78 seconds, while Mehki Wingo of LSU had a 4.86. Byron Murphy of Texas also impressed… Read More »
More combine measurement notes … Couple of other DEs we neglected to mention in the previous post. Alabama’s Dallas Turner came in a little lighter than teams were likely hoping for at 247 pounds, but he checked off the wingspan box quite nicely with 34.5-inch arms. On the other hand, Mo Kamara of Colorado State, who was very… Read More »
Combine measurements update … Several correspondents asking when the results of this morning’s weigh-in session would be posted. So far, we haven’t been able to find the data aggregated, but NFL.com does have them for the individual defensive linemen and LBs here. Further so far, a couple of things jump out from the info on the DEs. Most… Read More »
One in; one out of combine workouts … Just a couple of notes from the combine while we await the first results from today’s sessions involving the defensive linemen and LBs. Georgia OT Amarius Mims has indicated that he will in fact be taking part when the offensive linemen do their on-field thing on Sunday. Mims, a mid-to-late… Read More »
Combine workouts start Thursday … The first group of players at the scouting combine in Indianapolis will hit the field tomorrow for their on-field physical testing and positional drills. The first group includes the defensive linemen and LBs with the on-field session getting underway around 3 PM ET. That represents a major change from earlier years when the… Read More »
Top QB Williams cool with Bears or wherever … One of the underlying questions regarding the 2024 draft was whether USC QB Caleb Williams, the consensus top-prospect overall for this year’s draft, might try and force a trade if he didn’t want to play for the team that had the #1 pick. Williams appears to have cleared that… Read More »
Where is JJ? And other combine notes … Actually JJ – aka JJ McCarthy, QB of the national champion Michigan Wolverines – is Indianapolis with the rest of the leading prospects for the 2024 draft at the NFL’s annual scouting combine. McCarthy, though, may be the most interesting prospect in Indianapolis; certainly, he is the most polarizing. Indeed,… Read More »
Bears, Pats top personnel execs talk draft … The most popular guy at the scouting combine in Indianapolis so far this week has been Chicago GM Ryan Poles, whose Bears have the #1 pick overall. In particular, there has been some buzz around the league of late that the Bears might consider trading from the top pick. However,… Read More »
UNC QB Maye won’t throw at combine … North Carolina QB Drake Maye has announced, that like fellow top prospects at the position Caleb Williams of USC and LSU’s Jayden Daniels, he will not be participating in the passing drills at the scouting combine on Saturday.
WR Odunze to work out; WR Nabers won’t … After Ohio State’s Marvin Harrison announced earlier this morning that he would not be working out at this week’s scouting combine, the other two of the big 3 receivers in this year’s draft also chimed in with Washington’s Rome Odunze saying that he will in fact be a full… Read More »
Second tier QBs to throw; WR Harrison won’t run at combine … Just a quick update to today’s earlier report on the combine. While star QBs Caleb Williams of Southern Cal and LSU’s Jayden Daniels will not throw at the combine on Saturday, J J McCarthy, Michael Penix and Bo Nix have indicated that they will. At the… Read More »
QBs Williams, Daniels won’t throw at combine … Saturday’s on-field testing and positional drills session at the combine lost some of its luster as both of star QBs Caleb Williams of Southern Cal and LSU’s Jayden Daniels have confirmed that they will not participate in the throwing drills for the position weekend. Williams, the consensus top prospect for… Read More »
Combine set to start … Players have begun to arrive as we speak in Indianapolis for the start of the annual scouting combine which just may be the mot important phase of the whole pre-draft process. And we say ‘may be the most important’ part of the draft process because the large majority of players who are ultimately… Read More »
QB Richard, ER Hayes star in HBCU bowl … The post-season all-star game schedule actually just wrapped up yesterday with the 3rd annual HBCU Heritage Classic in New Orleans. North Carolina Central QB Davius Richard was named the game’s offensive MVP despite only playing one series. Richard is an intriguing dual-threat type QB with decent size (6-3, 220)… Read More »
CFL combine list announced … While most of the football world is focused on the NFL combine which gets underway in Indianapolis tomorrow, the Canadian league has announced its initial invite list to the annual CFL scouting for combine. A total of 71 players have been invited to the CFL combine, including 11 international prospects, which is scheduled… Read More »
Bengals to tag WR Higgins … Cincinnati reportedly will designate free agent to be WR Tee Higgins as a franchise player. If he signs the tag Higgins will get just under $22M in 2024, although it is also still possible that the Bengals could trade him now that he has been tagged. NFL teams have until the end… Read More »
Cap rockets up to $255M … The NFL announced earlier today that the salary cap for the 2024 season will be a record $255.4M. That’s up a whopping $30.6M or 13.6% over last year’s cap of$225M.This year’s final figure is also as much as $12M more per team than most teams were expecting. Teams can begin spending that… Read More »
Pre-combine projection posted … With the combine looming on the draft horizon next week, not to mention the fact that we also revised The GBN Big Board last week, it seemed like a good time to also give another shot at a 3-round mock. And once again we caution that we have no idea, at least maybe past… Read More »
