2024 Draft Preview: Defensive tackles … The 2024 draft was an interesting one for the DT position. Only two DTs were selected in the opening and only one – Byron Murphy of Texas who was selected 16th overall by Seattle – was taken before the 25th pick. At the same time, though, DT was very much a position… Read More »
Bears sign top picks … Chicago avoided holdouts from its two first round picks at the 2024 draft, inluding QB Caleb Williams the #1 pick overall, when the Bears came to terms with Williams and WR Rome Udunze with rookies supposed to start training camp today. Williams, who represented himself, signed a $40M contract with $26M guaranteed, while… Read More »
DE/ER 2025 preview … The 2024 draft was something of a mixed bag for the edge rushers. Four were actually selected within the first 21 picks, but none went before the 15th pick; in fact, the first 14 players taken last April were all offensive players. However, on first blush, it does not appear as if that situation… Read More »
College football updates … There are updates to a couple of college football stories reported earlier this summer. On the one habd, star Oklahoma State RB Ollie Gordon, who led DI in rushing last fall with over 1,700 yards, will not face any additional team discipline after he was charged with a DWI infraction last month. That means… Read More »
Interior offensive line preview … The interior isn’t very often a premium position at the NFL draft and all signs tend to point to the fact that that will be the case again this coming April. At the same time, this could still be one of the more interesting position groupings in 2025. On the one hand, it… Read More »
Panthers continue reshaping front office … Carolina continues to remake its front office personnel staff with the somewhat surprising announcement last last week that VP of player personnel Adrian Wilson was no longer with the organization. Wilson, the former star Arizona safety, had been with the Panthers for just over a year. Earlier this spring Carolina had parted… Read More »
Another kick at the can?? … Way back in 1999 when the GBN was in its infancy – in fact that was just our second draft – we thought we made something of a splash when we were the first website to include former Oregon QB Akili Smith in our top 100; we were the first to list… Read More »
Vikes pick killed in car crash … Every once in a while real life intercedes in the football world and it did so last night when rookie Minnesota CB Kyhree Jackson and two former high school teammates were killed in a car crash. Jackson, who played collegiately at Oregon, was a 4th round pick by the Vikings this… Read More »
ESPN posts pre-pre-season mock … For those that have not seen it yet, ESPN has a mock 2025 draft up this week. And as we have noted in the past we would almost never ever say a mock draft was ‘too early’. What is too early is getting overly excited or upset a particular pick by a particular… Read More »
Top RB prospect arrested on DUI suspicion … Star Oklahoma State RB Ollie Gordon, one of the top 2-3 prospects at the position for 2025, was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of driving under the influence. Gordon led the country in rushing last fall with over 1,700 yards and 21 scores, despite not playing much early on… Read More »
Guide to betting recreationally on the NFL … 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 betting in the NFL can be an exciting way to enhance their enjoyment of the game. For those who want… Read More »
Star Cincy DT sidelined by blood clots … Cincinnati DT Dontay Corleone, one of the top prospects at the position for the 2025 draft, has been sidelined indefinitely after blood clots were found in his lungs earlier this month. Corleone, a 6-foot-2, 320-pound junior who is considered to be an early to mid second day prospect for the… Read More »
Happy Canada Day weekend … A very happy and safe Canada Day weekend to all our Canuckster cousins. The big day is actually Monday, but the CFL kicks off the weekend in style with Montreal playing in Toronto later this evening in a match-up of two of the league’s three remaining unbeaten teams. Kick-off is at 7:30 PM… Read More »
No summer supp draft … The NFL has informed teams that for the 4th time in the past 5 years there will not be a special supplemental draft this summer. There were a couple of players available in last summer’s supp draft, although neither was selected after there were no supplemental drafts in the years 2020-2022. In fact,… Read More »
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 »
