Broncos bench QB Wilson; Giants back with Taylor … In kind of a shocking move, Denver, which still has a chance to make the playoffs, will start Jarrett Stidham at QB the rest of the season in place of Russell Wilson. The move apparently has little to do with Wilson’s play, although the Broncos have lost 3 of… Read More »
WashComs bench QB Howell; to start Brissett Sunday … Washington has confirmed that Jacoby Brissett will start at QB this Sunday in place of Sam Howell who had started all season when the Commanders host San Francisco. What that suggests is that the 4-11 Commanders, who likely will have a top 3-4 selection at the 2024 draft –… Read More »
Bowl lead-up continues with 4 Wednesday games … Just 5 more sleeps until Monday’s two national semi-final games, but the lead-up continues Wednesday with 4 bowls. And what a day it could have been. Except it won’t because neither of QBs Caleb Williams of USC nor North Carolina’s Drake Maye, the top two prospects at the position for… Read More »
KU RB Neal to return … Kansas RB Devin Neal, one of college football’s more consistently backs, has announced that he will be returning to the Jayhawks in 2024 after rushing for just over 1.200 yards and 16 TDs this past season.
Selection order updated … With another week down and just two to go in the regular season, the first-round selection order for next April’s draft has been updated.
Seasons greetings … If it’s December 25th it means the draft is only 4 months away to the day. Merry Christmas everyone!!!
Giants up to 5th spot; rest of top ten set … With their loss in Philadelphia in this afternoon’s late game, the Giants will move up to the 5th spot in this week’s selection order for the 2024 draft. They’ll be followed by the LA Chargers, Tennessee, Chicago, the NY Jets and Atlanta who round out the top ten.… Read More »
Pats upset Broncos; Cards back to #2 pick … A wild and wacky Sunday in the NFL just concluded with New England stunning Denver 26-23 on a last second 56-yard FG after blowing a 16-point lead in the 4th quarter. As a result, Arizona, which lost earlier today in Chicago will move up to the 2nd pick overall… Read More »
Bears inch closer to top pick as Panthers lose tough one … Carolina threw something of a scare into Chicago when the Panthers rallied from two TDs down to tie Green Bay late in the 4th quarter, but the Packers were able to secure the win with a last minute FG to drop Carolina to 2-13, still the… Read More »
Changes coming to top of selection order … Through the first two games of the Xmas weekend, there have no changes in the early selection order for the 2024 draft. However, that will change on Sunday as there are a pair of games between teams currently sitting on top 6 selections. Arizona, which would have the #3 pick… Read More »
Bowl build-up continues Saturday … Each day that passes gets us that much closer to the CFP semi-finals, the only bowls that really matter, on New Year’s Day. However, for those that just can’t wait the bowl build-up continues on Saturday with another half dozen games plus and while there won’t be a lot of top draft prospects… Read More »
Star Ute DE looks to be heading back to school … Still nothing official but it appears that All-America Utah DE Jonah Elliss will return to school for the 2024 season rather than enter the upcoming draft. Elliss was among the nation’s leading QB sackers this past season with 12 in just 10 games, but he missed the… Read More »
Would the real ‘Year of the QB’ please stand up! … Back at the beginning of the current season the word around the NFL was that any team looking for an upgrade at QB probably didn’t want to delay as the 2024 class at the position looked to be potentially one of the best ever while pickings in… Read More »
Selection order updated … With another week down and just three to go in the regular season, the first-round selection order for next April’s draft has been updated.
Players to watch in Tuesday bowl … The annual bowl fest leading up to the only bowls anyone really cares about continues on Tuesday with a Frisco Bowl (9 PM ET: ESPN) match-up between 8-4 UTSA and 6-6 Marshall. And as luck would have it there are several players worth watching; unfortunately, it could have even been more… Read More »
One UGA QB in, one out; Hog QB transferring … Its been a busy afternoon for college players, and especially college QBs, thinking abut entering the 2024 draft. The biggest news is that Georgia’s Carson Beck has opted to return to the Dawgs for another shot at a national title next fall. However, with Beck back in the… Read More »
Another Duck off to draft; Vols DE transfers … There are a couple of draft-related dispatches on the college football wire at this hour. Star Oregon WR Troy Franklin has announced that he will be entering this year’s draft; he’s the 3rd Duck 3rd year player to declare joing RB Bucky Irving and C Jackson Powers-Johnson. Franklin is… Read More »
QB3 enters draft … LSU QB Jayden Daniels, this year’s Heisman Trophy winner, just announced that he will in fact be entering the 2024 draft where he is currently rated as the #3 prospect at the position behind USC’s Caleb Williams and Drake Maye of North Carolina. The big question for the NFL regarding Daniels is whether he… Read More »
Couple of interesting players to watch in Monday bowl … We don’t usually highly recommend throw-away bowls between a 6-6 Sun Belt team and a 7-5 CUSA squad, but what makes Monday’s Famous Toastery Bowl in Charlotte (2:30 PM ET; ESPN) between Old Dominion and Western Kentucky is that each side features one of the most productive players… Read More »
Top 5 picks set for week; 6-8 too close to call … In the end, there won’t be any changes to the top 5 positions in this week’s first-round selection order for the 2024 draft. It will be Chicago, with Carolina’s pick at #1, followed by New England, Arizona, Washington and Chicago with its own pick. On the… Read More »
Race for top pick back on as Panthers nip Falcons … All of a sudden, the race to see who gets the #1 pick overall at the 2024, is back on after Carolina notched its second win of the campaign by upsetting Atlanta 9-7 on a walk-off FG. Chicago, which owns the Panthers’ pick thanks to a 2023… Read More »
Home cooking to impact top of selection order … Interesting that for the first time in quite some time there are no games this weekend between teams with early picks in the current first-round selection order for the 2024 draft. In fact, the closest thing this week was on Thursday night when #6 Las Vegas hosted the LA… Read More »
CFL ROY thinking about entering NFL draft … There is an interesting story out of the Canadian league where 2023 Rookie of the Year Qwan’Tez Stiggers, a CB with the Toronto Argonauts, is reportedly contemplating putting his name into the upcoming NFL draft. Stiggers signed with DII Lane College out of high school, but he never played there… Read More »
UGA LB to portal, out of draft; other college moves … Georgia LB Jumon Dumas-Johnson, who had been considered to be one of the better prospects at the position for the 2024 draft, instead has announced that he will be putting his name into the transfer portal. Dumon-Johnson was a consensus All-American in 2022 and entered the current… Read More »
Bowl season set to kick off … Yes, Virginia, there are still bowl games. Lots of ’em in fact, although nobody knows why. They never did matter all that much, at least the non-New Year’s Day big games, and now they matter even less with the evolution of the CFP playoffs. This year’s bowls get underway with 6… Read More »
