Bolts sign Ravens exec as new GM … The LA Chargers completed the makeover at the top of their football ops org chart by hiring long-time Baltimore exec Joe Hortiz as the team’s new general manager. Hortiz, of course, will now be paired with new coach Jim Harbaugh who was hired by the Chargers last week. Hortiz, who is… Read More »
Senior bowl HT/WT data released … For what we believe is the first time, the Senior Bowl itself has released the numbers from today’s weigh-in and measurement session. Again, there we4en’t necessarily and huge surprises, but we have highlighted some of the hilites and lowlites here.
Senior Bowl players gathering in Mobile … Participants in this year’s Senior Bowl are gathering in Mobile as we speak for the start of the three-days of practices on Tuesday. And while very few of the very top prospects for the 2024 draft will be in Mobile this week, almost all the leading second-tier candidates will be on… Read More »
Shrine updates … The players at this week’s East-West Shrine game in Frisco are halfway thru their 4-days of practice. Unfortunately, there doesn’t appear to be a whole of news coming out of those sessions. It does appear, though, that are several pretty prominent prospects at the Shrine game that we did not report on earlier that we… Read More »
Lions lose in SF; to pick 29th … For a long while this evening it looked like one of the NFL’s longest streaks of futility might just becoming to an end as Detroit, which last won an NFL championship 66 years ago, and is the only remaining NFC never to appear in a Super Bowl, led San Francisco… Read More »
Loss to Chiefs gives Ravens 30th pick … As a result of this afternoon’s very disappointing loss to Kansas City, Baltimore will have the 30th in the opening round of the 2024 draft. At the same time, the loser of this evening’s NFC championship game between Detroit and San Francisco will have the 29th selection. Meanwhile, Kansas City… Read More »
Cards, Pack, Rams and 49ers lead way with most 2024 picks … By our still very unofficial count including known regular picks, as well as projected compensatory selections, Arizona, Green Bay, San Francisco and the LA Rams currently have the most picks at the 2024 draft with 11 each, followed by Buffalo with 10 and Cincinnati, Jacksonville, Philadelphia… Read More »
Shrine practices set to get underway … While most of the football world is focused on Sunday’s NFL conference championship games, all-star week also gets underway this weekend with the 4 days of practices for Thursday’s East-West Shrine game set to start on Saturday. And assuming the Shrine organization follows the normal pattern, Saturday’s practices will be in… Read More »
Falcons tab Morris as new head coach; Rams to get comp picks … Atlanta confirmed this evening that they have agreed to terms with LA Rams’ defensive co-ordinator to be the team’s new head coach. Interesting choice in that the Falcons interviewed Bill Belichik, arguably the most successful coach in NFL history, twice, but ultimately settled for a… Read More »
Updates to selection order … There are a couple of updates re the selection order for the first three rounds of the 2024 draft posted last week. At the time, it was not clear which of Denver’s two third rounders Seattle would get to complete a 2023 draft trade. Turns out is the pick that Denver acquired from… Read More »
Harbaugh to Bolts … And there you have it! Jim Harbaugh, coach of the national champion Michigan Wolverines, sent shock waves through two sports this evening when he agreed to return to the NFL as the new head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers. In fact, in the space of barely a couple of weeks, two of college… Read More »
Titans name Carthon GM; Callahan head coach … Tennessee completed the restructuring of the top of their football operations program by promoting Ran Carthon to the position of executive VP and G.M., while Brian Callahan, who spent the past five years as offensive co-ordinator in Cincinnati, has been named head coach. At the same time, Chad Brinker has… Read More »
Eagles, 49ers, Rams projected to lead comp pick haul … The NFL won’t be announcing the actual compensatory picks for the 2024 draft until early in March, but several sources have gotten pretty accurate at predicting which teams will get extra picks each year. One of those is Over The Cap which is projecting that Philadelphia, San Francisco… Read More »
Raiders hire Telesco as new GM … Las Vegas stayed inside the AFC in finding a new GM as the Raiders have hired Tom Telesco, who spent the last 11 years in the same job with the LA Chargers, to be their new general manager of the L.A. Chargers has landed on his feet, as the G.M. of… Read More »
Pats’ Mayo narrows draft options … Normally at this time of the year, NFL teams don’t say much about their upcoming draft options other than perhaps to claim ‘we’re looking at everything and will be taking the best player!’ However, new New England head coach Jared Mayo, whose Patriots have the 3rd overall pick in this year’s draft,… Read More »
Panthers name former star LB Morgan GM … Carolina began restructuring its football operations staff earlier today by naming Dan Morgan, who had been the team’s assistant GM under Scott Fitterer, as the Panthers’ new general manager. Prior to returning to the Panthers, who he played for between 2001 and 2007 before retiring because of injuries, Morgan worked… Read More »
Mock updated … Given that several players in our last projection for 2024 ultimately opted to return to school, not to mention the fact that we also have a revised Big Board, it seemed like a good time to also give another shot at a 3-round mock. In doing this mock we worked from the assumption that there… Read More »
Big Board updated … With most of the 2024 draft class now in place, we have updated the GBN Big Board ranking the top 200-plus prospects for the upcoming draft.
KC edges Bills in thriller; Bills to pick 28th … In the end, it came down to a missed, very makeable FG, in the final two minutes as Kansas City advanced to the AFC championship game next Sunday in Baltimore with a 27-24 win over Buffalo. As a result, the Bills will have the 28th pick in the… Read More »
Bucs loss wraps two more draft spots; one to go … Tampa Bay gave it a go in today’s early game but came up a little short in a 31-23 loss in Detroit. As a result, with Green Bay having secured the 25th spot in the opening round selection order of the 2024 draft with their loss to… Read More »
Pack to pick 25th after tough loss to 49ers … One more spot in the opening round selection order for the 2024 draft was wrapped up as a result of yesterday’s playoff action as Green Bay will pick 25th as a result of a tough 24-21 loss in rainy San Francisco last evening. Arizona will also pick either… Read More »
NFL announces list of draft eligible underclassmen … The NFL released the formal list of underclassmen eligible to enter the 2024 draft earlier today. The list includes a total of 58 players, including 54 who needed special permission to enter the upcoming draft and 4 who had already graduated and didn’t need special entry. That total, though, in… Read More »
Window for underclassmen to withdraw from draft closes; no one leaves! … The 72-hour window for underclassmen who applied to the NFL for early admission to the 2024 draft to withdraw their names closed yesterday afternoon without anyone reportedly doing so. Sometime in the next day or so the league will announce the full list of underclassmen eligible… Read More »
Another star game on weekend sched … There is a second all-star game scheduled this weekend with the Tropical Bowl set to go in Daytona on Saturday afternoon. Kick-off is set for Noon ET. Unfortunately, it appears that the only TV coverage available is through the Al-America TV streaming service. Anyone interested can apply here. It also does… Read More »
Combine to stay in Indy thru 2025 … The NFL announced earlier today that the annual scouting combine will be in Indianapolis again in 2025. There has been some talk that the league would like to start moving the combine around as it does with the draft, but that won’t happen now at least for a couple of… Read More »
