QB Burke heads preliminary CFL draft ranking … The Canadian Football League has released its first ranking for the 2024 CFL draft. And there isn’t much of a surprise at the very top of the board as Ohio QB Kurtis Rourke heads the list. In fact, players at US colleges dominate the Canadian league’s first ranking as 8… Read More »
Cards QB Murray to PUP; back-up released … Arizona has placed star QB Kyler Murray on the PUP list as the Cardinals made their first moves to get down to tomorrow’s 53-man roster limit. Going on PUP means that Murray, who tore an ACL in December last year, will miss at least the first four games of the… Read More »
Chargers get late future pick for PK … The LA Chargers have reportedly acquired a 7th round pick in 2025 from Cleveland fo veteran PK Dustin Hopkins.
Texans name rookie QB Stroud starter … There probably wasn’t any real doubt, but Houston has finally confirmed that CJ Stroud, the second-player selected at the 2023 draft, will be the Texans’ starting QB when they open the season at Baltimore on September 10th. That means that all three of the QBs taken in the top 4 picks… Read More »
Vikes get late Pats’ pick for vet OT … Minnesota has reportedly acquired a 6th round pick in 2024 from New England in exchange for second-year OT Vedarion Lowe. Lowe was a 6th round pick by the Vikings in 2022 who played in 4 games last year with no starts.
Clock ticking on roster deadline … With the final pre-season games now in the books, teams around the NFL are down to the painful process of getting down to their 53-man opening day roster by 4 PM ET on Tuesday afternoon. In fact, roughly half the teams in the league have already made at least one move. So… Read More »
Rams get Steelers vet OG Dotson in pick swap … Pittsburgh has ttaded veteran OG Kevin Dotson to the LA Rams in a deal involving the swap of 2024 and 2025 draft picks. The Steelers will get the Rams’ 4th round pick in 2024 and 5th in 2025, while they’ll send Los Angeles their 5th round next year… Read More »
Cuts start trickling in … NFL teams have until 4 PM ET on Tuesday to get down to their opening day 53-man roster limit. However, with just about every team needing to up to 37 players each, some have already started the painful process of getting down to the limit. Carolina, for example, has released 11 players including… Read More »
Irish/Middies KO off college campaign … While the NFL wraps up its pre-season schedule this weekend, there will be actual college games later today, although the full college schedule does not really start until next week. And today’s games do feature a couple of ranked teams including #13 Notre Dame which plays Navy in Dublin, Ireland. Note that… Read More »
Cowboys get 49ers bust Lance for 4th … The Trey Lance era in San Francisco is mercifully over as the 49ers have traded Lance, the 3rd pick overall as recently as 2021, to Dallas in exchange for a 4th round pick in 2024.
Cards stay busy; trade 2 more vets for picks … Just hours after trading LB Isaiah Simmons to the NY Giants for a 2024 7th round pick, Arizona made two more moves today sending veteran OT John Jones to Houston, while acquiring QB Josh Dobbs from Cleveland. In the Jones deal with the Texans, Arizona acquired the Browns’… Read More »
Giants get Cards LB Simmons for late pick … The NY Giants have acquired veteran LB Isaiah Simmons from Arizona in exchange for a 7th round pick that the 2024 draft. Simmons was the 8th player selected at the 2020 draft, but has never lived up to that billing. Ironically, he was one of the player’s that were… Read More »
Top DT prospect Smith to miss season opener … LSU DT Maason Smith has reportedly been suspended from the Tigers’ season opener against Florida State on September 3rd for a improper benefit violation stemming from an autograph signing event that predated the current much more liberal NIL era. Smith rep Smith is generally considered to be the top… Read More »
The Turk warming up as final week of pre-season set to KO … The third and final weekend of NFL pre-season games gets underway on Thursday with a couple of game including Pittsburgh at Atlanta on the NFL Network with kick-off set for 7:30 PM ET. Thursday’s other game has Indianapolis playing at Philadelphia at 8 PM ET.… Read More »
Bulldogs, Buckeyes top Pigskin pre-season Top 15 … With the start of the college football season literally just hours away, GBN Associate Editor Pigksin Paul Guillemette has posted his annual pre-season ranking of the top 15 college programs the we sees them at the outset of the season. And there’s probably no surprise that two-time defending national champion… Read More »
USC QB Williams ‘coy’ on 2024 draft prospects … Not sure what else he could say at this time, but Southern California QB Caleb Williams, the consensus favorite to be the first player selected at the 2024 draft, was rather non-committal when asked in an ESPN interview about the upcoming draft. Williams, the reigning Heisman Trophy winner after… Read More »
As the QB turns … In addition to the news today that Tampa Bay has named Baker Mayfield as the starting QB for the season opener, a couple or three other QB-related tidbits from the wire today. ESPN, for example, has a quick review of the progress to date of the leading QBs selected at the 2023 draft… Read More »
Bucs name Baker starting QB … Tampa Bay has confirmed that Baker Mayfield will be their starting QB when the Buccaneers open the 2023 regular season on September 10th against Carolina. Mayfield, the first overall pick in 2018 who has also played with Cleveland, Carolina, and the LA Rams, beat out second-year pro Kyle Trask to win the… Read More »
Cowboys lose 3rd round LB to ACL … Dallas rookie LB DeMarvion Overshown will likely miss the entire 2023 season after teraing an ACL in the team’s pre-season loss to Seattle on the weekend. Overshown was a 3rd round pick this past April from Texas and was reportedly playing well in camp.
SEC DEs top early list of top prospects for 2025 … We have been talking a lot over the past couple of weeks about the top college prospects for the 2024 draft, and all indications are that it could be a pretty good draft year. However, that said, a number of the best players in college football this… Read More »
WashComs name Howell starting QB … Washington has confirmed that second-year pro Sam Howell will be the starting QB when the Commanders open the 2023 regular season at home on September 10th against Arizona. Howell, who had been in a battle with veteran journeyman Jacoby Brissett for the job, was a 5th round pick from North Carolina in… Read More »
Lions waive WR Mims; Jets trade nixed … Detroit has waived injured WR Denzel Mims who had been acquired in a trade with the New York Jets earlier this year involving of late-round 2025 picks. Because the trade was conditional on Mims making the Lions’ 53-man roster, the Lions will get back their 6th round pick in 2025,… Read More »
Ten to watch for 2024 … While we were putting together our latest Big Board we were struck by the fact that there seemed like a lot of players with the potential to go considerably higher than where they appear to be currently rated. The list includes a couple of guys who are already considered to be pretty… Read More »
Browns, Eagles KO week two of pre-season … The second full weekend of the NFL pre-season gets underway later this evening when Cleveland plays at Philadelphia with KO set for 7:30 PM ET on the NFL Network. Then it wraps up with Baltimore at Washington Monday night at 8 PM ET on ESPN. And that will leave barely… Read More »
Top 2024 prospect profiles … Continuing our pre-season preview for the upcoming campaign, here are profiles of the top 40 college prospects for the 2024 draft.
