Giants Report: Some thoughts a month before season set to kick off … With the 2023 regular season opener now basically a month away we thought it might be a good time to dust off the Giants Report which we haven’t posted on for a few weeks. And what we thought we would do is answer some of… Read More »
Top pick has rocky start in pro debut … It probably wasn’t the start to his pro career that he was hoping for as Carolina’s Bryce Young, the first player selected overall at the 2023, struggled in his first NFL live action earlier this afternoon in the Panthers rather dismal 27-0 home loss to the NY Jets. Young… Read More »
CFL’s Elks snatch defeat from the jaws of victory to set futility record … For about a quarter and half, the CFL’s Edmonton Elks appeared to be on the verge of ending their 21 game home losing streak when they raced to a 22-0 lead over the visiting Winnipeg Blue Bombers last evening. To boot, the Bombers had… Read More »
Still ‘armed and dangerous’: an update on the 24 QB preview … All signs continue to point to the fact that the 2023 college season could very likely be ‘the year of the QB.’ And that could make the position just as interesting when it comes to next year’s draft. It starts with Southern Cal’s Caleb Williams, the… Read More »
Colts make it 3-for-3 for top rook QBs to start … Indianapolis confirmed earlier today that they will be starting rookie Anthony Richardson, the 4th player selected at the 2023 draft, when the Colts open their pre-season schedule Saturday afternoon in Buffalo. Richardson has been splitting first -team snaps with veteran Gardner Minshew through the first part of… Read More »
#2 pick kicks off full pre-season sked … The first full weekend of NFL pre-season games gets underway Thursday evening with a doubleheader of games on the NFL Network starting with Houston at New England at 7 PM ET, followed by Minnesota at Seattle at 10 PM ET. And Houston fans won’t have to wait to get an… Read More »
A few thoughts on college realignment … Needless to say, the ongoing college football conference realignment hardly ended with last week’s virtual decapitation of the Pac-12 when literally within hours Oregon and Washington jumped to the Big Ten, while Colorado, Arizona and Arizona joined the Big XII leaving the Pac-12 with just four teams. And attention could very… Read More »
Top 15 draft classes dominate Big Board … One more quick factoid on the ranking of the Top 15 draft classes for 2024 posted earlier this week. Not only do those schools have the best prospects, they quite literally have ALL the best prospects. Indeed, of the 40 players currently on the latest GBN Big Board, 36 play… Read More »
Top draft class post follow-up … We received several queries today asking if the ranking of 2024 draft classes that was posted last evening is the equivalent of our pre-season college ranking. The simple answer is No; what we posted yesterday simply ranked the various draft classes around the country based solely on the quality of their prospects… Read More »
Buckeyes top pre-season ranking of 2024 draft classes … Needless to say, a whole lot is going to change between today and April 25th when the 2024 draft gets underway in Detroit, but for now Ohio State leads heads our pre-season ranking of the top 15 draft classes for the upcoming draft. In fact, the Buckeyes have quality… Read More »
College football camps getting underway … As of Monday just about all fall college football training camps should be in full operation with the start of the 2023 season now less than a month away. For the record, there are a handful of games scheduled for August 26th, with the initial full week of the college slate set… Read More »
First full college football Saturday a month away … For those that like to keep track of these things, we are just a month away from the 1st full Saturday on the college football schedule. And there are some interesting games on the schedule for September 2nd including Colorado, suddenly relevant again with the arrival of Deion Sanders,… Read More »
Last one out the Pac-12 door, please turn off the lights … Just a few weeks ago, the Pac-12 conference looked like it had the potential to be a real power conference this year with as many as 4 teams with legitimate CFP aspirations. And that should still happen; however, for all intents and purposes to conference no… Read More »
Are you ready for some (sort of ) football? … The 2023 NFL pre-season gets underway in less than 24 hours when the NY Jets and Cleveland hook up in the annual Hall of Fame game in Canton, Ohio with KO set for just after 8 PM ET on Thursday evening. Coverage will be on NBC. Of course,… Read More »
Steelers IR 7th round CB … Pittsburgh has placed rookie CB Cory Trice, a 7th round pick from Purdue, on injured reserve after he was carted off the field yesterday with an undisclosed leg injury. As a result, Trice, a 6-3 corner who had been considered something of a sleeper prior to the draft and had reportedly impressed… Read More »
And then there were none: Seahawks CB last 2023 pick to sign … Seattle reportedly came to terms with CB Devon Witherspoon, the last remaining unsigned player chosen at this year’s draft, on a 4-year contract earlier today. That ends a brief 2-day holdout by Witherspoon, whom the Seahawks selected with the 5th pick overall this past April,as… Read More »
Seahawks CB last unsigned pick … Just a quick update on the signing status of players selected at the 2023 draft. It appears to have kind of slipped under the radar just a tab, but Indianapolis was able to sign QB Anthony Richardson, the 4th player taken at this year’s draft, and get him in camp for the… Read More »
That didn’t take long; QB Young confirmed as Panthers’ #1 … Barely a day into training camp and Carolina has confirmed that rookie QB Bryce Young, the first player selected at the 2023 draft will be the Panthers’ starting QB to open the season. Young had been getting almost all the Panthers’ first-team snaps in workouts to date,… Read More »
Texans sign #2 pick … Houston has reportedly come to terms with former Ohio State QB C.J. Stroud, the second player selected at the 2023 draft. Stroud signed a standard 4-year deal worth a reported $36M. With this signing just two 2023 first round picks remain unsigned: Indianapolis QB Anthony Richardson and Seattle CB Devon Witherspoon, who were… Read More »
Top pick, two others sign today; three 2023 #1s still unsigned … Carolina QB Bryce Young, the first player selected overall at the 2023 draft, has signed with the team. Young agreed to a 4-year, fully guaranteed deal worth a reported $38M. In signing today, Young and the Panthers avoided a holdout as Carolina’s rookies are due to… Read More »
Lions get vet Jets WR Mims for future pick flip … Detroit has acquired veteran WR Denzel Mims from the New York Jets in exchange for a swap of 2025 late round picks. The Jets will get a conditional 6th round pick from the Lions while Detroit will get a 7th from the Jets. The condition for 6th… Read More »
WR Hopkins set to sign with Titans … For those that have not heard, former Arizona WR DeAngelo Hopkins will reportedly be signing with Tennessee in the next day or so. Hopkins, one of the best receivers in the game if he’s healthy and still really wants to play, was released by Arizona this spring after the Cardinals… Read More »
Are you ready for some football … sort of … The NFL off-season is almost over as training camps begin opening. Nine teams will open their camps for rookies and selected veterans on Tuesday, while the NY Jets will be the first team to welcome their full complement of players the following day. The Jets get to open… Read More »
NFL passes on supp draft receivers … The first NFL summer supplemental draft in the post-covid era came and went earlier today with neither of the two players that were available being selected. That means that WRs Milton Wright from Purdue and Jackson State’s Malachi Wideman are now free agents free to sign with any team. Of the… Read More »
Things we learned doing the positional previews … Having completed our pre-season positional previews for the 2024 draft (see above), it was kind of interesting to go back and reread them just to see if there were any more general observations to be made about the upcoming draft. The first thing that still kind of jumped out at… Read More »
