Pats lose in Europe; clinch at least 4th pick for week … New England came up on the short end of a 10-6 defensive struggle with Indianapolis earlier today somewhere in Europe. The loss drops the Patriots to 2-8 and means they’ll have no worse than the 4th pick in the weekly selection order for the opening round… Read More »
Top CFP contenders hold serve on college Saturday; QBs Daniels, Nix shine … For those that don’t follow college football all that closely, the remaining Power-5 unbeaten teams – and favorites to make this year’s 4-team CFL playoff – facing testy opponents all won out yesterday as Michigan held off Penn State 24-15, Florida State edged Miami 27-20,… Read More »
Bombers, Als to meet in CFL title game … It will be the Winnipeg Blue Bombers against the Montreal Alouettes in the 109th Grey Cup game for the Canadian league championship next Sunday in Hamilton. Kickoff will be at 6 PM ET. Winnipeg punched its ticket to a 5th straight Grey Cup appearance with a workmanlike 24-13 win… Read More »
CFL semis set for Saturday … The Canadian Football League playoffs continue on Saturday with the Eastern and Western final. In the East, Montreal will play at Toronto with KO set for 3 PM, while Winnipeg will host the B.C. Lions in the Western conference championship game starting at 6:30 PM ET. The winners will play next week’s… Read More »
Bears win; back to top pick … Chicago managed to hang on an edge Carolina 16-13 last night when a long Panthers’ FG attempt fell short in the game’s final minute. That lifted the Bears record to 3-7 which drops them down to the #5 spot in this week’s 2024 draft selection order with the NY Giants and… Read More »
‘Horns QB Ewers to return … Texas got a little good news with word that QB Quinn Ewers will return to action this weekend when the Longhorns play TCU. Ewers, one of several QBs in the mix to be the 3rd player selected at the position at the upcoming draft after USC’s Caleb Williams and Drake Maye of… Read More »
Key tests for CFP contenders as college football hits the homestretch … With just three weeks and the conference championship games to in the regular college schedule, it is looking more and more, barring any major upsets, that there are really only 5 teams – Georgia, Florida State, Washington, Ohio State and Michigan – in the running for… Read More »
Race for top picks goes prime time … The race for this year’s top pick goes prime time this evening as Carolina will play Chicago in the Thursday night game in a match-up of teams sitting on the 2nd and 3rd picks respectively in the current selection order. In fact, at least in terms of the draft, it… Read More »
Major rule change lets juniors play in star games … In a major change for the NFL scouting community, league officials announced earlier today that juniors who have entered the draft will be allowed to play in the postseason all-star games such as the Senior Bowl and East-West Shrine games. Prior to this year only juniors who had… Read More »
Coach/dad Prime puts brakes on Buffs’ QB Sanders to pros talk … Right on cue, just after we post a 2024 projection with Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders going to the NY Giants with the 4th pick overall at the 2024 draft, Deion Sanders, the players father and coach, hinted in the local press that the Buffs’ star might… Read More »
QBs dominate mid-season mock … With all NFL teams now roughly through the first half of their 2023 seasons we have posted our mid-season first-round projection for the upcoming draft. And, at least based on what we know right now, it should be no surprise that 4 of the first 5 picks are QBs including USC’s Caleb Williams… Read More »
Weekly selection order updated … With another week on the NFL schedule in the books, the first-round selection order for the 2024 draft, were it to held this week has been updated.
Return of Cards’ QB Murray could shake up race to #1 … Arizona head coach Jonathan Gannon indicated to the local press earlier today that QB Kyler Murray, who has been out rehabbing a torn ACL suffered last December, will be taking the first team snaps this week and will be behind center when the Cardinals host Atlanta… Read More »
FBS sack leader done for year … James Madison ER Jalen Green, who leads the FBS with 15.5 sacks so far this year, will miss the rest of the year after tearing an ACL in the unbeaten and 21st ranked Dukes win over the weekend. Green isn’t necessarily all that highly rated by the pros because at just… Read More »
Giants confirm QB for year; likely set sites on one at draft … Just a quick update on this story as the Giants have confirmed that QB Daniel Jones did indeed tear an ACL on a non-contact play at the end of the first quarter of yesterday’s game with Las Vegas and will miss the rest of the… Read More »
So much for shuffling! … Turns out, at least once the dust has settled from this weekend’s action, that the top 5 picks in this week’s selection order will be unchanged from last week with Arizona at #1, Chicago at both the second (Carolina’s) and third (their own) picks, the Giants at 34 and New England and #5.… Read More »
Selection order shuffle looming … College football, which had its own terrific slate of games this weekend, still didn’t have much on the NFL which has its own very compelling schedule this week. In particular, there are four championship quality match-ups in the NFL on Sunday, one in each window. Miami and Kansas City kick it off at… Read More »
CFL playoffs get underway today … The Canadian Football League playoffs start later today with the Eastern and Western semi-final games. In the East, Hamilton will be in Montreal to play the Als with KO set for 3 PM, while Calgary will be in B.C. to face the Lions at 6:30 PM ET. The winners will play Toronto… Read More »
Duke QB Leonard out for ‘a while’ … It appears that the season could possibly be over for Duke QB Riley Leonard, who has emerged as one of the breakout stars of the current campaign, because of a toe injury suffered last weekend against Louisville.
Great weekend of college football coming up … The college season is heading into the homestretch with a terrific slate of games this weekend including contests that could very well decide both the SEC East and West, as well as a couple of virtual elimination games in the very tight Big XII. Here’s who we’ll be watching in… Read More »
Rook QB in Thursday nite spotlight … Interesting game on the Thursday night schedule as 3-4 Tennessee plays at 4-4 Pittsburgh with both teams needing the win to bolster their playoff chances. However, there is also an element of potential impact on the 2024 draft as the Titans will be starting rookie QB Will Levis who was outstanding… Read More »
As the QB turns: Post Hallowe’en edition … Just a couple of updates to yesterday’s report on QBs issues around the league that could ultimately impact the 2024 draft. Atlanta will reportedly start veteran journeyman Taylor Heinicke when the Falcons host Minnesota on Sunday. Heinicke replaces Desmond Ridder, the 2022 third rounder who has been starting up to… Read More »
Raiders axe coach, GM in late-night blood letting … It was Hallowe’en, but the LA Raiders may have taken it to a bit of an extreme firing both head coach Josh McDaniels and GM Dave Zeigler overnight. The Raiders also named Antonio Pierce as interim head coach and Champ Kelly as interim General Manager. Pierce spent the past… Read More »
Buckeyes’ #1 in first CFP playoff ranking … In a bit of a surprise, Ohio State was #1 when the first CFP playoff rankings were announced earlier this evening. The Buckeyes edged out two-time national champion Georgia for the top spot, with Michigan at #3, Florida State in at #4 and Washington at #5. At the same time,… Read More »
Bonus coverage … Apologies for the late heads up, but over on ESPN2 Buffalo will be playing Toledo at 7:30 PM ET. The Rockets have arguably the top prospect outside the ranks of the Power 5 schools in CB Quinyon Mitchell (#27, 6-0, 200) who is among the leaders in college football with 10 passes defended after picking… Read More »
