Cajun WR seriously injured in car crash … Louisiana WR Michael Jefferson, a solid second-tier prospect for this month’s draft, was seriously injured in a two-car crash over the weekend in his hometown of Mobile which resulted in the death of the other driver. Jefferson has reportedly already undergone several surgeries and there is a real question when,… Read More »
Pigskin mocks Panthers, Commanders mocks … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette continues his pre-draft series of individual team mock drafts with looks at the Carolina Panthers who of course have the first pick overall at this year’s draft and the Washington Commanders.
Lions get 5th rounder for former #3 pick Okudah … Detroit has reportedly sent CB Jeff okudah, the 3rd player selected overall at the 2019 draft, to Atlanta in exchange for a 5th round pick this year, #159. Needless to say, Okudah never panned out with the Lions as he missed half the team’s games in that time… Read More »
Guess who’s coming to dinner: April 10-11 … This is the last full week that teams are allowed to bring in out-of-town prospects as part of their allowed 30 on-site visits. In fact, the last day for these visits is a week Wednesday on the 19th. And it looks like it is going to be an interesting week.… Read More »
Report: 6 teams have called Cards about 3rd pick … Adam Schefter of the NFL Network reported today that 6 teams have already contacted Arizona about a potential trade up to the 3rd pick overall in this month’s draft currently held by the Cardinals. Unfortunately, the report doesn’t identify any of the 6 teams, although Tennessee hasn’t denied… Read More »
Big Board updated, expanded … It took a little longer than we planned but the GBN Big Board has been updated and expanded to over 325 prospects based on the latest intel. Note we will be updating over the course of the next couple of weeks and posting a final Big Board around April 23-24.
Giants report: more from the tea leaves … We have noted on several occasions in the past that one of the fun aspects, particularly as a Giants fan, is to try and figure out what they’re looking in terms of an upcoming. And one of the real challenges in ‘trying to read the tea leaves’ is not to… Read More »
OBJ to fly with Ravens … Just hours before he was to have a much-publicized meeting with the Jets in New York, free agent WR Odell Beckham has announced that he has signed a one-year deal with Baltimore which could be worth as much as $18M. Its also interesting in the sense that WR was considered to be… Read More »
Cowboys reinforce D-line in Pigskin mock … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette continues his pre-draft series of individual team mock drafts with a look at the always interesting Dallas Cowboys. And the Cowboys come away from this month’s draft in Pigskin’s mock with rising DE Keion White of Georgia Tech with their first round pick. Here is… Read More »
Rising Badger C works out … Just for the record, rising Wisconsin C Joe Tippmann held a private work out on Friday. All 32 teams reportedly had a rep at Tippmann’s work out including several offensive line coaches. The latter group included Giants’ OL coach Bobby Johnson who reportedly ran the drills. Tippmann, who didn’t work out at… Read More »
Couple more names for the guest list … In yesterday’s article on unheralded players getting multiple on-site visits we missed one player who also should have been included and that’s UAB CB Starling Thomas. Thomas isn’t that tall or long at just a tad over 5-10 and 195 pounds, but he has track speed with a 100M PB… Read More »
NFL announces opening night festivities … I know people have been very anxious to get the details of the of the NFL’s plans for the opening night of the draft, now just 20 days away. However, they can relax as the NFL announced the specifics of those plans yesterday. While the actual draft – you know when teams… Read More »
Eagles grab top OL, DB prospects in Pigskin mock … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette continues his pre-draft series of individual team mock drafts with a look at the NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles who have two picks in this year’s opening round thanks to their trade with New Orleans prior to last year’s draft. And the Eagles… Read More »
Unheralded players getting multiple visits … Of course, much of the story about the on-going on-site visits revolves around where the top prospects are going. However, the top 100 type players aren’t the only guys making visits these days. Teams will also bring in lesser known players as possible late round targets; they may even bring in a… Read More »
And THE most interesting guy in the draft is … There isn’t much dispute around the NFL that the two most polarizing prospects in this years draft – which for the record gets underway three weeks today – are Georgia DT Jalen Carter and Florida QB Anthony Richardson. A pretty good case can be made, though, that the… Read More »
Positional rankings updated … Please be advised that the GBN positional rankings for this month’s draft have been updated as per the menu above. Also note that we are in the process of updating and expanding the Big Board which should be available later this week.
Pigskin mocks Chiefs draft … As he does every year at this time, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette will be doing a series of individual team mock drafts starting appropriately enough with the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs.
QB Young to visit Raiders … For those that like to keep track of these things, Alabama QB Bryce Young, the consensus #1 prospect these days for the 2023 draft, will be in Las Vegas to visit with the Raiders tomorrow. While the Raiders would reportedly like to get their QB of the future in this year’s draft,… Read More »
Witherspoon quick at special pro day run … Pro scouts finally got a chance to see Illinois CB Devin Witherspoon run today at a private pro day type workout. Witherspoon, one of the top 2-3 prospects at the position for the upcoming draft, wasn’t able to participate at either the combine or his regular pro day because of… Read More »
Clemson DEs workout in private pro day … Still not sure who exactly showed up from the NFL, but Clemson DE Myles Murphy put on a pretty good show at a private pro day earlier today. Murphy had not participated at either the combine or the Tigers’ pro day because of a hamstring injury. However, after weighing in… Read More »
Guess who’s coming to dinner … It is admittedly a far from perfect science, but one of the fun parts of the draft process at this time of year is looking for clues in the various teams’ list of 30-allowed pre-draft visits. Florida QB Anthony Richardson, arguably the most polarizing prospect in this year’s draft will reportedly be… Read More »
Colts working out top two QBs; 3-4 to come … The Indianapolis Colts brain trust is in California as we speak working out both of QBs Bryce Young of Alabama and Ohio State’s CJ Stroud. The Colts are able to work them out in California because that’s where they are both training. Remember the Colts, who have the… Read More »
So who’s #1 … The drama over who will be the first pick overall at the 2023 draft, now just 24 days away, probably won’t be over until Carolina actually gets on the clock with the #1 pick on the 27th. Prior to their back-to-back pro days, the sense around the league was that the Panthers were actually… Read More »
A little more on Jalen Carter … Just to add to yesterday story about the curious case of Georgia DT Jalen Carter, Carter is meeting with Bears officials in Chicago as we speak. The Bears, of course, currently have the 9th pick overall. Carter also confirmed a recent visit with Philadelphia, which is interesting in the sense that… Read More »
Into the homestretch … There’s now less than a month to go until the first picks come off the board at the 2023 draft just 26 days to be exact – and with the pro days pretty much in the books, teams will be heading home and hunkering down in their respective war rooms putting the final touches… Read More »
