College football comings and goings … After the past couple of years in which the college football landscape was dramatically changed by several major conference re-alignments, its actually been rather quiet this off-season. However, the ranks of FBS programs just grew by two as both Delaware and Missouri State have confirmed that they will both be moving up… Read More »
Steelers, Dolphins swap DBs Ramsey and Fitzpatrick plus future picks … Pittsburgh and Miami pulled off a pretty significant trade earlier today with the Steelers acquiring star CB Jalen Ramsey and TE Jonnu Smith from the Dolphins in exchange for FS Minkah Fitzptrick. To complete the deal the two teams will also swap late 2027 picks with the… Read More »
No supp draft again this summer … The NFL has reportedly told teams that there will not be a supplemental draft this summer. In fact, there hasn’t been a supp draft since 2019. The supplemental draft was established for players whose college eligibility ended after the deadline to enter the regular draft.
Preliminary 2026 OT Preview … We notes in the previous preview that the edge rushers might be the most impactful position at the upcoming draft. However, while the DE/ERs may have the most upfront talent for 2026, no position is deeper than the OTs; in fact, we’re not sure any position has ever been deeper than how the… Read More »
A few follow-up thoughts on changing football landscape … We’ve had some follow-up thoughts from yesterday’s post on that ESPN article published over the weekend listing the top 5 prospects for the 2026 draft by position. Again, it shouldn’t really be that much of a surprise that people around the NFL doubt that Arch Manning, the presumptive #1… Read More »
Another look-ahead to 2026 … For those that missed it, ESPN has an article up this weekend listing the top 5 prospects by position for the 2026 draft by draft analysts Matt Miller and Jordan Reid and a couple or three things kind of jump out. First, it appears pretty clear that there is still a lot of… Read More »
Jags sign top pick / Hunter … Jacksonville has reportedly come to terms with WR/CB Travis Hunter, the second player picked overall at this past April’s draft. Hunter signed a 4Y deal worth $46.7M, including a $30.6M signing bonus which was paid up front. That makes Hunter the first non-QB not drafted first overall to get his signing… Read More »
Browns’ QB Sanders ticketed for speeding … Cleveland rookie QB Shedeur Sanders, no stranger to controversy, was charged with speeding last evening when he was clocked going just over 100 MPH in a 60 zone in a Cleveland suburb. For those who have been out of the universe, Sanders was expected to be a very early pick at… Read More »
Training camp dates announced … The NFL released the training camp opening dates for all 32 teams earlier today. Turns out that at least one camp will actually be open within a month. The LA Chargers will open their full camp on July 16th, while Detroit opens on the 19th. All other teams open on either the 21st,… Read More »
Preliminary 2026 DE/ER preview … Needless to say the QBs are almost assuredly going to get most of the national media attention as we head toward the 2026 draft (which for those that keep track of these things is now less than 300 days away!) However, a pretty good case can be made that the defensive ends/edge rushers… Read More »
SC QB turns down big bucks to stay … Interesting story out of South Carolina where the father of star Gamecocks’ QB LaNorris Sellars, a possible top 5 prospect for the 2026 draft, reports that his son turned down some big money NIL offers, including one for $8M to stay at South Carolina. No doubt Sellars received a… Read More »
2026 QB sleeper file … For those that didn’t see it earlier, ESPN ran an article over the weekend listing 10 sleepers for the 2026 draft. The included a couple of QBs in Fernando Mendosa of Indiana and Baylor’s Sawyer Robertson. In fact, we don’t believe that Mendosa fits the category at all; while he didn’t get much… Read More »
Looking ahead to 2026 QB class … We’ve bee trying to come up with a word or phrase that best describes the QB class for the upcoming draft. And the phrase we settled on is: To be Determined! On the one hand, it appears that will be a lot of talent at the position next fall. At the… Read More »
College football players can now be paid directly … In the latest court settlement to rock the college football boat, schools are now free to start paying their athletes directly after a multibillion-dollar legal settlement was formally approved Friday. The deal which was negotiated between the NCAA, the major conferences and lawyers representing DI athletes to resolve several… Read More »
Ducks’ WR Stewart hurts knee; season in some doubt … Oregon WR Evan Stewart, a one-time 5-star recruit at Texas A&M who is generally considered to be one of the top prospects at the position for the 2026 draft, reportedly suffered a torn patellar tendon earlier this week that team officials fear could be season-ending, although they won’t… Read More »
Rodgers ends soap opera; signs with Steelers; finally!!! … And there you have it! After months, and months, and months of dithering QB Aaron Rodgers has reportedly agreed to a one-year deal with Pittsburgh
Canadian league kicks off … The 2025 CFL regular season gets underway this weekend with four games starting with Ottawa at Saskatchewan this evening. Toronto will then play at Montreal Friday night, while Hamilton plays at Calgary and Edmonton goes to B.C. in a Saturday double-header. The season culminates with the annual Grey Cup game on November 16th… Read More »
Niners get DE Huff from Eagles for conditional pick … In a deal that has been rumored for several days, San Francisco has indeed acquired DE Bryce Huff from Philadelphia for what is being reported as a conditional 5th round pick in 2026. The pick reportedly can escalate to a 4th depending on Huff’s productivity with the 49ers.… Read More »
Preliminary 2026 position rankings posted … While we took a little time off the past couple of weeks, we couldn’t resist peeking ahead to the 2026 draft, which for the record is ‘just’ 325 or so days away, ad did finish up our very preliminary positional rankings for next April’s draft per the drop-down menu above. No surprise,… Read More »
Vikes re-up GM Adofo-Mensah … In another develoment from late last week, Minnesota agreed to a multi-year contract extension with GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah after the team made the playoffs in two of his three seasons at the helm. With the move, the Vikings keep their leadership group intact as head coach Kevin O’Connell was resigned earlier this year,… Read More »
Browns’ beat wins major reporting award … We took a few days off after the draft to recharge and one of the stories we missed was the fact that the Pro Football Writers of America announced late last that Mary Kay Cabot, the Browns’ beat writer for the Cleveland Plain Dealer has been named this year’s winner of… Read More »
Just 14 weeks to go!!! … We mentioned the other day that there are now less than 100 days until the start of the 2025 college football season. In fact, 14 weeks today, the college season kicks off on Saturday August 30th. And for those that haven’t peeked ahead to the upcoming college schedule it could be a… Read More »
CFP playoff seedings tweaked … For those that keep track of these things, we are exactly 100 days today away from August 30th, the first big Saturday on the upcoming college schedule. And there will be a major change to this year’s college playoffs as the CFP announced earlier today that a straight seeding model will be used… Read More »
And you didn’t think college football had changed all that much! … It was literally only a couple of years ago that if a college football player could be suspended if a local diner comped him a burger and fries if the owner was a big fan of the team. Times have indeed changed! Yesterday, Miami signed OT… Read More »
Schedule day in the NFL … For those that just arrived back in the planet from another universe, the NFL will release its 2025 schedule later this evening. Coverage will be provided by the NFL Network beginning at 8 PM ET.
