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.
Colts name rook QB week one starter … Indianapolis confirmed earlier today that rookie Anthony Richardson, the 4th player picked at this past April’s draft, will be their starting QB when the regular season kicks off next month. Richardson had been in a dead-heat battle with veteran Gardner Minshew to win the job. And it appears no one… Read More »
Positional rankings; Big Board updated … For the record, the GBN positional rankings for 2024 have been updated with the start of the college season a little over three weeks away as per the drop-down menus above. The GBN Big Board has also been updated and expanded now to include the top 50 prospects for the upcoming draft.… Read More »
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 »
