Pigskin grades Saints, Bears drafts … Continuing his series of individual team draft grades. GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette takes a look at the drafts of a pair potentially rising teams in the the New Orleans Saints and the Chicago Bears.
Seahawks claim 8th round title … After posting one of the league’s better drafts this year which included both the top-rated CB (Devon Witherspoon of Illinois) and WR (Jaxon Smith-Njigba of Ohio State), Seattle followed it up with arguably the NFL’s best undrafted free agent classes. Indeed, based on our thoroughly unscientific scoring system of which teams signed… Read More »
Pats sign Cards’ UDFA QB Cunningham … On further review, New England did sign three undrafted free agents late yesterday including former Louisville QB Malik Cunningham. It is not clear whether New England intends to sign any additional undrafted free agents, but for now it means that every team in the league has confirmed signing at least some… Read More »
Pigskin grades JETS … JETS… JETS.. draft … No team around the NFL has generated more buzz in recent weeks than the NY Jets after they acquired star QB Aaron Rodgers from Green Bay. It did cost them a second round pick at this year’s draft, but GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette grades what the Jets didn’t… Read More »
Raiders, two others sign top picks … Las Vegas has signed former Teaxs Tech DE Tyree Wilson, the 7th player selected at the 2023 draft to a 4Y, $25M contract. At the same time, the LA Chargers inked WR Quentin Johnston, the 21st player taken this year, while Cincinnati came to terms with DE Myles Murphy, whom they… Read More »
Browns get DE Smith, picks from Vikes for picks … Cleveland has acquired veteran DE Za’darius Smith from Minnesota in exchange for 5th round picks in 2024 and 2025. To complete the deal, the Browns will also get 6th and 7th round picks in 2025.
Potential key draft games on 2023 schedule … While most of the NFL world is gushing over some of the great games between playoff contenders on the just-released 2023 schedule, we’ve been on the lookout for the games that could go along in determining which teams get the early picks at next year’s draft. And while its way… Read More »
Bills latest to sign UDFA class … We are still waiting on a half dozen or so teams to formally announce their undrafted free agent signings this year. That number wen down by one overnight though as Buffalo confirmed that they have signed 7 undrafted free agents. And while that’s a relatively small number, the Bills actually got… Read More »
Pigskin grades Cowboys, Giants drafts … And speaking of the Cowboys, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette continues his series individual team draft reviews with grades on the drafts of both Dallas and the NY Giants, two NFL East rivals that will kick off the 2023 season against each other in the Sunday evening game on September 10th.… Read More »
Cowboys first to sign all picks … Dallas became the first team to sign its full 2023 draft class earlier today when the Cowboys announced they had come to terms with all 8 players selected at last month’s draft. That included former Michigan DT Mazi Smith, the Cowboys’ #1 pick who agreed to a 4Y, $13.3M deal with… Read More »
Pigskin reviews Lions draft … Continuing his series of post-draft team reviews, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette takes a look at the Detroit Lions who had one of the most interesting drafts this year if nothing else!
Colts request tampering investigation of Commanders … Indianapolis has reportedly formally asked the NFL to investigate a possible tampering infringement against Washington after media reports circulated this weekend that the Commanders had reached out to retired Colts’ QB Andrew Luck last season. While Luck has been retired for several years, the Colts retain his rights which could put… Read More »
Big changes coming to college football in 2024 … For those that haven’t seen it yet, the CFP playoff committee has announced the schedule for the first 12-team playoff at the end of the 2024 college season. There will be four on-campus first round games just before Christmas with the four quarte-final games set for December 31st and… Read More »
Titans hire new Assistant GM … Tennessee has hired long-time Atlanta exec/scout Anthony Robinson to fill the team’s new assistant G.M.role. Robinson spent the last 16 seasons with the Falcons, most recently as director of college scouting after working his way up from the scouting ranks.
Pigskin reviews Steelers draft … Continuing his series of post-draft team reviews, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette takes a look at the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 2023 draft.
Pigskin analyzes Cards draft and where they go from here … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette continues his series of post-draft evaluations with a look at what Arizona accomplished at the 2023 draft and where they might go having accumulated – so far – the most premium picks for 2024.
Eagles, Colts add to A drafts with top UDFA signings … You won’t get much argument from NFL watchers that Philadelphia and Indianapolis had the two best drafts at last weekend’s draft. And both added to their impressive hauls earlier today when they each signed one of this year’s top undrafted free agents. Philadelphia, for example, signed former… Read More »
Preliminary Top 40 posted for 2024 … Needless to say there will be many changes before the actual 2024 draft, now 355 days away!, but here is our first stab at a top 40 for next year’s draft. It is interesting as it appears there is already a very solid, consensus top 10 emerging for next April, but… Read More »
Pigskin Paul’s remedial draft class grades … Of course, it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows for every team at the 2023 draft and GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette’s has a few draft grades that maybe didn’t quite hit the pass mark here. And props to Paul as he finished tied for 8th on the Huddle Reports annual… Read More »
Eagles’ Carter first 1st to sign … That didn’t take long! Philadelphia became the first team to sign an opening round pick from last weekend’s draft as the Eagles came to terms with DT Jalen Carter, the 9th player selected overall this year, on a 4-Y, $21.8M fully guaranteed deal. Of course, the Eagles will also have the… Read More »
Giants Report: If the draft gods give you lemons, make lemonade!! … That’s the theme of our review of the Giants 2023 draft, which we don’t think went anywhere near where the team thought it would go, but it all turned out as the team ultimately ended up with one of the best drafts in the league last… Read More »
No bull, Bull top pick in CFL draft … Pretty much as expected, CFL teams are passing overall the NFL bound top-rated prospects for tonight’s Canadian league draft and instead have concentrated on players who’ll be available when the CFL kicks off its regular season in July. Ottawa with the first pick, for example, chose Fresno State OT… Read More »
Panthers first to sign 2023 pick … Carolina had the first pick overall at the 2023 draft; the Panthers also became the first team to sign a player selected at last weekend’s draft when they signed former Florida State S Jammie Robinson to a standard 4-year deal.
Cowboys make 8th round statement … Dallas’ 2023 draft class was generally panned by analysts around the country. However, Jerry Jones and company may have made up for it bit by signing a pretty good undrafted free agent class. Indeed, the Cowboys UDFA signings included 6 players on our list of top undrafted post-draft free agents including Kansas… Read More »
Draft lite up north … The Canadian Football League holds its annual draft of Canadian born players this evening beginning at 8 PM ET. Coverage is available on TSN.Ottawa has the first pick in this year’s CFL draft, followed by Edmonton, Saskatchewan and Calgary. Here is the full selection order. Former Syracuse OT Matt Bergeron and the Brown… Read More »
