8th round off and running … As noted at the end of the 7th round on Saturday evening, the draft doesn’t end with the selection of Mr. Irrelevant with the final pick of the weekend as NFL teams are in full-scramble mode to sign the best available undrafted players. Indeed, most teams will have started reaching out to… Read More »
Fave picks by round … While my colleague Pigskin Paul puts together his grades from this past weekend’s draft, I had a little fun with it and went back and on sober reflection picked my favorite picks in each round. And it was interesting in the sense that in several rounds, including both the 6th and 7th rounds,… Read More »
Colts, Eagles ace draft on Pigskin report card … As a general rule we don’t really like to grade drafts here at the GBN. And its not that you have to wait 2-3 years. That’s something quite different in that 2-3 years down the road one can grade a draft based on how it turned out. What we… Read More »
NFL schedule up next … For those that haven’t heard the NFL has tentatively set a week Thursday (May 11th) as the date that the 2023 schedule will be released.
If you are looking at the title of this article, and scratching your head wondering if this is April 1st, and this is bad April Fools Day joke, just relax. No, it is indeed May 1st, and it is not a joke. But you would be correct in thinking to yourself that your friend Pigskin has proclaimed that… Read More »
Cards well positioned for 2024 … There are still 361 days o go until the 2024 draft gets underway in Detroit next April, but at least for now, Arizona looks to be the team best positioned to do some damage next spring. After the smoke had cleared from this past weekend’s draft, the Cardinals currently have 6 picks… Read More »
Two thumbs up; one down for NFL Net draft coverage … I pretty much always watch the NFL Network’s draft coverage and this year I give them two thumbs up for their coverage on the first two nights of the draft as they did their best to provide some reasonably serious draft coverage with what often seemed to… Read More »
Canadians set draft record … Speaking or record at the 2023 draft, it was a great day for Canada as a record number of players from up north were selected. Indeed, a total of 5 Canadians were selected this weekend, breaking the old record of 4. And there was nothing cheap about the Canadian selections as all were… Read More »
Trade record set … Personally it didn’t seem that there were all that many trades this weekend – maybe they were just spread out relatively evenly over the three days – but when the smoked had cleared we actually had a new record for trades. Indeed, there were a total of 43 trades this weekend which broke the… Read More »
Tide, UGA lead school picks; SEC top conference again … To absolutely no one’s surprise, Alabama and Georgia had the most players selected by any school at this weekend’s 2023 draft. In the end, 10 players from each school were selected this weekend, although neither school had a particularly dominant individual year as Georgia did last year and… Read More »
2024 Draft just 362 days away!! … For the record, the 2024 draft is just 362 days away, so to help wile away the time, here is our annual way ‘way-too-early’ projection for next year’s draft. And while its done with more than a little tongue-in-cheek – so please don’t anybody write in asking what we are smoking… Read More »
That’s a wrap; THE end, finish!! … The 2023 draft came to a fitting close just before 7 PM ET this evening when the LA Rams selected former Toledo DT Desjuan Johnson with the 259th and final pick of the draft. Of course, that makes him ‘Mr. Irrelevant’ for the year. And while the actual draft is in… Read More »
And we are underway again (almost) … The third day of the 2023 draft is just moments away with Chicago on the clock with the 103rd pick overall to start today’s 4th round. As usual, we will be updating the GBN Big Board over the course of the day so folks can see who the top remaining prospects… Read More »
That’s a wrap; part deux … The second and third rounds of the 2023 draft came to a close just a few minutes ago when Minnesota selected former USC CB Mehki Blackmon 102nd and last pick of the third round. However, as usual there won’t be much rest for NFL personnel people, though, as teams will be burning… Read More »
Winners and losers on first blush from opening round … First impression of who did well at a draft and who didn’t often don’t age well with time, but its hard not to look back at last night’s proceedings and not come away thinking that Houston and Philadelphia may have stolen the show. The Texans, in particular, who… Read More »
Random first-night notes … They may end up calling the 2023 draft ‘The year of the fake out!’ after several teams pulled fast ones on the rest of the league, or at least the world watching the pre-draft process. Houston, for example, took Ohio State QB CJ Stroud with the second pick overall, after pretty much convincing everyone… Read More »
Tide sets record; BIG upset conference winner … Alabama didn’t make this year’s CFP for the first time in what seems like forever; however, the Tide may have gotten a little consolation at the opening round of the 2023 draft. Indeed, when Carolina selected QB Bryce Young with the first pick overall last night, it marked the 15th… Read More »
That’s a wrap … The opening round of the 2023 draft came to a close just a few minutes ago when the Kansas City Chiefs selected Kansas State DE Felix Anudike-Uzomah with the 31st and final pick of the night. However, there won’t be much rest for NFL personnel people as teams will be burning the midnight oil… Read More »
Ravens Jackson comes to terms; Hopkins on the move?… Literally just hours away from the start of the drama at the 2023 draft, one of the NFL’s longest standing drama ended as Baltimore has finally come to terms with QB Lamar Jackson on a 5-year, #260M contract of which $185M is guaranteed. Meanwhile, there are two different rumors… Read More »
Draft eve buzz … Less than 24 hours to go as we speak until the 2023 actually starts. as noted earlier today it is the silly season in the NFL, but here is the latest that appears to have at least some rationale behind it … With less than 24 hours to go until they have to make… Read More »
Hopkins still a Cardinal; clocking still ticking … Its been a pretty quiet day around the NFL so far today with the draft now just 27 hours away. Nothing new, for example, on the trade status of Arizona WR DeAngelo Hopkins other than the fact that he was gushing about QB Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills. And… Read More »
Maybe time to start the picking … There comes a time in every draft process when one just starts to think ‘too much analysis really does lead to paralysis.’ And I think we hit that point, maybe even a day or so ago. Literally every Tom, Dick, and Harry out there with access to an internet account, for… Read More »
Hopkins trade talks reportedly heating up … After the Aaron Rodgers trade to the NY Jets was finally consummated yesterday, the next veteran domino to fall could be Arizona WR DeAngelo Hopkins. There are reports out of the desert that in fact talks regarding Hopkins have started to heat up with Baltimore, Buffalo and the NY Giants the… Read More »
Pigskin mocks the Jags … GBN Associate editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette continues his series of individual team mock drafts with a preview of what the rising Jacksonville Jaguars might do as they try and close the gap on AFC powers Kansas City, Cincinnati and Buffalo.
Little more fallout from Rodgers trade … Just a couple of notes re today’s big trade in which the NY Jets finally acquired QB Aaron Rodgers from Green Bay. In the course of the deal, the Packers added a net of one pick in this week’s draft which gives them a total of 11 selections this weekend tied… Read More »
