League meetings underway in Phoenix … Its going to be interesting to see how NFL GMs and coaches who have been out on the pro day circuit this month will be organizing their schedules this week as the NFL Annual Meeting gets underway in ernest tomorrow and runs through Wednesday. As part of the exercise most teams end… Read More »
Final week on pro day sched to get underway Monday … The final week on the 2023 pre-draft pro day schedule gets underway on Monday. And while this week’s schedule won’t be quite as busy – or dramatic – as last week, it is still going to be a packed week. Tomorrow, for example, there are pro days… Read More »
Tech DE Wilson to sit Raiders pro day … Texas Tech DE Tyree Wilson, a top 5-10 prospect for the upcoming draft announced that he will not be working out at the Red Raiders pro day on Tuesday on doctor’s advice. He recently had a procedure done to remove some hardware from his surgically repaired foot. Wilson has… Read More »
Panthers deal PK to 49ers for conditional late pick swap … Carolina has reportedly traded PK Zane Gonzalex to San Francisco for what is being described as a conditional late-round swap of picks in 2025. Presumably, if the conditions are met, the Panthers will get the 49ers 6th round pick that year, while Carolina will get SF’s 7th.
Panthers stay active; wine and dine UK QB Levis … Just in case anyone was wondering, that full contingent from Carolina including the team owners, GM and head coach among others that was all over QBs CJ Stroud and Bryce Young at their respective pro days this week, did head on up to Kentucky where they took Wildcats’… Read More »
‘Hawks 3rd team to talk with Tide QB Young; other pro day updates … Interesting that Seattle has been identified as a 3rd team that met privately with Alabama QB Bryce Young over the course of the Tide’s pro day this week. Carolina and Las Vegas both met with Young last night with the Panthers getting to wine… Read More »
Young set to throw … It appears that Alabama QB Bryce Young’s throwing session at the Tide’s pro day is about to get underway. And NO it is not regular cable. Interesting, there are 12 GMs at the Tide pro day along with ten head coaches. Interestingly, again, no real senior people from either Houston or Indianapolis. The… Read More »
Pro day updates … Funny, that after what seemed like a rather momentous day on the pro day circuit, there’s actually very little news to report. Needless to say the reviews of Ohio State QB CK Stroud’s 55-pass scripted throwing session were pretty much universally applauded. Of course, it would be news if they weren’t! Meanwhile, along with… Read More »
Jets get Browns 2nd rounder for WR Moore; 3rd … The NY Jets made a bit of a splash earlier today when they signed former Kansas Ciry WR Mecole Hardman. Then they traded WR Elijah moore to Cleveland for a 2nd round pick, the 42nd overall. To complete the deal, the Browns will send thier 3rd round pick… Read More »
OSU pro day done … For the record, the Ohio State pro day is done as QB CJ Stroud has completed his scripted 55-pass workout. Now it is on to Alabama for the Tide’s workout tomorrow featuring QB Bryce Young.
Big, big boo-out to NFL Network … And I mean a really big boo-out to the NFL Network. The only way to watch CJ Stroud’s throwing session today at the Ohio State is to sign up for NFL Network+ and stream the event. And the only reason to do that is to try and force people to sign… Read More »
OSU WR Smith-Njigba runs okay; not elite … On of the big questions at today’s Ohio State pro day was whether WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba would run, and if he did run how fast. Nothing has been announced officially but the consensus that he timed somewhere in the mid-4.5s. The NFL Network is reporting that his time was 4.53… Read More »
Record crowd descending on OSU for pro day … Don’t know exactly if there is an ‘official’ record for most attendees at a pro day, but all indications are that if there is one, Ohio State will take a shot at it later today when the Buckeyes hold their on-field workout. Indeed, upwards of 150 NFL personnel people… Read More »
Pro day updates … No surprise here as there was a big crowd at today’s Iowa State pro day workout with all 32 teams represented. And again no surprise that Pittsburgh lead the way with both G.M. Omar Khan and head coach in attendance, along with defensive co-ordinator Teryl Austin and several other senior staffers. Green Bay G.M.… Read More »
USC pro day turns into swim meet … The Southern California pro day has turned into something of a disaster because of heavy rains in the area. USC’s main field is essentially a lake and the program does not have an indoor facility long enough to conduct 40-yard dashes. Apparently, they were able to find part of the… Read More »
Emerging list of ‘draftable’ players not invited to the combine … Every draft process, we make the point that in many ways the draft starts in Indy. That’s because upwards of 85% of the players who are selected every April had been invited to the combine. However, also every year somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 players who… Read More »
Steelers out in numbers at Iowa pro day … All 32 NFL teams were represented at the Iowa pro day earlier today. In fact, there were something like 66 total NFL people at the Hawkeyes’ work out. One team that we can verify was there in numbers was Pittsburgh which was represented by GM Omar Khan, head coach… Read More »
SU RB Tucker sits out pro day … Syracuse RB Sean Tucker did not participate in the Orange’s pro day because of an undisclosed, on-going health issue. Tucker, an early 3rd day prospect for the upcoming draft, also sat out the combine with what was described as a ‘medical exclusion.’ Tucker did post a video here, though, saying… Read More »
Pro day circuit heads into critical week … Its like the preliminaries are over and it is down to real business with the busiest week on the pro day calendar set to get underway Monday morning. Indeed, it kicks off Monday with a work out at Iowa, while Southern Cal heads a bigger group on Tuesday. Then on… Read More »
Post first-wave free agency mock posted … With the frantic first wave of free agency now pretty much in the books, we figured now was as good as any time to update our last first-round mock done post-combine. In that mock, we did include a projected trade with Arizona trading away the 3rd pick overall to Las Vegas… Read More »
Texans back into tie for most picks … With the acquisition of that 5th round pick (#161) from Dallas in the trade for WR Brandin Cooks earlier today Houston now has an even dozen picks at the 2023 draft and are tied with Las Vegas for the most picks of any team at that number. At the same… Read More »
Cowboys get Texans WR Cooks for late picks … Updated: The 5th round pick the Texans acquired in the trade for WR Brandin Cooks is being reported as #161. Dallas has completed a deal with cross-state rival Houston in which the Cowboys will acquire veteran WR Brandin Cooks in exchange for a 5th round pick this year and… Read More »
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End of week pro day updates … Still not a whole lot of info coming out of the various pro days around the country. We did get a second report, for example, that Georgia Tech DE Keion White was timed in the 4.65-4.75 range on his one 40 run yesterday, but again that doesn’t tell us very much.… Read More »
Second week of pro days to wrap … The second week on the pro day schedule wraps up later today with a big workout at Michigan. Of course, the majority of major programs are still to come in the next two weeks including Ohio State and Alabama on back-to-back days next Wednesday and Thursday when star QBs CJ… Read More »
