CBs Porter, Gonzalez check some early boxes … With the first group of defensive backs heading to the field for their physical testing and positional drills, a couple of notes on the CB weigh-in. On the one hand, both Joey Porter of Penn State and Oregon’s Christian Gonzalez certainly passed the eyeball test. Porter measured in at 6-2.5… Read More »
CBs and safeties to run today … There will be another marathon day of on-field workouts at the scouting combine in Indianapolis later today with the defensive backs scheduled to do their on-field thing. The specialists, who are people too!, will also work out. Coverage begins at 3 PM ET on the NFL Network. Unfortunately, one player who… Read More »
Guess who didn’t come to dinner … The headlines coming out of yesterday’s on-field workouts by the defensive linemen and LBs were mostly about the great times turned in by Georgia ER Nolan Smith and Pittsburgh DT Calijah Nancey which in fact were among the best times ever produced at those respective positions. In many ways, though, the… Read More »
Strange ‘times’ at combine … Not sure if anybody commented on the topic, but there was something very different about the timing at yesterday’s first on-field work out at the scouting combine in Indianapolis. In the past, we used to caution people not to get too excited about the first reports of players’ times. They first reports were… Read More »
Official LB 40 times posted … The official 40 times for the LB/ER grouping are here. Interesting that after the unofficial times were posted it appeared that this was a rather pedestrian group; however, it looks a whole lot better pretty much right across the board based on the official numbers which lowered the unofficial times from anywhere… Read More »
Player School 40X Owen Pappoe Auburn 4.39 Trent Simpson Clemson 4.43 Yasir Abdullah Louisville 4.47 Dorian Williams Tulane 4.49 DJ Johnson Oregon 4.49 Dee Winters TCU 4.49 Shaka Heyward Duke 4.52 Charlie Thomas Georgia Tech 4.52 Anfernee Orji Vanderbilt 4.53 Jeremy Banks Tennessee 4.53… Read More »
Bama’s Anderson runs okay … Alabama DE Will Anderson, who now looks like the likely #1 non-QB top pick this year because of the legal troubles ensnaring Georgia DT Jalen Carter, ran okay on his first run at the combine posting a decent 4.69 clocking running at 253.
LB/ERs set to run … It appears the LB/ER group should be running their 40s any time. The LB/ER group did measure and Alabama’s Will Anderson came in pretty much as expected; he’s 6-3.5, 253 with 34-inch arms. In fact, that weight’s actually about ten pounds heavier than his program weight. Ochaun Mathis of Nebraska and Auburn’s Derick… Read More »
Official DE/ER 40 times posted … Here are the now official 40 times for the DE/ER group that just completed their runs at the scouting combine. And Georgia ER Nolan Smith in fact was even faster than his unofficial time as the electronic timing had him at 4.39 seconds. He edged out Tennessee’s Byron Young (4.43) for the… Read More »
UGA’s Smith sizzles running 40 … Georgia LB/ER Nolan Smith didn’t get to shine in the Dawgs run to the 2022 national championship as he missed the last half of the season with a pec injury. However, he made up for lost time today as he ran a 4.44 40 with a very quick 1.52 split. Smith led… Read More »
Defensive line weigh-in notes … While we wait for the next group to run their 40s, just a couple of notes from the DT and DEs weigh-in sessions. We already noted that Pitt’s Calijah Kancey, who led all the DTs with a very quick 4.73 unofficial 40 time, measured in at 6-1, pretty much a full inch taller… Read More »
Official DT 40 times posted … Official 40 times have now been posted for the DT grouping. Pitt’s Calijah Kancey actually took a half second off his first run to post a 4.67 time. Other DTs who ran well included Jalen Redmond of Oklahoma (4.81), West Virginia’s Dante Stills (4.85), Clemson’s Brian Bresee (4.86), FSU’s Gervan Dexter (4.88),… Read More »
DT Bresee runs well … We are underway in Indianapolis where the first group of defensive linemen are running their 40s. And Clemson DT Brian Bresee got it off to a nice start as he ran a 4.93 40 with a very quick 1.71 10-yard split. FSU DT Gervan Dexter also ran a 5-flat but wasn’t as quick… Read More »
UGA DT Carter booked and released; back in Indy … One player who clearly won’t be working out with the defensive line at the combine later today will be Georgia DT Jalen Carter. Of course, Carter had already said he wasn’t going to work out today, but rather would do so at the Bulldogs’ pro day later this… Read More »
Combine workouts begin; final group arrives … All four positional groupings are now in Indianapolis for this year’s scouting combine. The offensive linemen and RBs, the last group to arrive, will go through registration and orientation today, while the QBs and receivers go through their general medical exams, the defensive backs and specialists will have their orthopaedic exams… Read More »
Giants Report: DL/LB combine prospects to watch … We have this theory, based on the notion that we think Giants’ G.M. Joe Schoen, head coach Brian Daboll and company are looking to the 2023 draft less to simply fill holes in the roster and more as another step in the process of building a championship contender, that what… Read More »
The scouting combine! what good is it? … With the defensive linemen and LBs set to take to the field tomorrow for the physical testing and positional drills phase of this week’s scouting combine in Indianapolis just a small clarification on the on-field stuff is all about. There is a tendency, for example, for people to scoff at… Read More »
Updated: Role of UGA DT Carter in fatal crash questioned … Just the kind of news you don’t need when you are under consideration to be the #1 pick overall at the NFL draft. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting at this hour that star Georgia DT Jalen Carter was at the scene of a fatal car crash early… Read More »
Combine notes: day three … Its day three of the annual scouting combine in Indianapolis with three of the four position groupings now in the house. Today the defensive linemen and LBs will undergo orthopaedic exams and meet with the NFLPA; the defensive backs and specialists will have their general medical exams; while the QBs and receivers will… Read More »
Pigskin’s combine snubs … With still not a whole lot going on, or at least worth reporting on, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette took a deeper dive into the guys that weren’t invited to Indianapolis this week with a post on the biggest combine snubs at each position.
FA Carr meets with Jets, Saints and Panthers … There were reports yesterday that free agent QB Derek Carr had met with several unnamed teams at this week’s scouting combine in Indianapolis. This morning it was reported that Carr has met so far with New Orleans, Carolina and the NY Jets. What’s interesting about that is that the… Read More »
Combine notes: day two … Its day two at the annual scouting combine in Indianapolis where the defensive linemen and LBs will undergo their general medical exams, while the defensive backs and specialists will go thru the registration process and orientation. However, there likely won’t be a lot of breaking news out of Indianapolis probably until Thursday when… Read More »
Washcoms first to tag … Literally just hours after releasing QB Carson Wentz and saving over $26M against the cap, Washington has become the first team to use a tag as the Commanders have reportedly applied the franchise tag to star free agent DT Daron Payne. As a result, Payne is guaranteed will get almost $19M next fall… Read More »
Panthers add former Card S Wilson to senior scout staff … Carolina has signed former Arizona star FS Adrian Wilson as the Panthers new VP of Player Personnel; he replaces Pat Stewart, who the team parted ways with earlier this month. Wilson has been working in the Cardinals’ front office since he retired and even got a couple… Read More »
QB Wentz out in DC … To absolutely no one’s surprise, Washington released QB Carson Wentz after just one less than stellar season in the nation’s capital. In releasing Wentz, whom they acquired from Indianapolis last spring for what amounted to a pair of 3rd round picks, Washington does save just over $26M in cap space. However, also… Read More »
