UGA QB Bennett arrest for public intoxication … Former Georgia QB Stetson Bennett, who led the Bulldogs to back-to-back national championships, may have been celebrating a little too hard this weekend as he was arrested on a public intoxication charge in Dallas on Sunday morning. That’s a misdemeanor so its not likely going to have a major impact… Read More »
Senior Bowl preview … While most of the NFL is focused on today’s conference final playoff games, GBN associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette is packing his bags and preparing to head over to Mobile for this week’s Senior Bowl. And Paul , who has become something of a Senior Bowl institution in his own right, will be joined… Read More »
NFLPA star game tonight … Folks are reminded the NFLPA all-star game which will be played this evening at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Los Angeles. The game will be broadcast on NFL Network with kickoff scheduled for 6 PM ET on Saturday. The two teams will be coached by a couple of Tennessee alums in former Titans’… Read More »
Shriners gathering in Vegas … Players and coaches are arriving in Las Vegas as we speak for the annual East-West Shrine classic which officially gets underway tomorrow with the first of four days of practice scheduled for 11:15 AM ET and 1 PM ET. The actual all-star game is set for Thursday evening at 8:30 PM ET. The… Read More »
Who’s #1; Mel has his say … For those who haven’t seen it, ESPN draft guru Mel Kiper has posted an updated top 25 for the upcoming draft. No real surprise in that he has Georgia DT Jalen Carter and Alabama DE Will Anderson as the top 2 prospects overall, followed by QBs Will Levis of Kentucky, Alabama’s… Read More »
‘Star’ star turn for Pigskin Paul … Please note that GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette will be guesting on NFL Draft Countdown’s podcast at 8 PM ET this evening. And the guys will be previewing both the Senior Bowl and East-West Shrine all-star games which get underway early next week.
Pigskin Paul updates post-season mock … While GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette wiles away the hours until its time to leave for Mobile and the 2023 Senior Bowl, he added the losers from the 1st and 2nd rounds of the playoffs to he post-season mock here. Needless to say the final four picks will come once they… Read More »
Hula Bowl standouts … The 2023 all-star circuit actually really got going last weekend when that great Hawaiian tradition the Hula Bowl was played in Orlando. And just in case anyone starts to ask ‘but isn’t Orlando in Florida?’ It is, but the Hula Bowl is playing played there as their stadium is undergoing major renovations. That’s good… Read More »
Giants wrap: post-season wrap and on to 2023 … Needless to say, the Giants season did end the way anyone wanted after they got steamrolled 38-7 in Saturday’s NFC semi-final. We had thought that maybe the Giants could sneak up on the Eagles if they came into the game a little overconfident and maybe looking ahead just a… Read More »
NFLPA star game underway in LA … The all-star game process gets underway in earnest this week with practices set to begin on Tuesday in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl. This will be the 11th rendition of NFLPA game which will played on Saturday, January 28th at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Los Angeles. The actual game will be… Read More »
Unofficial 7-round selection order posted … Based of trades that we have been able to confirm, we have updated the selection order for the 2023 draft, although please note that this is still very unofficial. In fact, please let us know if we have missed any picks. We have also posted a very unofficial listing of 2023 picks… Read More »
‘Next’ four picks now set … With this weekend’s conference semi-finals now in the books, picks 24 thru 27 are now set. Jacksonville and the NY Giants clinched the 24th and 25th picks respectively with their losses on Saturday, while Dallas and Buffalo will pick 26th and 27th. The losers of next weekend’s conference championship games will be… Read More »
Jags’ loss clinches 24th pick … Upstart Jacksonville gave Kansas City all it could handle in today’s AFC conference semi-final, but were doomed by a couple of late turnovers. And with the loss the Jags wrap up the 24th pick overall in the opening round selection order for the 2023 draft. The Jags also locked up the 56th… Read More »
UGA C returning to school … Georgia C Sedrick Van Pran, who was considered to be one of the top 2-3 prospects at the position for the 2023, announced earlier today he will be returning to school next fall.
Underclass list released … The NFL released the formal list of underclassmen eligible to enter the 2023 draft earlier today There are a total of 82 players on the list including 69 who needed special permission to enter the upcoming draft and 13 who didn’t. That total though in fact is well below those in the past couple… Read More »
Second deadline passes; no apparent moves … Today was the final day that underclassmen who had filed paperwork with the NFL for early entry to the 2023 draft could walk back their applications, but as of this evening there is no word than any of the redshirt sophomores and 3rd and 4th year juniors who did apply have… Read More »
Giants Report: Playoff Projection Thoughts … We were thinking that we’d be posting our post-season positional grades for the Giants this week, but then they went out and upset Minnesota in the wild card round and are onto an NFC semi-final match-up with #1 seed Philadelphia Saturday evening. We were also always going to be posting an updated… Read More »
GBN 3-round mock updated … With the NFL regular season in the books and the first 23 picks now set, the GBN 3-round projection for the first two days of the 2023 draft has been updated. And, as we always like to point out when posting a mock, the real value of a projection is not that we… Read More »
Senior Bowl announces coaches … The Senior Bowl announced this morning that Chicago Offensive Coordinator Luke Getsy and Las Vegas Defensive Coordinator Patrick Graham will be the head coaches for this year’s game which is scheduled for February 4th in Mobile. In addition, Atlanta QB coach Charles London will be Getsy’s offensive co-ordinator while New England defensive line… Read More »
Titans sign 49ers Carthon as new G.M. … There are multiple reports that Tennessee is hiring Ran Carthon as the team’s new G.M. replacing Jon Robinson who was fired in December. Carthon, the son of former NY Giants FB Mo Carthon who was a member of two Super Bowl winning teams in the 1980s, has worked in scouting… Read More »
Selection order updated … With Dallas apparently coasting to a win in tonight’s final wild card game of the weekend, the selection order for the first three rounds of the 2023 draft has been updated.
Pigskin’s pick for 2022 all-rookie team … With the 2022 playoffs now in full swing, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has been rewatching the tapes, checking the stats and talking to his sources around the league and has posted his picks for who should be on this year’s all-rookie team here.
Cards name former Pats, Titans exec Ossenfort as new G.M … Arizona has named veteran NFL executive Monti Ossenfort as the team’s new G.M. replacing Steve Keim who stepped down for health reasons last week. Ossenfort comes to Arizona with 21 years of NFL experience including 15 years with New England and the past three seasons as the… Read More »
Buckeye QB Stroud; two Frogs enter draft as declare deadline passes … The deadline for underclassmen wishing to enter the 2023 draft passed earlier today with the addition of three more prominent names including Ohio State CJ Stroud, who figures to be a top 5-10 pick this coming spring, along with WR Quentin Johnston, another top 5-10 candidate,… Read More »
Star CFL QB Rourke signs with Jags … After working out for a dozen NFL teams over the past month, star CFL QB Nathan Rourke has agreed to a three-year futures contract with Jacksonville. Rourke, who was a very productive MAC at Ohio, set a Canadian league record last season when he completed 79% of his pass attempts… Read More »
