Colts lose 2nd pick to season-ending injury … Indianapolis has placed S/LB Hunter Wohlers, a 7th round pick at the 2025 draft, on injured reserve with a Lisfranc foot injury. As a result of the fact that the designation comes in the preseason, Wohlers cannot return this season. Wohlers is actually the second rookie DB drafted this past… Read More »
Browns name vet Flacco starter … It was the NFL’s worst kept secret of the pr-season, but Cleveland has ended the drama early and named veteran Joe Flacco as their starting QB to open the season. The Browns play cross-state division-rival Cincinnati on September 7th. Flacco gets the nod over fellow vet Kenny Pickett and rookie draft picks… Read More »
Eagles get WR Metchie from Texans for vet TE; pick swap … Philadelphia has reportedly acquired veteran WR Jon Metchie from Houston in exchange for veteran TE Harrison Btryant and a 5th round pick in 2026, while the Eagles will get a 6th rounder from the Texans. In fact, the teams are actually simply returning the picks they… Read More »
Browns’ rook RB Judkins avoids charges; immediate football future still on hold … According to local prosecutors in southern Florida, rookie Cleveland RB Quinshon Judkins will not faces charges of domestic assault stemming from an incident early last month. The local authorities concludedthat there just wasn’t enough evidence to get a conviction in what was essentially a ‘he… Read More »
OU QB Mateer being looked at for past past gambling … Reports out of Oklahoma indicate that the school is at least ‘looking into’ possible gambling activity by rising QB John Mateer who transferred to the program this year from Washington State. The issue arose last night after a series of screenshots showing betting activity involving former WSU… Read More »
‘Horns #1 in pre-season AP college poll … With just 19 sleeps until the first full weekend of the college football season, the Associated Press has released its pre-season poll ranking the top 25 teams entering the upcoming campaign. And – somewhat astonishingly – for the first time in its most storied history, Texas is ranked #1. However,… Read More »
LSU QB tweaks old knee issue … LSU QB Garrett Nussmeier, one of the top prospects at the position for the 2026 draft, was held out of a couple of practices earlier this week sparking rumors that he might have a serious knee injury. Nussmeier, the leading returning passer in college football this fall, though, was back at… Read More »
Grandpa Archie talks grandson Arch’s draft … There has been a bit of buzz this week about comments by Archie Manning indicating that grandson Arch Manning, the consensus favorite to be #1 pick overall at next April’s draft, wouldn’t be entering the 2026 draft. On further review, though, it doesn’t appear to be quite so definitive. Archie, in… Read More »
Ravens, Colts lose rook CBs for year in pre-season opener … It wasn’t a great start to the season for either Baltimore or Indianapolis after both lost rookie CBs to torn ACLs in last night’s pre-season opener for the two teams. Out for year for Baltimore is Bilhal Kone, a 6th round pick this past April, while the… Read More »
First full pre-season week kicks off … The NFL’s full pre-season schedule gets underway later Thursday evening with a tripleheader. Of course, in truth, not much happens in the pre-season, but there will be plenty of the line when Indianapolis plays at Baltimore this evening (7 PM ET ; NFL Neywork) as Anthony Richardson and Daniel Jones are… Read More »
ESPN acquires NFL properties for league equity; what of coverage? … ESPN reportedly is acquiring the NFL Network and other league assets, including the RedZone channel and the NFL’s fantasy product. In exchange, the NFL will reportedly receive a 10% equity stake in ESPN. For our purposes the one major question is what happens to draft coverage down… Read More »
Lions’ late rounder to IR … Detroit has placed rookie safety Dan Jackson, a 7th round pick at the 2025 draft, on injured reserve with a leg injury that Lions’ head coach Dan Campbell said ‘doesn’t look good.’ As a result, Jackson’s season is likely over, although the Lions could technically bring him back later in the year,… Read More »
Pre-season kicks off with HOF game … The NFL pre-season schedule gets underway layer this evening when the LA Chargers face Detroit in the annual Hall-of-Fame game in Canton, Ohio. The actual kick-off is slated for just after 8 PM ET this evening with coverage on NBC. Of course, the full 3-week pre-season schedule begins next week. And… Read More »
Bucs rookie DE Walker out for season … It appears the rookie season of promising Tampa Bay DE David Walker is over literally before it started. Walker, a 4th round pick this past April from Central Arkansas, tore an ACL late last week and will undergo season-ending surgery. The silver lining for Walker, such as it is, is… Read More »
Who’s on top for ’26’: ESPN report … For those that haven’t see it yet, ESPN had a piece up late last week in which draft analyst Matt Miller lists who he believes (and hears from his sources) are the top prospects at each position for the upcoming draft. In fact, there are no real surprises in his… Read More »
Bengals, top pick Stewart end impasse … Cincinnati has finally signed DE Shemar Stewart, the only remaining unsigned first-round pick from the 2025 draft, ending what amounted to a three-day holdout. Stewart, the 17th player selected this past April, had been refusing to sign as the Bengals wanted to include language that could void future guarantees in the… Read More »
Updated 2d round signing status … With training camps opening around the league this week it kind of slipped under the radar that 2 of the 3 of this year’s unsigned second round picks have come to terms as both CB Will Johnson, who was taken with the 47th pick by Arizona and DE Femi Olajedo, taken 52nd… Read More »
Ex-BYU QB Retzlaff resurfaces at Tulane … The somewhat bizarre football journey of former BYU QB Jake Retzlaff took another turn earlier today as he confirmed that he will be attending Tulane this fall. That came after he was suspended 7 games for violating BYU’s somewhat arcane honor code. Retzlaff was suspended after he was accused of sexually… Read More »
Titans’ Levis out for year … Any lingering doubts that Cam Ward, the first player selected overall at the 2025 draft, would not be the starting QB in Tennessee this fall – and there weren’t many – were likely finally put to rest with news this morning that Will Levis, the Titans’ only other real option at the… Read More »
Updated: Just 4 2d rounders remain unsigned … The floodgates did indeed open on the signings of players selected in the second-round of the 2025 draft. There are, in fact, just 4 remaining unsigned #2 picks from this past April’s draft and that includes embattled RB Quinshon Judkins, whom Cleveland selected with the 4th pick in round, #36… Read More »
Browns #2 RB Judkins remains in limbo as rooks report … While the first three players selected at the top of the second round of the 2025 draft have each signed – and each got fully guaranteed contracts – it may be awhile before anything gets down with the fourth. RB Quinshon Judkins, whom Cleveland chose with that… Read More »
More 2nd rounders sign; one fully guaranteed … Another half dozen or so players selected in the second round of the 2025 draft have come to terms including safety Nick Emmanwori whom Seattle signed to a fully guaranteed contract. Emmanwori was the 3rd player picked in this past April’s second round, the 35th overall. The sticking point for… Read More »
Could unhappy draft picks return to school someday? … There has been a bit of a twist in the ongoing saga of DE Shemar Stewart, Cincinnati’s first round pick this past April – #17 overall – who remains the only unsigned opening round selection from this year’s draft as the team and player remain locked in a dispute… Read More »
Charges against Aggie RB Moss dropped … Charges of disorderly conduct against star Texas A&M RB Le’Veon Moss, one of the top prospects at the position for the 2026 draft, were reportedly dropped earlier today. Moss was arrested over the weekend for threatening a bystander on a College Station street early Sunday morning apparently because of something about… Read More »
Another 4 second rounders come to terms … For those keeping score on these matters, 4 more 2025 second rounders have to come to terms witht their respective teams including LA Charger WR Tre Harris (#55), Chicago G/T Ozzy Trapillo (#56), Denver RB RJ Harvey (#60), and Washington (#61). That brings to 8 the number of 2025 second… Read More »
