Saints QB Carr to retire … In something of a shocker, New Orleans and veteran QB Derek Carr announced jointly this morning that he had opted to retire. Carr was already likely to miss the upcoming season because of a shoulder injury that was going to require surgery, but in a number of reports on the issue the… Read More »
Utah QB Rising retiring … Former Utah QB Cam Rising announced Wednesday that he’s retiring from football. Rising was once a rising star in college football with some legitimate pro aspirations, but had his career derailed by a series of injuries including a hand injury that limited him to three games last season.
Cowboys get Steelers WR Pickens for 3rd … Dallas Cowboys’ search for a #2 receiver to help out CeeDee Lamb has landed them WR George Pickens in a trad with Pittsburgh. In exchange for Pickens, the Steelers will a 2026 third-round pick along with a 5th rounder in 2027 while the Cowboys will get a 2026 sixth-round pick… Read More »
DC to get 2027 draft … The NFL very cleverly announced earlier this afternoon that Washington will host the 2027 draft. The announcement was actually made by the current president along with Commissioner Roger Goodell and Commanders’ owner Josh Harris. The 2026 draft will be held in Pittsburgh next April.
Raiders hire Broncos’ exec … Las Vegas has hired former Denver director of college scouting Brian Stark as their new assistant general manager. Stark will work with Raiders’ general manager John Spytek with whom he worked as a Broncos’ scout from 2013-15.
Cowboys’ OG Booker first first to sign … Dallas became the first team to sign its 2025 first-round pick as the Cowboys have come to terms with former Alabama OG Tyler Booker, the 12th player selected at last week’s draft. Booker signed a standard 4-year deal worth $22.5M, $13M of which is guaranteed, and includes a club option… Read More »
Eagles, Pack first to sign 2025 picks … It seems somehow fitting that Super Bowl champion Philadelphia was also the first team to sign one of its picks from last week’s draft as the Eagles have reportedly come to terms with former Georgia LB Smael Mondon, a 5th round selection. Mondon reportedly signed a 4-year deal worth $4.6M.… Read More »
Utah WR Alford top pick in CFL draft … The Canadian league held its annual draft of national players where former 6-6 Utah WR Damien Alford was chosen first overall by Calgary. Alford was originally a big-play target at Syracuse, but left the Orange for Utah last year when the new coaching staff arrived. Alford, though, barely played… Read More »
Draft grade shoutouts … We’ve had a couple or so days to chew over what transpired during the just completed draft and while as a general rule we don’t really like grading drafts the week of – its just too subjective and of course the real proof will when we get to see what’s actually in the pudding… Read More »
UT QB Ewers real big draft loser … The story of this weekend’s draft, of course, was the ongoing saga of when Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders would be selected. That story ended when Sanders was taken by Cleveland in yesterday’s 5th round. The more impactful story, though, may be that of former Texas QB Quinn Ewers who wasn’t… Read More »
8th round underway … As noted last evening at the end of the draft, teams were already calling prospective undrafted free agents and several have already announced their signings. Minnesota, which had only 5 picks over the weekend, announced a large undrafted class including one of the top undrafted QBs in Max Brosmer from just down the street,… Read More »
Buckeyes get 2-fer; SEC, B10 dominance grows … After winning last year’s CFP national championship, Ohio State doubled up by leading all schools with 14 players selected at the 2025 draft. The Buckeyes edged out Georgia, which had 13 picks, while Texas had 12, Oregon had 10, Mississippi had 8 and Michigan, Alabama, LSU, Miami and Florida had… Read More »
Just 364 days to go!! … For the record, the 2026 draft is just 364 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 because… Read More »
That’s a wrap … The 2025 draft came to a fitting close just after 7 PM ET this evening when the New England Patriots selected former Memphis DB Kobee Minor with the 257th and final pick of the draft. Of course, that makes him ‘Mr. Irrelevant’ for the year. And while the actual draft is in the books,… Read More »
Seahawks top day two grades … Its actually way to early to be grading drafts, but at least on paper, we felt that Seattle had as a good a day on Friday as any team in the league. The Seahawks were able to get two very athletic prospects in the 2nd round in South Carolina S Nic Emmanwori… Read More »
Ravens lead day three parade … We have in fact been able to update the picks by team file and according to at least our unofficial Baltimore heads into day 3 of the draft with 8 picks still to go barring trades, while Buffalo, Dallas, and the the two LA teams each have 7 remaining picks. At the… Read More »
Whither Shedeur??? … As we head into the third and final day of the 2025 draft, the lingering question around the league remains where and when Shedeur Sanders gets selected. It is certainly shocking that a player who just 2-3 weeks appeared to be very much in the discussion to be one of the first three picks has… Read More »
Technical glitches … Folks may have noticed that we were experiencing some technical issues last evening. Great timing! For the record, the system kept freezing, although we were able to at least keep the updated big board updated most of the evening. And that’s kind of what of what we are aiming for today, although we’d also like… Read More »
It is on to the final day of the 2025 draft … The second and third rounds of the 2025 draft came to a close last evening when Minnesota selected former Maryland WR Tai Felton with the 102nd and final pick of the third round. However, as usual there won’t be much rest for NFL personnel people as… Read More »
“We couldn’t believe our guy was still on the board …” So proclaimed the 30 or so NFL GMs whose teams made picks in last night’s opening round of the 2025 draft. Some of them, though, may actually have a case. The Raiders, for example, probably expected someone to leapfrog them for RB Ashton Jeanty, but he was… Read More »
That’s a wrap … The opening round of the 2025 draft came to a close just a few minutes ago when the Kansas City Chiefs selected Ohio State OT Josh Simmons with the 32nd 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 »
Browns on the move? … With barely a half hour until the first pick comes off the board this evening and we all 32 teams have a first round selection for the first time since 1967. That quiet may not last all that much longer as multiple sources are reporting at this hour that Cleveland could be close… Read More »
Couple of housekeeping items … With less than an hour to go until the picks finally start coming off the board at the 2025 draft, there are a couple of housekeeping items of note. Firstly, just for the record, a reminder that teams will have ten minutes to make their picks in tonight’s opening round. Then its down… Read More »
Browns, Texans swap 3rd day picks … Cleveland and Houston have made a pre-draft in which the Browns send a 5th-round pick this year (#166) along with a 5th in 2027 to Houston in exchange for a pair of 6 rounders (#s 179 and 216) and a 7th (#255).
IT IS DRAFT DAY!!! Where is everybody?? Of course, things don’t actually get underway in Green Bay for another 12 hours or so with Tennessee expected to make Miami QB Cam Ward the #1 pick around 8:15 PM ET later this evening. But we are there!
