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Titans sign 49ers Carthon as new G.M.

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

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

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

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

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 signs with Jags

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 »

USC Addison enter draft

Star USC WR enters draft as clock continues to ticking for underclassmen … With the deadline for underclassmen to declare their intention to enter the 2023 draft looming this afternoon, star Southern California WR Jordan Addison, a potential mid-first round selection this coming April, has confirmed his intention to turn pro this winter. Underclassmen wishing to enter the… Read More »

Michigan gets vet pair back

Michigan gets vet pair back … Some good news for Michigan over the weekend as both veteran WR Cornelius Johnson and OG Zak Zinter announced they will be returning to school for another year of college football. Both had been considered to be third day prospects for the 2023 draft.

Draft order updates still waiting on fin al wild card

Draft order updates still waiting on final wild card … As we noted several times on the weekend, because Tampa Bay has the worst W-L record of any of the teams playing in this weekend’s wild card games and wasn’t playing until tonight when the Buccaneers host Dallas, we wouldn’t have any finality on picks 19 thru 24… Read More »

Conference semis

Conference semis times set … The NFL has announced the KO times for this coming weekend’s conference semi-final match-ups. Kansas City will host upstart Jacksonville at 4:30 PM ET on Saturday afternoon, followed by the NY Giants at Philadelphia at 8:15 PM ET that evening. Then on Sunday it will be Cincinnati at Buffalo at 3 PM ET,… Read More »

Clock ticking for underclassmen

Clock ticking for underclassmen … Underclassmen wishing to enter the 2023 draft have until the end of  business Monday afternoon to file paperwork  with the NFL in order to be eligible to selected this spring. So far, by our unofficial count, 78 redshirt sophomores and 3rd and 4th year juniors have indicated that they will be entering the… Read More »

With Jags stunning win Seahawks to pick no higher than 20th

With Jags stunning comeback win Seahawks to pick no higher than 20th … For those that went to bed early last night witjh the LA Chargers leading Jacksonville 27-0 late in the first half, well you missed a comeback for the ages as the Jags rallied to win 31-30 to advance to next week’s conference semi-final week. What… Read More »

BiG Board updated

Big Board updated … Please note the GBN Big Board ranking the top 150-plus prospects for the 2023 draft has been updated. That’s the good news! In fact, we had been putting off posting an update, because several correspondents had reported that the numbers’ column in the original version was blank and we wanted to get that fixed.… Read More »

Two Dawgs enter draft

Third Dawg enter draft … Updating that story from earlier today in  which CB Kelee Ringo and TE Darnell Washington, a pair of highly rated Georgia 3rd year underclassmen, announced today that they will be entering this year’s draft. They have been joined by a 3rd Bulldog to declare for the draft as star LT Broderick Jones as… Read More »

Pigskin first 18 picks

Pigskin mocks first 18 picks … With the first 18 picks in the opening round selection order for the 2023 draft now set, of course barring any future trades, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has mocked those first 18 picks here.

Pats, Falcons to coach Shrine game

Pats, Falcons to coach Shrine game … The NFL and the East-West Shrine Bowl have announced that staffs from New England and Atlanta will handle coaching duties at this   year’s game on February 2nd in Las Vegas. Of course, that represents a major change from past years when NFL teams supplied the coaches for the Senior Bowl. However,… Read More »

SC QB Rattler sticking with school

SC QB Rattler sticking with school … They have to smiling at South Carolina this evening as QB Spencer Rattler has announced that he’ll be passing on the 2023 draft and instead returning to school next fall.

Colts to look at QBs; Cards and Lions not so much

Colts to look at QBs; Cards and Lions not so much … Almost right on cue after Chicago G.M. Ryan Poles was quoted during the team’s season wrap-up presser as saying that the Bears could look to try and trade the #1 pick at the 2023 draft if another team came calling, Indianapolis G.M. Chris Ballard was quoted… Read More »

Bears G.M. doesn’t rule out taking QB with top pick

Bears G.M. doesn’t rule out taking QB with top pick … Some interesting comments by Chicago G.M. Ryan Poles, whose Bears have the first pick at the draft for the first time since 1947, at his end-of-season presser today. Poles said he fully ‘expects’ Justin Fields to be the Bears’ starting QB next fall, but he didn’t totally… Read More »

OSU OT Johnson latest to enter draft

OSU OT Johnson latest to enter draft … Ohio State junior OT Paris Johnson, who figures to be one of the first 2-3 offensive linemen selected this coming April, is the second 3rd year junior to announce today that they will be entering the 2023 draft. Earlier today, star Georgia DT Jalen Carter, a top 5 prospect, also… Read More »

UGA DT Carter enters draft

UGA DT Carter enters draft … No big surprise here as star Georgia DT Jalen Carter, a 3rd year junior, announced shortly after the Bulldogs win over TCU in last night’s CFP national championship game that he will be foregoing his remaining college eligibility and entering the 2023 where he is getting some props to be the first… Read More »

Dwags go back-to-back; crush Frogs for CFP title

Dawgs go back-to-back; crush Frogs for CFP title … Leaving absolutely nothing to chance, Georgia won its second straight national college title crushing a game, but out-manned TCU 65-7 this evening. And the score maybe didn’t do justice to Georgia’s dominance. They had 32 first downs to TCU’s 9 and outgained the Horned Frogs 589 yards to 188.… Read More »

Full three round selection order

Selection order thru 3 rounds … Note that the 2023 selection order has now been updated to include the first three rounds. Of course, also note that the first 18 picks in each round are now set, barring trades, while picks 19 thru 32 in each round are to be determined by playoff results. There will also likely… Read More »

Michigan gets star RB back; lose TE; Utah QB staying

Michigan gets star RB back; lose TE … It was sort of a win one, lose one situation for Michigan as star RB Blake Corum has announced that he will be returning to the program next fall, whereas rising TE Luke Schoonmaker has confirmed that he will be entering the draft despite having another year of eligibility available.… Read More »

Cards fire head coach Kingsbury; G.M. Keim steps away

Cards fire head coach Kingsbury; G.M. Keim steps away … Less than a year after he agreed to a 5-year contract extension, Kliff Kingsbury has been fired by Arizona in the wake of a very disappointing 4-13 season. At the same time, Cards’ G.M. Steve Keim, who has been on medical leave the past month, has announced that… Read More »