Big Board tweaked, expanded … With roughly a month to go in the college football campaign, the GBN Big Board has been updated and expanded to include the top 100 prospects for the draft. Again, note that our ranking does not reflect our own grades for the players, but how we think players are being graded by teams… Read More »
The ‘other’ draft comes into focus … Why you might ask will we be watching with more than a little interest this evening when Ohio of the Mid-American Conference plays at Miami of Ohio (7:30 PM ET; ESPN2). In part, we’ll be watching because rising Ohio QB Kurtis Rourke is a Canadian. In fact, he’s the brother of… Read More »
Clemson out for year … Clemson has confirmed that veteran DE Xavier Thomas, a once promising pro prospect, will miss the rest of the season after undergoing foot surgery. The 6-2, 255-pound Thomas, a 5th year senior, originally hurt the foot in fall camp and has already missed most of the season; in fact he played in just… Read More »
Updated selection order posted … With Baltimore apparently well on the way to a win over New Orleans in the Monday nighter, the GBN Decision Desk has given us the okay to go ahead and post the updated selection for the opening round of the 2023 draft were it to be held this week here.
ERs rule; QBs drop in Pigskin mid-season mock … With the NFL season at the mid-point, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has posted his latest first-round projection for the 2023 draft. And it wouldn’t be a Pigskin mock without a few surprises, including no QBs in the top 5 picks and only two overall in the opening… Read More »
Lions win; Texans back to top pick … There will be a new #1 when the ‘if the draft were held this’ selection order for the 2023 draft is posted after tomorrow night’s Monday nighter after Detroit stunned Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers 15-9 for their second win of the season. That will move Houston, which… Read More »
Notes from a wild and wacky college football Saturday … The much-anticipated ‘game-of-the-year- between Tennessee and Georgia turned out to be something of a dud as the UGA defense simply overwhelmed the usually dynamic Vols offense and turned what could have been a barn burner into a 27-13 yawner. And that should have Georgia back in the #1… Read More »
Key AFC battles hilite Sunday sched … There’s a relatively quiet week on the NFL schedule over the next couple of days as there are 6 teams on their byes. Still, there are a number of key matchups this week including Tennessee at Kansas City in a battle for one of the top two seeds in the AFC.… Read More »
Kiper updates top 25 … For those that haven’t seen it yet, ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper has updated his top 25 overall prospects listing for the 2023 draft as well as his positional rankings. No surprise in Kiper’s top 5 guys as they are all among the usual suspects – Anderson, Carter, Stroud, Levis and Young –… Read More »
Pigskin’s weekly college prospects confidential … As he does every week, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette weighs in with his observations from last weekend’s big college games with an eye toward the 2023 draft.
#1 versus #2 highlights key college football weekend … Let’s face it! There is only place to be in college football this weekend and that’s Athens, Georgia when #1 Tennessee meets defending national champion Georgia, currently the second-ranked team in the country on Saturday afternoon. Obviously, the #1 ranking will be on the line; so will the SEC… Read More »
Bills beat the clock; add Colts RB Hines for RB, pick … The NFL trade deadline passed earlier this hour with only one late deal being announced so far. In that one Buffalo gets RB Nyheim Hines, a pass-receiving specialist, from Indinapolis in exchange for veteran RB Zack Moss and a conditional 6th round pick. Also just a… Read More »
Couple of more minor trades … A couple of more relatively minor trades were completed in the last little while with Denver acquiring DE Jake Msartin from the NY Jets for a swap of 2024 picks; in particular, the Jets get the Broncos’ 4th round pick that year, while Denver gets a 5th from the Jets. At the… Read More »
Falcons trade suspended WR Ridley to Jags … Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network is reporting that Atlanta has traded suspended WR Calvin Ridley to Jacksonville in a somewhat complicated deal. Ridley is suspended for the entire 2022 season for betting on NFL games. In return, the Falcons will get a 2023 5th rounder if Ridley is reinstated… Read More »
Trade dominos start to fall; Broncos’ DE Chubb off to Miami … Denver will be back in the opening round of the 2023 draft. The Broncos acquired San Francisco’s #1 pick this year from Miami in a deal that sees star Denver DE Bradley Chubb go to the Dolphins. The Broncos will also get a 4th round pick… Read More »
Bears add Steelers’ WR Claypool for #2 pick … In yet another interesting move by an NFC North team, Chicago, which had looked all the part of an organization in full taking mode when they traded away defensive stars DE Robert Quinn and MLB Roquan Smith, added a player today as they sent a second round pick to… Read More »
UGA ER Smith out for year … Updating that report from yesterday on the shoulder injury suffered by rising Georgia OLB Nolan Smith, a potential top 15 prospect for the upcoming draft. The school had hoped that the injury was not serious and that he might even be able to play Saturday when the top-ranked Bulldogs face #3… Read More »
Lions trade TE Hockenson to Vikes for pick swap … With the NFL trade deadline just under three hours away, we have a trade. Indeed, in a somewhat surprising move, Detroit has traded TE TJ Hockenson, one of the Lions few good young players, to division-rival Minnesota. What makes the deal even more surprising is that the return… Read More »
Trade deadline coming up this PM … The NFL trading deadline comes up at 4 PM ET later this afternoon with a lot of big name players being bandied about as possible trade bait including RBs Kareem Hunt of Cleveland and Cam Akers of the LA Rams, along with WRs Brandin Cooks of Houston, Pittsburgh’s Chase Claypool and… Read More »
Weekly selection order posted … With the Monday night game looking like a total blowout, the updated opening round selection order for the 2023 draft, were it to be held this week, has been posted.
College football note: Hooker 1; Levis 0 … For those that didn’t see it, or read about later, Saturday’s SEC showdown between Kentucky and Tennessee featuring arguably the 3rd and 4th ranked QB prospects for the 2023 draft, ended up being a one-sided with the resurgent Vols rolling to an easy 44-6 win. And the QB dual between… Read More »
Bears trade LB Smith to Ravens for picks … With the NFL’s trade deadline looming in just over 24 hours, Chicago and Bltimore have pulled off a mini-blockbuster of sorts with the Bears sending star MLB Roquan Smith to the Ravens in exchange for 2nd and 5th round picks at the 2023 draft. Smith had requested a trade… Read More »
Top three in weekly pick order unchanged … The first three picks in the current selection order for the opening round of the 2023 draft which will be posted after tomorrow night’s Monday Night game, will be unchanged from last week with Detroit holding the first pick, Houston the second and Carolina the third. However, because of New… Read More »
Could home-cooking shuffle early picks … Both Detroit and Houston, which would have the 1st and 2nd picks respectively were the 2023 draft to be held last week, will be home in early games Sunday afternoon. The Lions, for example, will be hosting Miami, while the Texans are hosting division rival Tennessee that will be without starting QB… Read More »
Giants report: Still missing the forest for the trees … Had been hoping to pass on any more Daniel Jones’ commentary until the end of the year and just watch the season play out. However, with the Giants at 6-1, it appears that the ground has already shifted. Indeed, the question no longer appears to be whether the… Read More »
