Raiders win; Texans up to #1 … Just a quick update on the selection order for the 2023 draft. As noted yesterday, there will be a new #1 in this week’s ‘unposted’ selection order after Las Vegas knocked off Denver for its first victory. That leaves 0-3-1 Houston as the league’s only remaining winless team after the Texans… Read More »
Clemson DT Bresee sits out State; so does UGA DT Carter … Star Clemson DT Bryan Bresee, a top 5-10 prospect for the upcoming draft, did not suit up for tonight’s Top 10 show-down with North Carolina State Clemson because of a non-football medical issue that required bloodwork and observation this week. Reportedly, everything is fine and Bresee… Read More »
Breaking news updated: Tide QB Young dinged … Alabama QB Bryce Young, the reigning Heisman Trophy holder and a top 5 prospect for the 2023 draft, who left the Tide’s game with Arkansas in the first half with an apparent shoulder injury, returned to the field in the second half with his helmet on but remains on the… Read More »
Happy Birthday Austin!!! … Many happy returns to second grandson Austin who turns 12 today. Cool!!
Vols WR Tillman has ankle surgery … Tennessee WR Cedric Tillman, one of the better prospects at the position for the 2023 draft, underwent a surgical procedure that the team hopes will speed his recovery from a high-ankle sprain suffered two weeks ago in the Vols’ win over Akron. Tillman reportedly had what is known as ‘tightrope’ surgery… Read More »
Tide DE Anderson, Buck QB Stroud still 1-2 on GBN Big Board … Alabama DE Will Anderson is still the #1 prospect on the latest, updated GBN Big Board ranking the top 50 prospects overall for the 2023 draft. Ohio State QB C.J. Stroud also stays at #2, with Georgia DT Jalen Carter at #3. Ohio State WR… Read More »
Who to watch in college football this weekend … Another pretty good week on the college football schedule with as many as four games between ranked teams including one between a pair of top-ten teams. And there are lots of good prospects for the upcoming draft to check out this weekend, including several of the top QB prospects.… Read More »
Bonus coverage: Rising BYU Cougs featured in college Thursday niter … We’ll be posting a full ‘who to watch in college football’ tomorrow – and its an intriguing weekend with as many as four games between ranked teams. And no doubt NFL scouts will be all over Saturday’s games. There’s a good chance, though, they’ll also be all… Read More »
Defensive rankings posted … With the college football season now pretty much a month in, we have enough info to post our initial positional rankings for the 2023 draft starting with the offensive positions yesterday and concluding with the defensive positions today including the DEs, DTs, LBs, CBs, and safeties.
Early odds to get the #1 pick at the 2023 draft … The 2022 NFL season is just three weeks old, but already we have a pretty idea as to which teams are the likely contenders for this year’s Super Bowl title. Not so much yet, though, for which team will ultimately get the first pick at next… Read More »
Giants report: day after thoughts … Okay, so maybe the Giants weren’t going to go 17-0 after all. And last night’s loss to the Cowboys was disappointing as the Giants didn’t play all that well. The offensive line was a sieve, especially in the first half; the receivers were no-shows and probably should have been asked to buy… Read More »
Offensive rankings posted … With the college football season now pretty much a month in, we have enough info to post our initial positional rankings for the 2023 draft starting with the offensive positions today including the QBs, RBs, WRs, TEs, OTs, OGs and Cs.
Utah TE out for year … Utah TE Brant Kuithe, one of the more productive players at the position in college football, will reportedly miss the rest of the season with a reported knee injury. Kuithe is a 5th-year senior with 146 career receptions, but likely will be eligible for a 6th year if he requests one. He… Read More »
Parity reigns in NFL … Just three weeks into the regular season and there are only two remaining undefeated teams: Philadelphia and Miami. On the other hand, there is only one 0-3 team – somewhat surprisingly Las Vegas which was expected to be a contender in the tough AFC West – while Houston is winless but has a… Read More »
Aggie WR out for year; Boise QB on the move … TexasA&M has confirmed that star WR Ainias Smith, a second-tier prospect, will miss the rest of the year after he suffered a fractured leg in this weekend’s win over Arkansas. Ainias still has a redshirt year available which he will use for now, but has indicated he… Read More »
Raiders to hold top pick for week … As we noted last week, we will not be posting the weekly selection order for the upcoming draft for another couple of weeks or so until we get a few more games in the books and some real trends start to emerge. That said, we can confirm that when this… Read More »
So who is #4? … NFL teams looking to draft a future franchise QB generally follow one of two patterns. They either identify one guy they really like and if they can make a move to get that guy if they need to. More often, though, teams identify a certain number of players they feel are worthy of… Read More »
‘Cane QB benched in stunning loss … Miami QB Tyler Van Dyke, who has generally been considered to be one of top 4-5 prospects at the position for the 2023 draft was benched in the 3rd quarter of the Hurricanes stunning 45-31 loss to Middle Tennessee State of C-USA who came into the game as 25-point underdogs. Van… Read More »
Bonus coverage: Cavs-Cuse do Friday nite lites … Pretty good weekend of college football coming up with several games worth checking in on as noted in this week’s ‘who to watch‘ column. One of the themes of that post was programs fighting to regain football relevancy. That certainly also goes for Syracuse which hosts Virginia in the ESPN… Read More »
Who to watch in college football this weekend … It’s another week on the college football schedule without a true marque match-up of top ten teams, but once again this week there are a number of really interesting games featuring intriguing prospects for the 2023 draft. That includes looks at a number of rising second-tier QB prospects who… Read More »
An open letter to all my Giants’ fans friends … Hard to believe that for the first time in what seems like forever, the Giants are 2-0 – just one of 5 remaining unbeaten teams in the league – and are hosting the hated Dallas Cowboys on Monday night in the first really meaningful game in again what… Read More »
Pats, Vegas swap late, future picks in deal for vet OT … In another one of those deals involving a swap of late round picks, New England has sent 3rd year reserve OT Justin Herron to Las Vegas. To complete the deal the two teams will flip late round picks in 2024 with the Patriots getting the Raiders… Read More »
Falcons, Raiders with top two picks … We’ve had several correspondents ask today whether we’ll be posting the updated selection order for the 2023 draft this week. The simple answer is ‘no’. We’ll wait until after the 4th or 5th week of the schedule to give some trends time to start to emerge. That said, we can say… Read More »
Niners’ QB Lance breaks ankle, Jimmy G back in … San Francisco QB Trey Lance broke an ankle in today’s 27-7 win over Seattle and will miss the rest of the season. Lance was replaced by former 49ers’ starter Jimmy Garoppolo who remains with the team after attempts to trade him prior to the start of the season… Read More »
Bulldog QB Haener out indefinitely … Fresno State QB Jake Haener, one of several decent second-tier prospects at the position for the upcoming draft, is out indefinitely after suffering a high ankle sprain in last night’s loss at Southern California. The Bulldogs, though, say they hope to get Haener back before the end of the campaign. Thru three… Read More »
