NFL Goes Worldwide … The National Football League is the most popular sports league in the United States with an estimated 160 million fans in the country alone. At the same time, the popularity of the league continues to expand globally. Indeed, in a just a few years the NFL’s international footprint has grown from a relatively a… Read More »
2023 CB preview … Corners aren’t likely to go quite as early in 2023 as last spring when Houston selected Derek Stingley with the 3rd pick, while the Jets nabbed Sauce Gardner one pick later. That said, CB still looks like it will be one of the strengths of the upcoming draft with as many as a half… Read More »
Pack gets late Jags pick for vet OG … As part of today’s roster moves to get down to this week’s 80-man roster limit, Green Bay acquired a 7th round pick in 2023 from Jacksonville in exchange for OG Cole Van Lanen.
Sleeper back steps away from football … Marshall has announced that rising 3rd YR RB Rasheen Ali is stepping away from football for an indefinite period to deal with what are being described as some family issues. The 5-11, 205-pound Ali led the country with 23 rushing TDs last fall while racking up just over 1,400 yards on… Read More »
Cuts deadline passes; several picks listed … All teams got down to today’s 80-man roster limit. And, as expected, so far no 2022 draft picks have been released in the early rounds of cuts, but several players selected in this year’s drafted were were put on one of the league’s several reserve lists. In fact, Detroit listed two… Read More »
2023 LB preview … Linebackers have never gotten a lot of respect at the draft from NFL, especially early in the first round and that isn’t likely to change this year. However, there are a number of very good prospects with at least some late opening round potential including Noah Sewell of Oregon, Clemson’s Trent Simpson and Henry… Read More »
Bills get 5th from Cards for OG Ford … Buffalo has acquired a 5th round pick from Arizona in exchange for OG Cody Ford. Ford was a 2nd round pick by the Bills in 2019, but after a promising rookie season at RT hasn’t played much the past two years. Unless, he is resigned Ford will become a… Read More »
What a waste of time!!! … Can we really just start to say the quiet part out loud. The current NFL pre-season formula is a total, unmitigated waste of time. This past weekend, for example, barely half the teams in the league played their starting QB at all and, of those that did, most only played a series… Read More »
Baker gets call to start for Panthers … Carolina ended any further drama as to who will start the season at QB as the Panthers have announced that Baker Mayfield will get the job ahead of Sam Darnold when they open the season against – ironically – Cleveland on September 11th. Ironically, of course, as the Panthers acquired… Read More »
Giants Thibo to miss 3-4 weeks … The whole Giants’ organization is breathing just a little easier this afternoon after an MRI confirmed that DE Kayvon Thibodeaux only strained an MCL in last night’s pre-season win over Cincinnati and will only be out the next 3-4 weeks. There had been fears that even though Thibodeaux, the 5th player… Read More »
49ers get late Vikes pick for vet QB … Minnesota has reportedly acquired veteran backup QB Nick Mullens from Las Vegas in exchange for what is being reported as a conditional 7th round pick. Mullens will likely inherit the Vikings’ #2 QB role behind Kirk Cousins.
Second round of cuts looming … With the second week of glorified pre-season scrimmages now in the books – Atlanta and the Jets will wrap the week Monday evening when the play in New York – teams around the league will need to be done to the 80-man roster limit by 4 PM ET on Tuesday afternoon. Of… Read More »
Panthers’ QB Corral out indefinitely … Carolina rookie QB Matt Corral, a 3rd round pick at the 2022 draft, is out indefinitely – and very possibly for the whole year – after reportedly tearing the Lisfranc ligament in his left foot. Playing behind Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnold, Corral wasn’t likely to see much of the field this… Read More »
Senior Bowl adds two senior staff … The Senior Bowl announced that Matt Kelly has been hired as the game’s new director of football operations, replacing Michael Coe, who moved to Carolina as an area scout after the draft in May. Kelly spent the past three years in various scouting roles with the Senior Bowl. The Senior Bowl… Read More »
Pats sign Aggie UDFA … Literally just hours after he cleared waivers by Buffalo, former Texas A&M TE Jalen Wydermyer, one of the top-rated undrafted players in the 2021 draft class, was signed by division-rival New England. At this time last year, Wydermyer was the consensus top TE candidate in last year’s draft class, but his stock tumbled… Read More »
DTs looking good for early 2023 … DT has not necessarily been a prime draft position, especially early, in the last few years. Indeed, just 2 DTs were selected with top 10 picks in the last decade, with just one – Quinnen Williams who was selected third overall in 2019 by the Jets – going in the top… Read More »
Watson suspension set at 11 games … The long, drawn-out saga related to Cleveland QB Deshaun Watson’s misadventures with masseuses appears to be coming to an end. The NFL and players association have reportedly settled on an 11 game suspension and a $5M fine. Watson had been suspended for 6 games by an independent arbitartor, but the NFL… Read More »
Tide ER heads strong DE/ER contingent for 2023 … Here’s a bit of an interesting stat: more DEs have been selected with top 5 picks over the past decade than QBs. That includes this past April’s draft when three DEs were taken in the top 5 picks including former Georgia DE Travon Walker who Jacksonville chose with the… Read More »
Colts lose 6th round TE to knee injury … Indianapolis rookie TE Drew Ogletree will miss the upcoming season after tearing an ACL in practice earlier today. Ogletree was a 6th round pick at the 2022 draft from Youngstown State.
Vegas gets late future Titans pick for DB … Las Vegas has acquired a conditional 7th round pick in 2024 from Tennessee in exchange for safety Tyree Gillespie, a 4th round pick in 2021 who played sparingly as a rookie last fall and was buried on the Raiders depth chart this fall.
2023 offensive line preview … It should be another good year for teams looking to find reinforcements along their offensive line at the 2023 draft, although it may not quite as good as last year when 8 OL were selected in the opening round, including three in the Top 10. However, there is still a better than even… Read More »
Chiefs release DB Johnson; likely get late pick back … We are still waiting for confirmation, but one would have to assume that Kansas City will get back the 2024 conditional 7th round pick they sent to Houston in a trade for DB Lonnie Johnson back in May after the Chiefs released Johnson earlier today as part of… Read More »
Tiger troubles: Clemson DE Thomas out for start of season; LSU QB retires … Clemson DE Xavier Thomas, a second-day prospect for the upcoming draft, will undergo surgery to repair a foot injury and will miss up to 6 weeks. The 6-2, 270-pound Thomas has 12 career sacks to date. Meanwhile, veteran LSU QB Myles Brennan has announced… Read More »
Giants Report: Observations from first week of pre-season play … We have a pretty strict rule when it comes to assessing stuff in the football world and that is ‘Never, ever base conclusions on just one game!’ The corollary is never, ever, ever base anything on a pre-season game, especially the first one. So we aren’t going to… Read More »
First pre-season weekend round-up … Fans in Cleveland maybe can be forgiven if they hope that QB Deshaun Watson’s suspension ends up being more than 6 games after a rather dismal outing in the Browns’ pre-season opening win over Jacksonville. Watson was suspended for the first 6 games of the year by an arbitrator earlier this month, but… Read More »
