SC QB turns down big bucks to stay … Interesting story out of South Carolina where the father of star Gamecocks’ QB LaNorris Sellars, a possible top 5 prospect for the 2026 draft, reports that his son turned down some big money NIL offers, including one for $8M to stay at South Carolina. No doubt Sellars received a… Read More »
2026 QB sleeper file … For those that didn’t see it earlier, ESPN ran an article over the weekend listing 10 sleepers for the 2026 draft. The included a couple of QBs in Fernando Mendosa of Indiana and Baylor’s Sawyer Robertson. In fact, we don’t believe that Mendosa fits the category at all; while he didn’t get much… Read More »
Looking ahead to 2026 QB class … We’ve bee trying to come up with a word or phrase that best describes the QB class for the upcoming draft. And the phrase we settled on is: To be Determined! On the one hand, it appears that will be a lot of talent at the position next fall. At the… Read More »
College football players can now be paid directly … In the latest court settlement to rock the college football boat, schools are now free to start paying their athletes directly after a multibillion-dollar legal settlement was formally approved Friday. The deal which was negotiated between the NCAA, the major conferences and lawyers representing DI athletes to resolve several… Read More »
Ducks’ WR Stewart hurts knee; season in some doubt … Oregon WR Evan Stewart, a one-time 5-star recruit at Texas A&M who is generally considered to be one of the top prospects at the position for the 2026 draft, reportedly suffered a torn patellar tendon earlier this week that team officials fear could be season-ending, although they won’t… Read More »
Rodgers ends soap opera; signs with Steelers; finally!!! … And there you have it! After months, and months, and months of dithering QB Aaron Rodgers has reportedly agreed to a one-year deal with Pittsburgh
Canadian league kicks off … The 2025 CFL regular season gets underway this weekend with four games starting with Ottawa at Saskatchewan this evening. Toronto will then play at Montreal Friday night, while Hamilton plays at Calgary and Edmonton goes to B.C. in a Saturday double-header. The season culminates with the annual Grey Cup game on November 16th… Read More »
Niners get DE Huff from Eagles for conditional pick … In a deal that has been rumored for several days, San Francisco has indeed acquired DE Bryce Huff from Philadelphia for what is being reported as a conditional 5th round pick in 2026. The pick reportedly can escalate to a 4th depending on Huff’s productivity with the 49ers.… Read More »
Preliminary 2026 position rankings posted … While we took a little time off the past couple of weeks, we couldn’t resist peeking ahead to the 2026 draft, which for the record is ‘just’ 325 or so days away, ad did finish up our very preliminary positional rankings for next April’s draft per the drop-down menu above. No surprise,… Read More »
Vikes re-up GM Adofo-Mensah … In another develoment from late last week, Minnesota agreed to a multi-year contract extension with GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah after the team made the playoffs in two of his three seasons at the helm. With the move, the Vikings keep their leadership group intact as head coach Kevin O’Connell was resigned earlier this year,… Read More »
Browns’ beat wins major reporting award … We took a few days off after the draft to recharge and one of the stories we missed was the fact that the Pro Football Writers of America announced late last that Mary Kay Cabot, the Browns’ beat writer for the Cleveland Plain Dealer has been named this year’s winner of… Read More »
Just 14 weeks to go!!! … We mentioned the other day that there are now less than 100 days until the start of the 2025 college football season. In fact, 14 weeks today, the college season kicks off on Saturday August 30th. And for those that haven’t peeked ahead to the upcoming college schedule it could be a… Read More »
CFP playoff seedings tweaked … For those that keep track of these things, we are exactly 100 days today away from August 30th, the first big Saturday on the upcoming college schedule. And there will be a major change to this year’s college playoffs as the CFP announced earlier today that a straight seeding model will be used… Read More »
And you didn’t think college football had changed all that much! … It was literally only a couple of years ago that if a college football player could be suspended if a local diner comped him a burger and fries if the owner was a big fan of the team. Times have indeed changed! Yesterday, Miami signed OT… Read More »
Schedule day in the NFL … For those that just arrived back in the planet from another universe, the NFL will release its 2025 schedule later this evening. Coverage will be provided by the NFL Network beginning at 8 PM ET.
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 »
