Ojabo injury update: torn Achilles … Sources are now reporting that Michigan DE David Ojabo did indeed tear an Achilles tendon during yesterday’s pro day at the school. The good news for Ojabo is that Achilles injuries aren’t career-threatening; the bad is that they still require a 6-month rehab process so he is likely to miss all of… Read More »
Long-time NFL analyst John Clayton passes … The entire NFL community was saddened with news this morning that John Clayton had passed away after his family called a brief illness. Known as ‘The Profesor’ Clayton was a long-time ESPN insider. He was only 67. Our condolences to his family and friends.
Watson does u-turn; goes to Browns for a net of four picks … It was the black cloud hanging over the 2022 draft, but the league can srt of move on now that QB Deshaun Watson has been traded to Cleveland for first round picks in each of the next three drafts, as well as a 3rd round… Read More »
DE Ojabo dinged at UM pro day … Michigan DE David Ojabo, a top 10-15 prospect for the upcoming draft, suffered an undisclosed leg injury at the Wolverines’ pro day today. Ojabo had to be helped off the field by team trainers. More details to come.
CB Booth sits Tigers’ pro day; to have surgery … NFL teams were hoping that star Clemson CB andrew Booth, one of the top 3-4 players at the position for the 2022 draft, would be able to participate in yesterday’s pro day at the school after he sat out the combine becuae of what was reported as a… Read More »
Pro day roundup … The second week on the pro day circuit ends Friday with a much-anticipated workout at Michigan where DEs Aidan Hutchinson and David Ojabo are the headliners. Hutchinson, in particular, is generally considered to be the consensus favorite to be the first player selected at the 2022 draft. For the record, South Carolina will also… Read More »
Panthers out of Watson derby … Carolina has reportedly been informed this evening that they are no longer being considered as a possible landing place for Houston QB Deshaun Watson. And with Cleveland having been eliminated earlier today, that leaves just Atlanta and New Orleans in the running unless there is a surprise late entry to the bidding.… Read More »
Raiders get Pack WR Adams for picks … The AFC West just keeps on getting more competitive. with news that the Las Vegas Raiders have acquired star Green Bay WR Davante Adams for first and second round picks this year, #s 22 and 53 respectively. Adams had been franchised by the Packers with the hopes of keeping him… Read More »
Pigskins posts his Top 105 prospects … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette is working toward finishing up his personal board and has posted a list of the players he has graded out as worthy of first or second day selections after the scouting combine. Next up obviously will be to break them down sometime in the next… Read More »
Browns out of Watson sweepstakes … Cleveland has reportedly been told that they are no longer being considered as a potential landing spot for Houston QB Deshaun Watson. That leaves Carolina, Atlanta and New Orleans as presumably the final three finalists for his services, barring a surprise late entry by another team like Seattle or Philadelphia. Meanwhile, the… Read More »
Watson meets second time with Saints … There had been some expectation that Deshaun Watson might make a decision as early as yesterday on where he wants to play after he completed meetings with the four teams that made Houston competitive trade offers. There were reports that Watson was ‘torn’ on his decision, although there are now late… Read More »
Thursday morning tidbits … Just 6 weeks to go today until the start of the 2022 draft!! Hang in there … And there will be another interesting workout of the pro day schedule later today with Clemson holding its pro day with Michigan on deck for tomorrow … We are starting to get a bit of a head… Read More »
Full selection order released; Jags still lead 2022 pick race … After releasing the list of comp picks for the upcoming draft yesterday, the NFL released the full selection order for the 2022 draft, now just 37 days away. And as we figured in our unofficial tally of picks yesterday, Jacksonville will not only have the #1 pick… Read More »
Jets get late future pick for vet LB/ST … We are now almost an hour into the new football year, but not a whole lot new has been announced. The NY Jets, though, have picked up a 6th round pick in 2023 from Houston in exchange for veteran LB/ST Blake Cashman.
LB Dean doesn’t run at Dawgs’ pro day … As expected, over 120 NFL personnel people were at this morning’s por day at national champion Georgia. However, the most anticipated aspect of the day never came off as star ILB Nakobe Dean, who did not run at the combine, was unable to participate because of a strained pectoral… Read More »
Are you ready for some football??? … Well, maybe not quite, but the new football year kicks off at 4 PM ET later today when all teams have to be under the 2022 salary cap and teams can start to officially sign free agents and make trades. Speaking of trades, it is believed that Houston QB Deshaun Watson… Read More »
National champs pro day on tap … When the annual pro day schedule was announced earlier this month, one of the dates that just about every team in the league red-circled was tomorrow’s on campus workout at national champion Georgia where a full house is expected, although it is likely that because tomorrow is also the first day… Read More »
Rams, Niners lead comp pick parade … The NFL announced today that a total of 39 compensatory picks have been allotted to 16 teams for the 2022 draft. San Francisco and the LA Rams lead the way with five comp picks each, while the LA Chargers will get four additional selections and Arizona, Baltimore and Detroit get three… Read More »
Browns meeting with QB Watson … A full contingent of senior execs from Cleveland are in Houston for a meeting this afternoon with Texans’ QB Deshaun Watson. Watson also reportedly met with both Carolina and New Orleans last evening. All three teams are reportedly willing to part with at least the three first round picks that the Texans… Read More »
New 3-round mock posted … Was holding off posting a new GBN 3-round mock for the 2022 draft until the actual start of the new football year on Wednesday; however, with so many signings-to-be being announced we figured if we waited it would be already out of date. And, again as we have noted in the past, the… Read More »
Mitch T to Steelers; Jags to sign top OG … With the NFL’s legal tampering window open ahead of the start of the new football year on Wednesday another QB domino has fallen with news that Mitch Trubisky has agreed to terms with Pittsburgh on a two-year deal. While the Steelers are simply saying that Trubisky will compete… Read More »
Pro day sched heats up this week … After a relatively quiet first week, the annual pro day schedule really starts to heat up this week with several key workouts on the docket. In fact, we have seen no reports that indicate that any NFL G.M. or head coach was on the road at a pro day last… Read More »
‘Tampering’ window opens Monday AM … With the official free agency signing period set to begin on Wednesday with the start of the new NFL year, teams will have a two-day window of opportunity to talk with impending free agents about a possible deal beginning tomorrow morning. Courtesy of the NFL Network, here is their list of the… Read More »
Big Board, positional rankings updated … For those that haven’t picked up on it already, the GBN Big Board ranking of the top overall prospects for the 2022 draft – with a new #1 – has been updated following the scouting combine. Same for the various positional rankings which are available on the drop-down menu above.
That didn’t last long … Apparently retirement ain’t what it used to be! Just 41 days after he announced his retirement, Tom Brady has unretired and will be back with the Buccaneers for at least another season. Which for our purposes means that Tampa Bay is no longer one of those teams that really needs a QB.
