Pro day notes … While 2022 QB hopefuls Kenny Pickett, Malik Willis and Matt Corral all put in solid pro day workouts this week, more than one NFL personnel staffer will tell you that the most impressive QB to throw this week was Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud who won’t actually be draft eligible until next season when he… Read More »
Corral solid in pro day workout … Another day; another QB pro day! Today, it was the turn of Mississippi’s Matt Corral who turned in a solid performance at the Rebels’ workout. In many ways the best news for Corral was that he was able to work out at all before the draft after suffering nasty ankle injury… Read More »
Chiefs trade star WR Hill to Dolphins for five picks … That didn’t take long! Literally just minutes after word came down that Kansas City had given star WR Tyreek Hill permission to seek a trade after extension talks between the team and player stalled, the Chiefs reportedly sent Hill to Miami for three picks this year and… Read More »
Is draft QB market heating up?? … You just gotta love the draft!!! Don’t like what you see today? Just wait a couple of days and things may very well have changed. That certainly could be the case with the QBs and the top of the 2022 draft. As recently as just a couple of days ago, this… Read More »
Pro day notes update … While much of the football world was focused on Malik Willis’ solid pro day workout at Liberty this afternoon, there were also a number of other significant pro days today including at Texas A&M where a couple of former Aggie stars posted some rather sluggish 40 times that aren’t going to help their… Read More »
Willis aces pro day … It was Liberty QB Malik Willis’ turn to do the pro day thing earlier this afternoon and by all accounts he had a very strong showing. The ball was just popping out of his hand with minimal – and sometimes no real – windup. There were a couple of wild, high throws, but… Read More »
Pro day update … QB Kenny Pickett, of course, was the main focus of Pittsburgh’s pro day on Monday, but several other former Panthers had pretty good days. CB Damarri Mathis, for example, who opened some eyes with a 4.39 40 clocking at the combine, kept up the pace with an explosive 43.5-inch vertical and followed that up… Read More »
Big turnout for QB Pickett’s Pitt pro day … The 2022 QB draft class has never gotten much respect from either the NFL personnel community or the media. However, that does not appear to be stopping teams with big needs at the position and early picks in next month’s draft from doing their due diligence on this year’s… Read More »
Saints resign QB Winston; Falcons ink Mariota … It didn’t make quite the noise of Matt Ryan going to Indianapolis, but another QB domino appears to have fallen as New Orleans has reportedly resigned QB Jameis Winston to a two-year deal worth an estimated $28M with $21M guaranteed. That won’t necessarily take the Saints out of the QB… Read More »
QB Ryan to Colts for third rounder … Matt Ryan is indeed on the move as we speak. The veteran Atlanta signal-caller has been traded to Indianapolis for a third round pick this year, the 82nd pick overall. In a sense, for the Colts it means they traded Wentz for Ryan and got an extra 4th rounder in… Read More »
QB workouts hilite busiest pro day week … The busiest week on the annual pro day schedule is coming up beginning Monday morning. In fact, in addition to all the other players working out, most of the top QB prospects for this year’s draft will be going through their scripted throwing sessions this week. Liberty’s Malik Willis, for… Read More »
Titans get Rams WR Woods for late future pick … The Super Bowl champions LA Rams cleared up a little of the logjam at their WR position by sending veteran receiver Robert Woods to Tennessee for a 6th round pick in 2023. Woods, who tore an ACL midway thru the Rams’ championship season, became expendable when LA signed… Read More »
Bills get back-up QB Keenum for Browns’ pick … Buffalo reportedly has acquired veteran back-up QB Case Keenum from Cleveland for what is being reported as a 7th round pick, either #s 231 or 246, in 2022. Keenum will replace Mitch Trubisky, who signed as a free agent with Pittsburgh, as Josh Allen’s primary back-up. Meanwhile, the Browns… Read More »
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 »
