QB carousel starts to roll … So far, its an unconfirmed report, but a local podcaster in Minnesota is reporting that Carolina gave the Vikings a call asking about the availability of QB Kirk Cousins. According to the report, the Vikings said they weren’t interested, although it is believed that they would like Cousins to take a pay… Read More »
Bubble burst; combine saved!! … Faced with an open revolt by as many as 157 players, the NFL and the Scouting Combine, has announced that the controversial bubble concept for this year’s in Indianapolis has been abandoned. The league and combine officials had informed participants to this year’s event, which gets underway next week, that they would only… Read More »
Indy, we have a problem; multiple players threaten to boycott combine … The NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport is reporting this evening that as many as 155 players are threatening to limit their participation in next week’s scouting combine in Indianapolis if some of the league’s “bubble” restrictions for this year’s event aren’t changed. The restrictions include players being… Read More »
RB, TE profiles added … Please note that we have added profiles for the top three RBs for the 2022 draft (now just 65 days away) as well as those for 5 of the top TE candidates to the Prospect Profiles page.
No changes to CFP until 2026 … For those that missed it earlier this week, but hoped that the format for the current college football playoff would be expanded sooner rather than later, were doused when the committee looking at the options indicated that the current contract for the 4-team playoff, which expires in 2025, would be allowed… Read More »
Sun Devil QB Daniels to transfer … One of the stories we overlooked a little this week is the fact that rising Arizona State junior QB Jayden Daniels, who figures to be an interesting prospect for the 2023 draft, has confirmed that he has entered the transfer portal. Daniels had originally indicated he would be back with the… Read More »
Profiles added for top WR and rising ER and CB … Note that we have added profiles for three more players to the Prospect Profiles page inching ones for Ohio State WR Chris Olave, Minnesota edge-rusher Boye Mafe and Washington CB Kyler Gordon.
OL prospect profiles added … Note that we have added profiles for three more offensive line prospects for the 2022 draft to the full Prospect Profile file including OTs Bernhard Raimann of Central Michigan and Northern Iowa’s Trevor Penning, along with Texas A&M OG Kenyon Green.
Pigskin’s Shrine thoughts … As we said in a report yesterday, this year’s all-star games are gone but not forgotten. Indeed, our Pigskin Paul Guillemette is still pouring over the tapes from the star games and weighs in with some thoughts from the East-West Shrine game here.
DT profiles posted … The DT position is in kind of transition period in the NFL as teams around the league are increasingly focused on rushing the passer rather than pure run defense. That said, there is a solid group of DTs that are going to be available at the 2022 draft, now just 72 days away. Here… Read More »
Rams win Super; picks set … The city of Los Angeles finally has a Super Bowl champion as the Rams knocked off a game Cincinnati Bengals’ group 23-20 this evening to claim the 2021 title. The Rams, of course, have won the Super Bowl before, but when they were in St. Louis. And it was apropos that it… Read More »
CB profiles posted … The CB position appears as if it will be one of the deepest areas at the 2022 draft, now just 75 days away. Here are our prospect profiles for the top half dozen or so corners available in this year’s draft class. Obviously, its an interesting group with a lot of talent and proven… Read More »
Pigskin wraps Senior Bowl … The Senior Bowl is over but not forgotten as GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette weighs in with some final thoughts.
Biggest combine snubs … Unfortunately, it turns out you can’t invite everyone to the scouting combine. Indeed, every year, a number of players that you feel maybe should have been included don’t make the list and this year is no exception. Among the most prominent combine snubs this year include QBs Chase Garbers of California and Aqeel Glass… Read More »
QB pro days shuffled … According to a tweet from Albert Breer of SI, the pro day schedule for the top QBs in this year’s draft has been shuffled to avoid having literally all the leading prospects at the position throwing on the same day. Apparently, Mississippi, Liberty and Cincinnati had all scheduled their pro day for March… Read More »
To QB, or not to QB! … That is the question. Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to take a QB early or to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune by going best player available. OK, so that’s a little over-dramatic, but the overriding questions surrounding the early part of the 2022 draft continue to be… Read More »
All the odd Super Bowl ads! … A reader asked us the other day whether we thought that winning the Super Bowl helps a team re-sign some of their players eligible for free agency. It would appear to be a particular big deal for the LA Rams as two of their key mid-season additions – Vonnie Miller and… Read More »
Combine invites announced … Speaking of ‘On to Indy’ the NFL today released the full list of 324 players who have been invited to this year’s scouting combine in Indianapolis which gets underway March 1st and runs thru the 7th.
It really is on to Indy; buzz building … OK, so it is still three weeks away but the next key date on the draft calendar is the last day in February when the first group of players arrive in Indianapolis for the start of the annual scouting combine. The actual testing this year runs from March 1st… Read More »
Texans, Saints announce head coach hirings … Two more coaching dominos fell in the NFL in the past few hours as both Houston and New Orleans filled their respective vacancies in both cases by promoting their defensive co-ordinators to the top job. The Texans, for example, announced that Lovie Smith, who had been the team’s Associate Head Coach… Read More »
49ers get comp picks as Dolphins hire away OC McDaniel … Miami has reportedly hired former San Francisco offensive co-ordinator Mike McDaniel to be their new head coach. McDaniel replaces Brian Flores who was fired at the end of the season. Because McDaniel’s father is black he is considered to be biracial and thus a minority candidate. As… Read More »
Senior Bowl DL report … To go along with our report on the offensive line which we posted earlier this evening, here is our report on the defensive line which starts with the question: what if they held a college football all-star game and a track meet broke out. That’s kind of what it looked like at times… Read More »
Senior Bowl offensive line report … As noted in an earlier report, while most of the buzz from Saturday’s Senior game was about the quarterbacks, arguably the real story from the game was the fact that the Orange (National) team pass rushers dominated their White (American) team opponents while the Orange offensive line pretty much did it’s job.… Read More »
Senior Bowl QBs hold serve … Anyone hoping to get a little more clarity about the somewhat murky QB situation for the 2022 draft at today’s Senior Bowl probably came away a little disappointed as it is unlikely anybody in the NFL’s mind changed much after today. In particular, none of the 6 QBs in Mobile really stood… Read More »
Its on to Indy as Orange Wins Senior Bowl … Senior Bowl week wrapped up earlier this evening as paced by two TD passes by Cincinnati QB Desmond Ridder and a suffocating defense, the National (Orange) team won today’s actual game 20-10 over the American (White) team. Ridder threw TD passes to TEs Trey McBride of Colorado State… Read More »
