Thursday morning pro day updates … In the end, it does appear that Alabama OT Evan Neal opted not to run at the school’s pro day yesterday simply because he didn’t feel he had anything to prove. Certainly, he didn’t have much to gain unless he knew he was going to run somewhere in the 5-flat range or… Read More »
Neal doesn’t run at Tide pro day … In a little bit of a twist Alabama OT Evan Neal, who was expected t run at today’s pro day after not doing so at the combine, ultimately opted not to do so. No reason given, that is, whether its injury related or simply personal choice, or whether he will… Read More »
Saints sign vet QB Dalton … New Orleans has confirmed they have signed veteran QB Andy Dalton to a 1-year deal to back-up Jameis Winston. While neither is a long-term solution for the Saints who are trying to replace Drew Brees, one wonders if the addition of Dalton reduces the chances that the Saints try to move up… Read More »
Tide pro day on tap … With the NFL’s annual meeting winding up tomorrow in South Florida it will be interesting to see how many of the league’s top execs skip out a little early and head over to Alabama to take in the Tide’s pro day on Wednesday. For those that do there will be stuff to… Read More »
Think levels not numbers … We kind of got ourselves tied up in knots at times maybe overthinking which players should go where based on their numerical ranking when updating our 3-round projection over the weekend and we had to keep reminding ourselves that NFL teams themselves generally rank players in rows or levels with roughly equivalent draft… Read More »
Heels QB Howell ‘crisp’ at pro day workout … All 32 NFL teams had reps at North Carolina’s pro day work out today; however, several GMs and head coaches opted not to attend as they were at the annual league meetings – which, yes, does beg the question why schedule your pro day when NFL personnel are going… Read More »
Jags still undecided about top pick … While just about everyone around the NFL figures that Jacksonville will be taking Michigan DE Aidan Hutchinson with the first pick overall at next month’s draft, new Jags head coach Doug Pederson indicated to local reporters at the NFL meetings this weekend that the team has still not ruled out taking… Read More »
Lions get 2024 draft … The NFL announced earlier today that Detroit has been awarded the 2024 draft. For the record, the 2023 draft will be held in Kansas City from April 27-29 next year.
Final week on pro day sked … The final full week of the annual pro day schedule gets underway tomorrow with workouts at Florida and North Carolina among other schools. No doubt QB Sam Howell, the last of this year’s top QB prospects to throw for NFL personnel people, will be front and center at the UNC session.… Read More »
Updated, updated 3-round mock posted … Once again we weren’t actually planning on updating the GBN 3-round mock for the 2022 draft until sometime early next month. However, with all the stuff that went on at the end of this past week we didn’t have much choice as it pretty much put that version out of date. And,… Read More »
GBN Big Board tweaked; expanded … With now just 33 days to go until the start of the 2022 draft, the GBN Big Board has been updated based on the laest developments, as well as expanded to the top 250 prospects for the upcoming draft.
Irish S Hamilton faster at pro day, but just! … For the record, Notre Same safety Kyle Hamilton clocked what the school described as an ‘official’ 4.56 40 at his pro day earlier today. That’s marginally quicker than his rather disappointing time of 4.59 at the combine, but probably not what Hamilton was hoping for which was likely… Read More »
Record turnout at Bearcats’ pro day … There was what is believed to be a record turnout, at least for a non-Power 5 program, at the Cincinnati pro day today at which all 32 NFL teams were represented by as many as 95-100 team staffers. In fact, Atlanta had a dozen people there today including GM Terry Fontenot… Read More »
WR class rising??? … Perhaps the most interesting aspect of yesterday’s big trade that saw star Kansas City WR Tyreek Hill go to Miami for a passel of picks, was the fact that the Jets were also all in in pursuit of a big-time receiver. Of course, its been no secret around the league that the Jets were… Read More »
LSU LB Clark out for ’22 … Rising LSU ILB Damone Clark, one of the top 4-5 prospects at then position for the upcoming draft, will miss the 2022 season after underdoing spinal fusion surgery earlier today to repair a herniated disk. The issue was discovered during medical testing at last month’s combine. Clark, who had been considered… Read More »
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 »
