Star week heats up … While the NFL will take a bit of a break next week in anticipation of the Super Bowl on February 13th, the post-season all-star games will be taking center stage with the Senior Bowl scheduled for next Saturday in Mobile, while the East-West Shrine game will be played Thursday night in Las Vegas.… Read More »
Two more picks on lines as final 4 battle for Super Bowl spots … With the two conference championships to be decided later today, we’ll also be able to fill-in a couple of more slots in the opening round selection order for the 2022 draft. Indeed, while the winners of today’s games between Cincinnati and Kansas City for… Read More »
Bears add Asst G.M. from Eagles … Chicago is reportedly hiring Ian Cunningham, who had been Philadelphia’s director of player personnel, as their new assistant G.M. With the Bears Cunningham will be working with Ryan Poles, the team’s new G.M. who was hired earlier this week.
Top QB prospects profiled … One of the big questions re the 2022 draft, which for the record is now less than 3 months away, is whether any of this this year’s QB class will grade out as a potential top 10 pick. We’ll leave that particular answer for analysts with a higher pay grade. For now, though,… Read More »
G.O.A.T. steps down … It seemed like he would play forever. However, even Tom Brady has said he’s had enough and has just formally announced his retirement from the NFL. Brady played for 22 years in the league during which he won 7 Super Bowls. And he goes out on top. Tampa Bay won’t repeat as Super Bowl… Read More »
NFLPA star game on tap … The real all-star game action doesn’t start until early next week when the Senior Bowl gets underway in Mobile, but there is a post-season star game on today with the NFLPA Classic scheduled for a 6 PM kick-off at the Rose Bowl in Los Angeles. The game will be covered on the… Read More »
Giants sign Bills’ Daboll to coach; Jags still spinning wheels … The Giants have come to terms with former Buffalo offensive co-ordinator Brian Daboll to replace Joe Judge as the team’s head coach. In the end, it wasn’t a big surprise that Daboll lands with the Giants as they had just signed Joe Schoen, another former Bill, to… Read More »
Steelers confirm GM to step down after draft … Pittsburgh owner Art Rooney has confirmed that long-time G.M. Kevin Colbert will in fact step down after the 2022 draft, although there have been preliminary talks about him possibly staying with the organization in a different capacity. The expectation is that the Steelers will stay in house to find… Read More »
Broncos sign Packers’ OC Hackett as new head coach … Denver has a new head coach as the Broncos are reportedly working out the last fine details on a contract with Nathaniel Hackett who spent the past three seasons as Green Bay’s offensive co-ordinator. And that set off a new round of speculation that the Broncos may go… Read More »
Super Bowl betting … With the Super Bowl now just over two weeks away, we have been receiving emails asking for some guidance on who the best bets are for this year’s championship game. Fact is we don’t bet ourselves. Not that we have anything against betting, but once you start to put money on a game we… Read More »
Top C, DL profiled … For the record, we have added reports on Iowa C Tyler Linderbaum and Texas A&M DE DeMarvin Leal to the list of player profiles for the upcoming draft.
Third GM domino falls; Vikes get their guy … Minnesota has reportedly hired Kwesi Adofo-Mensah as their mew G.M. Adofo-Mensah had been Cleveland’s V.P. of football operations. The Vikings become the third team to have filled their vacant G.M. job in the last week after the Giants hired Joe Schoen away from Buffalo, while division-rival Chicago got Ryan… Read More »
Another GM domino falls as Bears hire KC’s Poles … Chicago became the 2nd team to fill its vacant general manager’s chair as the Bears have announced they have hired Ryan Poles for the role. Poles had been executive director of player personnel in Kansas City. Poles replaces Ryan Pace who the Bears fired earlier this year along… Read More »
Top DBs added to prospect profiles … Note that we have added profiles for Notre Dame FS Kyle Hamilton and LSU CB Derek Stingley, the top two defensive backs for the 2022 draft, to our Prospect Profiles page. Note that we will continue to add profiles of the top prospects for this year’s draft as we get closer… Read More »
Way too early Top 25 for 2023 … “A lot of good players!” That’s what GBN Chief Scout Larry Parker had to say after he had put together a very preliminary Top 25 ranking of players for the 2023 draft for those who want a bit of an idea what’s coming down the tubes in future years. No… Read More »
Two more picks confirmed … OK you can breathe again! Wow! Was that maybe the best game ever as Kansas City rallied to beat Buffalo 42-36 in overtime in a game in which there were 4 scores in the final two minutes of regulation time. With the win, the Chiefs will host Cincinnati for the AFC spot in… Read More »
Bucs to pick 27th; two more picks to come … There will be no repeat champion in the NFL this year as Tampa By was eliminated by the LA Rams in a wild finish in South Florida. And with the loss, the Buccaneers are assured the 27th pick in this year’s opening round. However, the final two spots… Read More »
Upset confirms late Pack pick … On further review, as a result of last night’s shocking upset loss to San Francisco, Green Bay will have the 28th pick in the opening round of the 2022 draft; In fact, they’ll have the 28th pick in every round. However, the 25th thru 27th picks won’t be decided until after today’s… Read More »
Giants report: Some initial thoughts on new G.M. Joe Schoen … Now that the Giants have their guy in new G.M. Joe Schoen we went looking for clues as to what direction, specially as it relates to the draft, he might take to try and get the team back to respectability. Here are some initial thoughts on what… Read More »
Giants first off the mark; name Schoen G.M. … The Giants became the first team looking for a new G.M. this off-season to get their man as they announced earlier today that they had hired Joe Schoen as their new general manager; Schoen had been the assistant G.M. with Buffalo. He replaces Dave Gettleman, who retired last week… Read More »
NFL releases list of underclassmen eligible for 2022 … Pretty much right on schedule, the NFL has released official list of underclassmen eligible for the 2022 draft. In total, 73 juniors and redshirt sophomores were granted special eligibility for this year’s draft, while another 27 who have remaining eligibility, but have already graduated will also be available to… Read More »
Another #1 controversy??? … Its hard not to imagine that we’re not going to be hearing a lot about whether ‘Aidan Hutchinson or Kayvon Thibodeaux is the top DE prospect in this year’s draft’ over the next few months. In fact, we’ll probably be talking a lot about whether Hutchinson or Thibodeaux is the best prospect in this… Read More »
Withdrawal deadline coming up … We got a little bit ahead of ourselves yesterday but today IS the final day for underclassmen who filed paperwork with the NFL to be eligible for the 2022 draft to withdraw their applications. The deadline is 4 PM ET this afternoon. So far, though, there is no indication that any prominent prospect… Read More »
Eagles’ GM commits to QB Hurts, but will still be looking at all options … During his season-ending news conference earlier today, Philadelphia G.M. Howie Roseman said that QB Jalen Hurts has earned the starting job for 2022 and the Eagles would be focusing on building the rest of the team around him. Hurts led the Eagles to… Read More »
Two more juniors entering draft … The deadline for underclassmen to withdraw their name from the 2022 draft comes up tomorrow without any major breaking stories so far. However, we have been able to confirm that a couple of more juniors did in fact file paperwork with the NFL including Boston College OT Tyler Vrabel and Georgia TE… Read More »
