And now as our final look ahead it is time for the NFC East. The sad news here for the NY Giants is that I do not see how the G-Men don’t finish last in this group. The EAGLES are defending Super Bowl champs, and despite some VFA losses, they still look like they are top team as… Read More »
Let’s take a look at the NFC West where team strengths appear to be changing a bit. The recent perennial favorite in San Fran seems to be in a serious roster reload mode. The 49’ers were devastated by injuries last season, and now face financial/Cap challenges. The RAMS would appear to be the division favorite heading into the… Read More »
Much like the AFC North this division had 3 teams with a winning record and DA BEARS left to reconfigure a roster that left them at 5-12 and picking in the 10th slot. GM RYAN POLES has been busy trying to fix that. And despite some solid results the VIKINGS, LIONS & PACKERS have been busy turning the… Read More »
We move to the West of the AFC in this pre-Draft Mock. Another tough division where 3 of the 4 teams managed double digit wins last season and all 3 made the Play-offs. But the CHIEFS fell short in their attempt to score a Super Bowl 3-peat. And they are doing some serious roster retooling in an attempt… Read More »
Let’s hop on up to the AFC North for a look at the RAVENS dominated division. 3 of the 4 teams in the division had winning records last season, but the Bengals missed the Play-Offs at 9-7, and despite going 10-7 and gaining a Wild Card spot, the Steelers were one and done again in the Play-Offs. The… Read More »
Now that we have pretty much ended the early segment of NFL Veteran Free Agency I am attempting to project what will transpire at the April Draft, with the added information on what teams gained, and what they lost. For some teams the signings changed little, while for others it was a big deal. Also note that I… Read More »
Time to look into Draft prospects for the NFC South, where the BUCCANEERS have become the dominant team pretty much heading the division since the signing of TOM BRADY. And at least in the regular season they have hardly seemed to miss Brady. Post season… that’s another story but let’s not get greedy. Let’s check it out. CAROLINA:… Read More »
Not really sure if anyone in this division has much, if any, chance to overtake the BILLS anytime soon. A couple years ago it looked like the Dolphins might be an ascending team, but a series of injuries and some Salary Cap issues seem to have set them back significantly. And of course the JETS & PATRIOTS are… Read More »
Though most of this column is devoted to College Football and the NFL Draft process, I feel I must share a few thoughts now and again about the pro game. And this week I want to start there in light of the horrendous penalties called surrounding the protection of the NFL’s QB club. The Falcons “wuz robbed” as… Read More »
Hello my football friends. Hope you missed my content the past two weeks, but I also hope you weren’t worried too much. Two weeks ago I caught a flu bug at my doctor’s office that laid me out, but it was not Covid. Then, of course, last week I spent mucho time in preparation for, and in fear… Read More »
Clemson DT Bresee to sit again … Clemson has confirmed that star DT Bryan Bresee, a top 5-10 prospect for the 2023 draft, will not play at Boston College on Saturday night as he continues to recover from a kidney infection that was diagnosed last week. Bresee also didn’t play this past weekend in the 5th ranked Tigers… Read More »
Let’s get to it. How did teams do in adding talent to their roster thru the 2021 NFL Draft. No grades… you should know by now that I don’t like that concept. However, I would be glad to tell you what I thought teams had, and had not, accomplished for that weekend a month ago. Let’s start with… Read More »
It looked as though the 2020 Draft was gonna be a bit uneventful for the Super Bowl runners-up until early in the Veteran Free Agent period, when the team decided it had excess dollars invested in their stellar DL and dealt DeFOREST BUCKNER to the COLTS. In so doing they gained a second First Round Pick (#13) from… Read More »
The Bucs have gone from laughable losers to a hot point of interest after their signing of VFA QB Tom Brady. Their ticket website has been a hotbed of activity since the signing, despite the fact that ticket prices went up double digit percentage points immediately. The Bay Area is blazing with excitement at the improved prospects for… Read More »
The final piece of the 2020 Draft Puzzle fell into place a couple of days ago when the NFL issued a press release detailing the assignment of Compensatory Draft Picks around the League. The current, as of Thursday, CBA calls for up to 32 extra Picks to be awarded based on a formula devised by the NFL Management… Read More »
I am sorry to say that it was a damp, rainy day in Mobile and practices were moved from Ladd-Peebles to the University of South Alabama practice field, which is a turf field with a roof for cover. After some initial confusion over whether the media was allowed to attend, (the public was not), things were straightened out… Read More »
With temps rising in Mobile, so has the pace of the practices at Ladd-Peebles Stadium. The North squad took the field first, and I was determined to give the big hairy eyeball to S JEREMY CHINN, #22, from Southern Illinois. Most football fans are not familiar with this young man, and even fewer have actually seen him in… Read More »
UH DT Oliver blitzes pro day workout … If the numbers being reported are in fact correct, Houston DT Ed Oliver had an outstanding performance at the Cougars’ pro day earlier today. Running at 281 pounds, Oliver reportedly ran the 40-yard dash as low as 4.71. Even if that is a hand-timed clocking that could be as much… Read More »
I am going to confine my October and December rankings to a Top 15. Not enough key games in the record book yet to go for a full 25. Also please remember that I like to reward unbeaten teams in my first rankings or two, even though I may firmly believe some of them will not be worthy… Read More »
Sat Oct. 13th 3:30/ET CBS GEORGIA 6-0 by 4 @ L.S.U. 5-1 Bad news for LSU fans, but coming off a disappointing road loss to Florida, they return home to face the undefeated Bulldogs. And it looks for all the world to me that LSU will come out of this with a two game losing streak under their… Read More »
I always wonder if it’s a waste of time to cover the Bengals as long as the Brown family runs the show. Hope is slim for much to change but the Draft is one of the few times there can be hope for long suffering Bengals fans. Round 1, Pick 21 RASHAAN EVANS LB ALABAMA 6’017/237 Time to… Read More »
Let’s journey down south and take a look at two teams in the NFC South. This double dip will cover the two teams I see at the top of the division in the Saints and Falcons. SAINTS 8 Picks Round 1, Pick 27 COURTLAND SUTTON WR SMU 6’033/218 What the Saints really want/need here is a big time… Read More »
With the Draft less than a week away it’s time for a double-dip today from the NFC North: the defending North Champ VIKINGS and the bottom feeding BEARS. DA BEARS look to still be a couple of years away from contention and need some new starting talent. The VIKES look like the team to battle it out with… Read More »
When you own two of the top 4 Picks in the NFL Draft, have a new GM calling the shots and that GM goes into cliche’ mode refusing to disclose which prospects he luvs the most, it creates quite a dilemma for Draftniks and football fans in general. So let Pigskin put your mind at ease and tell… Read More »
The JETS once had a high count of Picks for this Draft, but went all-in on the QB frenzy and traded up into the third spot for their QB of the present and future.So who do they get… Round 1, Pick 3 SAM DARNOLD QB SOUTHERN CAL 6’033/221 As always happens when a star player actually gets into… Read More »
