Since RICK SPIELMAN took over as VIKINGS GM the team has had a succession of fruitful Drafts to build their roster around. As some of us like to say, they seem to get good value at almost every pick they make. Overall, 2016’s effort appears to be no exception. Round 1 LAQUON TREADWELL/WR/OLE MISS 6’2/220 4.65/40 9 1/2″H/33… Read More »
GBN Friend Larry requested a look at the CHIEFS Draft. Fair enough. First let’s make sure people understand how the Chiefs handle their draft and player evaluation. The key man is GM JOHN DORSEY, who used to run the PACKERS College Scouting Dept., when TED THOMPSON was busy elsewhere. DORSE and ANDY REID go way back to their… Read More »
At the request of GBN reader ED it’s time to take a look at the DOLPHINS Draft effort. Names have changed a bit at the top of the Miami pecking order but rest assured that the major voices are now MIKE TANNENBAUM & ADAM GASE. Round 1 LAREMY TUNSIL/OT/OLE MISS 6’5/310 5.00/40 10″H/34 1/4″A With a great degree… Read More »
Year two of the SCOT McCLOUGHAN era saw the team with 7 Picks to exercise, as opposed to his usually desire for double digit picks. But as expected it appears as though the team got help for some key needs, and upgraded the team’s speed and athleticism. Round 1 JOSH DOCTSON/WR/TCU 6’3/195 4.46/40 31 7/8″A/9 7/8″H One of… Read More »
Time to plunge back into the the 2016 NFL Draft and get some kind of feel for how I think teams helped themselves, or not. No grades here, but by the end of the review you should have a feel for how I perceive the team’s overall effort. PITTSBURGH STEELERS 7 Picks Just like they run their overall… Read More »
After some positive feedback for my PACKERS Review I have decided to keep on with these non-grade Draft Review article. But… I will not be doing every NFL team. So if you have a favorite team that you would like me to cover in this series please advise with a note back to the the website. For now… Read More »
For those of you looking for my Draft Grade on the PACKERS you have come to the wrong place. I find Draft grading, especially this soon, almost as useless as Mock Drafts. But I think it might be useful to really hard core Draft and NFL fans if I shed a little light on what teams did in… Read More »
My favorite two weeks of the year come in January when I spend time traveling to the Shrine Game practices and game, followed by a jaunt across the Florida Panhandle to Mobile to take part in the Reese’s’ Senior Bowl week of events. The combination of time actually on the field scouting and interacting with a couple hundred… Read More »
Count on articles all week long reflecting on the 2016 Draft. Contrary to what many millennials think being 2-4 days old does not make the Draft ancient history to be stored in an archives section. For starters, it was noted in an earlier article today that out of 107 underclassmen to declare for the 2016 NFL Draft 77… Read More »
You cannot accuse the first day of the Draft as being boring. In too many cases it was a little too chaotic and active. LAREMY TUNSIL was the most distracting and disturbing figure of the evening. A tweeted video before the process began was most disturbing. Speculation has been that his step-father was behind the bong smoking video,… Read More »
As you likely know by now from reading my articles on this site, I am wary of cliche’ titles and overused classifications. But we try to comply with the needs and wishes of our readership, bless your hearts. So below you will find a list, of a Baker’s Dozen (my usual preference) of prospects for the 2016 NFL… Read More »
I will assume that most of you have made good use of one of the GBN’s best Draft tools… the Picks by Team chart. Nothing I’ve seen elsewhere packs more info into a couple of pages than Colin’s summary. So let me tell you what I have gleaned from his spread sheet/chart. 1) There are only 253 Draft… Read More »
Every Draft season we have our standard categories for articles about Prospects: Mock Drafts, Top 100 lists, Sleepers, Overrated/underrated etc. Not to get too cute or play semantical games with you, I would like to put a slight twist and abstain from referring to players as underrated, but rather to term them as Under Valued. So here is… Read More »
Much of the de-emphasis on the RB position every year when the Draft rolls around, at least in recent history, is due in large part to the current pro emphasis on passing attacks. But there are some other major factors in play. With the seeming “equal” ability of more players these days chances of grabbing a good RB… Read More »
I find it amusing, and perhaps a bit pathetic, that in today’s world of what’s happening now, things from a week ago are like ancient history. Hey folks, the NFL COMBINE, which many people can’t even see in their rear view mirror anymore, ended one week and a day ago. Come on folks that is not ancient history.… Read More »
Even though I would be the first to admit that too much emphasis can be placed on what this year’s Draft prospects do later this week at the the NFL Combine in Indy, in their undies, I would also maintain that the info gathered during the process is a very large piece of the jigsaw puzzle that composes… Read More »
One of the great things about sports, beyond the realm of gambling, is the myriad of opportunities fans get to second guess decisions that are made from trades to starting line-ups to critical play calling and ad infinitum. So let me join in the chorus of voices making judgements on the wisdom of the recently (albeit tardy) release… Read More »
Top 100 as of 2/8/2016 1) JOEY BOSA/DE/OHIO STATE 2) LAREMY TUNSIL/OT/OLE MISS 3) JALEN RAMSEY/DB/FLORIDA ST 4) EZEKIEL ELLIOTT/RB/OHIO STATE 5) MYLES JACK/LB/UCLA 6) ROBERT NKEMDICHE/DT/OLE MISS 7) JARED GOFF/QB/CAL 8) LAQUON TREADWELL/WR/OLE MISS 9) DeFOREST BUCKNER/DE/OREGON 10) CARSON WENTZ/QB/N DAKOTA ST 11) A’SHAWN ROBINSON/DT/ALABAMA 12) RONNIE STANLEY/OT/NOTRE DAME 13) PAXTON LYNCH/QB/MEMPHIS 14) VERNON HARGREAVES/CB/FLORIDA 15) JAYLON… Read More »
ANDREW ADAMS/S/UCONN 6’0/198 #22 The best all-around defender on the UCONN roster proved his worth again in their Bowl loss as he more than held up his end of the defensive effort. I saw him miss badly on one open field tackle in the 2nd half, but that might be considered nit-picking for a guy who was credited… Read More »
I spent most of my Sunday watching Week 17 of NFL action, the final regular season games. I did not watch every game of course so I will be careful not to comment on game action from those I did not actually see. But here are my thoughts based on what flashed, or crawled across my TV screen,… Read More »
The season has trickled down to a precious few. Most teams have only 1 regular season game left (a few have 2) and then many big dogs have Conference Championship games to play. Here is how I currently rank the Top 20, with a look at who they still have to play. There could still be some ranking… Read More »
Here we go again in the topsy turvy world of College Football. We had 4 major unbeatens bite the bullet over weekend 10 of the season. We might lose another 1 or 2 this weekend, but let’s take a look at where Pigskin Paul sees teams ranked as of today. 1) CLEMSON 9-0 With a solid W over… Read More »
Taking into account BYE Weeks, we are pretty much at the midway point of the NFL season. I thought I’d look around the League and put together an All-Rookie team. Clearly, this team could look quite different at the end of the season, primarily because of injuries and late developing players. For instance, LB/JORDAN HICKS/EAGLES just went down… Read More »
The dreaded double digit number appears and we all know that the College Football season is dwindling down a precious few weeks. Keeping my focus in check, here are some guys who got my attention in games this past week. VADAL ALEXANDER/OT/LSU 6’6/320 #74 A very long, athletic player. Much more of a finesse OL than a bulldozer.… Read More »
