Category Archives: Pigskin Paul

PIGSKIN’s early Prospect list

College football training camps will start opening in less than a month so here is an alphabetical shout-out to guys we could be talking a lot as next April/May approach. ROBERTO AGUAYO/K/FLORIDA STATE DOMINIQUE ALEXANDER/LB/OKLAHOMA VIDAL ALEXANDER/OT/LSU BRANDON ALLEN/QB/ARKANSAS JACK ALLEN/OC/MICHIGAN STATE NATE ANDREWS/S/FLORIDA STATE T.T. BARBER/LB/MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE DANTE BARNETT/S/KANSAS STATE KENDELL BECKWITH/LB/LSU VONN BELL/S/OHIO STATE ANDREW… Read More »

NFC North Preview

Let’s call the rest of this division the Wanna Be’s and decide who, if anyone, is close to overtaking the PACKERS before AARON RODGERS retires, which isn’t likely to be any time soon from the looks of things. The VIKINGS look to me like the most serious competition for the PACKERS, and a team with a legit chance… Read More »

Pack preview

GREEN BAY PACKERS PREVIEW Clearly, the PACKERS have been the class of the NFC North for the past decade with a couple of brief exceptions. But when analyzing their roster heading into the 2015 NFL season I have to view their off-season a bit differently than most teams around the League. Under the guidance of VP/GM TED THOMPSON… Read More »

AFC South Preview 2015

So if the COLTS are serious Super Bowl contenders does that pretty much relegate the rest of the teams in their division to also ran status? In a word YES! The other three teams are all trying to establish/identify their Franchise QB to lead them out of perennial double digit Loss status. The best anyone in this threesome… Read More »

COLTS 2015 Preview

Because of the mediocre to poor teams in their division (JAGS, TEXANS, TITANS) it occurs to me that a good number of NFL fans don’t realize that ANDREW LUCK, in only his 4th season as a pro, has already turned the COLTS back into a double-digit win team, and serious annual Super Bowl contender that they were for… Read More »

NFC East Preview

So if the COWBOYS have stayed about the same on a roster talent level from last season when you balance gains with losses has anyone in the NFC East made enough gains to challenge them for the division title. I think the answer lies in the city of Philadelphia if you think CHIP KELLY is the mad genius… Read More »

COWBOYS Team Preview 2015

The COWBOYS made the leap in 2014 from being a perennial .500 team to NFC East Champs. In fact they were one questionable “catch call” away from heading to the NFC Championship game. It almost seemed prophetic when HC JASON GARRETT pronounced early in the season that the organization knew they had the right people on the bus… Read More »

AFC WEST Preview

So if the BRONCOS have lost some ground in roster strength has anyone in the AFC West gained ground with roster changes. The answer is, ‘yes indeed’ indeed in all cases, and IMO here they are in order of Play-Off potential. CHARGERS The guys in San Diego didn’t proceed with much fanfare, nor did they break the bank… Read More »

AFC WEST TEAM PREVIEWS

We are still almost 2 months away from the opening of NFL Training Camps, but now that VFA and the Draft Process are pretty much concluded it is certainly not too early to talk about the pros and cons of roster shuffling that has taken place around the League. So let me start with the AFC West and… Read More »

College Football 2015 Musings

I truly intended for my next article to be some new analysis of the 2015 Draft and team roster improvements around the NFL. That is still on my agenda, but while doing some early 2016 prospect research I came up with some College Football observations that I just had to put on paper. I couldn’t help but chuckle… Read More »

2015 DRAFT in the Rear View Mirror

It never ceases to amaze me how quickly the present becomes the past in today’s high speed tech world. The Draft is still less than a month ago and yet to many folks it is a distant memory. Now that I have caught my breath I want to revisit how that event has affected rosters around the League.… Read More »

PACKERS 2015 Roster

Clearly, yours truly has not gotten the PACKERS out of his system, despite now living in Florida. I have been printing Rookie lists and checking on NFC North rosters in recent days to put together a post-Draft gain/loss article and found myself getting caught up in September roster projections for Green Bay. So despite all common logic I… Read More »

All-Star Draft Scoreboard

One of the major components of the pre-Draft off season events each year is the parade of All-Star games that dot the calendar, primarily in January. There primary value is to provide a look at prospects in pads and competing against players who will be fellow Rookies in the NFL the following season. There has been a lot… Read More »

Day 2 Review Day 3 Projections

I have always felt that Rounds 4-7 truly make or break an NFL teams’s Draft each year. Teams ought to be able to do well in the Top 100. But finding a couple of eventual starters in Round 4-7 is critical to long term success. Teams must also acquire some depth and Special Teams help in the rounds… Read More »

Draft Blog Day 2

PACKERS fans try to relax, but it’s looking like there will not be an ILB worth picking by the PACK @ #62. Maybe Whitey can draft a FB and slide him over to ILB later in the Draft. BY the way if any of you missed it the PACKERS do intend to switch their No, 1 Pick S/RANDALL… Read More »

Draft Blog Day 2

OK one of the bad boys has been taken… DGB. This is somewhere between PLAXICO BURRESS & LARRY FITZGERALD. The question is can someone in the TITANS organization get inside his head and mentor him. Kid has had a tough life and deserves the benefit ogf the doubt and a chance to turn himself around as a human… Read More »

Draft Blog Day 2

Did you listen carefully that when the pick was read PRESTON SMITH was called a LB? Not sure I see him as being that mobile. He’s also a bit light as a 5-Technique. This reminds me a lot of RYAN KERRIGAN coming out of Purdue. Home team… DA BEAS are up. It has to be a defender. Go… Read More »

Draft Blog Day 2

I’m not betting on it but the JETS could sure use an all around TE like MAXX WILLIAMS in that Offense. Just sayin’ Lots of money and effort tied up in the JETS receiving corps with this pick of DEVIN SMITH. Wake up BROWNS you needed him. Better get another WR targeted and pull her trigger RAY FARMER.… Read More »

Draft Blog Day 2

Hey REECE this is not DONOVAN McNABB it’s SMITH. Really impressed at the Senior Bowl. Plug and play RT. Two stinking picks and ESPN needs a commercial break already?! Gonna be a long nite with commercials. I have no intention to blog with every pick tonight so bear with me. I promise i am making projections before the… Read More »

Draft Blog Day 2

A big strapping S in lANDON COLLINS. THat is a solid choice and a big need for the G-Men IMO. he should have been taken last night. TJ CLEMMINGS or JAKE FISHER to protect JAMEIS?! With all the offensive needs they may have to tie LOVIE down tonight.

Draft Blog Day 2

So here we go and Uncle Colin is on the edge of his seat with news that the GIANTS have traded into the TITAN s spot at No. 33. Who they lookin at Colin? Word is that LA’EL COLLINS is indeed still in this Draft pool. Could JAELEM STRONG be the guy for the G-Men? Maybe MAXX WILLIAMS/TE… Read More »

Round 1 Random Thoughts

Round 1 is in the books from Chicago and overall not too many surprises. Clearly despite all the disclaimers most teams did indeed see Marcus Mariota as a potential Franchise QB. The TITANS had calls to trade up but their king’s ransom requests were too much for other teams to stomach. I don’t think anyone wanted to repeat… Read More »

PIGSKIN PAUL’s Top 100 2015 Draft

Here are my Top 100 players as we head to Draft Thursday. 1 Jameis Winston/QB/Florida State 2 Marcus Mariota/QB/Oregon 3 Leonard Williams/DL/USC 4 Amari Cooper/WR/ALabama 5 Kevin White/WR/West Virginia 6 Donte Fowler/ER/Florida 7 Trae Waynes/CB?Michigan State 8 Vic Beasley/ER?Clemson 9 Danny SHelton/NT?Washington 10 Todd Gurley/RB?Georgia 11 DeVANTE PARKER/WR/Louisville 12 Brandon Scherff/G/T/Iowa 13 Ereck Flowers/OT/Mami 14 Malcom Brown/DT/Texas 15… Read More »

PATRIOTS TEAM MOCK

I got a late request to do a PATRIOTS Mock. This can often turn into a bit of an exercise in futility. Trying to read the mind of LITTLE BILL is tough as heck. But why not give it a shot. Let me start though, by saying that the team has already acknowledged that they don’t see the… Read More »

TEXANS/EAGLES Team Mocks

The TEXANS have a been somewhat of a roller coaster team the past few years and much of the issue has been at the QB position. But I’m not convinced that is an emphasis in their current Draft plans. Replacing older & departed players might be a bigger concern, along with finding more help up front for All-WoRLD… Read More »