Jags, Browns swap corners, picks … In a deal last evening, Jacksonville and Cleveland traded veteran CBs with the Browns getting Tyson Campbell, while the Jags get Greg Newsome. To complete the deal the teams also swapped late round picks that they had previously acquired from other teams. The Jaguars, for example, get the Jets’ 6th-round pick in… Read More »
NOON PM ET: #1 Ohio State (5-0) at #17 Illinois (5-1); FOX: This is something of an interesting challenge for the defending national champion and top-ranked Buckeyes as it is their only road game this year against a ranked opponent. Certainly, Ohio State, which has had had at least one player selected in the first round the past… Read More »
Jets top first weekly selection order … The NY Jets, the NFL’s only remaining winless team, would have the first pick overall were the 2026 draft held this week. Here is the first full updated weekly selection order for first round of the upcoming draft. Please note that the strength of schedule figures are for each teams full… Read More »
Clank! Clank! Clank! … For those that don’t follow college football all that closely, that’s the sound emanating from the Texas and Penn State programs this morning as the top two rated teams in the country coming into the season find their post-season playoff hopes on life support with still over half the season to go after upset… Read More »
#3 MIAMI (4-0) at 318 FLORIDA STATE (3-1); 7:30 PM ET; ABC … This game did lose a little of its luster when the then top-10 ranked Seminoles were upset last weekend at Virginia, but it is still going to be a major road test for the 3rd ranked Hurricanes. Miami, of course, is coming off something of… Read More »
The NFL season enters a pivotal stretch in Week 5, where elite quarterbacks, emerging defenses, and redemption arcs collide to shape both playoff trajectories and betting boards. This week, several high-impact NFL storylines dominate conversations, from MVP-caliber duels to comeback opportunities. Bettors and fans alike are watching these matchups closely, as each contest carries significant implications for spreads, totals,… Read More »
OT, DT slipping??? … There doesn’t appear to be much doubt around the NFL that OT is THE strength of the 2026 draft, at least as it stands now, with at least a half-dozen or so legit first-round candidates and another strong second-tier group knocking on the door. However, one OT who may be slipping a bit is… Read More »
Who to watch in college football: September 27th … After something of a quiet weekend in college football, things really pick-up this week with a spate of really good games including a huge early season Big Ten match-up with #3 Penn State hosting #6 Oregon. Otherwise, the mantra in college football this weekend could be ‘go south young… Read More »
#6 Oregon (4-0) at #3 Penn State (3-0); 7:30 PM ET; NBC: Needless to say this is a critical early season Big Ten clash between 2 of the top 3 teams in the conference, both of which have rolled thru their non-conference schedules. Oregon, for example, has won its four starts by average of 50-10, although needless to… Read More »
QB questions growing for 2026 … For those that haven’t see it, ESPN had an interesting piece up this week in which they asked talent evaluators around the league for their view of who was the top QB prospect for the upcoming draft. According to the poll of 25 NFL scouts, South Carolina LaNorris Sellars and LSU’s Garrett… Read More »
CFL makes major changes to Canadian game … The CFL announced some major to the way the game is played north of the border. Starting next fall, the Canadian league will be shortening its field from 110 to 100 yards, while also reducing the size of the end zones from 20 to 15 yards. The CFL will also… Read More »
Who to watch in college football: September 20th … One might be tempted to think that if the ‘game of the week’ is Illinois versus Indiana (7:30 PM ET; NBC) that its probably a week in which one could just skip college football altogether, especially if one were looking for draft prospects to watch. One would be wrong… Read More »
LSU QB dinged; playing thru it … LSU has confirmed that QB Garrett Nussmeier, one of the top 2-3 prospects at the position for the 2026 draft, has what been playing with what is being described as a torso injury, since the start of the season. Nussmeier reportedly suffered the injury in pre-season training camp, ostensibly because of… Read More »
Just two weeks into the season … and no we won’t be publishing an updated first-round selection order for next April’s draft at least for several more weeks. We prefer to wait until we get a little more data to get a better feeling of what are the trends. What we can say is that a couple of… Read More »
Week 3 in the NFL is often when teams begin to reveal their true identities. For bettors and fans, momentum at this stage can define how franchises enter October football. Currently, the Cleveland Browns, Indianapolis Colts, Denver Broncos, and San Francisco 49ers are widely regarded as the best defensive teams in the league. Their ability to shut down explosive… Read More »
Who to watch in college football: September 14th … After a very quiet weekend on the college football schedule last week, things heat up with a couple of key games involving ranked teams as #6 Georgia and #15 Tennessee open their respective SEC campaigns in Knoxville (3:30 PM ET; ABC), while #8 Notre Dame hosts #16 Texas A&M… Read More »
Last unsigned 2025 pick signs … Cleveland has signed former Ohio State RB Quinshon Judkins, the Browns’ second round pick at last April’s draft. Judkins, the last unsigned 2025 pick, agreed to a fully guaranteed 4Y contract worth about $11.4M which including a signing bonus worth close to $5M. Judkins had not signed after he was charged with… Read More »
Who to watch in college football: September 7th … After last weekend’s wild and wacky opening slate of game sin college football including three top 10 match-ups, this week’s fare unfortunately pales in comparison. In fact, there’s only one game this weekend involving ranked teams neither of which is in the top ten. For the record, its #15… Read More »
Pre-season mock posted … As promised, to help folks wile away the hours until Dallas and Philadelphia kick-off the 2025 regular schedule later this evening, here is our annual pre-season projection for next year’s draft, which for the record is now just 230 days away. Of course, plenty can and will change between now and the end of… Read More »
GBN fearless forecast … If you believe us – and its not entirely clear why anyone actually would – it will be Baltimore and Detroit in the 2025 Super Bowl next February in Los Angeles. At least that’s what it says in our annual Fearless Forecast predicting the outcomes across the board in the NFL this coming season.… Read More »
Bonus coverage: college football on Sunday … Anyone thinking that was it for the week in college football after Saturday’s terrific slate of games, including a couple between top 10 teams, needs to take a couple of breaths and recharge as there is more to come Sunday with #6 Notre Dame going south to face #10 Miami (7:30… Read More »
Manning debut lands with a thud … It was billed as perhaps the ‘debut of the century’ but it looked more like the ‘dud of the century’ as Texas QB Arch Manning looked pretty much like one might expect a 3rd year QB making his first career start against the defending national champions in front of 103,000 raucous… Read More »
Vikes, Browns ‘win’ 8th round … At least from a purely draft perspective, the big story from this week’s roster reductions as NFL teams worked to get down to their 53-man opening day rosters was how the 2025 draft class fared. Part B of the exercise, though, is just how many undrafted rookie free agents ultimately made the… Read More »
#1 TEXAS at #3 OHIO STATE; NOON ET; FOX: Wow! What a way to kick-off the college football season. The defending national champions hosting the top-ranked team heading into the campaign. The game, of course, also marks a changing of the guard at Texas where Arch Manning (#16, 6-3, 220) takes over at QB for the Longhorns after… Read More »
Cut-down day by the numbers … We have had a chance to really pour over the numbers from this week’s cut-down roster transactions and there are a couple of interesting observations to be made. First, pretty much as usual, the large majority of drafted players survived this week’s roster reductions. Indeed, only 18 players – just 7% of… Read More »
