Positional rankings updated … For the record, the GBN positional rankings for the upcoming draft have been updated as per the drop-down menu above. Again, we point out that these rankings are meant to reflect as best as we can, not necessarily our own grades for the different players, but where we hear that NFL teams have them… Read More »
For the record, the GBN positional rankings for the upcoming draft have been updated as per the drop-down menu above. Again, we point out that these rankings are meant to reflect as best as we can, not necessarily our own grades for the different players, but where we hear that NFL teams have them ranked. And it is… Read More »
Winless team battles ‘lowlite’ Sunday NFL sked … How’s this for genius NFL scheduling: the league’s four remaining winless teams play each other this week. It will be #1 versus #2 Sunday afternoon when Chicago, which would have had the first pick overall were the 2024 held this past week, hosts Denver, which would pick second, in one… Read More »
QB dual hilites weekend college sked … This week’s college football schedule lacks the outright sizzle of last weekend’s terrific slate. However, there are are several games worth at least a look. And it starts with a match-up between two of the top QB prospects – Caleb Williams and Shedeur Sanders -when Southern Cal plays at Colorado on… Read More »
#6 Southern California (4-0) at Colorado (3-1); Noon ET; Fox … A whole lot of the shine rubbed off the story of resurgent Colorado last weekend when Deion Sanders’ Buffs were throttled 42-6 up at Oregon. However, the Buffalos still have been the big story through the first month of the schedule and we’ll get to see another… Read More »
Bears, Broncos at top of early draft order … We are still a couple of weeks away from an official posting of the selection order for the 2024 draft; however, we can report that with the third week of the regular schedule we can confirm that Chicago would have the first pick if the draft were held this… Read More »
College football observations … For those that missed it really was a terrific weekend of college football with two of the three big games on the day going down to the last play. That included Ohio State’s dramatic 17-14 win over Notre Dame in South Bend when the Buckeyes pushed across the deciding TD with just one second… Read More »
Who to watch in college football’s really big games this weekend … Truth be told, there haven’t necessarily been a lot of truly must-see games through the first three weeks of the college football schedule. However, that all changes on Saturday with as many as a half a dozen key contests all with major conference and national implications.… Read More »
#4 Florida State (3-0) at Clemson (2-1); Noon ET; ABC … One of the key questions in college football to be answered this fall was ‘Are the Seminoles indeed back?’ And so far, the returns have been mostly positive, although the ‘Noles did almost let last week’s win over lowly Boston College get away from them. However, Saturday’s… Read More »
Vikes get Rams RB Akers; swap future picks … Minnesota has acquired veteran RB Cam Akers in a conditional trade with the LA Rams. The Vikings will also send a 7th round pick in 2026 to the Rams and will get a 6th rounder that year in exchange. Both picks have been described as conditional.
Broncos would pick first if draft held this week … We noted over the weekend, that we don’t intend to start posting a weekly selection order for the 2024 draft for a least another couple of weeks when we should start to see some real early trends. However, we can say of the 8 teams that are 0-2… Read More »
Army (1-1) at Texas-San Antonio (1-1); 7 PM ET (Friday); ESPN … UTSA has gotten off to a bit of a slow start after the Roadrunners, now in the American Athletic Conference after posting 11 wins last year as a member of C-USA, were considered to be one of several teams across the country with a legitimate shot… Read More »
Some late thoughts on weekend college games … In the wake of Texas’ big upset win over Alabama right in Tuscaloosa on Saturday night, questions whether the Longhorns are indeed back have swirled about the college football landscape. Meanwhile, the other big question being asked this week is whether Alabama has any realistic chance to still make the… Read More »
Who to watch in college football’s big games on Saturday … College football fans can only hope that Saturday’s return match-up between Alabama and Texas is as good a game as last year’s meeting in Austin when when the Tide pulled out a dramatic one-point win thanks to some late heroics by QB Bryce Young, who of course… Read More »
#11 Texas at #4 Alabama; 7 PM ET; ESPN … College football fans can only hope that Saturday’s return match-up between Alabama and Texas is as good a game as last year’s meeting in Austin when when the Tide pulled out a dramatic one-point win thanks to some late heroics by QB Bryce Young, who of course went… Read More »
Bengals, Niners to Super Bowl in GBN fearless forecast … With the Lions and Chiefs set to kick-off the 2023 regular season Thursday evening it is time for our annual ‘Fearless Forecast’ of the upcoming NFL season in which we see Cincinnati playing San Francisco in the Super Bowl. Here’s the full forecast including our picks for the… Read More »
Cards nab QB Williams, WR Harrison in first mock of the campaign … It says here that you just can’t start the season off on the right foot without a projection for next year’s draft, which for the record, is now just 230 days away. So here we go, although needless to say much will change between now… Read More »
Wild cards: AFC: Buffalo, Baltimore, LA Chargers NFC: NY Giants, Dallas, Detroit Conference Champions: AFC – Cincinnati NFC- San Francisco Super Bowl: Cincinnati MVPs: AFC – QB Joe Burrow, Cincinnati NFC: QB Jalen Hurts, Philadelphia DPOYs: AFC – LB Matthew Judon, New England NFC: LB Micah Parsons, Dallas Rookies of the Year: AFC – DE Will McDonald, NY… Read More »
Bonus, bonus coverage … With no Monday night football in the NFL until next week, the colleges are going to fill the gap this week, with a conference game to boot as Clemson plays at Duke on ESPN with kickoff set for 8 PM ET. And the neat thing about some of the early season games on the… Read More »
Bonus Coverage: #5 LSU at #8 Florida State; Orlando; 7:30 PM ET; ABC … When the 2023 college football schedule came out earlier this year a half dozen or so games jumped off the page as must-see, key contests with huge national playoff implications. This was one of them. LSU comes ranked 5th in pre-season polls, while the… Read More »
Who to watch in college football on Saturday … The best game of the first full weekend of college football games isn’t until Sunday when LSU hosts Florida State in a match-up of top 10 with legitimate national championship aspirations. And we’ll post a preview of who to watch in that classic on Sunday morning. At the same… Read More »
Boise State at #10 Washington; 3:30 PM ET; ABC … Interesting game on the west coast between a couple of teams with lofty post-season expectations. Washington, in particular, has visions of a possible CFP playoff berth with a loaded lineup, while Boise State is one of the favorites to earn the non-Power 5 New Year’s Day Bowl invitation.… Read More »
College football set to kick-off first full weekend … The first full weekend on the 2023 college schedule kicks off in just a few hours in what has the potential to be a really wacky season. And not just because its the final season before the CFP playoffs expand from the current 4 teams to amore reasonable in… Read More »
Undrafted rookie class continues bounce back from Covid slump … With training camps limited earlier this decade because of the pandemic, it really was particularly hard for undrafted rookies to break through and make an NFL roster. In 2021, for example, just 25 undrafted rookies survived the final round of cuts as teams around the league got down… Read More »
Updated draft numbers… We have had a chance to go over the results of yesterday’s transaction frenzy as teams around the NFL got down to their opening-day, 53-man rosters. In the end, by our unofficial numbers, a total of 18 players drafted in 2023 were released, while another 13 were placed on an exempt list such as the… Read More »
