Titans head says team won’t pass on generational talent … Some interesting comments today from Chad Brinker, Tennessee’s head of football operations re the #1 pick at the 2025 draft. What has grabbed the headlines is Brinker saying: “As far as that Number 1 pick, you can’t pass up on a generational talent. We won’t do that.” The… Read More »
NFL announces list of draft eligible underclassmen … The NFL has released the formal list of underclassmen given special entry to the 2025 late last week. The list includes a total 55 3rd year juniors and redshirt sophomores who who needed special permission to enter the upcoming draft; the NFL also included on the list 15 players who… Read More »
Good review of the options possibly available to QB-needy teams this winter … For those that haven’t seen it, Nick Suss of the Nashville Tennessean has an interesting overview of the QB options that could be available to teams looking to upgrade at the position this off-season including possibilities at both the draft and free agency and/or trades.… Read More »
The just concluded season can probably be best summed up in one word for the Giants: Yecch!! Maybe even Really, really double Yecch! But we do what we always do after we get through our initial angst. We start looking ahead, because it is what it is and there are only two options out there. Wallow in one’s… Read More »
Clock really ticking for undeclared underclassmen … Underclassmen wishing to enter the 2025 draft have until the end of business today to file paper work with the NFL office in order to be eligible for this year’s draft. In fact, as far as we can tell all the big-name juniors have announced their intentions in one way or… Read More »
Selection order updated … With the wild card games now in the books we have updated the selection order for the first three rounds on the 2025 draft.
Hula Bowl kicks off star season … The 2025 all-star season gets underway Saturday with the Hula Bowl in Orlando. The game gets underway at Noon ET and will be televised by CBS Sports Network. Of course, the primary all-star games – the Senior Bowl and East-West Shrine game – start later in the month such that few,… Read More »
Irish on to CFP semis; ‘Horns, Bucks up next … For those who missed it last evening, Notre Dame advanced to the CFP national championship game in Atlanta with a dramatic 27-24 win over Penn State in the Orange Bowl in Miami on a last-minute FG. The Irish will play the winner of tonight’s other national semi-final pitting… Read More »
Raiders complete housecleaning; fire GM Telesco … Just a couple of days after firing head coach Antonio Pierce, Las Vegas, which holds the 6th pick for the 2025 draft, has now also released GM Tom Telesco. Both had been in their first full season with the Raiders.
Titans, Browns go QB in first post-season 3-round mock … With the NFL regular season in the books we have posted our first 3-round projection for the 2025 draft. As we have noted in the past, the goal here isn’t so much to try and predict which team will select which player, but to give some sense of… Read More »
The NFL thrives on unpredictability. Sure, the Kansas City Chiefs may headline every prediction, and the Philadelphia Eagles seem destined for a deep playoff run. But history tells us that the real excitement comes from teams that unexpectedly break the mold and reshape the league race. This year, it’s no different – it’s not just about who wins;… Read More »
No Monday night football; no problem … Feeling a little blue as there is no Monday night football tonight, while there are still three sleeps until the CFP semi-finals on Thursday and Friday, fear not as there is football this evening with perennial contender North Dakota State facing top-ranked Montana State in the FCS national championship game in… Read More »
Irish to national semis … The final 4 for the CFP national semi-finals are now set as Notre Dame upset Georgia 23-10 in this afternoon’s delayed Sugar Bowl. The Irish will play Penn State in the Orange Bowl next Thursday with the winner to advance to the national final on January 20th against the winner of the other… Read More »
No new rushing record as Barkley to sit season-finale … In the end there will be no new single season rushing record in either the NFL or FBS. For those that missed it last night but Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty came up 31 yards shy of breaking Barry Sanders’ decades old college record as the Broncos lost their… Read More »
When bowls matter … It seems like forever that the major bowls matter, but they do this week as the final three CFP quarter-finals will be decided in New Year’s Day Bowls. It starts with Texas against Arizona State in the Peach Bowl at 1 PM ET, followed by Oregon and Ohio State in the Rose Bowl at… Read More »
TEXAS v ARIZONA STATE; Peach Bowl, Atlanta; 1 PM ET; ESPN: The Fiesta Bowl on New Year’s Eve may not quite be Ashton Jeanty against the world when upstart Boise State takes on Penn State from the Big Ten, but the Texas-Arizona State duel in the Peach Bowl may very well come down to Skattebo against the world.… Read More »
Tide miss bowl wake up call … This afternoon’s ReliaQuest Bowl match-up between Alabama and Michigan was supposed to be a one-sided affair with the Tide coming in still smarting after being the last team out in the CFP playoffs and with all their big-name prospects including QB Jalen Milroe in uniform, while Michigan was fielding something of… Read More »
Pats back to top of board in latest weekly selection order … With just a week to go in the regular schedule, New England has moved back into the #1 slot in the updated first-round selection order for the upcoming draft, at least for this week, followed by Tennessee and Cleveland. Note, that the SOS figures are based… Read More »
Upstart Boise State, RB Jeanty take on Penn State to kick-off CFP QFs … It will be Boise State and record-setting RB Ashton Jeanty against traditional power Penn State on New Year’s Eve in the first ever D1/FBS quarter-final playoff game in the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale (7:30 PM ET; ESPN). Of course, if its Boise State it… Read More »
Pats, Titans 1-2 as Giants win … The NY Giants, who have struggled to hit double figures on the scoreboard all season long put 45 on Indianapolis to end a team-record 10-game losing streak; they also avoided the ignomy of going winless at home this season. Unfortunately, though, it means the Giants will also drop out of the… Read More »
Top QB prospects hilite Saturday bowl bonanza … For those who care about these kinds of things there are 8 bowls on the schedule for Saturday starting with UConn versus North Carolina in the Fenway Bowl at 11 AM ET and running thru the Independence Bowl at 9:15 PM ET between Louisiana Tech and Army. And for a… Read More »
UGA QB Beck has surgery; done for year … Georgia announced earlier today that QB Carson Beck will not play again this season after undergoing surgery on his damaged shoulder. Beck injured his elbow just before half time of the Bulldogs SEC championship game win over Texas. Doctors say the surgery went well and that Beck will begin… Read More »
Needless to say we have literally been besieged of late with correspondence from our Giant fans friends bemoaning the fact that they feel that all they got for Christmas was this year was a lousy lump of coal! Needless to say we share the disappointment and frustration with what’s gone on with the team this fall. At the… Read More »
Raiders win! Giants to #1! … Las Vegas held off Jacksonville 19-14 in a late afternoon game today for their 3rd win of the year. As a result, the Giants, as the league’s only remaining 2-win team after losing in Atlanta earlier today, will hold the #1 pick in this week’s selection order for the opening round of… Read More »
Giants lurch closer to a top pick … The Giants threw a bit of a scare into their fans when they took an early 7-0 lead on the Falcons in Atlanta in one of today’s early games, but QB Drew Lock came to the rescue throwing a couple of pick-6s that opened the floodgates to a dismal 34-7… Read More »
