Let me count the ways: 1-2-3-4 … There are still 15 days to the draft, and the opening round seldom goes just by the number, but there really does appear to be a growing sense around the league that QBs could indeed go 1-2-3-4 with the first four picks for the first time in history when the clock… Read More »
QBs Maye, Penix gaining traction??? …While the majority of NFL observers still believe that Washington will select LSU QB Jayden Daniels with the second pick overall at this month’s draft, there is a growing sense that it may not be quite a done deal, especially if the Commanders consider Daniels, the reigning Heisman Trophy holder, to be too… Read More »
Bears shifting focus to 2nd #1 pick … With most NFL teams now back in their respective war rooms plotting their strategy for the 2024 draft, now barely over three weeks away, there isn’t a whole lot of buzz these days. The one thing that does seem to be becoming abundantly clear is that Chicago is going to… Read More »
No Foolin’! We are in the homestretch … Its April 1st which means its also April Fool’s Day; it also means we are finally in draft month with the draft set to start in barely 25 days. And with the pro days, with the exception of a few stragglers, now in the books, NFL personnel execs and scouts… Read More »
Movin’ on up; Part Deux … We are in the process of putting the final touches on our Big Board and hope to have something posted in the next few days. And in the process, a couple of noteworthy trends seem to have emerged. First, the players who appear to have been ranked in the top 10-12 positions… Read More »
UBC OL impress at Canadian pro day … A total of 16 NFL teams sent teams to Vancouver for today’s pro day workout at UBC featuring All-Canadian OT Theo Benedet and Giovanni Manu. And both impressed by all accounts. Benedet, the only two-time offensive lineman of the year in Canadian college football history, measured in at 6-7, 295… Read More »
Details of Chiefs-Titans trade for CB Sneed finally confirmed … It took a little longer than normal but the trade in which Kansas City traded franchised CB l’Jarius Sneed to Tennessee for a 3rd round pick in 2025 has been ratified. To complete the deal, the teams will swap 7th round picks this year with the Chiefs getting… Read More »
Movin’ on up … or at least trying! … For awhile now, the buzz around the NFL has been that Minnesota was poised to try and move up into the top 3-4 picks in this year’s draft in order to grab one of the top QBs that will be available on April 25th. Of course, that buzz reached… Read More »
Terps wrap pro day week … The final full week on the annual pro day schedule wraps up later today with workouts at Maryland and Central Florida. There is also a rare pro day at a Canadian university as UBC will hold a workout later today featuring offensive linemen Theo Benedet and Giovanni Manu. The 6-8 Benedet, in… Read More »
Duke OL Barton runs well at pro day … Duke C Graham Barton was already one of the hottest prospects in the 2024 draft with some legit first-round aspirations and he punctuated that with an outstanding 40 clocking at the Blue Devils’ pro day earlier today. Barton, who did not run at the combine where he weighed 313… Read More »
QBs Maye, Penix hilite second to last full day on pro day sked … Today is the second to last full day on this year’s pro day schedule, but it is a key one nonetheless with two of this year’s top 6 QBs – Drake Maye of North Carolina and Washington’s Michael Penix – slated to go through… Read More »
LSU pro day updates; Part Deux … Interesting that neither of LSU top ten prospects Jayden Daniels nor Malik Nabers opted to get measured at the combine. Today, Nabers measured in at 6-3.5, 210, which is a little on the light side, but hardly a deal breaker. Nabers, meanwhile, came in at 6-0, 200. Nabers then went on… Read More »
QB workouts hilite final full week on pro day sched … Just following up on the last story below on the public comments by head coaches Dan Quinn of Washington and New England’s Jerod Mayo on their respective team’s interest in taking a QB with the their first pick at next month’s draft. We kind of know where… Read More »
Interesting turnout at Irish pro day … In many ways, there was almost more to chew as to who came to the Notre Dame pro day earlier today as to what they saw on the field. For the record, both Dallas and Washington sent fairly large contingents to South Bend with head coach Mike McCarthy and VP of… Read More »
Cards put up ‘open for business’ sign … There had been some speculation earlier in the draft process that if, as expected, QBs went 1-2-3 with the first three picks in the opening round of next month’s draft, then Arizona would be very unlikely to move off the 4th pick with Ohio State WR Marvin Harrison, the consensus… Read More »
Tide CB Kool-Aid runs OK on bad foot; OT Latham ‘loses it!’ … Needless to say there was a full house at the Alabama pro day earlier with every team represented including head coaches Mike McCarthy of Dallas, Antonio Pierce of Las Vegas, Pittsburgh’s Mike Tomlin and Brian Callahan of Tennessee. And they likely left town with plenty… Read More »
Mocks to the left of us … Its a pretty quiet day on the draft front so far today. There is one interesting pro day on tap with Quinyon Mitchell the draw at the Toledo workout later today. Meanwhile, for those not aware of it, the NFL Network will be doing a mock draft at 8 PM ET… Read More »
Vikes to work out QB McCarthy – twice … A pretty good case can be that ‘the most interesting’ team in the NFL these days is Minnesota, especially after the Vikings acquired that 2nd opening round pick from Houston late last week. And nobody in the league doubts that the Vikings are angling to move up from the… Read More »
OT moves could impact early draft … There were a couple of transactions in the past day or so that could have ramifications on the first ten picks at the 2024 draft. Earlier today, for example, Tennessee released LT Andre Dillard after just one disastrous year with the Titans. And while the Titans do have several other young… Read More »
Jags keep 2nd round pick as WR Ridley signs with Titans … The longest running 2024 pick may have finally been settled as WR Calvin Ridley has reportedly signed with Tennessee. Ridley was originally traded from Atlanta to Jacksonville in 2022 despite the fact he had been suspended for the year for violating the league’s gambling policy. In… Read More »
Rumors de jour … Of course, its smoke and mirrors time in the NFL so one always wants to be cautious not to overact to any buzz, but there a couple of stories that don’t seem to want to die and may have some legs which could ultimately impact the early going at the 2024 draft. One has… Read More »
Nix, Rattler tear up workouts; other pro day notes … According to reports, both of QBs Bo Nix of Oregon and South Carolina’s Spencer Rattler threw the ball well at their respective pro days earlier today. Of course, they were the usual scripted 60 or so passes against air and likely aren’t going to change anyone’s grade, but… Read More »
Big crowd at Ducks’ pro day but not many top execs … Just a quick update on the Oregon pro day today. There reportedly is a big crowd in Eugene today for the Ducks’ workout with either 30 or all 32 teams represented, depending on who’s counting. However, there weren’t many top execs there. Indeed, no GMs were… Read More »
Report: Pats to move QB Jones to Jags … New England is reportedly close to finalizing a deal with Jacksonville that would send QB Mac Jones to the Jaguars in exchange for what is believed to be a 6th round pick this April. For the record, the Jags have two 2024 6th round picks, the 192nd and 212th.… Read More »
Pro day sched underway … The annual pro day schedule is now comfortably underway. In fact, Ball State, which is of course just down the road from Indianapolis where the scouting combine was held last week, held its pro day on Monday, while Indiana went on Tuesday and Northwestern on Wednesday, while scouts will be back in Indiana… Read More »
