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 »
Broncos to release QB Wilson; other league updates that could impact the 2024 draft… After an unsuccessful 2-year run in Denver, the Broncos have told QB Russell Wilson that he will be released before the new NFL football year kicks on March 15th. In doing so the Broncos will absorb a monster $85M cap hit, although they will… Read More »
Matt Lee 5.05 1.82 Jacob Monk 5.08 1.74 Dylam NcMahon 5.10 1.77 Sedric Van Pran 5.20 1,70 Beaux Limmer 5.22 1.75 Drake Nugent 5.23 1.83 Nick Garquilio 5.26 1.78 Andrew Raym 5.42 1.94
Tanor Bartolini 4.94 1.74 Brandon Coleman 4.99 1.73 CJ Hanson 5.00 1.76 Troy Fautanu 5.01 1.71 Gottlieb Ayedze 5.01 1.76 Jarrett Kingston 5.02 1.73 Christian Haynes 5.03 1.75 Cooper Beebe 5.03 1.78 Mason McCormick 5.08 1.75 Christian Mahogany 5.14 1.74 Trent Jones 5.17 1.79 Nathan Thomas 5.20 1.76 Delmar Glaze 5.21 1.79 Isaiah Adams 5.22 … Read More »
Player 40X Split Roger Rosengarten 4.92 1.73 Frank Crum 4.94 1.70 Tylan Grable 4.99 1.70 Jordan Morgan 5.05 1.70 Christian Jones 5.05 1.78 John Alt 5.05 1.74 Kingsley Saumataia 5.06 1.74 Amarius Mims 5.07 1.78 Olu Fashanu 5.11 1.77 Patrick Paul 5.14 1.77 Taliese Fuaga 5.14 1.77 Tyler Guyton 5.19 1.76 Blake Fisher 5.21 1.82 Garrett… Read More »
Big uglies are big!! … The offensive linemen are starting to warm-up for their on-field physical testing and positional drills, but even before they hit the track we can say it one big group. Indeed, it was if they held a combine weigh-in session for the OL and a basketball game broke out. Indeed, more than a half… Read More »
Big uglies wrap combine workouts … The on-field workouts aspect of the scouting combine wrap up later today with the offensive linemen doing their physical testing and positional drills. Remember that this afternoon’s session starts at 1 PM ET on the NFL Network. Certainly, there was plenty to chew on at yesterday’s workout for the QBs, WRs and… Read More »
Xavier Worthy 4.21 Adonai Mitchell 4.34 Brian Thomas 4.34 Tez Walker 4.36 Jacob Cowing 4.38 Xavier Leggette 4.39 Ladd McConkey 4.39 Anthony Gould 4.40 Roman Wilson 4.40 Troy Franklin 4.41 Ricky Pearsall 4.41 Jha’Quan Jackson 4.42 Lideatrick Griffin 4.43 Bub Means 4.43 Ryan Flournay 4.44 Cornelius Johnson 4.44 Rome Odunze 4.45 Jermaine Burton 4.46 Luke Mccaffrey 4.46 Jamari… Read More »
