Notes from PM Senior Bowl practice … Arguably the best players on the field in Mobile Wednesday afternoon were defensive linemen Darius Robinson of Missouri and Texas’ T’Vondre Sweat. Robinson, a rising prospect with some late first-round aspirations had a quiet practice session on Tuesday, but rebounded nicely earlier today with a dominating performance. He’s not necessarily going… Read More »
Preliminary Senior Bowl Day 2 morning practice observations … The morning practice session at this week’s Senior Bowl in Mobile is in the books. Again, one doesn’t want to draw too many conclusions as there is a limited sample of plays for each player in the all-star game format. As well, while the players were in full pads,… Read More »
With the first day of practice at this year’s Senior Bowl in Mobile, here is a rundown of some of our observations from this afternoon’s workout, although we note that the players were only in shells and there was no tackling per se. To put it simply, none of the QBs in today’s afternoon session which included Joe… Read More »
Preliminary observations from AM Senior Bowl practice … With the players warming up for this afternoon’s Senior Bowl practice, here are a couple or three or more preliminary observations from this morning’s workout, although we note that the players were only in shells and there was no tackling per se. It didn’t appear as if Michael Penix threw… Read More »
Senior bowl HT/WT data released … For what we believe is the first time, the Senior Bowl itself has released the numbers from today’s weigh-in and measurement session. Again, there we4en’t necessarily and huge surprises, but we have highlighted some of the hilites and lowlites here.
As noted earlier today, there’s a pretty good group of QBs at this week’s Senior Bowl in Mobile. However, its not a particularly big group. Michael Penix, the consensus top-rated passer in Mobile this week, for example, weighed in at only 212 pounds on a 6-2.5-inch frame; Penix, though, does have very big hands at almost 10-5-inches. At… Read More »
Senior Bowl players gathering in Mobile … Participants in this year’s Senior Bowl are gathering in Mobile as we speak for the start of the three-days of practices on Tuesday. And while very few of the very top prospects for the 2024 draft will be in Mobile this week, almost all the leading second-tier candidates will be on… Read More »
Shrine updates … The players at this week’s East-West Shrine game in Frisco are halfway thru their 4-days of practice. Unfortunately, there doesn’t appear to be a whole of news coming out of those sessions. It does appear, though, that are several pretty prominent prospects at the Shrine game that we did not report on earlier that we… Read More »
Shrine practices set to get underway … While most of the football world is focused on Sunday’s NFL conference championship games, all-star week also gets underway this weekend with the 4 days of practices for Thursday’s East-West Shrine game set to start on Saturday. And assuming the Shrine organization follows the normal pattern, Saturday’s practices will be in… Read More »
Falcons tab Morris as new head coach; Rams to get comp picks … Atlanta confirmed this evening that they have agreed to terms with LA Rams’ defensive co-ordinator to be the team’s new head coach. Interesting choice in that the Falcons interviewed Bill Belichik, arguably the most successful coach in NFL history, twice, but ultimately settled for a… Read More »
Eagles, 49ers, Rams projected to lead comp pick haul … The NFL won’t be announcing the actual compensatory picks for the 2024 draft until early in March, but several sources have gotten pretty accurate at predicting which teams will get extra picks each year. One of those is Over The Cap which is projecting that Philadelphia, San Francisco… Read More »
Pats’ Mayo narrows draft options … Normally at this time of the year, NFL teams don’t say much about their upcoming draft options other than perhaps to claim ‘we’re looking at everything and will be taking the best player!’ However, new New England head coach Jared Mayo, whose Patriots have the 3rd overall pick in this year’s draft,… Read More »
Panthers name former star LB Morgan GM … Carolina began restructuring its football operations staff earlier today by naming Dan Morgan, who had been the team’s assistant GM under Scott Fitterer, as the Panthers’ new general manager. Prior to returning to the Panthers, who he played for between 2001 and 2007 before retiring because of injuries, Morgan worked… Read More »
Bucs loss wraps two more draft spots; one to go … Tampa Bay gave it a go in today’s early game but came up a little short in a 31-23 loss in Detroit. As a result, with Green Bay having secured the 25th spot in the opening round selection order of the 2024 draft with their loss to… Read More »
Pack to pick 25th after tough loss to 49ers … One more spot in the opening round selection order for the 2024 draft was wrapped up as a result of yesterday’s playoff action as Green Bay will pick 25th as a result of a tough 24-21 loss in rainy San Francisco last evening. Arizona will also pick either… Read More »
NFL announces list of draft eligible underclassmen … The NFL released the formal list of underclassmen eligible to enter the 2024 draft earlier today. The list includes a total of 58 players, including 54 who needed special permission to enter the upcoming draft and 4 who had already graduated and didn’t need special entry. That total, though, in… Read More »
Other Tagovailoa to enter draft … Former Maryland QB Taulia Tagovailoa, the younger brother of Miami QB Tua Tagovailoa, will be entering the upcoming draft after his appeal for an extra year of eligibility was denied by the NCAA. However, unlike Tua who was a top 5 pick by the Dolphins in 2020, Taulia is more of a… Read More »
Updated selection order … Just in case anybody missed it, the selection order for the first three rounds of the 2024 draft, was updated last evening.
Hula Bowl to kick-off star game season … This year’s major post-season college all-star game schedule gets underway on Saturday with the Hula Bowl, which will actually be played in Orlando while the stadium in Hawai’i continues to be refurbished. Kick-off time is set for Noon ET with coverage available on the CBS Sports Network. And while the… Read More »
Pats, WashComs fill key gaps … Both Washington and New England, which have the 2nd and 3rd picks at the 2024 draft respectively made key hires today. New England named former Patriots LB Jerod Mayo as the team’s new head coach replacing Bill Belichek. Mayo had been the Patriots’ ILB coach the past 5 years, but in effect… Read More »
To QB or not to QB: Bears mum; Falcons not so much … It is always interesting at this time of year to see if the GMs of team’s with early draft picks give away any hints as to what their team might be thinking about in their end-of-season pressers. Of course, the general rule is that that… Read More »
Clock ticking on remaining undeclared underclassmen … There is now less than a week until the deadline for underclassmen to file paperwork with the NFL if the want to be eligible for this year’s draft. The applications must be in the league office by 4 PM ET on January 15th. In fact, most prominent 3rd year players have… Read More »
Huskies to battle Wolverines for national CFP title … The final national championship game of the 4-team playoff era goes Monday evening in Houston with a little bit of a different flavor as for the first time in 8 years there won’t be a team from the SEC. Instead it’ll be the Big Ten versus the soon-to-be Big… Read More »
Home cooking to help settle early draft order … With just weekend’s to go in the NFL regular schedule, the #1 pick at the 2024 draft has already been settled – Chicago will have the first pick with Carolina’s #1 selection – the rest of the top 10 is still to be decided. And as luck would have… Read More »
FCS title game Sunday … While needless to say THE big game in college football is Monday night’s CFP championship game between Michigan and Washington; however, its not the only college football title game this weekend as the defending champion and top-ranked South Dakota State Jackrabbits (14-0) take on the Montana Grizzlies (13-1) for the FCS championship at… Read More »
