Hairston, Porter steal show at CB combine run … With Will Johnson and Travis Hunter, the top-rated corners for this year’s draft, sitting out today’s on-field testing for CBs, it fell to a couple of intriguing second-tier guys to steal the show as Max Hairston of Kentucky posted a blistering 4.29 clocking, while 6-3 Darien Porter of Iowa… Read More »
Huskers’ Robinson leads DT sprint; Alexander, Harmon also run well … The DTs were the first group to run their 40s at this week’s scouting combine in Indianapolis. And according to the so-far unofficial results Nebraska’s Ty Robinson posted the fastest time of those that did run with a very quick – for a 300-pounder – 4.83 clocking.… Read More »
DT Graham, DE Green go full on ‘gator’ … While today’s on-field physical testing for the defensive linemen and LBs at the scouting combine will get most of the headlines, the weigh-in/measurement session earlier this morning may be just as important. In fact, one of the things we were most curious about the whole combine is how long… Read More »
Updated: Star DE Carter might not need foot surgery … There has been an update to the story regarding Penn State DE Abdul Carter, a potential #1 pick overall at the upcoming draft, who it was reported earlier today, might need foot surgery. The Carter camp is saying at this hour that after further tests were taken doctors… Read More »
Titans getting calls on top pick … Today was media day at the scouting combine in Indianapolis when all teams are required by league fiat to interviews. Needless to say, nobody says much of anything of real import. Tennessee GM Mike Borgonzi, whose Titans have the 1st pick overall this year, did confirm that he has received calls… Read More »
Combine underway in Indy … The defensive linemen, LBs and kickers have arrived in Indianapolis and are set to start their 5 days of scouting combine activity on Monday. They’ll be followed by the DBs and TEs on Tuesday; the QBs, RBs and WRs on Wednesday and the offensive linemen on Thursday. Each group will go thru 5… Read More »
Looking ahead to potential 2026 impact position players … Following up on that earlier report on the potential 2026 QB draft class, we also took a little peak ahead to the players at several impact positions including DE/edge, WR and RB that may be available at next year’s draft. And while there are plenty of good players at… Read More »
HBCU Legacy star game set for weekend … The HBCU Legacy Classic, an all-star game featuring the top draft-eligible prospects from historically black universities and colleges will be played in New Orleans on Saturday with KO set for 4 PM ET with coverage on the NFL Network. Unfortunately, in recent years the black colleges have not had a… Read More »
NFL salary cap up big again … NFL teams were informed earlier today that there would be another big jump in the salary cap this year. In particular, teams were told that the salary cap for 2025 would be between $277.5M and $281.5M, up at least 22M, or 9%, from last year’s figure which in turn was up… Read More »
Looking ahead to 2026 QB class … It certainly appears that there is a growing consensus that this year’s QB crop is not as good as last year’s stellar group which saw 6 players at the position selected in the first dozen picks last April. And that has a lot of people, especially fans and media of QB… Read More »
Tag day in the NFL … Today is the first day that NFL teams can sign free agent-to-be players to either a franchise or transition tag. The window of opportunity to tag potential free agents runs for two weeks.Generally speaking players signed to a franchise tag can negotiate with other teams but if they sign their original team… Read More »
Path to the draft runs thru Indy … We made the point both when the NFL released the names of the players invited to next week’s scouting combine in Indianapolis, as well as in yesterday’s post listing some of the top prospects who were not invited this year, that simply who gets invited to the combine is crucial… Read More »
Guess who’s not coming to dinner … or at least not invited to this month’s scouting combine in Indianapolis. One of the always interesting aspects of the NFL’s announcement of which players have been invited to the combine is which players did not get invites. Clearly, every year a certain number of players do get drafted who were… Read More »
New 3-round projection posted … We have been reluctant to post a new mock draft in large part because we felt that there was just too much uncertainty with the first 4 picks. However, upon further review, at least from a projection point of view, what could happen in the those initial picks this coming April, is in… Read More »
Season over, season begins … With Philadelphia’s impressive win over two-time defending champion Kansas City in last night’s Super Bowl in new Orleans, the 2024 season is now formally in the books. For the record, the Eagles will now have the 32nd pick in every round this coming April, while the Chiefs will have the 31st pick. There… Read More »
Big Board updated, expanded … With the all-star games now in the books, the GBN Big Board for 2025 which, for the record, is now just over 75 days away, has been updated and expanded to include the top 200+ prospects overall for the upcoming draft. Again, we note that these are less our personal rankings of how… Read More »
Positional rankings updated … With the all-star games now in the books, we have updated the various positional rankings for the upcoming draft per the drop-down menu above. We also plan to post a fully updated Big Board either late tomorrow or early on Thursday. And while there aren’t necessarily a lot of truly major changes in the… Read More »
The Chiefs have a four-game winning streak against the Eagles, setting up a much-anticipated Super Bowl LIX clash with history on the line. The Chiefs’ dynamic offense, led by Patrick Mahomes, faces an Eagles’ defense crafted under Vic Fangio’s watchful eye. With each team boasting unique strengths and tactical ingenuity, you’ll witness a gridiron duel capable of reshaping… Read More »
Senior Bowl defensive line review … he defensive line in the Senior Bowl game was actually somewhat harder to review than the OL group, in large part because of some questions about level of competition. In particular, the National team defensive linemen, led by Arkansas SE Landon Jackson and Central Arkansas’ David Walker, were blowing past their American… Read More »
Senior Bowl wraps; on to Indy … The Senior Bowl just ended in Mobile with the American team pulling out a dramatic 22-19 win when Memphis QB seth Henigan hit TCU WR Jack Bech with a 2-yard scoring play with no time left on the clock. For the most part, this game was generally dominated by the defensive… Read More »
QB Sanders has Shrine games best moment … He wasn’t even playing in Thursday night’s East-West Shrine game in Frisco, Texas, but Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders may have had the games best moment during an in-game interview on the NFL Network. When asked about his father Deion’s calls during some of the interviews, Sanders the younger laughed and… Read More »
Shrine game observations … Just finished re-watching last night’s East-West Shrine game in Dallas which was kind of a sloppy affair with 7 turnovers, multiple sacks, and way too many penalties for an all-star game that as pretty lop-sided to boot with the East team cruising to a 25-0 shutout win. Of course, as we have noted in… Read More »
Senior Bowl observations: Thursday morning report … The final practice session ahead of Saturday’s game just wrapped up in Mobile. And that likely means there is already a race to the airport among NFL personnel people. A couple of notes from this afternoon’s practice: both of QBs Jalen Milroe and Jaxson Dart, currently the #3 and 4 prospects… Read More »
Senior Bowl observations: Wednesday afternoon report … Second day! same as the first! Or something like that. Certainly, anyone who hoped to get a better feel for Jalen Milroe and/or Jaxson Dart, ostensibly QBs 3 and 4 in this year’s draft class, in this afternoon’s practice than they did yesterday. Neither threw the ball more than a half… Read More »
Second day! same as the first! Or something like that. Certainly, anyone who hoped to get a better feel for Jalen Milroe and/or Jaxson Dart, ostensibly QBs 3 and 4 in this year’s draft class, in this afternoon’s practice than they did yesterday. Neither threw the ball more than a half dozen times against pressure and neither looked… Read More »
