ESPN projects teams with top ten at 2024 picks … For those that haven’t seen it yet, ESPN has a piece up today in which they predict that Arizona will have the first two picks at the 2024 draft. Arizona would have their own pick next spring, along with that of Houston which the Cardinals acquired in that… Read More »
Armed and dangerous: an early preview/ranking of the 2024 QB class … It is probably a little early to be calling 2024 ‘the year of the QB’ when it comes to next year’s draft, but it is certainly setting up to be a very interesting class. Of course, it starts with Southern Cal’s Caleb Williams, this year’s Heisman… Read More »
Seahawks claim 8th round title … After posting one of the league’s better drafts this year which included both the top-rated CB (Devon Witherspoon of Illinois) and WR (Jaxon Smith-Njigba of Ohio State), Seattle followed it up with arguably the NFL’s best undrafted free agent classes. Indeed, based on our thoroughly unscientific scoring system of which teams signed… Read More »
1. Seattle 12 (9) 2. Dallas 11(7) 3. Minnesota 10 (5) 4. Buffalo 8 (4) Las Vegas 8 (4) Philadelphia 8 (5) Tampa Bay 8 (3) 8. Tennessee… Read More »
Cowboys first to sign all picks … Dallas became the first team to sign its full 2023 draft class earlier today when the Cowboys announced they had come to terms with all 8 players selected at last month’s draft. That included former Michigan DT Mazi Smith, the Cowboys’ #1 pick who agreed to a 4Y, $13.3M deal with… Read More »
NFL to release schedule … The league that (almost) never sleeps will release its 2023 schedule later this evening beginning at 8 PM ET.
Colts request tampering investigation of Commanders … Indianapolis has reportedly formally asked the NFL to investigate a possible tampering infringement against Washington after media reports circulated this weekend that the Commanders had reached out to retired Colts’ QB Andrew Luck last season. While Luck has been retired for several years, the Colts retain his rights which could put… Read More »
Preliminary Top 40 posted for 2024 … Needless to say there will be many changes before the actual 2024 draft, now 355 days away!, but here is our first stab at a top 40 for next year’s draft. It is interesting as it appears there is already a very solid, consensus top 10 emerging for next April, but… Read More »
Let me start with something of a caveat. One of the dangers of doing this kind of analysis is that one resist the urge to simply interpret events from the context of a preconceived notion of what was going to happen. Over the course of the past 6 weeks or so we were pretty vocal about our impression… Read More »
No bull, Bull top pick in CFL draft … Pretty much as expected, CFL teams are passing overall the NFL bound top-rated prospects for tonight’s Canadian league draft and instead have concentrated on players who’ll be available when the CFL kicks off its regular season in July. Ottawa with the first pick, for example, chose Fresno State OT… Read More »
Draft lite up north … The Canadian Football League holds its annual draft of Canadian born players this evening beginning at 8 PM ET. Coverage is available on TSN.Ottawa has the first pick in this year’s CFL draft, followed by Edmonton, Saskatchewan and Calgary. Here is the full selection order. Former Syracuse OT Matt Bergeron and the Brown… Read More »
Fave picks by round … While my colleague Pigskin Paul puts together his grades from this past weekend’s draft, I had a little fun with it and went back and on sober reflection picked my favorite picks in each round. And it was interesting in the sense that in several rounds, including both the 6th and 7th rounds,… Read More »
Canadians set draft record … Speaking or record at the 2023 draft, it was a great day for Canada as a record number of players from up north were selected. Indeed, a total of 5 Canadians were selected this weekend, breaking the old record of 4. And there was nothing cheap about the Canadian selections as all were… Read More »
SEC leads conference again; AAC and MVFC surprise … Just to follow-up the earlier breakdown of picks by school, the SEC once again had the most players of any conference selected at the 2022 draft. Led by Georgia’s record 15 picks, the SEC had 65 players taken at this weekend’s draft which tied last year’s record haul. In… Read More »
Trade record set … Personally it didn’t seem that there were all that many trades this weekend – maybe they were just spread out relatively evenly over the three days – but when the smoked had cleared we actually had a new record for trades. Indeed, there were a total of 43 trades this weekend which broke the… Read More »
Tide, UGA lead school picks; SEC top conference again … To absolutely no one’s surprise, Alabama and Georgia had the most players selected by any school at this weekend’s 2023 draft. In the end, 10 players from each school were selected this weekend, although neither school had a particularly dominant individual year as Georgia did last year and… Read More »
2024 Draft just 362 days away!! … For the record, the 2024 draft is just 362 days away, so to help wile away the time, here is our annual way ‘way-too-early’ projection for next year’s draft. And while its done with more than a little tongue-in-cheek – so please don’t anybody write in asking what we are smoking… Read More »
That’s a wrap; THE end, finish!! … The 2023 draft came to a fitting close just before 7 PM ET this evening when the LA Rams selected former Toledo DT Desjuan Johnson with the 259th and final pick of the draft. Of course, that makes him ‘Mr. Irrelevant’ for the year. And while the actual draft is in… Read More »
And we are underway again (almost) … The third day of the 2023 draft is just moments away with Chicago on the clock with the 103rd pick overall to start today’s 4th round. As usual, we will be updating the GBN Big Board over the course of the day so folks can see who the top remaining prospects… Read More »
That’s a wrap; part deux … The second and third rounds of the 2023 draft came to a close just a few minutes ago when Minnesota selected former USC CB Mehki Blackmon 102nd and last pick of the third round. However, as usual there won’t be much rest for NFL personnel people, though, as teams will be burning… Read More »
So, as we wait with baited breath for Rounds 2&3 of the 2023 NFL Draft to kick off let me be the umpteenth one to post the top players left on my Regardless List… 12 WILL LEVIS QB Kentucky 13 MICHAEL MAYER TE Notre Dame 18 JOEY PORTER CB Penn St 27 O’CYRUS… Read More »
Winners and losers on first blush from opening round … First impression of who did well at a draft and who didn’t often don’t age well with time, but its hard not to look back at last night’s proceedings and not come away thinking that Houston and Philadelphia may have stolen the show. The Texans, in particular, who… Read More »
Random first-night notes … They may end up calling the 2023 draft ‘The year of the fake out!’ after several teams pulled fast ones on the rest of the league, or at least the world watching the pre-draft process. Houston, for example, took Ohio State QB CJ Stroud with the second pick overall, after pretty much convincing everyone… Read More »
Tide sets record; BIG upset conference winner … Alabama didn’t make this year’s CFP for the first time in what seems like forever; however, the Tide may have gotten a little consolation at the opening round of the 2023 draft. Indeed, when Carolina selected QB Bryce Young with the first pick overall last night, it marked the 15th… Read More »
That’s a wrap … The opening round of the 2023 draft came to a close just a few minutes ago when the Kansas City Chiefs selected Kansas State DE Felix Anudike-Uzomah with the 31st and final pick of the night. However, there won’t be much rest for NFL personnel people as teams will be burning the midnight oil… Read More »
