Questions about combine … Interesting that at a time when the NFL is trying to make the annual scouting combine, which is just getting underway in Indianapolis as we speak, another ‘event’ on the league’s off-season calendar, there seem to be a bit of a growing chorus questioning various aspects of the ‘event.’ NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith,… Read More »
Teams, players start arriving in Indy as combine set to go … Literally as we speak, NFL coaches and personnel people, along with the players, have begun arriving in Indianapolis for the start of the annual scouting combine which gets underway tomorrow. However, there have been some changes to the schedule and the format. As usual, the players… Read More »
Pretty much anyone who is anyone in the NFL will begin gathering in Indianapolis tomorrow for the annual scouting combine which will run through March 5th. And THE big question at the combine this year is just how big is Alabama QB Bryce Young. Young appears to have emerged as the #1 QB prospect in this year’s draft;… Read More »
It fees like it has been a while since I updated my Top 25 and with the Combine starting next week it feels like time to update, since the Combine usually changes things a bit. So, for now… JALEN CARTER DT Georgia 6’3/310 BRYCE YOUNG QB Alabama … Read More »
by Pigskin Paul Guillemette; GBN Associate Editor It happens every year, though some years are crazier than others. It is very unlikely that anyone would argue that the QB position is the single most important slot to fill on any NFL team. If you don’t have a quality starter you are not going to [m]any Super Bowls. And… Read More »
Path to the draft runs thru Indy … Every year we make that statement referring to the fact that the scouting combine in Indianapolis is an indisputably a key element of the pre-draft process. Last year, for example, almost 85% of all players selected at the 2022 draft participated in some way in the combine. However, that is… Read More »
Giants report: Principles to draft by … With the Super Bowl in the books, we are clearly onto 2023 starting with the draft which is now just over 70 days away. It may still be a little early, though, to be talking about specific players and/or needs; however, we thought that its probably not to early to give… Read More »
Colts, Cards raid Eagles staff for new coaches … Two more teams announced today that they have filled their vacant head coaching jobs and both found their guy on the Philadelphia Eagles staff. Indianapolis, for example, has hired Eagles’ offensive coordinator Shane Steichen, while Arizona has agreed to terms with former Eagles’ defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon. Both hires… Read More »
Giants’ GM Joe Schoen doesn’t make the draft picks … Fact is he also doesn’t make the trades, doesn’t signed the free agents and doesn’t hire and fire the coaches. For that matter neither did Dave Gettleman nor Jerry Reese nor any Giants G.M. going back to the days of George Young. The Giants are a multi-billion dollar… Read More »
Raiders QB Carr still talking with Saints; other NFL QB notes … Hard to know what exactly it means but Las Vegas QB Derek Carr is reportedly still in New Orleans at this hour visiting with the Saints for a second day. Carr has been given permission by the Raiders to explore trade options for himself late last… Read More »
Time now to move on to the players who stood out in the Shrine Bowl, from their new home in Las Vegas for year two. This was the first year that the Shrine was given full NFL team coaching staffs. That brought the venerable, now grand old man, from the NFL coaching ranks in Bill Belichick into Vegas.… Read More »
Big board; positional rankings updated … Please note that the GBN Big Board ranking the top overall prospects for the 2023 draft has been updated and expanded. As well, the positional rankings per the drop-down menu above has also been updated. Note, though, that we are still trying to confirm which players, especially at the fringes, are actually… Read More »
Eagles, Chiefs chasing Patriots, Steelers Super Bowl record … With the 57th Super Bowl just around the corner, fans are excited about who whether the Philadelphia Eagles or Kansas City Chiefs will take the Lombardi Trophy home this year. However, whether the Eagles or Chiefs come out on top on Sunday, they will still have a ways to… Read More »
With the 57th Super Bowl just around the corner, fans are excited about who whether the Philadelphia Eagles or Kansas City Chiefs will take the Lombardi Trophy home this year. However, whether the Eagles or Chiefs come out on top on Sunday, they will still have a ways to go to catch the teams with the most total… Read More »
Ok, let’s talk about 12 guys who caught my eye while watching practice and game action last week in Mobile. It doesn’t mean that they will all be in my Top 100 in April. It does not mean that they are the best bets from this game to be selected in the First Round of the Draft. It… Read More »
Senior Bowl defensive line review … One of the big questions that pro scouts wanted to be able to answer out of this year’s Senior Bowl was who was the real Army DE Andre Carter? Was he the guy who dominated in 2021 when he posted 17 sacks and made multiple All-america teams or the guy who barely… Read More »
One of the big questions that pro scouts wanted to be able to answer out of this year’s Senior Bowl was who was the real Army DE Andre Carter? Was he the guy who dominated in 2021 when he posted 17 sacks and made multiple All-America teams or the guy who barely caused a ripple this past season… Read More »
No surprise here, but we did focus a lot on Florida OG O’Cyrus Torrence during the actual Senior Bowl game as he was one of just two players in this year’s Senior Bowl who were generally considered to be potential first round picks. (For the record, the other was Army DE Andre Carter and we’ll have more on… Read More »
Some questions have been piling up from friends & readers who spend quite a lot if time following the January (mostly) ALL-STAR venues of note. So here here we go with some of the most interesting queries to me. How does a prestigious venue like the SHRINE BOWL end up with a 12-3 game, featuring not a single… Read More »
For the first time in several years none of the top-rated QB prospects for the upcoming draft were at the Senior Bowl. And it showed to a degree in today’s game. Jake Haener of Fresno State was named the game’s MVP after he completed 12 of 19 passes for 139 yards and a TD as he lead the… Read More »
Vet QB carousel continues to percolate … For the second year in a row, the veteran FA QB market needs to be sorted out to bring which teams will actually need to address the position at the 2023 draft. The first domino fell, of course, when Tom Brady announced that he was in fact retiring again, only this… Read More »
Senior Bowl set to KO … The annual Senior Bowl game kicks off at 2:30 PM ET later this afternoon in Mobile with coverage on the NFL Network.
East-West Shrine game review … What’s the old saying: defense wins post-season all-star games! That was certainly the case in Thursday’s East-West Shrine game in Las Vegas which turned into a defensive slugfest won 12-3 by the West team on the strength of four FGs by Michigan PK Jake Moody, including a couple from over 50 yards. And… Read More »
What’s the old saying: defense wins post-season all-star games! That was certainly the case in Thursday’s East-West Shrine game in Las Vegas which turned into a defensive slugfest won 12-3 by the West team on the strength of four FGs by Michigan PK Jake Moody, including a couple from over 50 yards. And while one never wants to… Read More »
Senior Bowl practice wrap … Its an off day at the Senior Bowl in Mobile as the players get a day to rest up for tomorrow’s game which kicks off at 2:30 PM ET on the NFL Network. In fact, as we have noted in the past, the main work at the Senior Bowl are the practices. Indeed,… Read More »
