I am going to try something a little bit different this morning with how I operate the COLTS Mock. It has been clearly noted that COLTS GM CHRIS BALLARD leans quite heavily for drafting “athletic” players for his roster. Right now I am fascinated by the work of Kent Lee Platte, the Math Bomb, who uses basic info… Read More »
My gut tells me that the Texans are not displeased that the PANTHERS snatched BRYCE YOUNG in my Mock in front of them. From a public relations standpoint BRYCE might have had a bit more pizzaz with the Texans fan base. But looking at the size issues for YOUNG chances might seem better that a taller, beefier STROUD… Read More »
Clearly the Panthers are trying to do a roster overhaul without suffering a hitch in their giddy-yup. And I don’t think they traded up to Pick No. 1 just to grab an Edge-Rusher. They are after their new Franchise QB and the choice seems to me to be either YOUNG or STROUD. They seem to have done a… Read More »
Sorry , but not using the WFT “new” nickname ’cause I hate it. “” sounds like something a House of Representatives committee came up with and sent to DANIEL SNYDER. That’s a personal hangup so just slide past me calling them the WFT, please. RON RIVERA and his troops surprised most folks with a better than expected .500-ish… Read More »
Giants report: more from the tea leaves … We have noted on several occasions in the past that one of the fun aspects, particularly as a Giants fan, is to try and figure out what they’re looking in terms of an upcoming. And one of the real challenges in ‘trying to read the tea leaves’ is not to… Read More »
The Cowboys have some holes to fill after struggling to get their Salary Cap in order. I would say RB is a concern for the first time in quite a while. ZEKE ELLIOTT was let go primarily for Cap reasons and TONY POLLARD is coming off a significant injury. As I write this on Easter Sunday the team… Read More »
Couple more names for the guest list … In yesterday’s article on unheralded players getting multiple on-site visits we missed one player who also should have been included and that’s UAB CB Starling Thomas. Thomas isn’t that tall or long at just a tad over 5-10 and 195 pounds, but he has track speed with a 100M PB… Read More »
As things stand right now ‘Trader Howie’ ROSEMAN, the Eagles GM, faces a new challenge, for him at least. The EAGLES are loaded at the top of the Draft considering they were in the Super Bowl a couple of months ago. They have two first rounders and 4 Picks overall in the top 94. Then they don’t pick… Read More »
Unheralded players getting multiple visits … Of course, much of the story about the on-going on-site visits revolves around where the top prospects are going. However, the top 100 type players aren’t the only guys making visits these days. Teams will also bring in lesser known players as possible late round targets; they may even bring in a… Read More »
And THE most interesting guy in the draft is … There isn’t much dispute around the NFL that the two most polarizing prospects in this years draft – which for the record gets underway three weeks today – are Georgia DT Jalen Carter and Florida QB Anthony Richardson. A pretty good case can be made, though, that the… Read More »
Before I get going here let us review the most important rules about how I do this. The prospects are rated by my Rankings. Each Team Mock stands alone, which means all players are available every time I start a new Team Mock. This has confused some of our readers in the past since I end up with… Read More »
Guess who’s coming to dinner … It is admittedly a far from perfect science, but one of the fun parts of the draft process at this time of year is looking for clues in the various teams’ list of 30-allowed pre-draft visits. Florida QB Anthony Richardson, arguably the most polarizing prospect in this year’s draft will reportedly be… Read More »
So who’s #1 … The drama over who will be the first pick overall at the 2023 draft, now just 24 days away, probably won’t be over until Carolina actually gets on the clock with the #1 pick on the 27th. Prior to their back-to-back pro days, the sense around the league was that the Panthers were actually… Read More »
Into the homestretch … There’s now less than a month to go until the first picks come off the board at the 2023 draft just 26 days to be exact – and with the pro days pretty much in the books, teams will be heading home and hunkering down in their respective war rooms putting the final touches… Read More »
In fact, there’s actually less than a month to go until the first picks come off the board at the 2023 draft. And with the pro days pretty much in the books, teams will be heading home and hunkering down in their respective war rooms putting the final touches on their boards and firming up the areas they’d… Read More »
Pro day updates … Needless to say, the center of attention at the Florida pro day earlier today was Gators’ QB Anthony Richardson who put on a solid performance throwing the ball. However, Richardson wasn’t the only Gator to attract attention today. There reportedly was a lot of interest in star OG O’Cyrus Torrence. Torrence reportedly went out… Read More »
Izzy sizzles at Ptt pro day; other work out notes … All but one team was represented at the Pittsburgh pro day earlier today, but in something of an upset, neither Steelers’ GM Omar Khan nor head coach Mike Tomlin, who have been to just about every other major pro day this year, weren’t. Of course, they had… Read More »
With Pro Days almost wrapped up I believe it is time to update my Top 25 Prospect list… and then some… C.J. STROUD QB Ohio St BRYCE YOUNG QB Alabama WILL ANDERSON OB/ER Alabama TYREE WILSON DE/ER Texas Tech BIJAN ROBINSON … Read More »
Levis throwing session now done … Kentucky QB Will Levis’ scripted throwing session at the Wildcats pro day just wrapped up. On first blush, it appeared to be a pretty impressive workout. Indeed, the ball was just jumping off his hand and there wasn’t much air under many of his passes especially in the 15-30 yard range. what… Read More »
‘Hawks 3rd team to talk with Tide QB Young; other pro day updates … Interesting that Seattle has been identified as a 3rd team that met privately with Alabama QB Bryce Young over the course of the Tide’s pro day this week. Carolina and Las Vegas both met with Young last night with the Panthers getting to wine… Read More »
Pro day updates … Funny, that after what seemed like a rather momentous day on the pro day circuit, there’s actually very little news to report. Needless to say the reviews of Ohio State QB CK Stroud’s 55-pass scripted throwing session were pretty much universally applauded. Of course, it would be news if they weren’t! Meanwhile, along with… Read More »
Pro day updates … No surprise here as there was a big crowd at today’s Iowa State pro day workout with all 32 teams represented. And again no surprise that Pittsburgh lead the way with both G.M. Omar Khan and head coach in attendance, along with defensive co-ordinator Teryl Austin and several other senior staffers. Green Bay G.M.… Read More »
Steelers out in numbers at Iowa pro day … All 32 NFL teams were represented at the Iowa pro day earlier today. In fact, there were something like 66 total NFL people at the Hawkeyes’ work out. One team that we can verify was there in numbers was Pittsburgh which was represented by GM Omar Khan, head coach… Read More »
As most of you already know, every year there are almost a full round (32) of players who get drafted but were not invited to the Combine. There are many reasons for this seeming error in judgment but there are actually some very valid reasons behind this phenomenon to occur: Scouts/Personnel people want it up close and personal,… Read More »
Pro day circuit heads into critical week … Its like the preliminaries are over and it is down to real business with the busiest week on the pro day calendar set to get underway Monday morning. Indeed, it kicks off Monday with a work out at Iowa, while Southern Cal heads a bigger group on Tuesday. Then on… Read More »
