Week 3 in the NFL is often when teams begin to reveal their true identities. For bettors and fans, momentum at this stage can define how franchises enter October football. Currently, the Cleveland Browns, Indianapolis Colts, Denver Broncos, and San Francisco 49ers are widely regarded as the best defensive teams in the league. Their ability to shut down explosive… Read More »
Who to watch in college football: September 14th … After a very quiet weekend on the college football schedule last week, things heat up with a couple of key games involving ranked teams as #6 Georgia and #15 Tennessee open their respective SEC campaigns in Knoxville (3:30 PM ET; ABC), while #8 Notre Dame hosts #16 Texas A&M… Read More »
Last unsigned 2025 pick signs … Cleveland has signed former Ohio State RB Quinshon Judkins, the Browns’ second round pick at last April’s draft. Judkins, the last unsigned 2025 pick, agreed to a fully guaranteed 4Y contract worth about $11.4M which including a signing bonus worth close to $5M. Judkins had not signed after he was charged with… Read More »
Who to watch in college football: September 7th … After last weekend’s wild and wacky opening slate of game sin college football including three top 10 match-ups, this week’s fare unfortunately pales in comparison. In fact, there’s only one game this weekend involving ranked teams neither of which is in the top ten. For the record, its #15… Read More »
Pre-season mock posted … As promised, to help folks wile away the hours until Dallas and Philadelphia kick-off the 2025 regular schedule later this evening, here is our annual pre-season projection for next year’s draft, which for the record is now just 230 days away. Of course, plenty can and will change between now and the end of… Read More »
GBN fearless forecast … If you believe us – and its not entirely clear why anyone actually would – it will be Baltimore and Detroit in the 2025 Super Bowl next February in Los Angeles. At least that’s what it says in our annual Fearless Forecast predicting the outcomes across the board in the NFL this coming season.… Read More »
Bonus coverage: college football on Sunday … Anyone thinking that was it for the week in college football after Saturday’s terrific slate of games, including a couple between top 10 teams, needs to take a couple of breaths and recharge as there is more to come Sunday with #6 Notre Dame going south to face #10 Miami (7:30… Read More »
Manning debut lands with a thud … It was billed as perhaps the ‘debut of the century’ but it looked more like the ‘dud of the century’ as Texas QB Arch Manning looked pretty much like one might expect a 3rd year QB making his first career start against the defending national champions in front of 103,000 raucous… Read More »
Vikes, Browns ‘win’ 8th round … At least from a purely draft perspective, the big story from this week’s roster reductions as NFL teams worked to get down to their 53-man opening day rosters was how the 2025 draft class fared. Part B of the exercise, though, is just how many undrafted rookie free agents ultimately made the… Read More »
#1 TEXAS at #3 OHIO STATE; NOON ET; FOX: Wow! What a way to kick-off the college football season. The defending national champions hosting the top-ranked team heading into the campaign. The game, of course, also marks a changing of the guard at Texas where Arch Manning (#16, 6-3, 220) takes over at QB for the Longhorns after… Read More »
Cut-down day by the numbers … We have had a chance to really pour over the numbers from this week’s cut-down roster transactions and there are a couple of interesting observations to be made. First, pretty much as usual, the large majority of drafted players survived this week’s roster reductions. Indeed, only 18 players – just 7% of… Read More »
Cut-down day updates … There were a couple of items that slipped under our radar during yesterday’s roster cut-down moves. New Orleans, for example, confirmed that second-year pro Spencer Rattler would start the season as the team’s #1 QB. Rattler had been in a battle with rookie Tyler Shough for the job. However, given that neither were particularly… Read More »
ACC Tigers head list of top dozen draft classes for 2026 … We noted in a post a couple of weeks back entering the college football season there isn’t necessarily a clear dominant team or teams like Ohio State last year when a small army of the Buckeyes’ stars who were considered legit draft prospects opted to return… Read More »
CLEMSON (10-4): After a couple of uncharacteristic off years, the Tigers look they could be back in the national championship picture this coming fall; they also could be major players at the 2026 draft. Indeed, the Tigers have a couple of defensive linemen – DE TJ Parker and DT Peter Woods – with top 5 potential, while QB… Read More »
Number in bracket is the number of players team still has to release; players in bold were 2025 draftees (with round in bracket); players in italics were undrafted rookie free agents ARIZONA (0): Released DL Kyon Barrs, LS Aaron Brewer, OLB Elliott Brown, OL Jeremiah Byers, RB Michael Carter, OL Jake Curhan, RB DeeJay Dallas, TE Josah Deguara, WR Simi Fehoko, DL Anthony Goodlow, WR Bryson Green, CB Darren Hall, OL… Read More »
Busy week in NFL set to kick-off … The final weekend of the NFL pre-season kicks off later this evening with a couple of games including Pittsburgh at Carolina (on the NFL Network at 7 PM ET) and New England at the NY Giants (on Prime Video at 8 PM ET). That will set in motion what should… Read More »
Arch says no decision on draft … Texas QB Arch Manning, the presumptive consensus top prospect for the upcoming draft were he to turn pro this winter, said in a pre-season interview that he really hasn’t made any decisions about the 2025 draft, that he’s just taking it day-to-day. He also kind of disputed comments by grandpa Archie… Read More »
As the QB turns (or doesn’t); Tuesday edition … Another QB domino fell in the NFL earlier today when Indianapolis named former Giant Daniel Jones as the Colts’ starter heading into the season. Jones beat out Anthony Richardson for the job. In fact, its almost a shocking decision by the Colts after having selected Richardson with the 4th… Read More »
Browns name vet Flacco starter … It was the NFL’s worst kept secret of the pr-season, but Cleveland has ended the drama early and named veteran Joe Flacco as their starting QB to open the season. The Browns play cross-state division-rival Cincinnati on September 7th. Flacco gets the nod over fellow vet Kenny Pickett and rookie draft picks… Read More »
OU QB Mateer being looked at for past past gambling … Reports out of Oklahoma indicate that the school is at least ‘looking into’ possible gambling activity by rising QB John Mateer who transferred to the program this year from Washington State. The issue arose last night after a series of screenshots showing betting activity involving former WSU… Read More »
‘Horns #1 in pre-season AP college poll … With just 19 sleeps until the first full weekend of the college football season, the Associated Press has released its pre-season poll ranking the top 25 teams entering the upcoming campaign. And – somewhat astonishingly – for the first time in its most storied history, Texas is ranked #1. However,… Read More »
Grandpa Archie talks grandson Arch’s draft … There has been a bit of buzz this week about comments by Archie Manning indicating that grandson Arch Manning, the consensus favorite to be #1 pick overall at next April’s draft, wouldn’t be entering the 2026 draft. On further review, though, it doesn’t appear to be quite so definitive. Archie, in… Read More »
ESPN acquires NFL properties for league equity; what of coverage? … ESPN reportedly is acquiring the NFL Network and other league assets, including the RedZone channel and the NFL’s fantasy product. In exchange, the NFL will reportedly receive a 10% equity stake in ESPN. For our purposes the one major question is what happens to draft coverage down… Read More »
Pre-season kicks off with HOF game … The NFL pre-season schedule gets underway layer this evening when the LA Chargers face Detroit in the annual Hall-of-Fame game in Canton, Ohio. The actual kick-off is slated for just after 8 PM ET this evening with coverage on NBC. Of course, the full 3-week pre-season schedule begins next week. And… Read More »
Bucs rookie DE Walker out for season … It appears the rookie season of promising Tampa Bay DE David Walker is over literally before it started. Walker, a 4th round pick this past April from Central Arkansas, tore an ACL late last week and will undergo season-ending surgery. The silver lining for Walker, such as it is, is… Read More »
