Senior Bowl observations: Wednesday morning practice … The National team went thru another high-energy practice session at the Senior Bowl in Mobile this morning that included more than just a little bit of feistiness. And that feistiness was most obvious at the always entertaining one-on-one drills between the offensive and defensive linemen. Recall that yesterday, the offensive line… Read More »
Senior Bowl Report: Tuesday afternoon … For whatever reason, until the very end, this afternoon’s Senior Bowl practice session in Mobile lacked the crispness and energy of the morning workout. As a result, there wasn’t a whole lot significant information to report from this afternoon’s practice. Certainly, anybody hoping to get a look at QBs Jalen Milroe of… Read More »
Senior Bowl Report: Tuesday morning … Don’t want t read to much into one practice, but several players jumped out at this morning’s Senior Bowl session in Mobile. Normally, the defensive linemen have an edge in the one-on-one OL-DL drill, but today one had to give the edge to the big uglies on the offensive front. And the… Read More »
Senior Bowl practices to get underway … The players are literally in the dressing room getting ready for the first day of practice sessions at this year’s Senior Bowl in Mobile. The morning practice starts at 10:30PM ET, while the afternoon session gets underway at 1 PM. The NFL Network will provide coverage of the morning session, but… Read More »
Tide QB Milroe hands small; Ducks Gabriel, Johnson just small … We’ve been pouring over the height and weight measurements at the Senior Bowl earlier today in Mobile. In the end, there isn’t a whole lot of breaking news regarding today’s measurements, although the fact that Alabama QB Jalen Milroe has relatively small hands for a quarterback which… Read More »
Following up on Shedeur at Shriners … Even though he is not in uniform Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders remains the big story at this week’s East-West Shrine practices at North Texas in Dallas. Sanders, who also won’t play in the actual game on Thursday, has been meeting with teams, particularly those with early picks. That is probably not… Read More »
Senior Bowl preview … Players are gathering in Mobile as we speak for this week’s Senior Bowl all-star game, the first big date on the draft calendar. Unfortunately, neither of the top 2 QBs for this year’s draft – Cam Ward and Shedeur Sanders – will be in Mobile this week, but a ton of talent for the… Read More »
Big Board tweaked … We were actually only planning to a major revision to the GBN Big Board after the all-star games; however, we keep hearing of some major moves by a number of players and we thought it perhaps a good idea to do a preliminary revision right away as several of those players will be in… Read More »
Full pads for Shrine stars … The players in this year’s East-West Shrine game in Dallas will hit the field tomorrow for the first day of their four practice sessions that run thru Tuesday. Generally with the Shrine game, the first and last practices are more walk-thrus, while the second and third day workouts are usually the ones… Read More »
And we are off and running!!! … The 2025 draft process ‘officially’ got underway earlier today when Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders met with Tennessee and three other teams – Dallas, Seattle and Chicago – ahead of the start of the East-West Shrine week. And the Titans, who have the first pick overall at the upcoming draft, were well… Read More »
Titans head says team won’t pass on generational talent … Some interesting comments today from Chad Brinker, Tennessee’s head of football operations re the #1 pick at the 2025 draft. What has grabbed the headlines is Brinker saying: “As far as that Number 1 pick, you can’t pass up on a generational talent. We won’t do that.” The… Read More »
NFL announces list of draft eligible underclassmen … The NFL has released the formal list of underclassmen given special entry to the 2025 late last week. The list includes a total 55 3rd year juniors and redshirt sophomores who who needed special permission to enter the upcoming draft; the NFL also included on the list 15 players who… Read More »
Good review of the options possibly available to QB-needy teams this winter … For those that haven’t seen it, Nick Suss of the Nashville Tennessean has an interesting overview of the QB options that could be available to teams looking to upgrade at the position this off-season including possibilities at both the draft and free agency and/or trades.… Read More »
The just concluded season can probably be best summed up in one word for the Giants: Yecch!! Maybe even Really, really double Yecch! But we do what we always do after we get through our initial angst. We start looking ahead, because it is what it is and there are only two options out there. Wallow in one’s… Read More »
Clock really ticking for undeclared underclassmen … Underclassmen wishing to enter the 2025 draft have until the end of business today to file paper work with the NFL office in order to be eligible for this year’s draft. In fact, as far as we can tell all the big-name juniors have announced their intentions in one way or… Read More »
Selection order updated … With the wild card games now in the books we have updated the selection order for the first three rounds on the 2025 draft.
Hula Bowl kicks off star season … The 2025 all-star season gets underway Saturday with the Hula Bowl in Orlando. The game gets underway at Noon ET and will be televised by CBS Sports Network. Of course, the primary all-star games – the Senior Bowl and East-West Shrine game – start later in the month such that few,… Read More »
Irish on to CFP semis; ‘Horns, Bucks up next … For those who missed it last evening, Notre Dame advanced to the CFP national championship game in Atlanta with a dramatic 27-24 win over Penn State in the Orange Bowl in Miami on a last-minute FG. The Irish will play the winner of tonight’s other national semi-final pitting… Read More »
Raiders complete housecleaning; fire GM Telesco … Just a couple of days after firing head coach Antonio Pierce, Las Vegas, which holds the 6th pick for the 2025 draft, has now also released GM Tom Telesco. Both had been in their first full season with the Raiders.
Titans, Browns go QB in first post-season 3-round mock … With the NFL regular season in the books we have posted our first 3-round projection for the 2025 draft. As we have noted in the past, the goal here isn’t so much to try and predict which team will select which player, but to give some sense of… Read More »
The NFL thrives on unpredictability. Sure, the Kansas City Chiefs may headline every prediction, and the Philadelphia Eagles seem destined for a deep playoff run. But history tells us that the real excitement comes from teams that unexpectedly break the mold and reshape the league race. This year, it’s no different – it’s not just about who wins;… Read More »
No Monday night football; no problem … Feeling a little blue as there is no Monday night football tonight, while there are still three sleeps until the CFP semi-finals on Thursday and Friday, fear not as there is football this evening with perennial contender North Dakota State facing top-ranked Montana State in the FCS national championship game in… Read More »
Irish to national semis … The final 4 for the CFP national semi-finals are now set as Notre Dame upset Georgia 23-10 in this afternoon’s delayed Sugar Bowl. The Irish will play Penn State in the Orange Bowl next Thursday with the winner to advance to the national final on January 20th against the winner of the other… Read More »
No new rushing record as Barkley to sit season-finale … In the end there will be no new single season rushing record in either the NFL or FBS. For those that missed it last night but Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty came up 31 yards shy of breaking Barry Sanders’ decades old college record as the Broncos lost their… Read More »
When bowls matter … It seems like forever that the major bowls matter, but they do this week as the final three CFP quarter-finals will be decided in New Year’s Day Bowls. It starts with Texas against Arizona State in the Peach Bowl at 1 PM ET, followed by Oregon and Ohio State in the Rose Bowl at… Read More »
