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 »
So before we get to content let’s clear up what is ahead. I will NOT be assembling my usual All-Practice Team from Mobile. Primarily because I was unable to be in Mobile this year, for health reasons. TV coverage is not extensive enough to get a good read on over 100 players, at least IMO. I will compile… Read More »
With a couple of days to watch snippets of practices, plus keeping one ear to the ground, and gathering some numbers of relevance I feel ready to share some Star Game thoughts as the Shrine & Senior Bowl are upon us. Let me start with one of the most pleasurable of the happenings once practices get under way…… Read More »
Shriners set to kick-off tonite; Senior Bowl practices to wrap … The annual East-West Shrine All-Star Classic kicks off later tonight in Las Vegas at 8:30 PM ET on the NFL Network. And while the Shrine game still plays something of a second-fiddle to the Senior Bowl, the Shriners do have at least one legitimate first round prospect… Read More »
Senior Bowl, related thoughts … With our usual eyes on the ground unfortunately sidelined for this Senior Bowl cycle, combined with the TV abysmal (we’re looking at you NFL Network) coverage available up in these parts, its been harder than to get a feel for what’s actually evolving in Mobile this week. Needless to say, what we can… Read More »
With our usual eyes on the ground unfortunately sidelined for this Senior Bowl cycle, combined with the TV abysmal (we’re looking at you NFL Network) coverage available up in these parts, its been harder than to get a feel for what’s actually evolving in Mobile this week. Needless to say, what we can say is that the biggest… Read More »
So as I sat on my lanai, staring at my laptop and feeling sorry for myself, being in Orlando instead of Mobile, my fingers stumbled upon a recent tweet which mentioned the first Top 50 pre-Draft Prospect rankings from Daniel Jeremiah, alias Move the Sticks. I made a mental note to return to the link to that piece… Read More »
GOAT walk away again … One year ago today, Tom Brady announced his retirement from football, but ultimately changed his mind and played one more year in Tampa Bay. This morning, Brady again said he is retiring only this time for good. There had been speculation that he might plat another year, perhaps in Las Vegas or maybe… Read More »
Senior Bowl practices set to start … The real work at the Senior Bowl gets underway later today with the first of three days of full-pad practices. The American team will practice at 12:30 PM ET this afternoon while the National team will go at 3 PM ET. And those that have been around for awhile know that… Read More »
NFL sets 2023 salary cap; tag figures … Pretty much as expected, the NFL reportedly informed teams around the league tat the salary cap for 2023 would rise to $224.8M. That’s a major 8% increase from last year’s figure of $208.2M. Teams have until 4 PM ET on March 15th to get under the salary cap before the… Read More »
Teams under the cap: Chicago: $91.8M Atlanta: $56.4M NY Giants: $44.8M Cincinnati: $43.7M Houston: $39.2M New England: $32.2M Seattle: $31.0M Baltimore: $26.9M Las Vegas: $22.1M San Francisco: $16.4M Arizona: $14,5M Kansas City: $14.0M Detroit: $13.8M Indianapolis: $13.1M Denver: $9.2M Washington: $6.6M Philadelphia: $4.2M Pittsburgh: $1.0M… Read More »
Senior Bowl preview … While most of the NFL is focused on today’s conference final playoff games, GBN associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette is packing his bags and preparing to head over to Mobile for this week’s Senior Bowl. And Paul , who has become something of a Senior Bowl institution in his own right, will be joined… Read More »
While most of the NFL is focused on today’s conference final playoff games, GBN associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette is packing his bags and preparing to head over to Mobile for next week’s Senior Bowl. And Paul, who has become something of a Senior Bowl institution in his own right, will be joined by 130 or so top… Read More »
Today is the game day for the NFLPA Game, which will be played in Pasadena, California at the Rose Bowl. Game time is scheduled for 7PM Eastern Time, 3 PM in California. Airing on NFL Network. To most of us Draftniks this game ranks 3rd in importance and player quality behind the Senior Bowl and Shrine Bowl venues.… Read More »
Shriners gathering in Vegas … Players and coaches are arriving in Las Vegas as we speak for the annual East-West Shrine classic which officially gets underway tomorrow with the first of four days of practice scheduled for 11:15 AM ET and 1 PM ET. The actual all-star game is set for Thursday evening at 8:30 PM ET. The… Read More »
BEARS WILL ANDERSON/OB/ER Alabama Despite silly talk from GM POLES, this team needs just about everything but another QB. If they stay put they need to rebuild their D which they tore apart last season by trading/cutting loose guys like ROQUAN SMITH, KHALIL MACK, ROBERT QUINN, et al. TEXANS BRYCE YOUNG QB… Read More »
Needless to say, the Giants season did end the way anyone wanted after they got steamrolled 38-7 in Saturday’s NFC semi-final. We had thought that maybe the Giants could sneak up on the Eagles if they came into the game a little overconfident and maybe looking ahead just a bit to a possible conference final match-up with either… Read More »
I have finally gotten time in my schedule to watch my entire game tape from the Hula Bowl played last Saturday, January 14th. Following up on game information was a challenge. The Hula Bowl website still says team rosters will be available soon. That’s based on a visit to the site this morning the 22nd. Combine it all… Read More »
NFLPA star game underway in LA … The all-star game process gets underway in earnest this week with practices set to begin on Tuesday in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl. This will be the 11th rendition of NFLPA game which will played on Saturday, January 28th at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Los Angeles. The actual game will be… Read More »
Jags’ loss clinches 24th pick … Upstart Jacksonville gave Kansas City all it could handle in today’s AFC conference semi-final, but were doomed by a couple of late turnovers. And with the loss the Jags wrap up the 24th pick overall in the opening round selection order for the 2023 draft. The Jags also locked up the 56th… Read More »
Giants Report: Playoff Projection Thoughts … We were thinking that we’d be posting our post-season positional grades for the Giants this week, but then they went out and upset Minnesota in the wild card round and are onto an NFC semi-final match-up with #1 seed Philadelphia Saturday evening. We were also always going to be posting an updated… Read More »
GBN 3-round mock updated … With the NFL regular season in the books and the first 23 picks now set, the GBN 3-round projection for the first two days of the 2023 draft has been updated. And, as we always like to point out when posting a mock, the real value of a projection is not that we… Read More »
Senior Bowl announces coaches … The Senior Bowl announced this morning that Chicago Offensive Coordinator Luke Getsy and Las Vegas Defensive Coordinator Patrick Graham will be the head coaches for this year’s game which is scheduled for February 4th in Mobile. In addition, Atlanta QB coach Charles London will be Getsy’s offensive co-ordinator while New England defensive line… Read More »
Titans sign 49ers Carthon as new G.M. … There are multiple reports that Tennessee is hiring Ran Carthon as the team’s new G.M. replacing Jon Robinson who was fired in December. Carthon, the son of former NY Giants FB Mo Carthon who was a member of two Super Bowl winning teams in the 1980s, has worked in scouting… Read More »
