Falcons trade suspended WR Ridley to Jags … Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network is reporting that Atlanta has traded suspended WR Calvin Ridley to Jacksonville in a somewhat complicated deal. Ridley is suspended for the entire 2022 season for betting on NFL games. In return, the Falcons will get a 2023 5th rounder if Ridley is reinstated… Read More »
Lions trade TE Hockenson to Vikes for pick swap … With the NFL trade deadline just under three hours away, we have a trade. Indeed, in a somewhat surprising move, Detroit has traded TE TJ Hockenson, one of the Lions few good young players, to division-rival Minnesota. What makes the deal even more surprising is that the return… Read More »
College football note: Hooker 1; Levis 0 … For those that didn’t see it, or read about later, Saturday’s SEC showdown between Kentucky and Tennessee featuring arguably the 3rd and 4th ranked QB prospects for the 2023 draft, ended up being a one-sided with the resurgent Vols rolling to an easy 44-6 win. And the QB dual between… Read More »
Could home-cooking shuffle early picks … Both Detroit and Houston, which would have the 1st and 2nd picks respectively were the 2023 draft to be held last week, will be home in early games Sunday afternoon. The Lions, for example, will be hosting Miami, while the Texans are hosting division rival Tennessee that will be without starting QB… Read More »
Had been hoping to pass on any more Daniel Jones commentary until the end of the year and just watch the season play out. However, with the Giants at 6-1, it appears that the ground has already shifted. Indeed, as recently as just a month ago, the consensus around the Giants was that there was no way jose… Read More »
One top WR back in; two out … Tennessee has confirmed that star WR Cedric Tillman, a late first-round prospect who has been idled since undergoing ankle surgery a month ago, will be back in the lineup when the 3rd ranked Vols host Kentucky later this evening. It also means that Tillman should be available next week when… Read More »
Bucks, Lions top game on college football sched; more QBs to watch … THE BIG game in college football this year doesn’t come until next weekend when 3rd ranked Tennessee plays at #1 Georgia, but there’s still a lot to watch this weekend including a key Big Ten match-up between #2 Ohio State at #13 Penn State which… Read More »
#2 OHIO STATE (7-) at #13 PENN STATE (6-1); Noon ET; FOX … Okay, so its called the Big Ten. But they actually have 14 teams. And it really should be called the Big Three and a bunch of other teams. The three of course are Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State and two will meet on Saturday… Read More »
Some things remain the same, while others change. After another couple of weeks watching games are my revised Top 25 player list. To my knowledge, all the players on this list are Draft eligible for the 2023 Draft. However, it is important to note that this is not a college All-American list. And of course a budding star… Read More »
Jags get late Jets pick for vet RB … The NY Jets have acquired veteran RB James Robinson from Jacksonville in exchange for what is being described as a conditional 6th round pick in 2023. The pick could escalate to a 5th rounder depending on productivity. The Jets are hoping that Robinson can pick up some of the… Read More »
#2 versus #4 to shake up early draft order … It is almost guaranteed that there will be at least some shuffling at the top of the weekly selection order for the first round of the 2023 draft as Houston, which would have the 4th pick overall were the draft held this week will be at Las Vegas,… Read More »
49ers get star RB McCaffrey for passel of picks … San Francisco served notice that the 49ers are ‘all in’ in the tight NFC West divisional race when they sent 4 picks to Carolina for star RB Christian McCaffrey. In fact, the 49ers are sending the Panthers their 2nd, 3rd and 4th round picks in 2023 as well… Read More »
#14 SYRACUSE (6-0) at #5 CLEMSON (7-0); Noon ET; ABC … The resurgence of the Syracuse program has been one of the better stories in college football this year as the 6-0 Orange are one of just 9 remaining unbeaten teams across the country. Needless to say, SU will be tested Saturday when they play at #5 Clemson… Read More »
Selection order update posted … With week 6 of the NFL regular schedule in the books, the selection order for the 2023 draft, were it to be held this week has been updated.
Selection order on bye week! … There are at least a couple of really anticipated games on today’s NFL schedule with Buffalo playing in Kansas City in a late afternoon battle between the two best teams in the AFC, while Dallas and Philadelphia will play for the division lead in the suddenly tough again NFC East in the… Read More »
#3 ALABAMA (6-0) at #6 TENNESSEE (5-0); 3:30 PM ET; CBS … This could quite literally end up being THE most impactful game on the college football schedule this fall. Certainly, #3 Alabama’s national championship ambitions should get a real test Saturday afternoon when they play at resurgent Tennessee which is unbeaten and ranked 6th in the country.… Read More »
Weekly college football prospects preview … You know pretty well for sure that there is no true marquee matchup on the college football schedule when ESPN’s College Gameday sets up shop in Lawrence, Kansas. For the geographically challenged Lawrence is the home of the Kansas Jayhawks, a perennial basketball powerhouse, but a school that has never been confused… Read More »
#17 TCU (5-0) at #19 KANSAS (5-0); Noon ET; FS1 … There is yet another weekend on the college football schedule without a true marquee contest, but with several games with prospects worth watching for the 2023 draft. And you know for sure there is no true marquee match when ESPN’s College Gameday sets up shop in Lawrence,… Read More »
ER, CB emerging positions for 2023 … We always get a lot of questions at this time of year what are the strongest positions for the upcoming draft. And until recently, we would have said for 2023 that QB looked to be the position of choice with the rest of the top prospects spread across the other positions.… Read More »
As the QB turns … Houston head coach Lovie Smith stated rather emphatically earlier today that the team, the NFL’s only remaining winless squad who would have the #1 pick overall were the 2023 draft held this week, currently have no thoughts of replacing Davis Mills at QB. According to Smith, Mills is ‘the last of the Texans… Read More »
Tide QB still ‘day-to-day’; Dawg DT Carter out 2-4 weeks … Updating this weekend’s injuries to several top prospects for the 2023 draft, Alabama head coach Nick Saban reiterated that star QB Bryce Young, the reigning Heisman holder and one of the top 2-3 rospects at the position for the upcoming draft, is still being listed as ‘day-to-day’… Read More »
Clemson DT Bresee sits out State; so does UGA DT Carter … Star Clemson DT Bryan Bresee, a top 5-10 prospect for the upcoming draft, did not suit up for tonight’s Top 10 show-down with North Carolina State Clemson because of a non-football medical issue that required bloodwork and observation this week. Reportedly, everything is fine and Bresee… Read More »
Tide DE Anderson, Buck QB Stroud still 1-2 on GBN Big Board … Alabama DE Will Anderson is still the #1 prospect on the latest, updated GBN Big Board ranking the top 50 prospects overall for the 2023 draft. Ohio State QB C.J. Stroud also stays at #2, with Georgia DT Jalen Carter at #3. Ohio State WR… Read More »
#7 KENTUCKY (4-0) @ #14 MISSISSIPPI (4-0); NOON ET; ESPN … If its Saturday there is probably an SEC game with a couple of top QB prospects going head-to-head. That’s certainly the case where 7th ranked Kentucky and star QB Will Levis (#7, 6-3, 235) go against Ole Miss and former Southern Cal QB Jaxson Dart (#2, 6-2,… Read More »
Bonus coverage: Rising BYU Cougs featured in college Thursday niter … We’ll be posting a full ‘who to watch in college football’ tomorrow – and its an intriguing weekend with as many as four games between ranked teams. And no doubt NFL scouts will be all over Saturday’s games. There’s a good chance, though, they’ll also be all… Read More »
