Who to watch in this week’s big – really big – college football games … Wow! What a way to start the season with two of college football’s great programs going head-to-head when #2 Ohio State hosts #5 Notre Dame Saturday evening. And you can warm up for that one that afternoon with defending national champion Georgia hosts… Read More »
#5 NOTRE DAME at #2 OHIO STATE; 7:30 PM ET; ABC … Wow! What a way to start the season with two of college football’s great programs going head-to-head with both ranked in the top 5. They both have top 5 draft classes. Indeed, If any team is going to give Alabama a run for its money as… Read More »
Tide ER, UGA DT head first GBN Big Board … Alabama DE Will Anderson and Georgia DT Jalen Carter are the top 2 prospects for the 2023 draft on the initial GBN Big Board ranking of the top 50 prospects overall for the upcoming draft. QBs Bryce Young of Alabama and C.J. Stroud of Ohio State are right… Read More »
First full college weekend kicks off tonite … The really big games on this the first full weekend of college football are on Saturday when Notre Dame travels to Ohio State and defending national champion Georgia hosts Oregon, but the week actually kicks off later tonight with several games that could be of interest to draft watchers. If… Read More »
Tide, Dawgs head pre-season GBN All-America picks … No big surprise here, but when the GBN staff sat down and put together our annual pre-season All-America team SEC powers Alabama and Georgia lead the way with four picks on the first team each. The ‘Bama quartet included star QB Bryce Young and star DE Will Anderson, both of… Read More »
First look for 2022 draft class is pretty good after deadline passes … It took a while, but we finally got all today’s roster moves posted as teams around the NFL got down to their initial 53-man limit earlier this afternoon. Initial is the operative word as teams will be tweaking their rosters between now and the end… Read More »
Cal DT to miss 2nd straight season … California DT Brett Johnson will miss the season after suffering an undisclosed lower-body injury in practice late last week. Johnson was being talked about in the NFL scouting community as one of the more interesting sleeper possibilities for the 2023 draft. Thursday. It will be the second straight year that… Read More »
Seahawks tap vet QB Smith to start season; other QB notes … No big surprise here as Seattle has named Geno Smith as the Seahawks starting QB when the open the season on September 12th against former teammate Russell Wilson and the Denver Broncos. Smith, whose last starting gig was with the Jets back in 2014, had been… Read More »
2023 draft picks in bold; number still left to cut in brackets Arizona (0): Released TE Stephen Anderson, TE Bernhard Seikovits, WR Andre Baccellia, WR Jontre Kirklin, WR JaVonta Payton, OL Rashaad Coward, OL Danny Isidora, DL Manny Jones, DL Antwaun Woods, ILB Chandler Wooten, OLB Jesse Luketa (7), S Tae Daley, OL Josh Miles, OG Greg Long,… Read More »
2023 safety preview … We wrap our annual pre-season series of positional previews with a quick look at the safeties which doesn’t look like its going to be anywhere near close to being a strength at the upcoming draft, although there are several guys at the position who’ll at least get some late first-round looks. Read more and… Read More »
Safety is another position that often doesn’t get a lot of respect from NFL teams on draft day and that isn’t likely going to change a lot. At least in the top half of the round as there really aren’t any safeties currently carrying a Top 15 type grade. However, there are a number of DBs with some… Read More »
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2023 CB preview … Corners aren’t likely to go quite as early in 2023 as last spring when Houston selected Derek Stingley with the 3rd pick, while the Jets nabbed Sauce Gardner one pick later. That said, CB still looks like it will be one of the strengths of the upcoming draft with as many as a half… Read More »
Corners aren’t likely to go quite as early in 2023 as last spring when Houston selected Derek Stingley with the 3rd pick, while the Jets nabbed Sauce Gardner one pick later. That said, CB still looks like it will be one of the strengths of the upcoming draft. Eli Ricks of Alabama and Georgia’s Kelee Ringo both have… Read More »
Sleeper back steps away from football … Marshall has announced that rising 3rd YR RB Rasheen Ali is stepping away from football for an indefinite period to deal with what are being described as some family issues. The 5-11, 205-pound Ali led the country with 23 rushing TDs last fall while racking up just over 1,400 yards on… Read More »
Cuts deadline passes; several picks listed … All teams got down to today’s 80-man roster limit. And, as expected, so far no 2022 draft picks have been released in the early rounds of cuts, but several players selected in this year’s drafted were were put on one of the league’s several reserve lists. In fact, Detroit listed two… Read More »
2023 LB preview … Linebackers have never gotten a lot of respect at the draft from NFL, especially early in the first round and that isn’t likely to change this year. However, there are a number of very good prospects with at least some late opening round potential including Noah Sewell of Oregon, Clemson’s Trent Simpson and Henry… Read More »
Linebackers have never gotten a lot of respect at the draft from NFL, especially early in the first round and that isn’t likely to change this year. However, there are a number of very good prospects with at least some late opening round potential including Noah Sewell of Oregon, Clemson’s Trent Simpson and Henry To’o To’o of Alabama.… Read More »
Second round of cuts looming … With the second week of glorified pre-season scrimmages now in the books – Atlanta and the Jets will wrap the week Monday evening when the play in New York – teams around the league will need to be done to the 80-man roster limit by 4 PM ET on Tuesday afternoon. Of… Read More »
DT has not necessarily been a prime draft position, especially early, in the last few years. Indeed, just 2 DTs were selected with top 10 picks in the last decade, with just one – Quinnen Williams who was selected third overall in 2019 by the Jets – going in the top 5 picks. However, that could change this… Read More »
Tide ER heads strong DE/ER contingent for 2023 … Here’s a bit of an interesting stat: more DEs have been selected with top 5 picks over the past decade than QBs. That includes this past April’s draft when three DEs were taken in the top 5 picks including former Georgia DE Travon Walker who Jacksonville chose with the… Read More »
It should be another good year for teams looking to find reinforcements along their offensive line at the 2023 draft, although it may not quite as good as last year when 8 OL were selected in the opening round, including three in the Top 10. However, there is still a better than even chance that an offensive lineman… Read More »
Tiger troubles: Clemson DE Thomas out for start of season; LSU QB retires … Clemson DE Xavier Thomas, a second-day prospect for the upcoming draft, will undergo surgery to repair a foot injury and will miss up to 6 weeks. The 6-2, 270-pound Thomas has 12 career sacks to date. Meanwhile, veteran LSU QB Myles Brennan has announced… Read More »
First pre-season weekend round-up … Fans in Cleveland maybe can be forgiven if they hope that QB Deshaun Watson’s suspension ends up being more than 6 games after a rather dismal outing in the Browns’ pre-season opening win over Jacksonville. Watson was suspended for the first 6 games of the year by an arbitrator earlier this month, but… Read More »
Fans in Cleveland maybe can be forgiven if they hope that QB Deshaun Watson’s suspension ends up being more than 6 games after a rather dismal outing in the Browns’ pre-season opening win over Jacksonville. Watson was suspended for the first 6 games of the year by an arbitrator earlier this month, but could be out longer as… Read More »
