Two more picks confirmed … OK you can breathe again! Wow! Was that maybe the best game ever as Kansas City rallied to beat Buffalo 42-36 in overtime in a game in which there were 4 scores in the final two minutes of regulation time. With the win, the Chiefs will host Cincinnati for the AFC spot in… Read More »
NFL releases list of underclassmen eligible for 2022 … Pretty much right on schedule, the NFL has released official list of underclassmen eligible for the 2022 draft. In total, 73 juniors and redshirt sophomores were granted special eligibility for this year’s draft, while another 27 who have remaining eligibility, but have already graduated will also be available to… Read More »
Another #1 controversy??? … Its hard not to imagine that we’re not going to be hearing a lot about whether ‘Aidan Hutchinson or Kayvon Thibodeaux is the top DE prospect in this year’s draft’ over the next few months. In fact, we’ll probably be talking a lot about whether Hutchinson or Thibodeaux is the best prospect in this… Read More »
Evan Neal, Alabama; 6-6.5, 350, 5.40, JR … Experienced third-year junior with 41 career starts who progressed from LG in 2019 to RT in 2020 and LT this year. He’s a massive guy with exceptional length who is quite simply a long, long way around. And while he’s no gazelle, Neal is a surprisingly good athlete for someone… Read More »
Eagles’ GM commits to QB Hurts, but will still be looking at all options … During his season-ending news conference earlier today, Philadelphia G.M. Howie Roseman said that QB Jalen Hurts has earned the starting job for 2022 and the Eagles would be focusing on building the rest of the team around him. Hurts led the Eagles to… Read More »
Withdrawal deadline coming up … The window of opportunity for underclassmen who filed paperwork with the NFL to be eligible for the 2022 draft but wish to withdraw their applications comes up at 4 PM ET this afternoon. So far, though, there is no indication that any prominent prospect who did declare is having any serious second thoughts.… Read More »
Who’s #1: Hutch or Thibo … That’s going to be the debate for the next little while as DEs Aidan Hutchinson of Michigan and Oregon’s Kayvon Thibodeaux are generally considered to be the top two prospects for the upcoming draft. Right now it appears that Hutchinson has a bit of an edge as we head into the pre-draft… Read More »
Selection order updated … With the NFL’s wild card weekend in the books, picks 19 thru 24 in the opening round selection order for the 2022 draft have been been confirmed. Here’s the updated selection order for the first three rounds. Also note that the write ups for the losing teams in this weekend’s wild card games have… Read More »
Four more draft spots confirmed; one still to to come … With Pittsburgh going down to defeat in Kansas City in the Sunday evening wild card game, we can confirm four more spots in the opening round selection order for the 2022 draft have been settled.. The Steelers will pick 20th after Philadelphia, which will have the 19th… Read More »
Decision day for college underclassmen … The deadline for underclassmen to file paperwork with the NFL in order to be eligible to enter the 2022 draft comes up at 4 PM ET on Monday afternoon. The fact is, though, all the top names have already declared their intentions for this year’s draft, although the number who have declared… Read More »
As the QB turns … We are still over 100 days away from the 2022 draft – and the first round of the playoffs is barely underway – but there already appears to be some chatter out there as it relates to the QB situation around the league. There is an unconfirmed report by Jordan Schultz of Yahoo… Read More »
QB Jones, WR Chase, LB Parsons headline GBN all-rook team … New England QB Mac Jones, Cincinnati WR Ja’Marr Chase and Dallas LB Micah Parsons are the headliners on the GBN All-Rookie team as chosen by Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette. Jones, in particular, is an interesting choice because he was the 5th of 5 QBs selected in… Read More »
QBs still in demand … The general consensus around the NFL these days is that 2022 is not necessarily going to be a great year to be looking for a potential elite QB at the draft. However, that probably won’t stop teams from at least kicking the tires on the top prospects at the position this year as… Read More »
MRI for star Tide WR dinged in national title game … Everyone has their fingers crossed as star Alabama WR Jameson Williams, a top ten prospect for the upcoming draft who had to be helped off the field after falling awkwardly in the process of hauling in a long pass mid-way thru the 2nd quarter of last night’s… Read More »
Clock ticking even louder for underclassmen … With college football’s national championship in the books juniors and redshirt sophomores thinking of entering the 2022 draft have less than a week to file paperwork with the with the NFL in order to be eligible to be selected. In fact, they have until the end of business in New York… Read More »
Selection order updated … With the regular season in the books, the selection order for the first three rounds of the 2022 draft has been updated. As noted, the first 18 picks in each round are final, while the order for the remaining 14 in each round will be determined by results in the playoffs. Please note, that… Read More »
We have been searching for a word or phrase that bets characterizes the season and what comes to mind is ‘well, that was a waste of time!’ Bad enough that the Giants finished a dispiriting 4-13, but that they really didn’t accomplish any of the season’s ancillary goals for all the losing. Of course, the main goal for… Read More »
#1 ALABAMA (13-1) vs #3 GEORGIA (13-1); 8 PM ET; ESPN; Indianapolis … At least in the world of college football, one can probably think that the universe is indeed evolving as it should as after a full 12-game regular season, the conference championships, and two national semi-finals arguably the two best teams are all that’s left standing… Read More »
Four more juniors enter draft … Four more juniors have indicated that they will be foregoing their remaining college eligibility and entering the 2022 draft including Kentucky WR Wan’Dale Robinson, UCLA TE Greg Dulcich, Maryland safety Nick Cross and Michigan DT Christopher Hinton. Of the four, Robinson, who rates as one of the best kept secrets in college… Read More »
Heels OG off to pros; QB to star game … There were a couple of bits of news out of North Carolina over the past 24 hours. OG Josh Ezeudu, for example, announced that he will be entering the 2022 draft. He’s a 6-4, 325-pound 4th year junior who figures to be a mid-to-late third-day pick. Meanwhile, QB… Read More »
One more junior enters draft, one out … Western Michigan junior QB Kaleb Eleby has become the latest underclassman to declare for the 2022 draft. While Eleby isn’t exactly a household name, even at Western Michigan, he is a decent later round prospect who is currently the 11th rated player at the position on the GBN QB list.… Read More »
Clock ticking for underclassmen … Juniors and redshirt sophomores thinking of entering the 2022 draft have until the end of business in New York on January 17th to file paperwork with the NFL in order to be eligible for this year’s draft. So far, almost 60 underclassmen have in fact indicated in one way or another that they… Read More »
Selection order updated … With Pittsburgh apparently well on the way to a win over Cleveland in the Monday night game, the opening round selection order for the 2022 draft if it were to be held this week has been updated.
Could Orange Bowl dud hurt UM DE’s draft stock?? … That’s the question several correspondents have asked since Georgia’s impressive win over Michigan in last week’s CFP semi-final in which star Wolverines’ DEs Aidan Hutchinson and David Ojabo were pretty much shut down. The simple answer at this point is Who knows! We did speak with a couple… Read More »
Lions also clinch top 1-2 pick … After a loss to Seattle on the far coast, Detroit has clinched one of the first two picks at the 2022 draft. Jacksonville had wrapped up the other 1-2 pick earlier today with a loss in New England. For the record, both close out their regular seasons next week with the… Read More »
