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 »
2023 TE preview … Tight end has never exactly been considered to be a glamor position when it comes to the NFL draft; however, it does seem that every couple of years there’s a really talented guy at the position who ends up going very early. Two years ago, for example, Atlanta selected Kyle Pitts with the 4th… Read More »
Tight end has never exactly been considered to be a glamor position when it comes to the NFL draft; however, it does seem that every couple of years there’s a really talented guy at the position who ends up going very early. Two years ago, for example, Atlanta selected Kyle Pitts with the 4th pick overall, while Detroit… Read More »
2023 WR Preview … One of the stories of the 2021 NFL season was the meteoric rise of the WR position as a real position of value in the league to almost rival QB and DE as the prime positions. WRs were signing cap busting contracts, while others were being traded for hauls more associated with deals involving… Read More »
One of the stories of the 2021 NFL season was the meteoric rise of the WR position as a real position of value in the league to almost rival QB and DE as the prime positions. WRs were signing cap busting contracts, while others were being traded for hauls more associated with deals involving QBs as it certainly… Read More »
Pre-season kicks off in earnest … The shortened NFL pre-season schedule gets underway in earnest later this evening with a couple of games tonight starting with the Giants at New England at 7 PM ET on the NFL Network, while Tennessee plays at Baltimore at 7:30 PM ET. Arguably, the most interesting game of the week, though, will… Read More »
A RB hasn’t been selected with a top 10 pick since the Giants took Saquon Barkley with the second pick overall in 2018. That could change this year, though, as Bijan Robinson of Texas is the top-rated back to come along in the past few years. He’s a powerful 225-pounder with a burst, although there are still some… Read More »
Tide DE bumps QBs at top of Pigskin pre-season Top 25 … Alabama DE Will Anderson gets the top spot in GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette’s first ranking of the top 25 prospects for the 2023 draft. Anderson edges out QBs CJ Stroud of Ohio State and Anderson’s Tide teammate Bryce Young for the top spot, while… Read More »
2023 QB preview … With most of the football world focused on NFL training camps these days, one should not forget that fall camps are also now underway at college campuses all across the country. In fact, we are less than 20 days away from the opening of college football’s regular season, although the blockbuster early season games… Read More »
Quarterback has pretty much been the position of choice early at the NFL draft. Over the last decade, for example, 6 of the 10 #1 picks overall were QBs, while the position accounted for 13 of the 30 top three selections. However, 2022 was the exception as for the first time in a decade, no QB was taken… Read More »
Jags-Raiders kick-off pre-season slate … Are you ready for some football. Well, pre-season football anyway as Jacksonville and Las Vegas will kick-off the pre-season later this evening in the Hall-of-Fame game in Canton, Ohio. Game time is 8 PM ET on NBC. No surprise, though, that Jags’ QB Trevor Lawrence, the first player selected at the 2022 draft,… Read More »
Watson gets 6 game suspension … There are multiple reports at this hour that Cleveland QB DeShaun Watson has been suspended for the first 6 games of the upcoming season for violating the league’s personal conduct policy. Both sides now have three days in which to file an appeal. The NFLPA has already indicated they’ll live with the… Read More »
With training camp now nicely underway we thought it might be a good time to post our man pre-camp (almost) opening day 53-man roster hich gives one a idea where the Giants’ strengths this season might lie (and they do have some strengths), as well as where there are weak links which, among other things, will need to… Read More »
With NFL training camps set to all be open by tomorrow, the last thing on the mind of most fans is when and where the league might expand to in the future. Trust us, though, its very much on the minds of NFL executives. Indeed, the discussion of the potential cities the NFL can expand to seems to… Read More »
Two more rooks sign; 7 still to go … With NFL training camps all set to be open by Tuesday, the pressure on unsigned rookies to come to terms and get on the field continues to grow. In fact, two more rookies signed within the past 24 hours including Minnesota OG Ed Ingram and Tampa bay TE Cade… Read More »
Texans’ rookie WR Metchie diagnosed with leukemia … Houston rookie WR John Metchie announced earlier today that he has been diagnosed with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia and likely will not play this season. Metchie, whom the Texans traded up in the second round of the 2022 to acquire, was already sidelined with an torn ACL suffered in last fall’s… Read More »
Giants Report: Will the real Saquon please stand up … Its clearly still the off-season, or at least until Tuesday when veterans report to the opening of the Giants’ 2022 training camp. And we guess people just have too much time on their hands waiting for camp to get going because we keep getting queries asking how we… Read More »
