It’s no secret that sports betting is a big business. In fact, according to a study, the global gambling market was worth an estimated $231 billion in 2021. And while a good chunk of that money is wagered on horse racing and other traditional forms of gambling, an increasing amount of it is being put down on sports.… Read More »
Tuesday night roundup … The buzz around the the NFL the past week or so has been that Carolina would not be taking a QB with the 6th pick at this week’s draft, but rather were more likely to wait until after the draft to trade for a veteran like Baker Mayfield or Jimmy Garoppolo. However, at his… Read More »
Tuesday morning roundup … Just two days and counting to go! Somebody said to us the other day that the draft must be kind of like Christmas or our birthday to us. I told him it turns out that it really is like my birthday because my birthday actually comes during the draft. (I won’t say when or… Read More »
Sunday morning Giants thoughts … New Giants G.M. Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll have been making the pre-draft interview rounds as general managers and head coaches do. And they obviously trained with some masters as they haven’t said a whole lot in those interviews. However, the one thing that really did kind of jump out at… Read More »
Friday night roundup … With just 5 days to go until the start of the 2022 draft, it is still pretty darn quiet around the NFL. However, there are a few little tidbits along the way. For starters, buzz continues to grow that Jacksonville could actually prefer Georgia DE Travon Walker over Michigan’s Aidan Hutchinson, the presumptive favorite… Read More »
One week to go!!! … Indeed, we are almost thru what we affectionately call the ‘paraysis by analysis’ period of the draft process with the picks slated to start coming off the board one week today! Hang in there! And for the record, yesterday was the final day teams could bring in any of their 30 allowed for… Read More »
Red flags for rising UGA DT … Walter Football is reporting that more than one team has taken rising Georgia DT Devonte Wyatt off their board as a result of character concerns stemming from several incidents of domestic violence. Wyatt was reportedly arrested for family violence in February of 2020 which led teams to find three other incidents… Read More »
THE Giants draft preview … We took a break from posting the Giants Report this winter to try and figure out where we want to go with the whole concept – and for the record, we’re still working on it – but we’ve had a whole lot of thoughts about the Giants and the 2022 draft swirling about… Read More »
Sunday morning buzz: Ridder rising and other stuff … Hard to believe we are now just 18 days until the picks start coming off the board at the 2022 draft. Truth be told, though, it does seem to be rather quiet these days without a whole lot of buzz out there right now. The one rumor that does… Read More »
Three week to go buzz … Indeed, the actual draft will be well underway three weeks from now as we speak. Hang in there. It is something that I have not seen referenced by anybody else but it certainly gave me pause when Alabama OT Evan Neal opted not to run at the Tide’s pro day late last… Read More »
Guess who’s coming to dinner??? … With the 2022 draft now just over three weeks away, all 32 teams are pretty much sequestered in their respective war rooms making their final preps. Part of the process is having out-of-town prospects come in for on-site visits. Every team is permiited to bring in 30 such out-of-town visits for interviews… Read More »
Team needs updated … Now that the first wave of free agency has pretty much run its course we have updated our team needs file. Hopefully, we also made it a little easier to follow. And while its an imperfect science, it appears that the two positions most in demand at this year’s draft could be WR and… Read More »
Wither Irish safety Hamilton … There is a lot of buzz around the NFL these days wondering exactly where Notre Dame safety Kyle Hamilton will be selected on April 28th. Hamilton, who was arguably the best defensive player in college football this past season until he injured a knee in the latter part of the campaign, was considered… Read More »
Thursday morning pro day updates … In the end, it does appear that Alabama OT Evan Neal opted not to run at the school’s pro day yesterday simply because he didn’t feel he had anything to prove. Certainly, he didn’t have much to gain unless he knew he was going to run somewhere in the 5-flat range or… Read More »
Tide pro day on tap … With the NFL’s annual meeting winding up tomorrow in South Florida it will be interesting to see how many of the league’s top execs skip out a little early and head over to Alabama to take in the Tide’s pro day on Wednesday. For those that do there will be stuff to… Read More »
Think levels not numbers … We kind of got ourselves tied up in knots at times maybe overthinking which players should go where based on their numerical ranking when updating our 3-round projection over the weekend and we had to keep reminding ourselves that NFL teams themselves generally rank players in rows or levels with roughly equivalent draft… Read More »
Irish S Hamilton faster at pro day, but just! … For the record, Notre Same safety Kyle Hamilton clocked what the school described as an ‘official’ 4.56 40 at his pro day earlier today. That’s marginally quicker than his rather disappointing time of 4.59 at the combine, but probably not what Hamilton was hoping for which was likely… Read More »
Record turnout at Bearcats’ pro day … There was what is believed to be a record turnout, at least for a non-Power 5 program, at the Cincinnati pro day today at which all 32 NFL teams were represented by as many as 95-100 team staffers. In fact, Atlanta had a dozen people there today including GM Terry Fontenot… Read More »
WR class rising??? … Perhaps the most interesting aspect of yesterday’s big trade that saw star Kansas City WR Tyreek Hill go to Miami for a passel of picks, was the fact that the Jets were also all in in pursuit of a big-time receiver. Of course, its been no secret around the league that the Jets were… Read More »
Pro day notes … While 2022 QB hopefuls Kenny Pickett, Malik Willis and Matt Corral all put in solid pro day workouts this week, more than one NFL personnel staffer will tell you that the most impressive QB to throw this week was Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud who won’t actually be draft eligible until next season when he… Read More »
Is draft QB market heating up?? … You just gotta love the draft!!! Don’t like what you see today? Just wait a couple of days and things may very well have changed. That certainly could be the case with the QBs and the top of the 2022 draft. As recently as just a couple of days ago, this… Read More »
Not surprisingly, all 32 teams had reps – including GMs from Miami, Tennessee and Houston – at the Texas A&M pro day, especially given that two of the Aggies top prospects – RB Isaiah Spiller and TE Jalen Wydermeyer, both of whom are considered to be among the top 2-3 guys at their respective positions for the 2022… Read More »
Pro day update … QB Kenny Pickett, of course, was the main focus of Pittsburgh’s pro day on Monday, but several other former Panthers had pretty good days. CB Damarri Mathis, for example, who opened some eyes with a 4.39 40 clocking at the combine, kept up the pace with an explosive 43.5-inch vertical and followed that up… Read More »
Big turnout for QB Pickett’s Pitt pro day … The 2022 QB draft class has never gotten much respect from either the NFL personnel community or the media. However, that does not appear to be stopping teams with big needs at the position and early picks in next month’s draft from doing their due diligence on this year’s… Read More »
QB workouts hilite busiest pro day week … The busiest week on the annual pro day schedule is coming up beginning Monday morning. In fact, in addition to all the other players working out, most of the top QB prospects for this year’s draft will be going through their scripted throwing sessions this week. Liberty’s Malik Willis, for… Read More »
