NFL confirms Indy to host ’22 combine; bids for ’23 … The NFL confirmed at today’s opening of their fall owner’s meetings that the 2022 scouting combine will again be held in Indianapolis. At the same time, the league also confirmed that it will be taking bids for the 2023 event from Dallas, Los Angeles and Indianapolis. Seems… Read More »
Once again, Sunday’s win over Carolina proved one thing: Winning is way better than losing!!! And while 2-5 is way better than 1-6, you are still down there in draft pick territory. Again, what grates, and is going to grate pretty much all year is that the season was so close to really mattering. Throw out an inconsequential… Read More »
Pigskin’s week four prospects review … As he does every year, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette will be posting a weekly review of prospects who caught his eye in the previous weekend’s college football action. Needless to say, he had plenty to chew on after another weekend of terrific games. Here’s Paul’s column for this week.
Weekly prospects preview … We college football fans have been truly spoiled through the first half of the season as there have been great games on the schedule week in and week out so far this season. Not so much this weekend, though, as there are exactly zero games between ranked opponents, which apparently ties the record for… Read More »
Texans-Dolphins talking Watson trade again: Report … John McClain of the Houston Chronicle, one of the best connected NFL analysts in the business, is reporting this evening (McClain’s original article is behind a paywall) that the Texans and Miami Dolphins are talking again about a possible trade for QB Deshaun Watson and that a deal could be finalized… Read More »
‘Mr Irrelevant’ passes … Little bit of sad news from the draft world via our long-time friend and colleague in the business Frank Coyle, editor of the Draft Insiders’ Digest. Paul Salata, the originator of the ‘Mr. Irrelevant’ award given annually to the final player selected in each year, passed away over the weekend. He was 94 and… Read More »
Anyone ever wonder what happens in a game in which the less talented team gets outworked, outhustled and outcoached. If you’re not sure, just re-watch the tape of the Giants 38-11 loss at home to the LA Rams Sunday afternoon. However, we shan’t be joining you; we know what we saw. Actually the Giants were competitive enough for… Read More »
Eclectic viewing on tap on college sked … College football have been spoiled so far this fall with one great weekend slate of games after another. Not so much this weekend though. And you know its sort of an off week when Kentucky is playing in what is arguably the most attractive game of the weekend and basketball… Read More »
Rattler benched in Sooners big comeback win … Fascinating game in Dallas earlier today as 6th ranked Oklahoma rallied from 18 points down in the 4th quarter to knock off Texas 55-48 in the Red River Shootout. And Sooners’ QB Spencer Rattler, who not that long ago was being touted as a potential top 5 candidate for the… Read More »
#1 ALABAMA (5-0) at TEXAS A&M (3-2); 8 PM ET; CBS … The perennial question in the SEC every year, of course, is can anyone in the West beat Alabama? And when the schedule came out earlier this year, just about everybody red-circled this game as the rest of the division’s best chance. However, the game lost much… Read More »
Top 5 CB Stingley out indefinitely … LSU has announced that All-America junior CB Derek Stingley, a top 5 prospect for the 2022 draft, underwent surgery to address a foot problem earlier today and will be out indefinitely. Stingley originally injured the foot in training camp, but played through it early in the season. He did play in… Read More »
GBN Top 100 tweaked … With the first full month of the college season now in the books, the GBN scout staff (well actually Chief Scout Larry Parker, who does much of this stuff for us these days) has adjusted the GBN Top 100 for the 2022 draft based on how the season has played out to date.… Read More »
The meek did inherit the earth … updated … After three of the NFL’s four winless teams playing Sunday came up Ws, the early selection order for the 2022 draft were it to be held this week got a major reshuffling. Jacksonville, which lost on Thursday night holds onto the top spot, but Detroit moves up to the… Read More »
Jags oh-so close but lose again on last minute FG … For much of last night’s Thursday night game against Cincinnati it appeared Jacksonville would finally end an 18-game losing streak. The Jags led 14-0 at the half and were still up a TD early in the 4th quarter. Alas, it was not to be as the Bengals… Read More »
#7 CINCINNATI (3-0) at #9 NOTRE DAME (4-0); 2:30 PM ET; NBC … What was that old ad on TV featuring the ‘Most Interesting Man in the World’? Something like that. Well this could very well be THE most interesting game on the 2021 schedule. Certainly it has a chance to be the most impactful. Here’s the deal:… Read More »
QB class ‘slip-sliding away’??? … I live just over three hours from Syracuse and when the schedule came out with the Orange hosting Liberty, and rising star QB Malik Willis, I started thinking about trying to get down there to see what all the fuss was about. Alas, the border is still closed to Canadians so I watched… Read More »
Panthers win, lose versus Texans … Carolina has confirmed this morning that CB Jaycee Horn, whom the Panthers chose with the 8th pick overall in the first round of the 2021 draft, will miss much of the rest of the season after breaking a foot in last night’s win over Houston. Horn is expected to be out 2-3… Read More »
#7 TEXAS A&M (3-0) at #16 ARKANSAS (3-0); 3:30 PM ET; CBS … One might be tempted to ask what if they scheduled a big SEC game and a couple of old Southwest Conference teams showed. Of course, the Aggies and Hogs were both once rock-solid members of the original SWC, but both ultimately migrated to the SEC… Read More »
Shifting QB draft sands?? … Granted, we are just three games into the current college season and there is a lot of football yet to be played, but there is a bit of a buzz around the NFL that more than one team, including several with early picks, are starting to rethink the top of their QB position… Read More »
Bears’ Fields gets first start as NFL QB landscape shifts … There will be some major changes in the NFL’s QB landscape this coming week. For starters, former Ohio State star Justin Fields, the 11th player selected at the 2021 draft, will get his first career start when Chicago plays at Cleveland in an early game on Sunday.… Read More »
QB Brewer bolts Utes; Canes’ King dinged again … In something of a surprise, Utah QB Charlie Brewer, who started all three games for the Utes this fall, abruptly left the team after he was pulled from last weekend’s upset loss to San Diego State and then demoted. Brewer, of course, was a productive 4-year starter at Baylor… Read More »
Mahomes/Jackson matchup hilites Sunday NFL sched … Its game day in the NFL and folks around the league can’t wait for tonight’s featured matchup when Kansas City plays at Baltimore with the KO set for 8:20 PM ET on NBC. This is one of those games that could very well be a preview of the AFC championship game… Read More »
BC QB likely done for year … Boston College QB Phil Jurkovec could miss the rest of the season with a right wrist injury suffered last Saturday against UMass. Jurkovec underwent surgery Monday. Jurkovec had generally been considered to be an early third day type prospect if he came out early this year, but would now appear likely… Read More »
#1 ALABAMA at #11 FLORIDA; 3:30 PM ET, CBS … The SEC schedule gets off with a bang with defending national champion Alabama travelling to Florida to take on the 11th ranked Gators. Alabama did take some hits this year after 6 former Tide players were selected within the first 24 picks at the 2021 draft, including QB… Read More »
College football injury update … Alabama, which lost starting ILB Chris Allen for the year with a fractured foot during the Tide’s season opening win Miami, got another injury scare this past weekend when rising OLB Will Anderson, the team’s best pass rusher, was forced to leave the team’s win over FCS Mercer this past Saturday after taking… Read More »
