That turned around fast; OSU LB granted immediate eligibility … On Thursday, Ohio State rather gloomily announced that the NCAA had turned down former USC LB Palaie Gaoteote’s petition for immediate eligibility. Then earlier today, they walked that back a bit saying that in fact no final decision had been reached. And earlier this evening, the NCAA confirmed… Read More »
Big XII back to even dozen with addition of 4 schools … The Big XII actually hasn’t had 12 teams for years and the conference’s very existence, at least as a Power-5 entity, was very much in doubt after the league’s two power programs – Texas and Oklahoma – announced earlier this summer that they would be moving… Read More »
Who to watch in college football this weekend … Last weekend’s terrific slate of games, which more than one analyst called the best opening week schedule in college football ever, more than lived up to the billing. And it should be more of the same this coming weekend with several outstanding inter-sectional match-ups including Oregon at #3 Ohio… Read More »
#12 OREGON at #3 OHIO STATE; Noon ET; FOX … The question around the NFL scouting community this day is ‘will he?, or won’t he?’ The HE is Oregon DE Kayvon Thibodeaux (#5, 6-5, 260), arguably the top-rated prospect overall for the 2022 draft. And the ‘will he’ is whether he’ll be able to play in Saturday’s key… Read More »
Saints complete Roby deal; Texans get two picks … New Orleans finally completed that trade with Houston for veteran CB Bradley Roby. In exchange, the Saints will send Houston a 3rd rounder in 2022 and a conditional 6th-rounder in 2023. To facilitate the trade, the Texans converted almost $8M of Roby’s base salary into a signing bonus leaving… Read More »
Are you ready for some football, part deux! … The 2021 NFL regular season kicks off later this evening with defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay hosting Dallas at 8:20 PM ET on NBC. And with the season about to kick-off, we offer our league-wide predictions in our annual fearless NFL forecast. We have also posted our annual… Read More »
Top prospect day-to-day … Oregon star DE Kayvon Thibodeaux, currently the consensus top prospect overall for the 2022 draft who was injured in the Ducks’ season opening win over Fresno State last weekend, is being listed as ‘day-to-day’ for this weekend’s huge intersectional showdown with #4 Ohio State in Columbus. Thibodeaux reportedly sprained an ankle early in the… Read More »
Cut-down day tough on undrafted rookies … One of the concerns around the NFL this odd off-season was that because of the limited training camps, it was going to be relatively difficult for later round draft picks, as well as undrafted signees, to make a final roster. Turns out that that was not the case for this year’s… Read More »
Once again draft class pretty much survives the Turk … One of the fears associated with last season’s odd college football season in which some teams played radically shortened schedules, while others, including just about everybody outside the FBS ranks, didn’t play at all, is that pro teams just wouldn’t be able to get the best reads on… Read More »
The Turk is on the prowl … It is cutdown day in the NFL as all teams must be down to the 53-man roster limit by 4 PM ET later today. As usual, we’ll be tracking all of today’s transactions as best we can with, of course, a special focus on players selected at the 2021 draft. Note,… Read More »
Giants get conditional 7th from Panthers for PK … As expected, the NY Giants have found a trade partner for PK Ryan Santoso. He is off to Carolina in a conditional deal in which the Giants will get a 7th round pick in 2022 if Santoso is on the Panthers’ roster this fall for at least two games.… Read More »
Updated: Bears name Dalton starter … Update: Two more QB dominos fell earlier today as both Jacksonville and Denver announced their starting QBs for the first week of the NFL regular season. To absolutely no one’s surprise, Jacksonville will give the ball to Trevor Lawrence, the first player selected at the 2021 draft; Lawrence had been dueling with… Read More »
Things have finally started to pick up again in the NFL with training camps now nicely underway and the first full weekend of pre-season games set to kick-off literally within hours. And I’m probably I am not doing much more than preaching to the choir when I suggest that 2021 is going to be a huge year for… Read More »
Watch list posted … With the start of the college football season just around the corner, we have posted our annual watch list of players we’ll be grading for the 2022 draft, which is now just over 260 days away.
Are you ready for some football?? Part deux … Just a few minutes after the NFL pre-season gets underway in Canton on Thursday evening, the delayed Canadian Football League regular season will kick-off with a full slate of games on the weekend. Hamilton will open the season in Winnipeg tomorrow night at 8:30 PM ET in a replay… Read More »
Are you ready for some football?? Part 1 … The shortened NFL pre-season schedule gets underway tomorrow with Dallas playing Pittsburgh in the annual Hall-of-Fame game in Canton. Kick-off is set for 8 PM ET Thursday evening with coverage on Fox. Of course, its unlikely many, if any of the two team’s top stars, including QBs Dak Prescott… Read More »
GIANTS REPORT: Some thoughts on how we got here and where we’re going … Things have finally started to pick up again in the NFL with training camps now nicely underway and the first full weekend of pre-season games set to kick-off literally within hours. And I’m probably I am not doing much more than preaching to the… Read More »
Jets, Jags sign second first-round picks … The NY Jets and Jacksonville have both signed the second of their two opening round picks at the 2021 draft. The Jets, for example, signed former USC G/T Alijah Vera-Tucker, whom they acquired with the 14th pick this past April after trading up with Minnesota. Vera-Tucker signed a standard 4-year deal… Read More »
Senior Bowl announces scout staff … The Senior Bowl announced today its scouting staff for the 2022 game which is currently scheduled for February 5th in Mobile. This year’s Senior Bowl scouting staff for this year’s game cycle, which has a collective 120 years of NFL front office, coaching, and playing experience includes Andy Dengler, Mark Ellenz, Ryan… Read More »
Cards top pick booked for speeding … Arizona rookie LB Zaven Collins, the 16th player in the opening round of the 2021 draft was arrested over the weekend in Phoenix for excessive speed and reckless driving. Zaven, from Tulsa, was reportedly clocked doing 76 MPH in a 35-MPH zone, according to a release from the police. He was… Read More »
Jags continue front office rebuild … While most of the rebuilding efforts in Jacksonville are focused on the field after the Jaguars selected former Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence with the first pick overall at the 2021 draft, the team has quietly continued to revamp their personnel department. Earlier today, Jacksonville confirmed that Regis Eller has been hired as… Read More »
UGA adds pair of top transfers … Georgia has confirmed that both of former Clemson CB Derion Kendrick, a two-time All-ACC performer, and former LSU TE Arik Gilbert have indeed transferred to the program. Kendrick was actually never going to play for the Tigers this fall as he had been dismissed by Clemson after he was arrested in… Read More »
Bengals, Pack sign top picks … Two more first round picks from the 2021 draft have come to terms as Ccinnati has signed former LSU WR Ja’Marr Chase, the 5th player selected this year, while Green Bay agreed to terms with former Georgia Eric Stokes, the 29th player chosen this past April. Both were signed to 4-year deals… Read More »
Senior Bowl to host HBCU combine … The NFL and Senior Bowl announced this week that the HBCU combine will be held in Mobile. The HBCU combine will involve players from the Historically Black College and University conferences including the SWAC, MEAC, CIAA, and SIAC will be held at the University of South Alabama and be patterned after… Read More »
Raiders, Steelers sign top picks … Two more first-round picks from Alabama at the 2021 draft came to terms in the last day or so including Las Vegas which signed G/T Alex Leatherwood, the 17th player selected this year, and Pittsburgh which came to terms with RB Najee Harris, whom the Steelers chose with the 24th pick overall.… Read More »
