Draft rumblings from around the league … With just about everything shut down around the world, its not that surprising that there hasn’t been much buzz of late regarding the 2020 NFL draft. However, with the draft now just over three week away there are some whispers starting to appear. In no particular order, the following are the… Read More »
With just about everything shut down around the world, its not that surprising that there hasn’t been much buzz of late regarding the 2020 NFL draft. However, with the draft now just over three week away there are some whispers starting to appear. In no particular order, the following are the gist of some of the items we… Read More »
With the draft now just a month away, the volume of mail from anxious Giants’ fans worried about what will happen with the 4th pick and beyond continues unabated. Rather than try and answer them all individually, IGGI ‘the bear’ who’s been with me since before I became a Giants fan in 1958, has compiled a list of… Read More »
The Steelers are 1 of 6 teams not to have a First Round Pick this year. But they aren’t complaining, based on the way Minkah Fitzpatrick/S performed for them the second half of the 2019 season, after being acquired from Miami. He’s just about ready to become a perennial all-star for them. So remember his name when the… Read More »
Tua workout video making rounds … For those that have not seen it yet, Alabama QB Tua Tagovailoa has sent a short video of him working out to all NFL teams prior to the draft. Clearly, Tagovailoa is moving without hint of the hip injury that ended his season last October. However, it also highlights the problem for… Read More »
The defending Super Bowl champs don’t have a lot of Picks, in good part because of trades they made last year to go all-in for a Super Bowl run. That worked out pretty well for them, didn’t it?! So let’s see what they can get to add to their roster for 2020. Round 1, Pick 32 CESAR… Read More »
With the spate of trades last week as the NFL football year got underway, we started to update our latest three-round projection. But we don’t get far because there are just too many fluid variables at this time. In particular, there are a number of teams looking for QBs as well as a number of other teams that… Read More »
Jags ship DE Campbell to Ravens for 5th … Jacksonville has agreed in principle to trade veteran DE Calais Campbell to Baltimore for a 5th round pick at the upcoming draft. The trade can’t be formally confirmed until the beginning of the new football year which is currently slated to begin Wednesday. The Ravens have also reportedly extended… Read More »
1. Cincinnati: Hard to see the Bengals not selecting LSU QB Joe Burrow with the #1 pick overall despite the fact that he has been lukewarm at best about playing in Cincinnati. Of course, the Bengals could also trade the big – and we have heard that Miami and Carolina – both are very interested in moving up… Read More »
Dolphins lead league with 14 picks … It took a little longer than we expected, but we think we have the official draft order for the 2020 draft now that the compensatory picks have been announced. It took a little while because several media outlets published the full draft order, however, there were several inconsistencies between those and… Read More »
Pats lead league with 4 comp picks … The NFL has finally announced this year’s compensatory draft picks. A total of 32 comp picks were awarded to 15 different teams. New England has a league-high compliment of 4 comp picks including two third rounders and two more in the 6th round. Meanwhile, Denver, Houston, Minnesota, Philadephia, Seattle and… Read More »
The annual pro day schedule doesn’t really heat up in earnest until this week, however, there were a half dozen or so workouts last week just to get the ball rolling. In fact, things actually kicked off last Monday when Miami of Ohio hosted the first of at least a couple of hundred pro days this year. The… Read More »
Pigskin combine observations … Our Pigskin Paul Guillemette has never been known to be all that fast on the draw as he prefers to chew over things before commenting. Wise words to live by! And there was plenty to chew on from last week’s scouting combine in Indianapolis. Here are some late thoughts from Pigskin on what he… Read More »
With combine done, pro days loom … There won’t be a whole lot of rest for bleary-eyed pro scouts after last weekend’s marathon scouting combine in Indianapolis; indeed, NFL personnel people will have just enough time to pop in at home, get a fresh set of clothes before heading back out on the road for the annual pro… Read More »
GBN Big Board tweaked post combine … The GBN Big Board ranking of the top 150 prospects for the 2020 draft has been updated with data included from last weekend’s scouting combine in Indianapolis, as well as the latest intelligence from around the league. In fact, the top 7 or so positions on the Big Board remain essentially… Read More »
The GBN Big Board ranking of the top 150 prospects for the 2020 draft has been updated with data included from last weekend’s scouting combine in Indianapolis, as well as the latest intelligence from around the league. In fact, the top 7 or so positions on the Big Board remain essentially unchanged; however, there have been a number… Read More »
OSU CB Okudah just okay in 40 … The CBs have finished their 40-yard runs at the scouting combine in Indianapolis and while the times are still unofficial the main talking point will be that Ohio State’s Jeff Okudah’s times of 4.48 and 4.50 probably weren’t quite what either he or pro scouts were expecting. They are not… Read More »
Big uglies, RBs warming up at combine; other notes … The first group of players at the combine including the QBs, WRs and TEs are on their way home as we speak, while the RBs and offensive linemen are getting ready for their on-field workouts later this afternoon. Those get underway at 4 PM ET with the NFL… Read More »
Interesting day at the scouting combine in Indianapolis yesterday where the QBs, WRs and TEs did their on-field thing. And while throwing at the combine is hardly a perfect setting for the QBs where they get to make 3-4 throws to unfamiliar receivers and then have to stand around for awhile, Justin Herbert of Oregon and Jordan Love… Read More »
Ruggs rips it; Jeudy, Lamb just okay in 40 runs … In the end, Alabama’s Henry Ruggs didn’t break the all-time 40 record at the combine, but he was plenty fast ripping off an official 4.27 clocking that was the best of the day among the WRs. Ruggs’ Tide teammate Jerry Jeudy ran well enough to ensure that… Read More »
WRs Claypool and Jefferson make money in first wideout 40 group … Alabama’s Jerry Jeudy and Henry Ruggs and CeeDee Lamb of Oklahoma don’t run until the second group of WRs a little later tonight, but a couple of second-tier receivers including Chase Claypool of Notre Dame and LSU’s Justin Jefferson laid down the gauntlet in the first… Read More »
Just one more group to go through the hated combine weigh-in/measurement process tomorrow after the defensive line and linebackers did their thing in shorts earlier today. While it’s no fun for the players, on balance there were probably more winners than losers during today’s sessions. Certainly, top 10 DT prospects Derrick Brown of Auburn and South Carolina’s Javon… Read More »
Interesting revelations from Washington’s combine presser during which new head coach Ron Rivera indicated that the Redskins will be doing full workups on top-rated QBs Joe Burrow of LSU and Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa. The Redskins will meet with both as two of their allotted 45 player interviews at the combine this week and they also plan to work… Read More »
It’s actually the turn of the defensive linemen to go though the weigh-in/measurement session at the scouting combine in Indianapolis this morning. However, there were some interesting observations that came out of yesterday’s weigh-in for the offensive linemen yesterday. On the whole, it was a pretty good looking group – at least for offensive linemen. Among the guys… Read More »
NFL people are gathering in Indianapolis as we speak in anticipation of this week’s annual scouting combine at which 337 of the top prospects for the 2020 draft are set to be poked, prodded and physically tested to their limit. And while the importance of the combine sometimes gets overstated, no question it is one of the key… Read More »
