Let’s make a deal; or not … With the draft now just two weeks ago, it appears that a little buzz is starting to bubble up. There are reports today, for example, that Detroit, which holds the 3rd pick overall, is actively talking to teams about a possible trade down. Of course, teams talk all the time at… Read More »
Top prospects to participate in virtual draft … The NFL has confirmed that 58 prospects for this month’s draft, including top prospects Joe Burrow of LSU and Ohio State’s Chase Young, have agreed to participate in the league’s ‘virtual’ draft. Full details are still to be released, but it is believed that the players will have cameras in… Read More »
Report Tua failed at least one team medical … Armando Salguero, the Dolphins beat writer for the Miami Herald has a report this day indicating that former Alabama QB Tua Tagovailoa, who was never able to work out for pro clubs prior to the draft after undergoing season-ending surgery to repair a serious hip injury last November, may… Read More »
Complimentary draft guide worth a look … Every year, Mark Gregg, a long-time reader and Pittsburgh fan, puts together a pretty good draft guide with a Steelers’ angle and sends it along. Its got a handy write-up on all the top prospects for the upcoming draft. For those that are interested, its here.
NFL teams still waiting on word of draft format … There are only 18 days to go until the draft and teams around the league are still waiting to hear what format the draft will take in the wake of the current pandemic. As noted the other day, the league has told all teams that they will either… Read More »
Or I could have called it ‘do we have this whole draft thing wrong!’ With dick all going on a couple of nights ago I pulled out some of the old game tapes of this year’s top OL prospects. In particular, I wanted to re-watch Alabama’s Jedrick Wills, who upon further review is indeed a really nice player.… Read More »
Tua gets sanctioned medical recheck … Alabama junior QB Tua Tagovailoa had a medical follow-up earlier today. The examination was conducted by an independent doctor selected by NFL physicians and it was similar to what players usually get if there are any questions remaining after their original physical. The results were distributed to all teams and, at least… Read More »
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 »
