Bay area battle for #2 pick in Thursday nighter … In a bit of TV scheduling magic that only a draft guy could love, 1-7 San Francisco hosts 1-6 Oakland in this week’s Thursday night game. The loser of tonight’s game will hold the 2nd pick overall in the in next week’s updated selection order for the 2019… Read More »
College football notes … Michigan State has confirmed that WR Felton Davis, the team’s leading receiver and a solid second tier prospect for the 2019 draft, will miss the rest of the campaign after he ruptured the Achilles’ tendon on his left leg during Saturday’s loss to intra-state rival Michigan. Davis is expected to undergo surgery and faces a… Read More »
More top prospects rankings posted … For those that haven’t seen them, a couple of prominent sources have posted lists of their top prospects for the 2019 draft. Pro Football Focus, for example, posted a listing of the top 32 guys for the upcoming draft, while Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks, two of the more connected draft analysts… Read More »
Giants trade DT Snacks to Lions for 5th … The housecleaning in New York continued as the Giants have traded veteran DT Damon Harrison, aka as Snacks, to Detroit. In exchange, the Giants will receive a 5th round pick at the 2019 draft which doesn’t seem like a whole lot for one of the best run stuffers in… Read More »
UCF QB Milton sits out win with ankle … If things weren’t bad enough overall for the 2019 draft QB class, star UCF QB McKenzie Milton, a dark-horse Heisman candidate, was unable to play in yesterday’s win over East Carolina because of a banged up ankle. Milton was replaced by Darrel Mack who led the unbeaten and 10th… Read More »
Vols’ Kongbo done for year with ACL … Tennessee DE/OLB Jonathan Kongbo tore an ACL is Saturday’s upset win over Auburn and will miss the rest of the year. The 6-6, 265-pound Kongbo who was a star sprinter in high school, has always looked the part of a top NFL prospect, but he’s never been overly productive in… Read More »
Tide CB down for year; other college injury notes … Alabama has now confirmed that star junior CB Trevon Diggs, the brother of Vikings’ WR Stefon Diggs, will be out for the rest of the season because of the broken foot he incurred Saturday in the Tide’s win over Arkansas. Diggs will undergo surgery later this week and… Read More »
Tide CB Diggs out indefinitely with foot injury … Not much has gone wrong for top-ranked Alabama so far this fall, however, the Tide did take something of a hit this past weekend when junior CB Trevon Diggs, a potential second-day pick at the 2019 draft if he were to opt to turn pro, suffered a broken foot… Read More »
Safety rankings posted … The staff warmed up for tonight’s Monday nighter by finishing off the safety ranking for the upcoming draft.
Youth could be served in this CB class … What’s the old phrase? ‘Youth will be served’ or some such holds true in the initial GBN CB rankings (posted here) as redshirt sophomores Greedy Williams of LSU and Washington’s Byron Murphy are rated 1st and 3rd overall respectively at the position. Of course, if either of those two… Read More »
DL rankings posted … The consensus around the NFL is that 2019 will be the ‘year of the defensive lineman’ at the upcoming draft. On the one hand, DE is loaded with Ohio State’s Nick Bosa currently rated as the consensus #1 prospect overall, while Clemson’s Clelin Ferrell and Rashan Gary of Michigan also both have top 10… Read More »
By LARRY PARKER – GBN College Football Analyst Underclassmen: * = Junior ** = Redshirt Sophomore 1- ARIZONA CARDINALS: *Nick Bosa – DE – Ohio State 2- BUFFALO BILLS: *Ed Oliver – DT – Houston 3- DETROIT LIONS: *Clelin Ferrell – DE – Clemson 4- NEW YORK GIANTS: *Justin Herbert – QB – Oregon… Read More »
Browns get Pats 5th for WR Gordon … The Josh Gordon soap opera has moved onto New England after Cleveland sent the enigmatic receiver to the Patriots in exchange for a fifth-round pick in 2019. The Patriots will also get a 2019 seventh-round pick from the Browns if Gordon is not active for 10 games.
#15 Southern California (1-0) at #13 Stanford (1-0); 8:30 PM ET; FOX … The PAC-12 kicks off with a huge early season game between USC and Stanford, a couple of conference contenders with national aspirations. Stanford, in particular, also looks to have one of the deeper draft classes for 2019 headed by star RB Bryce Love (#20, 5-10,… Read More »
Best draft ever??? … Okay, that might be a bit of a stretch, but at least based on the number of this year’s draft picks who survived this weekend’s round of cuts as teams got down to their 53-man opening day roster, the 2018 draft class did very well for themselves thank you very much. Indeed, based on… Read More »
Back in the spring, the consensus around the NFL appeared to be that the 2018 draft was a pretty good one. And while it’s hardly a perfect measure, at least based on the number of players selected this past spring who made their respective team’s 53-man opening day roster, this year’s draft class indeed did just fine thank… Read More »
Falcons first to get to 53-man roster limit … Atlanta appears to be the first team to get down to the league’s opening day 53-man roster as the Falcons have released 37 players to actually get down to 52. It also appears as if all 6 members of the Falcons’ 2018 draft class have made the team, at… Read More »
DL dominates early GBN Big Board … Needless to say there is still a ton of sorting out to do before we get to the 2019 draft, now less than 250 days away, but the first GBN Big Board of the year is a pretty good reflection of what most people are calling the ‘Year of the Defensive… Read More »
Giants, Pats sign first-round picks … A couple more first-round picks from the 2018 draft signed over the weekend as the Giants came to terms with RB Saquon Barkley, the second player selected overall, while New England agreed to a rookie deal with RB Sony Michel. The Giants also signed former Miami DT R.J. McIntoch, their 5th round… Read More »
Big crowd for WMU CB Beal pro day; solid workout … Nobody actually keeps track of these things, but former Western Michigan CB Sam Beal attracted one of the biggest crowds ever to a supplemental draft pro day earlier today. Indeed, all 32 NFL teams had a rep at WMU today with some teams sending more than one… Read More »
Month until training camps open … Hang in there guys! All 32 NFL training camps will be open for business essentially at this time next month. Baltimore and Chicago, who play in this year’s Hall-of-Fame game in Canton on August 2nd will be the first teams to open their full camps with the Ravens’ veterans set to report… Read More »
Supp draft date announced … The NFL has confirmed that the 2018 summer supplemental draft will be held on Wednesday, July 11th. Three players will reportedly be available including CBs Adonis Alexander of Virginia Tech and Western Michigan’s Sam Beal and Mississippi State safety Brandon Bryant. Alexander will reportedly hold a pro day on June 20th, while Beal… Read More »
I think it would be appropriate to say that the Titans Draft effort was short, but sweet. The team ended up with the fewest Picks of any team in the League, with only 4 selections. The good news down in Music City is that the team got the guys they wanted especially at the top. The TITANS set… Read More »
I think most of you realize that overall I am a big fan of John Elway in his role of running the Broncos organization. Like any personnel evaluator he makes his share of mistakes, but he has made some solid decisions in manipulating his roster and is not afraid to admit his mistakes and move on. Big John… Read More »
1. Justin Herbert; 6-5, 230, 4.75; Oregon; JR … Third-year junior has emerged as one of the best young QBs in the country with the potential to be a top 5 pick this coming April; rangy player with elite arm strength and an easy throwing motion; can make all the throws including the deep outs; stands tall in… Read More »
