Updated: Crowd gathering for Canes pro day … Not surprisingly, there will be a full house at this afternoon’s pro day at Miami where QB Cam Ward, the likely #1 pick at next month’s draft, will go thru his scripted throwing session. Tennessee, which currently owns that #1, will certainly be out in force with a contingent that… Read More »
Literally right on cue after we posted our thoughts on the ‘Reality’ of the Giants current QB situation two days ago, the Giants dropped the proverbial other shoo signing Jameis Winston to a 2Y, $8M contract with incentives. Clearly, Winston comes to the Giants as a bridge QB, but the question is a bridge to 2025 or 2026.… Read More »
QBs on parade next week … Just as a follow-up of sorts to today’s earlier post noting Louisville QB Tyler Shough’s impending visit with Cleveland, there is a very interesting situation regarding next week’s pro day schedule in that there will be a prominent QB prospect for 2025 working out every day. On Monday, Cam Ward, the top-rated… Read More »
Cards’ QB Shough to visit Browns … There’s a possibly interesting development in Cleveland where the Browns will reportedly have Louisville QB Tyler Shough in for one of their 30 allowed pre-draft on-site visits. Of course, the Browns could just being doing some due diligence, but it is something to at least take note of as it has… Read More »
Friday pro days notes … It appears that Michigan may be another one of those places that had a pro day but nobody came! As noted earlier Wolverines’ star CB Will Johnson opted not to participate in the school’s pro day because of a tweaked hamstring, but it turned out he was also joined on the sidelines by… Read More »
Pro day weeks wraps with key UM work out … An interesting week on the pro day schedule wraps with an interesting day highlighted by a work out at Michigan. The Wolverines never came close to defending their 2023 national championship last fall, but still lead the league in top 10 prospects this year in DT Mason Graham,… Read More »
Guess who’s coming to dinner! Steelers host Bama QB … Prior to today’s Alabama pro day, officials from Pittsburgh including general manager Omar Khan, head coach Mike Tomlin, and QB coach Tom Arth, took QB Jalen Milroe out to dinner last evening. The Steelers are expected to eventually sign veteran Aaron Rodgers – someday whenever he finally gets… Read More »
Big XII, Tide hilite pro day sched … Interesting day on the pro day schedule as it will be the first day of on-field workouts at the now annual Big XII joint workout in Frisco. And the NFL Network will be there with live coverage from 11 AM to 2 PM ET later today. However, the ‘really’ big… Read More »
New 3-round projection posted … With just 37 days to go until the picks start coming off the board at the 2025 draft, we have updated our 3-round projection for the 2025 draft, although as we have noted in the past the goal here isn’t so much to try and predict which team will select which player, but to… Read More »
Cowboys still head 2025 draft with most picks; ‘Hawks lead in early selections … When the NFL revised the selection order for the 2025 draft late last week Dallas lost a pick; however, by our unofficial count, the Cowboys still lead the league with 12 picks in the upcoming draft selection order, followed by Baltimore with 11 and… Read More »
NFL revises selection order … What’s the famous line by that indomitable spook of very little brain Maxwell Smart: “Oops! Sorry about that chief!” The NFL announced earlier today that someone in the league office had a mistake when calculating which teams were to receive compensatory picks this year. In particular, the league erred in assigning Miami the… Read More »
Cowboys get vet LB, CB for picks … Dallas has acquired veteran LB Kenneth Murray from Tennessee and CB Kaiir Elam from Buffalo in deals involving exchanges of picks. The Cowboys also got a 7th-round pick from Tennessee for a 6th-round pick, while they also get a 6th rounder from Buffalo in exchange for a a fifth-round pick… Read More »
Pro day focus on UGA … It won’t have quite the star power as some recent Georgia pro day, but there still should be a full house at the Bulldogs work out later today with several top prospects set to participate. Unfortunately, LB Jalon Walker, a top 5-10 candidate who has emerged as the Bulldogs best prospect this… Read More »
Comp picks announced … The NFL has announced that 35 compensatory selections for the 2025 draft have been awarded to 15 teams. Baltimore, Dallas, and Miami lead the way with 4 compensatory picks each, while San Francisco, Seattle and the LC Chargers receive get three each, Buffalo, Cleveland, Kansas City and Las Vegas get two each, with Green… Read More »
Pick in QB Smith trade confirmed … There was some confusion initially earlier this weekend when Las Vegas acquired QB Geno Smith from Seattle in exchange for a 3rd round pick as the Raiders actually had a couple of third-round picks; their own plus Detroit’s which Vrgas had acquired in an earlire trade with the NY Jets. It… Read More »
Mbow featured player at Boilers’ pro day … All but one of 32 NFL teams had reps at the Purdue pro day earlier this faternoon, with most there to check out Boilermakers’ G/T Marcus Mbow. However Mbow, who only did positional drills at last weekend’s combine, again just chose to do the positional stuff today saying that he… Read More »
Pro day sched kicks off at Indiana … The annual pro day schedule gets underway in earnest on Tuesday with a work out at Indiana. And the big question there is whether QB Kurtis Rourke is able to participate. After transferring from Ohio last winter, Rourke emerged as one of the most prolific passers in college football this… Read More »
Post-combine QB thoughts … We still have just over 50 days to go until the actual draft gets underway next month and there is still plenty of sorting out to be done, but a couple of trends at the QB position seem to be emerging. On the one hand, it is pretty clear that Cam Ward is now… Read More »
Imagine a chessboard where you plot out every move, secure in your strategy, yet a sudden sideways shuffle by the opponent’s knight alters the entire game—welcome to the 2025 NFL Mock Draft. To repeat an often used phrase – it’s complicated. You’ll notice quarterbacks like Shedeur Sanders headlining discussions, reminiscent of past gambles on future franchise leaders. Defensive… Read More »
Stumpy arms hi (or low)-lite OL weigh-in … The offensive linemen are set to wrap up the on-field workout sessions at the scouting combine in Indianapolis starting in just a few minutes on the NFL Network. In many ways, though, with the OL group, what scouts see during the morning weigh-in session can be more important than what… Read More »
‘Horns Golden golden in in fast WR sprint … Texas WR Isaiah Bond boldly predicted that he’d break Xavier Worthy’s epic combine 40-time set last year, but in the end wasn’t even the fast receiver at this afternoon’s on-field workout for the QBs, RBs and WRs. Heck, in the end, Bond wasn’t even the fastest former Longhorn at… Read More »
Jeanty sits combine run; others fast; some slowish … Interesting that most of the RBs in Indianapolis this week opted to run at their on-field testing today. Indeed, 24 of the 31 backs at this year’s combine ran today. Unfortunately, Ashton Jeanty, the one that everyone wanted to see, chose not to. One could also sense watching the… Read More »
TEs slow at combine 40 run … After all the speed we saw earlier today when the defensive backs did their on-field physical testing, the TEs looked almost like they were running with lead weights in their shoes when completing their 40s. In fact, only a couple of TEs running this evening – Oregon’s Terrance Ferguson who posted… Read More »
Emmanwori sizzles in safety run … South Carolina S Nick Emmanwori stole the show, quite literally, in this afternoon’s physical testing for the safeties. Already considered to be a potential opening round pick, Emmanwori blitzed a 4.38 40 running at 220 pounds; that was afer he had posted an almost equally ludicrous 43″ vertical leap. It was not… Read More »
Hairston, Porter steal show at CB combine run … With Will Johnson and Travis Hunter, the top-rated corners for this year’s draft, sitting out today’s on-field testing for CBs, it fell to a couple of intriguing second-tier guys to steal the show as Max Hairston of Kentucky posted a blistering 4.29 clocking, while 6-3 Darien Porter of Iowa… Read More »
