Arkansas QB KJ Jefferson … The current thinking around the NFL these days is that, everything else being equal, Southern Cal’s Caleb Williams and Drake Maye of North Carolina figure to be top 5 picks at the 2024 draft, if not the first two picks overall period, while Washington’s Michael Penix could also get plenty of looks in… Read More »
Colts name rook QB week one starter … Indianapolis confirmed earlier today that rookie Anthony Richardson, the 4th player picked at this past April’s draft, will be their starting QB when the regular season kicks off next month. Richardson had been in a dead-heat battle with veteran Gardner Minshew to win the job. And it appears no one… Read More »
Positional rankings; Big Board updated … For the record, the GBN positional rankings for 2024 have been updated with the start of the college season a little over three weeks away as per the drop-down menus above. The GBN Big Board has also been updated and expanded now to include the top 50 prospects for the upcoming draft.… Read More »
Giants Report: Some thoughts a month before season set to kick off … With the 2023 regular season opener now basically a month away we thought it might be a good time to dust off the Giants Report which we haven’t posted on for a few weeks. And what we thought we would do is answer some of… Read More »
With the 2023 regular season opener now basically a month away we thought it might be a good time to dust off the Giants Report which we haven’t posted on for a few weeks. And what we thought we would do is answer some of the questions we have been receiving in recent days from our Giants’ fans… Read More »
Top pick has rocky start in pro debut … It probably wasn’t the start to his pro career that he was hoping for as Carolina’s Bryce Young, the first player selected overall at the 2023, struggled in his first NFL live action earlier this afternoon in the Panthers rather dismal 27-0 home loss to the NY Jets. Young… Read More »
Still ‘armed and dangerous’: an update on the 24 QB preview … All signs continue to point to the fact that the 2023 college season could very likely be ‘the year of the QB.’ And that could make the position just as interesting when it comes to next year’s draft. It starts with Southern Cal’s Caleb Williams, the… Read More »
Colts make it 3-for-3 for top rook QBs to start … Indianapolis confirmed earlier today that they will be starting rookie Anthony Richardson, the 4th player selected at the 2023 draft, when the Colts open their pre-season schedule Saturday afternoon in Buffalo. Richardson has been splitting first -team snaps with veteran Gardner Minshew through the first part of… Read More »
#2 pick kicks off full pre-season sked … The first full weekend of NFL pre-season games gets underway Thursday evening with a doubleheader of games on the NFL Network starting with Houston at New England at 7 PM ET, followed by Minnesota at Seattle at 10 PM ET. And Houston fans won’t have to wait to get an… Read More »
Buckeyes top pre-season ranking of 2024 draft classes … Needless to say, a whole lot is going to change between today and April 25th when the 2024 draft gets underway in Detroit, but for now Ohio State leads heads our pre-season ranking of the top 15 draft classes for the upcoming draft. In fact, the Buckeyes have quality… Read More »
OHIO STATE: At least based on pre-season rankings, the Buckeyes appear to have by far the most talent for the upcoming draft. The Buckeyes currently have, for example, the top non-QB prospect for 2024 in WR Marvin Harrison; in fact, the Ohio State WR room, which also includes Emeka Egbuka, who has some top 10 potential of his… Read More »
College football camps getting underway … As of Monday just about all fall college football training camps should be in full operation with the start of the 2023 season now less than a month away. For the record, there are a handful of games scheduled for August 26th, with the initial full week of the college slate set… Read More »
Are you ready for some football … sort of … The NFL off-season is almost over as training camps begin opening. Nine teams will open their camps for rookies and selected veterans on Tuesday, while the NY Jets will be the first team to welcome their full complement of players the following day. The Jets get to open… Read More »
1) Caleb Williams, QB, Southern California, 6-1, 220, 3rd … Currently the consensus top prospect overall for the 2024 draft and #2 isn’t all that close. Originally signed at Oklahoma, but followed Lincoln Riley to Southern Cal where he won the 2022 Heisman Trophy after throwing for over 4,500 yards and 42 TDs, while running for another 10… Read More »
Things we learned doing the positional previews … Having completed our pre-season positional previews for the 2024 draft (see above), it was kind of interesting to go back and reread them just to see if there were any more general observations to be made about the upcoming draft. The first thing that still kind of jumped out at… Read More »
Caleb Williams, QB, 6-1, 220, Southern California, 3rd … Currently the consensus top prospect overall for the 2024 draft and #2 isn’t all that close. Originally signed at Oklahoma, but followed Lincoln Riley to Southern Cal where he won the 2022 Heisman Trophy after throwing for over 4,500 yards and 42 TDs, while running for another 10 scores.… Read More »
2024 Safety Preview: Still not getting much respect! … Unfortunately, safety is one of those positions, along with the interior offensive line and inside LBs, that just don’t know have a lot of value on draft day, especially in the very early rounds. No safety, for example, was selected in the opening round in three of the past… Read More »
Preliminary 2024 CB preview: Question marks … The cornerback position has been on kind of a nice little role in the past few years. Indeed, in 4 of the past 6 drafts, at least one CB was taken with a top 5 selection. That includes Devon Witherspoon, whom Seattle nabbed with the 5th pick this past April, as… Read More »
Cards reportedly happy with QB Murray off-season work effort … A bit of an interesting headline out of Arizona this past weekend where the Cardinals organization has reportedly at least been impressed with the work being put in by QB Kyler Murray. There has been speculation that if the Cardinals do end up with the #1 pick overall… Read More »
Majority of 2023 picks now signed … According to a report on NBC Sports’ Pro Football Talk that with training camps still just over a month from opening, the majority of players chosen at the 2023 draft have signed with their respective teams. Per the report, as of this weekend, just 31 players taken at this past April’s… Read More »
Preliminary 2024 LB preview … LB – and we’re referring here almost exclusively to players that project to middle and ILBs as opposed to OLBs who tend to get included with the edge rushers – has never necessarily been a prime position early in the draft. The last time an inside LB was selected with a top 10… Read More »
Preliminary 2024 DE/ER preview: long on potential … You aren’t going to get much of an argument from anyone in the NFL that QB is not the #1 prime, premium position come draft day. Indeed, QBs were the first player selected in 7 of the past ten drafts, while the position also accounted for 1 out of every… Read More »
2024 draft DT preview; keep bringing it on! … By almost every measure available, 2023was a pretty darn good draft for the defensive tackles. Overall, 4 were selected in the opening round, tied for the second highest total this century behind the half dozen chosen in 2018. As well, the 11 DTs taken within the first three rounds… Read More »
Supp draft back on after 3-year absence … Multiple sources are reporting that after a 3-year absence, the NFL will be holding a supplemental draft this summer on July 11th. Th league last held a supp draft in 2019. The league has also reportedly confirmed that former Purdue WR Milton Wright will be available in this summer’s supplemental… Read More »
2024 Offensive line preview: More of the same on the way … The 2023 draft was pretty typical for the offensive line. a total of 5 OTs, for example, were selected in the opening round (and we are counting Northwestern’s Peter Skoronksi as an OT, although he was technically listed as an OG when he was selected 11th… Read More »
