2024 NFL Draft Notes: Episode 3
Welcome back to my 2024 NFL draft notes article. I have been busy slaving away at updating my database and have finally found time to drop another draft notes article. So everything is the same as before. There is no…
2024 NFL Draft: Replacement Starters for the Green Bay Packers
As we all know, the Green Bay Packers are a team that builds through the NFL draft. Since Brian Gutekunst has taken over as GM, he has sprinkled in some free agent signings, but the Packers cap situation isn’t great…
2024 NFL Draft Notes
Welcome to a new series where I will be posting my notes on prospects for the 2024 NFL draft. These are not a final scouting report and are 99% based on the 2022 film I have watched. They are not…
Is Wisconsin’s Braelon Allen RB1 in the 2024 NFL Draft?
Wisconsin running back Braelon Allen finds himself with a tremendous opportunity to rise up NFL draft boards this season. The running back position has never seen worse value than right now. The NFL has been telling the world, time and…
Packers Prospects for the 2024 NFL Draft: Defense
Welcome back to part two of our look ahead at the Packers 2024 NFL draft. If you missed the first part of this series looking at the offensive players, check it out here! Today, it’s time to look at the…
Packers Prospects for the 2024 NFL Draft: Offense
As most Packers fans know, the Packers’ front office has certain thresholds they tend to hold to when it comes to draft prospects. This list will include players eligible for the 2024 NFL draft that fit those typical Packers thresholds.…
Pre-season 2024 NFL Draft Rankings: Defensive Backs
The final part of my pre-season 2024 NFL draft rankings, defensive backs! I combine the corners and safeties here, since there is so much crossover, plus some college corners move to safety in the NFL and even some safeties end…
Pre-season 2024 NFL Draft Rankings: Linebackers
We are almost to the end of the pre-season 2024 NFL draft rankings, this time we are looking at the linebackers. This group is overall better than the 2023 class. The top three guys are probably better than any of…
Pre-season 2024 NFL Draft Rankings: Edge Rushers
Now to the second part of my pre-season 2024 NFL draft rankings, the edge rushers! This looks to be another strong class. There may not be a Will Anderson in this group, but nonetheless it looks to be deep, and…
Pre-season 2024 NFL Draft Rankings: Defensive line
With the 2024 NFL Draft offense done, it’s time for the first part on defense for my pre-season rankings: the defensive line. This group seems to have fallen back to the median of defensive line classes that we have had…
Pre-season 2024 NFL Draft Rankings: Interior Offensive Line
Welcome to the final offensive part of my early look at the 2024 NFL draft, ranking the interior offensive linemen. While the offensive tackle class looks large and strong, the interior looks just okay. The guard class looks better than…
Pre-season 2024 NFL Draft Rankings: Offensive Tackles
Now that we’re done with the skill positions, it’s on to the big uglies up front. With the next article in my pre-season rankings for the 2024 NFL draft we will be looking at the offensive tackles. As always, you…
Pre-season 2024 NFL Draft Rankings: Tight Ends
Now to the last of the offensive skill set guys, the tight ends for the 2024 NFL draft. This group is obviously not as strong as last year’s class. It is stronger at the top, with one player who, if…
Pre-season 2024 NFL Draft Rankings: Wide Receivers
Part three of my pre-season rankings for the 2024 NFL draft. We have another deep wide receiver class this year, with two to three elite receivers at the top and a lot of other guys who could easily move up…
Pre-season 2024 NFL Draft Rankings: Running Backs
Here we are, again, with my pre-season 2024 NFL draft rankings — this time with the running backs. There are some similarities between the 2024 running back class and the last class. Like the quarterbacks for the 2024 class that…
Pre-season 2024 NFL Draft Rankings: Quarterbacks
Welcome to my pre-season rankings for the 2024 NFL draft, starting with the quarterbacks. This year’s class looks to have a lot of similarities to last year’s, but with some important differences. Again there look to be two quarterbacks at…
Are Tight Ends Coming Into The NFL More Pro Ready?
There has been talk more recently about tight ends coming into the NFL being more pro ready. With players like Kyle Pitts coming into the league in 2021 and putting up 1,000 yards as a rookie, there has been a…
2024 NFL Draft: Three PAC-12 transfers who can raise their stock
The NFL draft is loaded with players from the transfer portal and the PAC-12 has some interesting names to watch for 2024
49ers Post Draft Reaction: An In-depth Review
As the dust settles on the 2023 NFL draft, I am left scratching my head. The 49ers started their draft late in the third round at pick #87 with a glaring need for the team was offensive line and secondary…
Favorite Day Three Prospects
Day two of the NFL draft is in the books, and we look forward to the top prospects left for day three. I surveyed some of our own NFL draft experts, along with experts from some popular draft outlets to…
NFL Draft: Browns Day Two Recap
For the Cleveland Browns, day two of the NFL draft was pretty quiet, with just two selections in the third round and no trades. They attacked value with the first selection and attacked a need with the second selection. Overall,…
Thoughts On The Green Bay Packers Picks: Day One And Two
So, my thoughts on the Green Bay Packers picks from both day one and two of the NFL draft. They are very Gutekunst-esque, and I knew a lot of those “rumors” that came out the day before and the day…
Favorite Day Two Prospects
With round one of the NFL Draft in the books, we look forward to some of the top day-two prospects left. I surveyed some of our in-house NFL draft experts, along with experts from some popular draft outlets to get…
2023 Browns Mock Draft
The NFL Draft for the Browns starts on day two, where they will finally select at 74 (barring any trades). Cleveland has many positions to fill and will need a great draft to be championship contenders. We took a look…
NFL Draft Round 1 Recap: Zay Flowers to Baltimore Ravens
Give the Ravens their Flowers. April 27, 2023 was a wild day for the Baltimore Ravens. Mere hours before the start of the NFL Draft began, news broke that quarterback Lamar Jackson agreed in principle to a 5-year, $260 million…
Atlanta Falcons Mock Draft: Final Edition
Ladies and gentlemen, the final Atlanta Falcons mock draft is finally here. In this final mock, I traded the eighth pick for picks 17 and 49 from the Pittsburgh Steelers. I normally don’t trade back, but rumors of the Falcons…
2023 NFL Mock Draft
The 2023 NFL Draft is upon us, and it is time for a barrage of mock drafts. In this mock draft, there were no trades unless they had already been made. This is a predictive mock draft and not indicative…
2023 Ravens Mock Draft
We are mere hours away from one of the most important events in the sports world: the NFL Draft. What better time for a Ravens mock draft? The Ravens enter this year’s draft with only five draft picks, and a…
Green Back Packers: Post Aaron Rodgers Trade Mock Draft
Now that the Aaron Rodgers trade has FINALLY gone done, here is my post-trade Packers mock draft. Since the trade just went down I decided to just stick and pick, but thought about trading down a few times, I might…
Jason Willis’ 2023 NFL Draft Big Board
With the NFL draft nearly here, it is time to finalize the player rankings. In a draft where no one has any idea what’s going to happen, nearly everyone will have a different set of rankings on their big board.…
Green Bay Packers Mock Draft: 2023 Brian Gutekunst Special
Welcome to my annual “Brian Gutekunst special” Packers mock draft. I do this every year. To explain it; we all know Gutey likes his high-level athletes, so I do a mock draft where my almost sole focus is on getting…
Green Bay Packers 2023 Draft Board: Defense
Welcome back to the Green Bay Packers 2023 Draft board for the NFL draft. This will obviously be the Packers draft board for the defense. You can read last year to give you an idea how this works. Same as the…
Green Bay Packers 2023 Draft Board: Offense
Welcome to my Green Bay Packers draft board for the 2023 NFL draft. This will be the second year I have produced my Packers draft board publicly. You can see last year’s article for the offense. Please refer to my…
2023 NFL Draft: Tyjae Spears Scouting Report
The path to the 2023 NFL draft has been challenging for former Tulane running back Tyjae Spears. Matt Forte left an indelible mark on the Tulane Green Wave program, and Spears looks to be the next great back in that…
2023 NFL Draft Final Position Rankings: Defensive Backs
Here is the fourth and final set of defensive positional rankings for the 2023 NFL draft: the defensive backs. Before the season started the corner class looked pretty solid and has gotten better, whereas the safety class had questions entering the…
2023 NFL Draft Final Position Rankings: Linebackers
Here is the third set of final position rankings for the 2023 NFL draft: the linebackers. Before the season started this looked to be a weak group. Nothing has really happened this season to change that outlook. As always, I will…
Atlanta Falcons Mock Draft Post FA Edition
It’s time for a brand new Atlanta Falcons mock draft! The Falcons have been making massive splashes throughout the early parts of free agency. They added superstar free agent Jessie Bates III, veteran defensive tackle David Onyemata, re-signed Kaleb McGary,…
2023 NFL Draft Final Position Rankings: Edge Rushers
The second group on defense in our final position rankings for the 2023 NFL draft: the edge rushers. This group looks to be strong again, just like the last couple of classes. We should see four to five guys go in…
2023 NFL Draft Final Position Rankings: Defensive Tackles
With the offensive side of the ball out of the way, we kick off our look at the defense with our final position rankings for the 2023 NFL draft defensive tackles class. Before the season started, this group looked to…
2023 NFL Draft Final Position Rankings: Interior Offensive Linemen
The final group for the offense in my final position rankings for the 2023 NFL draft: the interior offensive linemen. Before the season started, this group looked to be strong at center and weak at guard. However, there are a number…
Best Players Available In The NFL Draft For The Atlanta Falcons
We’ve heard it from day one: The Atlanta Falcons are not going to reach for any prospects in the NFL draft process. They are going to go “BPA”, best player available, and continue to add the best talent at each…
2023 NFL Draft Final Position Rankings: Offensive Tackles
Let’s get right into the fifth group in our look at my final position rankings for the 2023 NFL draft: the offensive tackles . Before the season started this group looked to be a bit of a drop off from previous…
2023 NFL Draft Final Position Rankings: Tight Ends
Let’s get right into the fourth group in my final positional rankings for the 2023 NFL draft: the tight ends . This is another interesting group; there is one guy locked in pretty much at #1 and then a few guys…
Can Jalen Carter Realistically Slide Past The Atlanta Falcons?
It’s time. We need to have a real conversation about Jalen Carter and his fit with the Atlanta Falcons. Going into the pre-draft process, it was agreed upon that Jalen Carter was a top-two prospect in this draft. For some,…
2023 NFL Draft Final Position Rankings: Wide Receivers
Let’s get right into the third group in our look at my final position rankings for the 2023 NFL draft: the wide receivers . This is another interesting group in that there seems to be some disagreement on the strength of…
2023 NFL Draft Final Position Rankings: Running Backs
Welcome to part two of my final position rankings. Today we focus on the running backs for the 2023 NFL draft. You can see my mid-season rankings here. I will be listing players at their expected NFL positions. We will be going position…
2023 NFL Draft Final Position Rankings: Quarterbacks
We are finally here, my final position rankings for the quarterbacks in the 2023 NFL draft. Before we get started, refresh yourself on my mid-season opinions on these prospects. Let’s start with the first group, which is expected to be an interesting…
Dueling Mocks: Atlanta Falcons Mock Draft
Hunter’s Falcons Mock Draft (@hthompsonFB) After the whole Lamar Jackson conversations on Twitter we decided to to take a breather from that and just talk NFL draft. Today, Falcons Around the Block contributors Hunter Thompson and Saivion Mixson go toe…
Baltimore Ravens: To Bijan Robinson Or Not To Bijan
Every NFL draft cycle, there is always a polarizing player that people just cannot seem to place. Whether it be a lack of production in college but a terrific combine performance or the measurables weren’t as prototypical as one might…
Decoding The “Packers Way” Part 2
Welcome back to part 2! In this article we will be decoding the “Packers way” in regards to defensive players. As I stated in one of my previous articles the Packers have a certain way of doing things with regards to the…
Match Made in Kansas City: The Best 2023 NFL Draft Fits
The 2023 NFL Draft is just over 70 days. This cycle has flown by, so as we get into final report season, I am here to give you my favorite team/player fits of the draft. However, I am not taking…
Stock up, stock down after the 2023 Senior Bowl: The trenches shine in Mobile
No group had bigger crowd around them at practices in Mobile than the trenches. Which guys hurt or helped their stock this week?
Make The Case: Who should the New York Giants Draft at 25?
The New York Giants draft is undoubtedly going to look different than previous years. No top pick, no extra capital, and nobody clamoring for a quarterback. What is the move at pick 25 for head coach Brian Daboll and company?…
Top 15 Wide Receivers of the 2023 NFL Draft
The 2023 NFL Draft class is shaping up to be one of the more intriguing classes in recent memory. But by far one of the most intriguing groups in this entire NFL draft class is the wide receivers. There aren’t…
Decoding The “Packers Way”
Welcome back! In this article we will be decoding the “Packers way” and what that means. As I stated in my previous article the Packers have a certain way of doing things. Whether anyone thinks it’s right or wrong can…
Potential Senior Bowl Draft Targets for the Miami Dolphins
The Senior Bowl has wrapped up in Mobile, and the Miami Dolphins could take a look at some of the top prospects.
Senior Bowl Risers and Fallers: Game Day
The Senior Bowl is a showcase event for players to prove to NFL teams that they are worth their selections, and on game day, a player’s performance matters to a certain extent, and can help them be “risers” and “fallers”.…
Senior Bowl Prospects to Watch for the Atlanta Falcons
The Reese’s Senior Bowl in Mobile opened some eyes to names that you will see come off of the boards mostly in days two and three of the NFL Draft. While the bulk of the Atlanta Falcons scouting brass was…
Senior Bowl Day Three Risers and Fallers: American Team
It’s the third and final day of practices at the 2023 Reese’s Senior Bowl for the American Team down in Mobile, Alabama. Which means another day of covering the risers and fallers from each Senior Bowl squad. There were plenty…
Senior Bowl Quotes: Players Share Their Experience
The 2023 Reese’s Senior Bowl is officially underway in Mobile, Alabama and the Around The Block Network crew has you covered with practice highlights and player interviews. Day one of practices concluded at 4:00 PM Tuesday afternoon, and the ATB…
Do The Green Bay Packers Have a Connection To RAS?
Welcome back, its been a long time. When I wrote an article connecting the Green Bay Packers and RAS at Pack To The Future (here’s part 2, part 3, and part 4). I got a lot of push back. Oddly…
2023 NFL Draft: Baltimore Ravens Mock Draft
For non-playoff teams, the 2023 NFL draft looms large. Despite not taking place until late April, the NFL’s yearly selection draft offers all teams an opportunity to improve. Front offices are investing their time in all-star games and player interviews…
Baltimore Ravens 2023 Positional Needs
The Baltimore Ravens 2022 season was another rough outing, despite the team finishing with a 10-7 record and a playoff berth. Baltimore’s star quarterback Lamar Jackson missed the latter half of the season with an injury and the offensive struggles…
2023 NFL Draft: Darnell Wright Scouting Report
Mammoth Tennessee offensive tackle Darnell Wright is poised to be a great value pick in the 2023 NFL draft. Offensive tackle is one of the most important positions in football and we see so many of them get drafted high…
Packers Offseason: What Would I Do If I Was Brian Gutekunst?
The offseason is here; we are all disappointed in the Packers performance. Changes will have to be made, like any other offseason. This article will explore what I would do with this offseason if I was Packers GM Brian Gutekunst?…
Bijan Robinson: The unquestioned RB1 for the 2023 NFL Draft?
Bijan Robinson was an absolute legend at Texas. Robinson capped off his brilliant collegiate career with a stellar 2022 season; landing him ninth in Heisman Trophy voting and winning the prestigious Doak Walker award. Now, with Bijan Robinson likely turning…
2023 NFL Draft: Early Look At Potential Packers — Defense
On Wednesday, we took an early look at some potential 2023 NFL Draft prospects for the Packers offense. Today, it’s time for the defense! Of course, there’s still a lot of information to be gathered, especially since the Packers rely…
2023 NFL Draft: Early Look At Potential Packers — Offense
In this article we are taking an early look at potential Packers 2023 NFL draft prospects. In this first part, we look at offensive players. It’s important to remember there is a lot more information to be gathered in the…
Gators Justin Shorter Accepts Shrine Bowl Invite
Florida Gators senior wide receiver Justin Shorter has accepted his invitation to participate in the East-West Shrine Bowl. Shorter transferred from Penn State for the 2020 season and has been with the Florida program ever since. Shorter is a fifth…
Gators QB Anthony Richardson Declares For 2023 NFL Draft
Florida Gators redshirt sophomore quarterback Anthony Richardson has declared for the NFL draft. Richardson was a first-year starter for the Gators this season, but has played in 22 games in total. Anthony Richardson started in all 12 games this past…
Gators Ventrell Miller Accepts Senior Bowl Invite
Florida Gators senior linebacker Ventrell Miller has accepted an invitation to the Reese’s Senior Bowl. Miller, a sixth year senior, had a resurgent year coming back from injury this past season. Miller still dealt with injuries, including a fractured foot.…
2023 NFL Draft Mid-Season Position Rankings: Defensive Backs
The final group ranking is here. Here is the fourth set of defensive position rankings for the 2023 NFL draft: the defensive backs. Before the season started the corner class looked pretty solid and has gotten better, whereas the safety class…
2023 NFL Draft Mid-Season Position Rankings: Linebackers
We are almost there. Here is the third set of defensive position rankings for the 2023 NFL draft: the linebackers. Before the season started this looked to be a weak group. Nothing has really happened this season to change that outlook.…
2023 NFL Draft Mid-Season Position Rankings: Edge Rushers
Here we are; the second group on defense in our look at position rankings for the 2023 NFL draft: the edge rushers. This group looks to be strong again, just like the last couple of classes. We should see three to…
2023 NFL Draft Mid-Season Position Rankings: Defensive Tackles
Finally to the defense! Here is the first set of defensive position rankings for the 2023 NFL draft: the defensive tackles. This group before the season started looked to be a really good class; but a few guys have had injuries…
2023 NFL Draft Mid-Season Position Rankings: Interior Offensive Linemen
We are finally here; the sixth group in our look at position rankings for the 2023 NFL draft: the interior offensive linemen. This group before the season started looked to be strong at center and weak at guard. However, there are…
2023 NFL Draft Mid-Season Position Rankings: Offensive Tackles
Let’s get right into the fifth group in our look at position rankings for the 2023 NFL draft: the offensive tackles . This group before the season started looked to be a bit of a drop off from the previous classes;…
2023 NFL Draft Mid-Season Position Rankings: Tight Ends
Let’s get right into the fourth group in our look at position rankings for the 2023 NFL draft: the tight ends . This is another interesting group; there is one guy locked in pretty much at #1 and then a number…
2023 NFL Draft Mid-Season Positional Rankings: Wide Receivers
Let’s get right into the third group in our look at position rankings for the 2023 NFL draft: the wide receivers . This is another interesting group; in that there seems to be some disagreement on the strength of the…
2023 NFL Draft Mid-Season Position Rankings: Running backs
Welcome to part two of my position rankings. Today we focus on the running backs for the 2023 NFL draft. I will do this initial list and a final one after the season. I will be listing players at their expected NFL positions. We…
2023 NFL Draft Mid-Season Positional Rankings: Quarterbacks
Welcome to my first positional rankings of the quarterbacks for the 2023 NFL draft. I will do this initial list and a final one after the season. I will be listing players at their expected NFL positions. We will be…
Cincinnati vs. Arkansas: Prospects Review and Game Recap
Cincinnati vs. Arkansas was one of the more exciting matchups in an otherwise bland 3:30 slate of games. Relive the excitement and learn about some of the NFL Draft prospects for each team who stood out in this Cincinnati vs…
Backyard Brawl NFL Draft prospects review: Pitt wins but WVU players shine
College football fans and NFL draft enthusiasts were treated to the return of one of its classic rivalry games this week, as Pittsburgh and West Virginia renewed their famous Backyard Brawl after a decade hiatus. The return was exciting enough…
Nebraska vs. Northwestern Game Recap
Nebraska vs. Northwestern was the first significant Power Five bout of the 2022 college season, finishing in a tight Wildcats 31-28 victory. The game did not disappoint with plenty of exciting plays made by both squads in a classic BIG…
Nebraska vs. Northwestern Preview: Week 0 Prospect Roundup
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Early Favorite Group of Five Players: Offense
We are here right before the start of the college football season and I am going to give you guys some of my early favorite group of five players. I have a good grasp on the group of five or…
Initial Scouting Report: Phil Jurkovec
There is not a more important position in any sport than that of quarterback. Great ones are rare. They lift teams around them and hide a litany of shortcomings. Bad ones destroy seasons and careers. Anything else is almost worse,…
Cincinnati Bengals RAS: Defense
Thanks for checking out my second part on the Cincinnati Bengals RAS — this time we are tackling the defense. If you haven’t read it yet you should also read about the offense. The Bengals historical picks can also be…
Initial Scouting Report: Cedric Tillman
The University of Tennessee has put several receivers in the NFL that have found success. Marquez Calloway, Josh Palmer, Velus Jones Jr. have all made their way to Sundays. Next up? The first Volunteer wide out to cross the 1,000…
Initial Scouting Report: Andre Carter II
Andre Carter II is a senior EDGE prospect who plays for Army. In 2021, he emerged as one of the most productive pass rushers in college football in his first year as a full time player, posting 14.5 sacks and…
Cincinnati Bengals RAS: Offense
Welcome back to the series — I know it’s been awhile. In case you are not familiar, this series is where I look at the RAS scores and athletic testing of the draft picks from each front office. For this…
The Baylor Defensive Line is loaded with draft prospects
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Packers 2023 NFL Draft Outlook: Which positions are of importance?
The 2023 Draft is months away, but teams are already looking at the draft board. Which positions are of the most importance?
Pre-Season 2023 NFL Draft Rankings: Defense
Welcome to part two of my pre-season 2023 NFL draft rankings: defense. I hope you enjoyed the last part. If you haven’t already, check out part one and then come back. If you want to do extra research on your…
Pre-Season 2023 NFL Draft Rankings: Offense
Welcome to the start of the 2023 NFL draft cycle. These will be my early pre-season 2023 NFL draft rankings. Anything can happen in season, of course. For example, early on last year it was looking like Spencer Rattler was…
Early 2023 NFL Draft Sleepers: Defense
The offense has seen its fair share of sleeper picks in recent draft boards and mocks. What about the defensive side; who’s potentially got that “it” factor we’re not talking about?
Early Sleepers For The 2023 Draft: Offense
My early sleepers for the 2023 draft is finally here. These are guys who may not be known by most right now, but by draft time should be known by everyone-or at least I think they will if they continue…
Georgia RB Kenny McIntosh Summer Scouting Report
Georgia running back Kenny McIntosh isn’t a household name yet, but he’ll get the opportunity to become one in 2022. McIntosh hasn’t received the volume of carries needed to truly break out because Georgia’s running back room is so deep,…
Washington State Cameron Ward Is The Player To Watch This Season
With all of the buzz about quarterbacks to keep an eye on this season — a list that could include potential first-round picks like Miami’s Tyler Van Dyke or Kentucky’s Will Levis — let me shine a light on a…
2023 NFL Draft: Should You Buy the Hype on Tyler Van Dyke?
It is time to look at the 2023 NFL Draft quarterbacks. There is a lot of hype on the internet because of how lackluster the 2022 class was, with some big name analysts saying we could see 7 first round…
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