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  Wide Receiver  Cincinnati 6-0 187 40 time: 4.56 Draft board overall prospect rank: #80 Draft board wide receiver rank: #9 Overall rating: 74* 2/28/10: I have a feeling Gilyard was just having a bad day, he looked WAY faster this season than the 4.56 he ran today. However, I’m…

  Baltimore Ravens sign Marshal Yanda Yanda is a valuable offensive lineman for the Ravens. He can play right tackle or move inside to guard depending on what happens with Jared Gaither’s health at right tackle. The Ravens focused on areas other than the line in the draft so they…

  This is a 5 year, 40 million dollar contract with 19 million guaranteed. If any other team had signed Colston to this kind of deal, I probably would have given it a bad grade because he’s unproven out of New Orleans’ system, but in New Orleans’ system, he’s a…

  I forgot to give a grade for this one. The Jets didn’t expect that Tebow would become available when they made this extension, so I won’t take that into consideration. This is partly a restructuring of Sanchez’ old deal because the last 3 years are team options, but what…

  Running Back Alabama 5-9 215 Draft Board Overall Prospect Rank: #20 Draft Board Overall Running Back Rank: #1 Rating: 85 (mid 1st) 40 time: 4.53 4/16/11: His knee problems are worse than previously though and his knee is being described as arthritic. Running backs have a short “life expectancy” anyway…

  By Vince Vitale  With the 2010 NFL season only 6 days away the St. Louis Rams have traded for Mark Clayton from the Baltimore Ravens in exchange for “late round” considerations. Mark Clayton was selected 22nd overall in the 2005 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Ravens, and has caught 234…

  Mark Anderson was actually one of the league’s better pass rushers last season, accumulating 15 sacks and 36 pressures over 19 games as a part time player on the Patriots run to the Super Bowl. Even though he only played 640 snaps in those 19 games (419 were rushing…

  Mario Williams gets the richest deal in NFL history, 6 years, 100 million, with 50 million guaranteed, which dwarfs Julius Peppers’ 6 year, 84 million dollar deal with 42 million guaranteed from 2 offseasons ago. However, at the time of his signing, Peppers was a 30 year old with…

  This is only 5 million over 2 years, but Barber is done so it doesn’t matter. Lingering hamstring injuries have sapped his explosiveness and caused him to average 3.3 yards per carry last year, though I guess that’s better than the 2.4 Chester Taylor averaged, so I guess they…

  Last offseason, the 49ers did a good job of being patient in free agency and waiting for the bargains to come to them. They didn’t panic and they got guys like Carlos Rogers, Jonathan Goodwin, Donte Whitner, and Dashon Goldson for cheap later in the free agency period. They’ve…