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  This move doesn’t mean the Bengals won’t look at cornerbacks earlier in the NFL draft. Like Nate Clements, Jason Allen is over 30 and just a stopgap. Allen might not be a starting caliber cornerback, but he was one of the better nickel cornerbacks last season for Houston and…

Quarterback/Running Back West Virginia 6-3 224 40 time: 4.54 Draft board overall prospect rank: #142 Draft board quarterback rank: #10 Overall Rating: 61* 2/28/10: 40 times don’t matter a ton to quarterbacks, but a 4.54 will get you noticed, especially when you’re someone who may have to play another position…

  Johnson won’t help the Chargers much with their pass rush, but he will help their defense as a two down run stuffing linebacker and compliment to situational pass rusher and team leader in sacks Antawn Barnes. The Chargers will hope that Shaun Phillips can have a bounce back season…

  Offensive Tackle Hillsdale 6-8 312 40 time: 5.09 Draft board overall prospect rank: #109 Draft board offensive tackle rank: #12 Overall rating: 68*                 4/13/10: Jared Veldheer is a big man from a small school. His athletic prowess as a 6-8 312 pounder…

  Defensive tackle/3-4 defensive end  Penn State 6-5 304 40 time: 4.98 Overall prospect rank: #23 Overall defensive tackle rank: #4 Overall rating: 85* 1/27/10: After Suh and McCoy go off the board early, Odrick makes a great case to be the next 3-4 defensive end chosen by displaying great agility,…

  Gaither has potentially career threatening back injuries that scared the Ravens off from resigning him and the Bills and Raiders from signing him, both of whom look close looks at him before saying no thank you. However, this is a veteran’s minimum deal and the Chiefs desperately need upgrades…

  I love this deal for the Chargers. If Gaither can stay healthy, he provides them the franchise left tackle they would otherwise lack and those don’t grow on trees. Not only that, he provides them a franchise left tackle for cheap, about 6 million per year (4 years, 24.6…

  Brown might just be a right tackle, but he played very well down the stretch last year in his first year back from major hip surgery and he’s a former left tackle, so if he continues to improve back from that injury, he could easily be one of the…

  Running Back  Buffalo 6-2 213 40 time (projected): 4.56 Draft board overall prospect rank: N/A Draft board running back rank: #15 Overall rating: 59* College career highlights: Second Team All-MAC (2006,2007) First-team All-MAC (2008) Honorable Mention All-American (Sports Illustrated) (2008) Injury report (9/14/09): Starks will miss the season with…

  James Jones allows them to keep their Super Bowl winning receiving corps intact, plus rookie Randall Cobb coming in. Aaron Rodgers must be thrilled. They got him on a fairly reasonable deal as well, 3 years 9.4 million. Grade: A