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  Defensive End/3-4 Defensive End East Carolina 6-3 288 40 time: 4.75 Draft board overall prospect rank: #134 Draft board 3-4 defensive end rank: #12 Overall rating: 63*             4/8/10: CJ Wilson is one of the more under the radar players in this draft class. He didn’t have a great…

    When the Buffalo Bills drafted CJ Spiller with the 9th overall pick in the 2010 Draft, it was one of the most head scratching moves in the draft, aside from the Tyson Alualu selection one pick later. I don’t know why the Jags would take a guy who…

  Running Back  Clemson 5-11 196 40 time: 4.37 Draft board overall prospect rank: #26 Draft board running back rank: #2 Overall rating: 84* 1/17/10: Has had trouble staying healthy in college and his career YPC does not suggest good running back skills, but he has a place in the NFL.…

  Offensive Tackle  LSU 6-4 327 40 time: 5.49 Draft board overall prospect rank: #62 Draft board offensive tackle rank: #9 Overall rating: 76* 1/30/10: Looked very sluggish, just like most of the South’s offensive line, and could not keep up with the speed hustle rushers of the North’s defensive line.…

Spotlight #1: Cincinnati RB Isaiah Pead  Spotlight #2: Cincinnati DT Derek Wolfe  1st quarter 14:46: Pead on a weak outside run. Goes down on first contact. 12:53: Run through Wolfe’s gap, can’t disengage, but tackle for a short gain because Wolfe freed up space for the linebackers. 11:29: Wolfe gets…

  Debate the Bengals’ offseason possibilities in The Football Fan Forum 2010 Preview: The Bengals spent their entire offseason trying to figure out some way to bring Carson Palmer out of the funk he was in late last year. They had the right idea to try to find some more big…

  Quarterback Florida State 6-2 229 Draft Board Overall Prospect Rank: #130 Draft Board Overall Quarterback Rank: #7 Overall rating: 61 (late 4th) 40 time: 4.67 2/16/11: Christian Ponder’s stock is on the rise after the Senior Bowl. Ponder silenced his critics who said he wasn’t healthy, but he failed…

  So the Bears won’t give the heart and soul of their line and their locker room, not to mention their best offensive lineman from a season ago, Olin Kreutz 4.5 million over 1 year, but they’ll throw 6 million over 2 years to the mediocre Chris Spencer. The Bears…

  Running Back Washington 5-11 215 Draft board overall prospect rank: #50 Draft board overall running back rank: #3 Overall rating: 76 (2nd round) 40 time: 4.46 Games watched: Washington/Nebraska, Stanford/Washington Positives ·         3 years of strong production (2009: 1113 yards and 5 touchdowns on 226 carries, 2010: 1415 yards and 9…

  I love this deal. Chris Myers is one of the two best centers in the league so long as he stays in Houston’s scheme (no guarantees outside of it). ProFootballFocus had him ranked as their #1 center last season, #3 in 2010, #8 in 2009, and #12 in 2008.…