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Wide Receiver  LSU 6-2 211 40 time: 4.59 Draft board overall prospect rank: #40 Draft board wide receiver rank: #4 Overall rating: 79* 2/28/10: He wasn’t supposed to be a speed demon, but a 4.59 hurts a lot. He’s not going to get a lot of separation at the next…

  Cornerback Miami 5-10 191 Draft board overall prospect rank: #12 Draft board overall cornerback rank: #3 Overall rating: 89 (mid 1st) 40 time: 4.43 3/22/11: The hype of this cornerback class is on Patrick Peterson and Prince Amukamara, but for the first half or so of the season, Harris…

  Defensive End/Rush Linebacker  Michigan 6-1 268 40 time: 4.69 Draft board overall prospect rank: #14 Draft board defensive end rank: #2 Overall rating: 87* 1/30/10: Graham had a huge Senior Bowl week. It started out bad when he measured up at just over 6 feet and with the shortest arms…

  Cornerback Wake Forest 6-0 193 40 time: 4.37 Draft board overall prospect rank: #32 Draft board cornerback rank: #3 Overall rating: 83*              3/21/10: With all of the extremely athletic players in this draft class, it can be easy to overlook Brandon Ghee, but…

  Brandon Carr is one of, if not the best #2 cornerbacks in the league in Kansas City next to Brandon Flowers. Last season, he allowed a 49.4% completion percentage, 6.5 YPA, 3 touchdowns, and 4 interceptions, good for a QB rating allowed that ranked 5th best amongst cornerbacks who…

    Josh McDaniels won a trade?! Well, he was negotiating with the Browns and Eric Mangini. I know this trade was probably Mike Holmgren’s doing too, but Eric Mangini wanted Quinn out of there and Holmgren, no longer needing Quinn after signing Delhomme yesterday, did what Mangina wanted and…

  Brad Smith is a nice player. He can do all sorts of things and can score from anywhere on the field with his speed. He can run the ball. He can catch some passes. He can even throw out of the wildcat and he returned two kickoffs to the…

By Vince Vitale  The St. Louis Rams ran their preseason record to 3-1 with a 27-21 victory over the Baltimore Ravens Thursday night before a crowd of 42,327 hopeful Rams fans. In reality there were not more than 20-25K fans at this game but the ones that attended got to see…

Spotlight #1: Boston College CB Donnie Fletcher Spotlight #2: Maryland CB Cameron Chism  1st quarter 13:58: Chism can’t quite get around a block on a sizeable run. Needs to put in more effort. 10:59: Game broadcast went out for 3 minutes of game time. BC scored. 10:08: Broadcaster notes that…

  Spotlight #1: Boise State QB Kellen Moore Spotlight #2: Boise State DE Shea McClellin  14:29: Inaccurate short throw by Moore. 13:43: Moore gets the pass off in time against the rush, but it’s dropped by the receiver. As with the first throw, it’s not a great spiral, but this…