NFL Draft Coverage 2011
 

Within hours of the NFL telling teams they could begin to open their facilities to players, the Detroit Lions scheduled their first organized team activities of 2011. The NFL agency X-A-M Sports, which represents at least one Lions player, spread the word on Twitter that Lions players have been told to report for a team…http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?hos...lk&ref=&feed=1

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On second thought, Pats aren?t trading up for Cameron Jordan
 

How about this for some Worldwide Leader-on-Worldwide Leader crime? ESPN’s Chris Mortensen reported earlier today that the New England Patriots are trying to trade up to No. 9 with the Dallas Cowboys, the Pats targeting Cal defensive end Cameron Jordan. According to both Michael Smith of ESPN and Adam Schefter of ESPN, the trade isn’t…http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?hos...lk&ref=&feed=1

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De Smith hints that draft will be attacked
 

At a time when the NFLPA* is insisting that lawyer Jeffrey Kessler doesn’t want to take away the NFL’s version of Christmas, it remains to be seen whether NFLPA* executive director DeMaurice Smith truly digs it. In an interview with Jeremy Schaap of ESPN, Smith did nothing to credibly dispel the notion that the draft…http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?hos...lk&ref=&feed=1

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DeMaurice Smith: ?This is a great day for this country?
 

For a few hours on a rainy draft day afternoon in Manhattan, the epicenter of the football world was in the W Hotel. Once we got past the glass waterfalls in the lobby and the house music in the elevator, we witnessed a sense of triumph among the NFLPA* leaders and NFL veterans in attendance.…http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?hos...lk&ref=&feed=1

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Andy Dalton could be this year?s surprise top-10 pick
 

Last year, the Jacksonville Jaguars surprised everyone by taking defensive tackle Tyson Alualu with the 10th pick in the draft. So who could raise eyebrows this year? Keep an eye on TCU quarterback Andy Dalton.* Peter King of SI.com already has reported that Dalton (and Jake Locker) will be top-2o picks.* For Dalton, the zone…http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?hos...lk&ref=&feed=1

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Mort: 99.9 percent chance that Cam Newton will be the top pick
 

With fewer than three hours to go until the 2011 draft commences, the specific plans of the Carolina Panthers are unknown. But Chris Mortensen of ESPN reports that there’s a 99.9 percent chance that the Panthers will use the first pick in the draft on quarterback Cam Newton. It makes sense.* The Panthers needs a…http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?hos...lk&ref=&feed=1

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NFLPA* on the future of the draft: ?Jeffrey Kessler is not going to ruin Christmas?
 

In this upside down NFL, we know one thing for certain: There will be a draft for the next three nights. The future of the NFL Draft is a little less certain. * I attended the NFLPA* draft event Thursday afternoon in Times Square and asked NFLPA* spokesman George Atallah about the future of the…http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?hos...lk&ref=&feed=1

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Jay Glazer says Falcons are serious about trade up
 

SI.com’s Peter King reported Wednesday that the Atlanta Falcons were contemplating a trade up for one of the draft’s top two wide receivers — A.J. Green of Georgia and Julio Jones from Alabama. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution*has attempted to downplay the rumor, but FOX Sports’ Jay Glazer is now essentially reporting the same thing as King.…http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?hos...lk&ref=&feed=1

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Boxing suspension for Tom Zbikowski rescinded
 

Tom Zbikowski is back in the good graces of boxing. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the Chickasaw Nation Boxing Commission has rescinded the 45-day suspension of Zbikowski, the Ravens safety who tested positive for marijuana after his fight Saturday night. The Commission has accepted a second negative test submitted by Zbikowski at an independent lab…http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?hos...lk&ref=&feed=1

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Vikings expect seven quarterbacks in first 42 picks
 

The Minnesota Vikings think a run on quarterbacks is coming tonight and tomorrow night. According to ESPN, the Vikings’ brain trust has conducted 15 different two-round mock drafts, trying to consider every possibility for how the draft could go. And to the extent that they can accurately determine how other teams will act, the Vikings…http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?hos...lk&ref=&feed=1

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