NFL declares victory in StarCaps case
 

With the NFL draft starting today and team facilities opening tomorrow, there’s another piece of important NFL news that might get lost in the shuffle: The league is declaring victory in the case of the players who sued after they were suspended for taking a banned substance in the over-the-counter substance StarCaps. “The Minnesota Supreme…http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?hos...lk&ref=&feed=1

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NFL teams plan to open facilities Friday morning
 

NFL teams are turning players away from team facilities this morning. But they won’t do that tomorrow, barring an appeals court giving the league an immediate stay of Judge Susan Nelson’s order ending the lockout. NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said on today’s PFT Live that, unless something happens with the appeals court this afternoon, players…http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?hos...lk&ref=&feed=1

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Source: Kaepernick is No. 1 QB on Raiders? draft board
 

Twelve days ago, a league source told PFT that one unnamed AFC West team*informed Nevada’s Colin Kaepernick that he is the No. 1 quarterback on their draft board. PFT has tracked down the team. Per a league source, it’s the Oakland Raiders. The Raiders hosted Kaepernick for an official, team-facility visit on April 12. Thursday…http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?hos...lk&ref=&feed=1

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Ryan Leaf looks back on the draft: I should have stayed in school
 

Every year at NFL draft time, Ryan Leaf’s name comes up as the example of the greatest bust the league has ever seen. Today Leaf said on the Dan Patrick Show that when he looks back on his draft experience, his greatest regret is that he decided to leave Washington State after his junior year.…http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?hos...lk&ref=&feed=1

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Draft Day PFT Live, featuring update from NFL
 

As Florio mentioned earlier, Commissioner Roger Goodell is a little too busy Thursday to join PFT Live. We still may have a little breaking news from the NFL Thursday on **NFL spokesman Greg Aiello says he will join the show to help explain the league’s position following Judge Susan Nelson’s decision Wednesday night denying the…http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?hos...lk&ref=&feed=1

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Mike Shanahan: Trading up isn?t likely
 

There have been a lot of whispers linking the Redskins with a move up from the 10th overall pick in the first round to get themselves a quarterback. Mike Shanahan addressed those rumors on Wednesday and threw a fair amount of cold water on them. At a pre-draft meeting with reporters, Shanahan indicated that the…http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?hos...lk&ref=&feed=1

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Buffalo quarterback buzz picks up
 

It’s draft day, which means we are about to start hearing self-serving draft rumors at a fast and furious pace. It beats labor talk, right? With a lot of folks believing Cam Newton will go first and a defensive player second (Von Miller or Marcell Dareus), speculation is picking up over what Buffalo will do…http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?hos...lk&ref=&feed=1

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The ?who do you support?? poll, take two
 

Over the weekend, in response to comments from Browns cornerback Joe Haden that fans are “definitely” in the corner of the players, we decided to take the temperature of PFT Planet. The results were stunning.* Only 22 percent of those who responded supported the players.* The rest supported the owners, or neither. A reader has…http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?hos...lk&ref=&feed=1

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Players believe 2011 league year has begun
 

The league apparently has decided to wait for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to rule on the NFL’s request for a stay pending appeal of the order lifting the lockout.* The players believe that the league has no reason to delay starting the 2011 league year. “Last night, Judge Nelson issued…http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?hos...lk&ref=&feed=1

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Goodell cancels PFT Live interview
 

We’re not shocked but we’re nevertheless disappointed to learn that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell won’t be joining ProFootballTalk Live today, which also happens to be one of the craziest days in league history. We got the word moment ago from NFL spokesman Greg Aiello, who explained that Goodell’s attention is occupied with the aftermath of…http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?hos...lk&ref=&feed=1

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