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The 2010 NFL Draft offered many surprises and disappointments with which rookie prospects were, or were not, picked. Often times, teams are looking to fill roster holes, but sometimes they also pick the best player available and that player may play a position where the team already had talent. That usually means there could be an odd man out who could get traded before the start of the new seaosn. The following are ...

This offseason for the Oakland Raiders has been applauded even by their critics (well, apart from Mel Kiper) as taking this franchise in the right direction after seven years in the wilderness. Trades, free agent signings, and an excellent draft have combined to make the Raiders look like a much improved football team this year. At last they have begun to solve the problems that have haunted this team since its last ...

I really hope this latest fiasco doesn't get back to Mike Gundy. The last thing the football world needs is another "I'm a man! I'm 40!" defense from the Oklahoma State coach. But it seems that his latest victimized player, Dez Bryant, is an immediate controversy in the NFL (though the reason is substantially different than most people would have expected). It surfaced today that Jeff Ireland is the NFL "big man" who ...

This is the lightning round. No pans here. What’s the point? Note how little the talent drops off from Round 2 to Round 3. Teams that frittered away their 3rd rounders are feeling foolish.   Round 3 Ed Dickson—Baltimore He’s a vertical threat tight end with good hands. A real weapon for Joe Flacco. When you add in Ray Rice’s versatility as a pass catcher, Flacco now has check-down options to overthrow at two different ...

It is easy to be optimistic for your team after the draft. For the Denver Broncos and their fans, optimism should be overflowing. In 2009, the Broncos finished the season below average or worse in running the ball and stopping the run, two factors that made large contributions to their lack of quality play over the final 10 games of the season, which caused the team's 6-0 start to fizzle into ...

NFL fans regard the NFL Draft the way seniors regard nursing home MegaBingo. Both sit mesmerized for days listening to announcements punctuated by long silences, consult and scribble on various prompts, crib sheets, and fetishes to guarantee vigilance, and punctuate the proceedings with random exclamations of joy, flatulence, fatigue, angina, and hopelessness. Occasionally, a large black man in a baseball cap walks in front of ...