 | Another Mortgage For The Panthers At Draft Time
Carolina wasn't scheduled to pick until late in the second round, but decided to trade up to 43rd overall at the sacrifice of their 1st rounder next year. Will pass rusher Everette Brown be worth the cost?
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 | Giants Begin Replacing Burress With Nicks
Hakeem Nicks may not be Braylon Edwards or Anquan Boldin, but he is a promising receiver prospect that was still available after Heyward-Bey, Crabtree, Maclin and Harvin went early.
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 | Steelers Tow The Line In 2009
The Steelers will look to improve their offensive line in this year's draft.
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 | Grading The Deal: Falcons Get Gonzalez From Chiefs
The acquistion of Tony Gonzalez from the Chiefs will allow the Falcons to focus their attention on defense in this weekend's NFL Draft.
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 | Dallas Cowboys Draft History
The Cowboys are either unapologetically loved or hated, but one thing they always are to both is interesting. That is also true with Jerry Jones sitting like Seth Bullock at the trigger of the draft.
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 | Philadelphia Eagles Draft History
Tom Heckert is the GM of the Eagles, but ultimately answers to Andy Reid, who has had a remarkable longevity in the very difficult town of Philadelphia.
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 | Minnesota Vikings Draft History
Rick Spielman replaced Fran Foley shortly after the 2006 NFL Draft.
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 | Miami Dolphins Draft History
Jeff Ireland and Bill Parcells inherited a team low on talent and filled with draft misses.
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 | Baltimore Ravens Draft History
Ozzie Newsome has been the GM of the Baltimore Ravens since the middle of the 2002 season and they have fairly consistently had an excellent defense while the offense has been a continual work in progress.
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 | Indianapolis Colts Draft History
With a flawless track record in the first round, Bill Polian has put together one of the most consistent teams over the past decade.
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 | Tennessee Titans Draft History
The Titans have had a propensity for drafting defensive backs and wide receivers early and often over the years, while almost ignoring the quarterback position altogether.
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 | Arizona Cardinals Draft History
Rod Graves has been at the helm of the Cardinals since 2003 and was responsible for bringing in Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin in back-to-back drafts. Many of Arizona's 10 drafted Pro Bowlers became Pro Bowlers after leaving Arizona.
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 | Grading The Deal: Chicago Acquires Cutler
Giving up two first round picks for Jay Cutler is a heavy price for the Bears, but he has the potential of joining Steve Young and Brett Favre as future HOF QBs that were dealt young.
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 | Auditing The San Diego Chargers 2008 Season
Philip Rivers became one of the NFL's best quarterbacks as Shawne Merriman missed all but one game and LaDainian Tomlinson fell off the pedestal of best running back in the game.
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 | Sheer Genius Or Sheer Stupidity; The Jury Is Out On McDaniels
Jay Cutler seems to be an ideal quarterback to run Josh McDaniels' high-powered shotgun offense, so why has he been alienated at every turn and shopped on the trade market?
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 | Auditing The Washington Redskins 2008 Season
The Redskins were the talk of the league in the first half of the season, but stumbled mightily down the stretch and missed the playoffs.
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 | Auditing The New Orleans Saints 2008 Season
The Saints lost six games by five or fewer points and instead of going 11-5 or 10-6, they were 8-8 despite being 10th in point differential.
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 | Grading The Deal: 'Wind' Signs With Bucs
A stiff wind blew through New York this past season and set himself up for a substantial payday and a possible featured role in Tampa Bay.
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 | Grading The Deal: T.J. Picks Seattle
The decision came later than expected, but the Seahawks hit the jackpot on Monday afternoon when T.J Houshmandzadeh picked them over the Bengals and Vikings.
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 | Grading The Deal: Pioli Brings Cassel To K.C.
General manager Scott Pioli, who joined the Chiefs in January after eight years with the Patriots, is trying his hardest to make his new team the Midwest version of his old one.
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 | Grading The Deal: Browns Deal Winslow To Bucs
The Browns and Buccaneers made a splash on Friday, but through a pretty unconventional route -- a trade on the first day of free agency.
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 | Offseason Preview: St. Louis Rams, Part I
The Rams have a number of holes to fill on offensive this offseason, including decisions on the futures of Torry Holt and Orlando Pace.
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 | Auditing The Green Bay Packers 2008 Season
In a season in which a lot of things went wrong, at least the Packers walked away from 2008 knowing they have one of the best young quarterbacks in the NFL.
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 | Auditing The Houston Texans 2008 Season
Napoleon once said that 'A leader is a dealer in hope' and Gary Kubiak should have a lot of currency in that department. The Texans aren't fall off from the playoffs.
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 | Auditing The San Francisco 49ers 2008 Season
The 49ers auditioned Mike Singletary and were pleased with his 5-2 record over the past seven, but the Niners still have a long ways to go to match up with playoff teams in terms of pure talent.
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 | Auditing The Buffalo Bills 2008 Season
With an improving defense, budding second-year players at quarterback and running back, the Bills started the season 5-1, but then disappeared completely going 2-8 over their final 10.
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 | Auditing The Jackonsville Jaguars 2008 Season
The Jaguars were a trendy pick in the AFC heading into 2008 following their impressive playoff run a season ago, but they could not overcome the gradual decline of the defense and the breakdown of the offensive line.
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 | Auditing The Cincinniati Bengals 2008 Season
The Bengals were bad and beaten up, but their defense was far from atrocious, and the nightmare could turnaround quickly in 2009.
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