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Pats pick 7th
Extra Points — The NFL released its 2008 draft order today, and the Patriots will be picking seventh in the first round. The seventh overall pick comes via the San Francisco 49ers, who finished 5-11. The Patriots acquired the pick a trade made during the 2007 draft. New England traded a first-round pick (28th overall) to the 49ers for a 2008 first-round pick and a 2007 fourth-round pick. The 49ers used the selection on OT Joe Staley. The draft order can be seen here on NFL.com.

Lions to Pick 15th in '08 Draft
Pride Of Detroit — ... Some explanations for how the order got to be how it is can be found here. It gets awfully complicated for how all of these ties were dealt with, but the link will tell you how things were sorted out. For the Lions, they will be the final 7-9 team to pick since their strength of schedule is so good. They did end up tying with the Bears in that category as well, but since Chicago's divisional record was worse, they got to pick 14th instead of Detroit.

Happy New Year, Buffalo Rumblings Community!
Buffalo Rumblings — Happy New Year! May we hope these fireworks represent the Bills' off-season. Welcome to 2008, Bills fans! Once again, I'd like to extend my heart-felt appreciation to all of you who make Buffalo Rumblings a routine stop of yours. Trust me - 2007 was pretty good to Rumblings; 2008 will bring exciting new changes (in the next few months, mind you) that will blow your minds. Bank on it. With the Bills now fully in off-season mode (they cleaned out their lockers yesterday), Rumblings will make that transition as well. Starting (hopefully) later on this evening, we'll begin our off-season schedule, which I'll lay out below. ...

Patriots begins the New Year 0-0
New England Patriots — Despite having won their last game versus the New York Giants and finishing the season with a record breaking 16-0 record, the new year and playoffs level the field of competition. A loss in the playoffs means no chance for the Super Bowl. Bill Belichick is always taking it one game at a time and after the game versus the Giants commented to the New York Times, “But we have a lot of football left to play, and the next time we step on teh field, we’ll be 0-0 in the second season. So we have still a lot to look forward to.” The AFC playoff scenario for the Patriots is interesting as they may play one of ...

8-8=18
Battle Red Blog — Now that the 2007 regular season is in the books, we can officially proclaim that your Houston Texans will have the eighteenth (18th) selection in the first round of the 2008 NFL Draft.  Let the speculation as to who should be or will be made the first Texan on April 26, 2008 begin to run rampant in the Comments below!

Learning from Tampa Bay and looking ahead
Eye of the Panther — *Sigh* The 2007 season is finally over after lingering for about eight games more than anyone had wanted. The 31-23 victory against the Bucs provided an interesting game to try out some new things. So, on top of every other game of the season WITHOUT JAKE DELHOMME (because Carolina was switched on with him at quarterback), what did we learn from the Tampa Bay game? *Matt Moore is the second-string quarterback. After all, he was the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Month! The guy has potential, and at this point, he has ingrained himself as the second-string quarterback. Things can certainly change with the draft and training camp ahead, but ...

Top 10 Projection - NFL Draft
End Zone Buzz — ... (* = Coin flip at combine will decide order of 3rd, 4th and 5th picks in draft, though K.C. must pick behind Oakland) ...

First Look: 2008 NFL Draft
Hogs Haven — Sincethebeginning and others have already started looking forward to the team needs in the offseason, which got me started thinking.  They have identified WR, OL, DL and DB as the main areas of need. It is never too early to look forward to the most bloggerish off-season topic: the NFL Draft.  Months and months of predictions, arguments and prognosticating from mainly uninformed people comes down to a few hours of totally uninspiring April television. The 2008 NFL Draft takes place April 26-27 in New York.  Your WASHINGTON REDSKINS pick #21.  Lucky number. There are more than a few sites dedicated to projecting the ...