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Peter King's Mock Makes Me Happy
Published 4/21/2008 by Scott at Bucstats.com weblog
... which is basically the same transaction Dallas and Cleveland made last year for Brady Quinn. Baltimore has a brand new coaching staff, no quarterbacks, and an aging defensive core. They're not going to do well in 2009 and that first rounder will probably be pretty valuable. It's the smartest Buccaneer mock I've heard so far. And Peter King said it. Wow. Then again, when he was talking about the possible Jared Allen trade, he said this: Now, about the other team in the mix, Tampa Bay: The ...

Malcolm Kelly's 'Slow Surface' at Oklahoma Pro Day Why Adrian Peterson Didn't Run?
Published 4/21/2008 by Michael David Smith at FanHouse
Filed under: Vikings, NFL Draft, MinnesotaOklahoma wide receiver Malcolm Kelly has received a lot of criticism for both the slow 40-yard dash times he turned in at Oklahoma's pro day workouts, and for the way he has conducted himself, blaming the Oklahoma coaching staff and the slow surface at Oklahoma's practice facility. Most of that criticism has been justified, but this criticism is not: Gil Brandt called in on Thursday and made a tremendous point on this Malcolm Kelly ...

WALSH DEAL COMING
Published 4/22/2008 by Mike Florio at ProFootballTalk.com
Peter King of SI.com suggests in his MMQB column (which we sometimes don’t get around to perusing until TM ) that the legal stalemate between the NFL and former Patriots video employee Matt Walsh could be resolved by the end of the week .  (And we’re hearing that something could happen as soon as today.) Writes King:  “I can’t imagine Roger Goodell stepping in front of the media Saturday at the draft and figuring out some other way to say, ‘I think we’re close to a deal with him’ in some different way than he’s said it 53 times in the last two months.” Amen.  The last thing ...

Where there is no smoke…
Published 4/22/2008 by Jamie at The Patriot Act
... from unidentified teams. They could still land Matt Ryan at the Pats’ #7 spot provided K.C. drafts Ryan Clady. If Ryan is gone, then the Falcons could draft Sedrick Ellis at a spot more favorable salary-wise. There is also the Thomas Dimitroff/New England connection that could help this trade along. The money involved in a contract may not be as bad as some may think, when you consider this quote from Long :“Twelve million, $25 million … I can’t spend that kind of money, whatever it is, in three lifetimes, never mind one. I just want to play football .” Sounds like a Patriot ...