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Coach Gary Kubiak and general manager Rick Smith have a blueprint for rebuilding the Texans and putting the team in position to make the playoffs for the first time. As Kubiak pointed out, not only is talent important to them, but they also try to find out as much as they can about a player's character whether he's a free agent or a draft choice. "You look at players like DeMeco (Ryans), Mario ... [link]

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TUESDAY MORNING ONE-LINERS
Published 4/29/2008 by Mike Florio at ProFootballTalk.com
... from Ravens training camp. The Ravens have given the Falcons permission to interview scouts Lionel Vital and Vince Newsome. The Bengals have dumped S Nick Turnbull. Bengals rookie DT Pat Sims quit football for a year after his sister died. Steelers offensive coordinator Bruce Arians plans to put RB Willie Parker and RB Rashard Mendenhall on the field at the same time , from time to time, in 2008. The Texans believe that all of their picks are high-character guys . Here’s a look at the Colts heading into minicamp . Stanford Keglar’s ...

NFL Tuesday: Eagles Sue T.O.; Analysts Mock Titans
Published 4/29/2008 by Joel 'DiG' DiGiacomo at Football for Breakfast
... Draft (Arizona Republic) AFC News Dolphins: Parcells-Taylor Impasse Slows Building Process (Miami Herald) Dolphins: Great Footwork Again Scores for Taylor (South Florida Sun-Sentinel) Colts: Draftees Must Prove Worth (Indianapolis Star) Titans: Analysts Mock Titans’ Draft Picks (Tennessean) Texans: Character Also Matters to Texans (Houston Chronicle) Ravens: How the Ravens ...

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