Giants get their man, draft Miami safety Kenny Phillips with 31st pick
nydailynews.com 4/27/2008 — With the 31st pick in the 2008 NFL draft, the Giants selected Kenny Phillips, the safety out of the University of Miami. Defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo loves his potential and sees him as a Brian Dawkins type - a pretty significant player from ...

What To Expect On Day 2 Of The NFL Draft
soxanddawgs.com 4/27/2008 — If you’re a fan of the UConn Huskies football team, you can expect Tyvon Branch and Donald Thomas to come off the draft board early after the draft restarts at 10 AM this morning on ESPN and the NFL Network.

NFL Draft Day 2 Live Thread: Where Ridiculous Super Bowl Catches Are Born
FanIQ.com 4/27/2008 — As countless commercials have accurately portrayed, today is when team's build championships. Yesterday, was when team (Tennessee) lose them. David Tyree was a 6th round pick for the New York Giants in the 2003 Draft. We all know the Tom Brady story, etc. Detroit got things started today in Round 3 by selected Kevin Smith of Central Florida. All he did was rush for more yards than ...

Steelers Select Bruce Davis
psamp.blogspot.com 4/27/2008 — In the 3rd Round, Pittsburgh selected Bruce Davis, DE/OLB from UCLA. To be honest, I don't know much about Davis. From what I've heard, he was a DE/linebacker at UCLA, but could play linebacker in the bigs if he gains some weight. The "experts" are saying outside linebacker, but who is the logical heir to Farrior and Foote in the inside? Last season, Davis: ...started all 13 games and

Mel Kiper, Todd McShay trade hair in draft day shocker
thesportshernia.typepad.com 4/27/2008 — Mel Kiper, Todd McShay trade hair in draft day shocker

Big Trades Lacking, At Least So Far — Mark Maske's NFL Insider 4/27/2008
Another surprising development Saturday was the lack of trades of players already in the league. Cornerback Lito Sheppard is still in Philadelphia. Defensive end Jason Taylor is still in Miami. Tight end Jeremy Shockey is still with the New York ...

Giants trade up for BYU linebacker — The Blue Screen - NY Daily News Blogs 4/27/2008
Well, we talked all week about the possibility of the Giants making a trade, and they finally did it. OK, so it wasn’t Jeremy Shockey. But they did just trade their first sixth-round pick (194th overall) to the Pittsburgh Steelers so they ...

Manningham: 'I don't think I'm a risky pick' — The Blue Screen - NY Daily News Blogs 4/27/2008
Mario Manningham insists the Giants didn’t take any risk at all when they made him their third-round pick. Despite a drug-related arrest in his past, a reported score of 6 on the Wonderlic, and a questionable reputation, the 21-year-old ...

Giants pick up heavy baggage in third round — The Blue Screen - NY Daily News Blogs 4/27/2008
Giants GM Jerry Reese trumpeted his first-round pick as a “clean” player. The same absolutely can’t be said of his third-round pick. The Giants just made a very controversial selection by taking Michigan wide receiver Mario ...

Seven direct hits on Day 1 of NFL Draft — The Blue Screen - NY Daily News Blogs 4/27/2008
Welcome to Day 2 of the NFL Draft. I nailed the Giants’ Day 1 pick of Kenny Phillips for you, but that was pretty easy. They caught me by surprise with their pick of USC CB Terrell Thomas in Round 2. And the rest of my mock draft was … well, ...