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First Round Results
NFL Draft 2010
1. St. Louis - * Sam Bradford - QB - Oklahoma
2. Detroit - Ndamukong Suh - DT - Nebraska
3. Tampa Bay - * Gerald McCoy - DT - Oklahoma
4. Washington - Trent Williams - OT - Oklahoma
5. Kansas City - * Eric Berry - FS - Tennessee
6. Seattle - Russell Okung - OT - Oklahoma St
7. Cleveland - * Joe Haden - CB - Florida
8. Oakland – * Rolando McClain - LB - Alabama
9. Buffalo – C.J. Spiller - RB - Clemson
10 Jacksonville - Tyson Aiualu – DL – Cal
11. San Fran (Denver -Chicago) – Anthony Davis – OT - Rutgers
12. San Diego (Miami) - * Ryan Mathews - RB - Fresno St
13. Philadelphia (San Fran-Denver) - Brandon Graham - DE - Michigan
14. Seattle – * Earl Thomas - S - Texas
15. New York Giants - * Jason Pierre-Paul - DE - South Florida
16. Tennessee - * Derrick Morgan - DE - Ga. Tech
17. San Fran (Carolina) - Mike Iupati - OG - Idaho
18. Pittsburgh - * Maurkice Pouncey – OL - Florida
19. Atlanta – Sean Weatherspoon - LB - Missouri
20. Houston – * Kareem Jackson - CB - Alabama
21. Cincinnati – Jermaine Gresham – TE – Oklahoma
22. Denver (New England) - * Demaryius Thomas - WR – Georgia Tech
23. Green Bay – * Bryan Bulaga - OT - Iowa
24. Dallas (Phil-Denver- NE) –* Dez Bryant - WR - Oklahoma St
25. Denver (Balt) – Tim Tebow - QB - Florida
26. Arizona - Dan Williams - DT - Tennessee
27. New England (Dallas) – Devin McCourty - CB - Rutgers
28. Miami (San Diego) - * Jared Odrick - DT - Penn St
29. New York Jets – Kyle Wilson - CB - Boise St
30. Detroit (Minnesota) – * Jahvid Best – RB - Cal
31. Indianapolis – Jerry Hughes – DE - TCU
32. New Orleans - Patrick Robinson – CB – Florida St.
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NFL Draft 2010 - Traded Picks
Updated April 16th
Photo - Jay Cutler - Bears
1st Round
Denver from Chicago - QB Jay Cutler. Final payment
Seattle from Denver - '09 NFL Draft trade
San Fran from Carolina - '09 NFL Draft trade
2nd Round
New England from Jacksonville – 2009 NFL Draft trade
New England from Tennessee - 2009 NFL Draft trade
Kansas City from Atlanta - TE Tony Gonzalez
Tampa from Chicago - DE Gaines Adams
San Diego and Seattle swap #2 picks (QB Charley Whitehurst)
Philadelphia from Washington - QB Donovan McNabb
Denver from Miami - WR Brandon Marshall
3rd Round
Philadelphia from Seattle 2009 NFL Draft trade
Washington forfeits #3 pick - DE Jeremy Jarmon - Supplemental Draft 2009
Oakland from New England - DE Derrick Burgess
Cleveland from Jets - WR Braylon Edwards
Cleveland from Oakland - LB Kamerion Wimbley
Arizona from Baltimore - WR Anquan Boldin
4th Round
Seattle from NY Jets thru Philadelphia - CB Lito Shephard
Arizona from Baltimore - WR Anquan Boldin
NY Jets from Arizona - FS Kerry Rhodes
Philadelphia from Cleveland - CB Sheldon Brown
5th Round
Cleveland from Tampa - TE Kellen Winslow (Browns got #2 pick in '09 Draft)
Cleveland from Jets - WR Braylon Edwards
St. Louis from New Orleans thru Phil ('09 draft trade/LB Will Witherspoon)
Oakland from Dallas thru Denver/New Eng - DE Derrick Burgess/DT L. Smith
Philadelphia from Cleveland - CB Sheldon Brown
Kansas City from Carolina - DT Tank Tyler
Kansas City from Miami - QB Tyler Thigpen
NY Jets from Philadelphia - part of trade for CB Lito Sheppard
Cleveland from Denver thru Detroit - DT Corey Williams
Tampa Bay from New England - TE Alex Smith
Baltimore from Arizona - completes deal for Anquan Boldin
Seattle from Detroit - OG Rob Sims
Pittsburgh from NY Jets - WR Santonio Holmes
Miami from San Francisco - WR Ted Ginn
St Louis and Washington flip picks in 5th and 7th rounds
Rams get #135 / Redskins get #163
Jacksonville from Oakland - DE Quentin Groves
6th Round
Miami from Washington - DE Jason Taylor
Carolina from Oakland - 2009 NFL Draft trade
Philadelphia from Indianapolis - 2009 NFL Draft trade
Cleveland from Carolina - DT Louis Leonard
Buffalo from Philadelphia - OT Jason Peters.
Houston from San Diego - DT Travis Johnson
Atlanta from Detroit - CB Chris Houston
Miami from Kansas City - OGs Andy Alleman and Ikechuku Ndukwe
7th Round
Philadelphia from New England - WR Greg Lewis
Miami from Kansas City - 2009 NFL Draft trade
St Louis from Atlanta - CB Tye Hill
Baltimore from New England - LB Prescott Burgess
Tampa Bay from Baltimore - DE Marques Douglas
Tampa Bay from Jacksonville - QB Luke McCown
Buffalo from Detroit - FS Ko Simpson
Detroit from Cleveland - part of trade for DT Corey Williams
Detroit from Seattle - DE Robert Henderson
Bengals Land Top Compensatory Picks
The NFL awarded 32 total compensatory selections to 9 teams for the NFL Draft 2010. The Cincinnati Bengals landed a 3rd and 4th round selections. The New England Patriots were given the most selections with four choices, all late in the draft process.
Here is the List of Compensatory picks by round and overall number:
3rd Round (overall pick)
Cincinnati (96)
Tennessee (97)
Atlanta (98)
4th Round (overall pick)
Cincinnati (131)
5th Round (overall pick)
Pittsburgh (164)
Atlanta (165)
Pittsburgh (166)
Minnesota (167)
San Diego (168)
Green Bay (169)
6th Round (overall pick)
Carolina (202)
Jacksonville 203)
Carolina (204)
New England (205)
San Francisco (206)
Tennessee (207)
7th Round (overall pick)
Indianapolis (240)
Tennessee (241)
Pittsburgh (242)
Philadelphia (243)
Philadelphia (244)
Seattle (245)
Indianapolis (246)
New England (247)
New England (248)
Carolina (249)
New England (250)
Oakland (251)
Miami (252)
Tampa Bay (253)
St. Louis (254)
Detroit (255)
NFL Free Agency - Top 50 Players
Photo - DE Julius Peppers
R- resigned by team
x - early FA signee
T – tendered by current club
Updated March 8th
x 1. Julius Peppers, DE, Carolina Panthers (Chicago)
x 2. Karlos Dansby, LB, Arizona Cardinals (Miami)
x 3. Dunta Robinson, CB, Houston Texans (Atlanta)
4. Leigh Bodden, CB, New England Patriots
R 5. Gary Brackett, LB, Indianapolis Colts
T 6. Miles Austin, WR, Dallas Cowboys
x 7. Antrel Rolle, S, Arizona Cardinals (Giants)
8. Terrence Newman, CB, Dallas Cowboys
9. Darren Sharper, S, New Orleans Saints
10. Thomas Jones, RB, New York Jets
x 11. Chester Taylor, RB, Minnesota Vikings (Chicago)
x 12. Kyle Vanden Bosch, DE, Titans (Detroit)
13. Keith Bulluck, LB, Tennessee Titans
T 14. Darren Sproles, RB, San Diego Chargers
15. Dawan Landry, S, Baltimore Ravens
16. Antonio Bryant, WR, Tampa Bay
17. Dwan Edwards, DE, Baltimore Ravens:
x 18. Aaron Kampman, DE/LB, G.B. Packers (Jacksonville)
19. LaDainian Tomlinson, RB, S.D. Chargers
R 20. Kevin Walter, WR, Houston Texans
R 21. Chad Clifton, OT, G.B. Packers
R 22. Tully Banta-Cain, LB, New England Patriots
x 23. Nate Burleson, WR, Seattle (Detroit)
24. Ben Watson, TE, New England Patriots
25. Ryan Clark, S, Pittsburgh Steelers
26. Terrell Owens, WR, Buffalo Bills
x 27. Scott Fujita, LB, New Orleans Saints (Cleveland)
28. Laveranues Coles, WR, Cincinnati Bengals
29. Joey Porter, LB, Miami Dolphins
30. Jarvis Green, DE, New England Patriots
31. Bobbie Williams, G, Cincinnati Bengals
32. Chike Okeafor, LB, Arizona Cardinals
33. Marques Douglas, DE, New York Jets
34. Chester Pitts, OL, Houston Texans
35. Derrick Mason, WR, Baltimore Ravens
36. Jason Taylor, LB/DE, Miami Dolphins
37. Kevin Faulk, RB, New England Patriots
R 38. Chad Pennington, QB, Miami Dolphins
39. Bryan Robinson, DT, Arizona Cardinals
40. Larry Foote, LB, Detroit Lions
41. Owen Daniels, TE, Houston Texans
42. Larry Johnson, RB, Cincinnati Bengals
43. Anthony Henry, CB, Detroit Lions
44. Tank Johnson, DT, Cincinnati Bengals
45. Shayne Graham, K, Cincinnati Bengals
46. Lito Sheppard, CB, New York Jets
47. Mike Gandy, T, Arizona Cardinals
48. Brian Westbrook, RB, Philadelphia Eagles
49. Kevin Mawae, C, Tennessee Titans
50. Tyler Brayton, DE, Carolina Panthers
March Newsletter has a Complete List of NFL Free Agents & Trade Rumors
Defensive Backs Complete Combine Workout
Photo – Safety Eric Berry of Tennessee
The defensive backs took the spotlight on the final day of workouts at the NFL Combine with several outstanding performances.Several highly regarded prospects had huge workouts that probably guarantee them an early first round selection in April. Safeties Taylor Mays of Southern Cal, Earl Thomas of Texas and Eric Berry of Tennessee were very impressive at the event. Mays ran a low .4.4 time at 230 lbs. He also did 24 reps in the lifting and had a super 41” vertical leap in an excellent workout. Thomas ran in the mid 4.4 time at 203 lbs. He looked sharp in the agility drills. Berry ran a sub 4.5 time with a 43” vertical jump and a 10’6” broad jump
Cornerbacks Devin McCourty of Rutgers, Brandon Ghee of Wake Forest, Amari Spievey of Iowa, Kyle Wilson of Boise St, Kareem Jackson of Alabama and Akwasi Owusu-Ansah of Indiana (Pa) all had impressive workouts that either maintained high grades or moved them up the charts. McCourty of Rutgers is one of the fast rising prospects in this class and ran mid 4.4 time that ranked among the best times for corners. Jackson ran a 4.41 time that moves him up the charts. He showed good COD skills in the agility drills. Wilson did 25 reps in the lifting that was equal to many linebackers. He was fluid in all drills and showed the smooth change of direction skills that impressed many NFL scouts. Spievey ran a mid 4.4 40 time and looked sharp in the agility drills especially the three cone event. Ghee needed a strong performance and ran a 4.45 time that moved him among the top tier of corner prospects.
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NFL Scouting Combine Schedule of Events
NFL Combine - Feb. 24-March 2, 2010
Lucas Stadium, Indianapolis, In
Photo - Myron Rolle - Florida St
The NFL Network channel will televise the NFL Combine 2010 event again for several days. There are 329 college players expected to attend the event with over 700 NFL front office personnel for the six day event. Players will go through a week long extensive testing on their athletic, intellectual and psychological abilities by the 32 staffs of each NFL club. Extensive front office personnel including GMs, coaches, directors, scouts and medical personnel will represent each NFL team. Each club will interview up to 62 players over the six day event. NFL Draft 2010 prospects will be put through a series of tests both physical and mental in the biggest sports job market in the business. Once again, many prospects are expected to avoid parts or the entire workout, opting for the friendly confines of their school's track on a pro day in March/ April.
The NFL Combine gives players a chance to impress pro scouts on a level playing field vs all competitors. The entire workout will be held at Lucas Oil Stadium for the second year after years at the old RCA Dome that had a reputation of being a notoriously slow surface thru the early ‘90s before improving over its final years. The new stadium’s surface creates a different yardstick in evaluating speed that should once again prove interesting from a timing perspective for prospects over the 6 day event.
NFL Combine Schedule of Events
* Physical examinations
* Body measurements
* Drug testing
* Psychological testing
* Wonderlic intelligence testing
* Informal and formal interviews, some videotaped
* Meeting sponsored by the NFL Players Association
* Media interviews
Athletic Workout Events
* Cybex strength testing
* Bench-press weight lifting tests (reps @ 225 lbs.)
* 10, 20 and 40-yard sprints
* Vertical-jump tests
* Broad-jump tests
* Agility drills
20 yard shuttle
60 yard shuttle
(measures lateral quickness with the three-cone drill grading speed and body control)
Media access begins Thursday thru Sunday.
Workouts begin Saturday thru Tuesday.
NFL Combine Workout Schedule
Players available to media
Thursday
Offensive linemen
Placekickers
Punters
Longsnappers
Tight ends
Friday
Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Saturday - Workouts Begin
Defensive Linemen
Linebackers
Offensive linemen
Tight ends
Specialists
Sunday
Defensive backs media interviews
Workouts
Quarterbacks
Wide receivers
Running backs
Monday, March 1
Defensive linemen
Linebackers
Tuesday, March 2
Defensive backs
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Saints March to NFL Title
Photo - QB Drew Brees - Saints
The New Orleans Saints finally reached NFL heaven with a thrilling victory over the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV. The Saints marched in to NFL history with a dramatic second half comeback to defeat the Colts 31-17 in Miami. It was the Saints first NFL title in the wild 43-year history of the franchise that included the loveable Aint’s of yesteryear to the team that rallied a city to recover from the horrors after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Brees rallied the Saints to upset the Peyton Manning directed Colts with some late game heroics.
“We just believed in ourselves and we knew that we had an entire city and maybe an entire country behind us,” said Brees, the game’s MVP. “What can I say? I tried to imagine what this moment would be like for a long time, and it’s better than expected.”
“Four years ago who ever thought this would be happening when 85 percent of the city was under water from (Hurricane) Katrina,” Brees said. “Most people not knowing if New Orleans would ever come back or if the organization and the team would come back. ... This is the culmination of that belief and that faith.”
Brees tied a Super Bowl record with 32 completions, the last a 2-yard slant to Jeremy Shockey for the winning points with 5:42 remaining in the game. He went 32 for 39 for 288 yards and 2 TDs while completing 29 of his final 32 passing attempts in a brilliant clutch performance. Head coach, Sean Payton, managed to boil it down to three words: “Brees was magnificent.”
Brees was named the MVP of Super Bowl XLIV after completing a Super Bowl record 32 passes. Of the seven incompletions, at least one was dropped while another was a spike. Two passes went for TDs and he also threw for a two-point conversion. For the postseason, Brees completed 71% of his passes with 8 TD passes and no interceptions while beating three divisional winners – the Cardinals, Vikings and Colts. The Saints trailed in each of those crucial victories by at least 7 points, a first time for the NFL postseason.
For the '09 season, Brees put up incredible passing numbers - a 70% completion rate with 4388 yards passing and 34 TDs and 11 interceptions. His leadership can not be measured as he has become the leader of a team that rallied around him and a city in pursuit of NFL history.
Saints’ coach Sean Payton deserves applause for several gutsy calls over the game especially the onside kick that opened the 2nd half that sparked the Saints’ comeback. The much maligned Saints defense made several key stops with Tracy Porter’s 74-yard TD interception return off an errant pass from Manning clinching the victory for the Big Easy.
For the '09 season, the Saints finished 16-3 overall and won three postseason games after winning only two in their previous 42 year history. They beat Arizona, Minnesota and Indianapolis (16-3) — all division winners — for their first title, scoring 107 points and allowing only 59.
