Tag Archives: Curtis Painter

2009 NFL Draft Team Grades – AFC South

We’ve gone through draft grades for the AFC East and AFC North, and now it’s time to give our take on how we think the teams from the loaded AFC South did in the 2009 NFL Draft. Houston Texans Grade: B- Best: Brian Cushing, OLB, USC Cushing is perfect for either outside linebacker position, and [...]

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Top 10 2009 NFL Draft Steals

As depressing and demoralizing as an NFL bust can be for an NFL team, a fan, or even the player that receives the label, there is always a softer side to the NFL Draft. We’ve seen guys like Green Bay receiver Donald Driver and New England’s Tom Brady emerge from the sixth round of the [...]

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2009 NFL Draft Prospect Rankings – Quarterbacks (4/18)

NFL Draft Quarterback Rankings 1. Matthew Stafford (Georgia) Stafford is cool and calm under pressure, has the ideal size and build, and possesses a cannon for an arm. Whether or not he’s the next great quarterback of the league is not the issue. He’s hands down the best passer in this draft. 2. Mark Sanchez [...]

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Under-the-radar, but not unknown – These ten could pluck some Heisman votes in 2008

Tebow. White. Stafford. Moreno. Wells. Crabtree. Bradford. Daniel. We know the big names already, the guys who are most likely to hear their name called in early December when the Heisman Trophy is handed out. But, who are some of the ‘under-the-radar’ guys that could make a run this year? You may know many of [...]

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Painter and Boilermakers could surprise in Big Ten

Pick up any major college football preview issue currently on newsstands, and chances are they will be predicting Purdue to finish no higher than fifth this season in the Big Ten, and that’s being generous. (examples: Sporting News picked the Boilermakers fifth; Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie for seventh; Lindy’s picked Purdue to end [...]

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Red Zone Rewind: Bowl Notes by the Numbers.

So, the bowl season and the 2007 college football season have come to an end, and it’s time to reflect a little on the past few weeks.  I know the outcome of tonight’s BCS national title game wasn’t a surprise, and that there are some that figured the score would more similar to the 41-14 [...]

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