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2010 NFL Scouting Combine: Free Safety Results
The NFL Combine is done and gone, but with NFL Free Agency talk sweeping the NFL buzz bin, it’s time to get our focus back on the 2010 NFL Draft. To start doing that, let’s wrap-up out Combine coverage with the two safety positions. Here, we analyze how the top free safeties fared in their [...]
2010 NFL Scouting Combine: Linebacker Results
This review of the linebackers at the 2010 NFL Combine analyzes the players a they were officially listed entering the combine, making several players who could potentially make a position switch not appear in this column. However, there were quite a few stand-out performers, as well as some guys who “wowed” us in the wrong [...]
2010 NFL Draft: Outside Linebacker Rankings
The most difficult thing to discern when compiling rankings for outside linebackers and defensive ends, is both picking which position each player is best suited for, as well as which position NFL teams think they’re best suited for. Picking a player to play a position he has little-to-no experience in can stunt his growth, and [...]
College Football Picks (Week 13): Top 25 Games
There’s nothing like Thanksgiving week if you’re a college football fan, right? Not only does this week offer up the chance to get our fill on various delicious meats, sides, and desserts, but our sports appetite will be more than whetted as well, with several of college football’s top rivalries taking place throughout the weekend. [...]
College Football Week 10 Picks: Best of the Rest
In my other college football picks post, I previewed and gave my picks for this week’s top 25 games, and below are my picks for 10 of the top games involving unranked teams this week. As with the other picks, and any that you see here on The Red Zone Report, the lines are brought [...]
Who could be the Big Ten’s 12th team?
A couple of days ago, I discussed comments that Penn State coach Joe Paterno made about the Big Ten expanding to 12 teams, and I came to the conclusion that changes, in some way, do need to be made in order for the conference to return to being a real power on the national stage. [...]
2009 NFL Draft Team Grades – NFC South
The NFC South was extremely competitive from top to bottom last season, with two teams making the postseason, another barely missing out, and the last-place team finishing with a .500 record. Did each team do what it needed to do in the 2009 NFL Draft to ensure that competitive remains next season and beyond? Atlanta [...]
2009 NFL Draft Team Grades – NFC North
The members of the NFC North can all come away feeling pretty good about their acquisitions in the 2009 NFL Draft. Which NFC North member came out the best? Chicago Bears Grade: A Best: Jarron Gilbert, DE, San Jose State The Bears are all about defense, and now it looks like they’re all about jumping [...]
Kevin Roberts’ 2009 NFL Mock Draft (3 Rounds – 4/24/09) – Round 3
Go Back to Round 2 Round 3 65. Detroit Lions – Fili Moala, DT, USC Just one of the many USC prospects, Moala has been overlooked all the way into the third round. He is a massive man with good strength, and should give the Lions an inside presence they haven’t had since Shaun Rogers. [...]
2009 NFL Draft Prospect Rankings – Inside Linebackers
1. Rey Maualuga (USC) Tough and physical with a violent mentality. Truly can frighten the opposition at times. Excels at pass-rushing and in run supports. Offers solid versatility at the next level. Isn’t great in coverage, due to his average speed. Can be a bit inconsistent. 2. James Laurinaitis (Ohio State) Good athlete with great [...]
