Mock Draft (Tennessee Titans)

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30. Tennessee Titans -Alphonso Smith (CB/Wake Forest) Alphonso Smith (NFL.com) Depth at cornerback is a great concern for the Titans now that Nick Harper is35 years old, and both Chris Carr and Eric King left during free agency. Unfortunately, this leaves Cortland Finnegan as the only long term starter on the roster. According to MVN: [...]

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Mock Draft (New England Patriots)

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23. New England Patriots -Trade Down With around $15 million total cap space to work, and the ensuing contracts of Tom Brady, Vince Wilfork, and Richard Seymour, New England wants to be especially frugal with their cap this season. Furthermore, when they include compensatory picks, the Patriots have 6 of of the top 100 draft [...]

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NFL Combine Results: February 24

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The final day of workouts was somewhat anticlimactic. The top defensive backs left everyone expecting more.  Only a few players ran under 4.5 seconds, and nobody ran under 4.4 seconds in the 40 yard dash. However, I’d like to award Darius Butler of Connecticut with the best performance during the ball drills. He looked extremely [...]

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2009 Draft At A Glance (Cornerbacks)

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(Part 3) Cornerbacks Hey guys, today I want to talk about cornerbacks. The cream of this year’s cornerback crop is, in my opinion, Alphonso Smith (Wake Forest), and Malcolm Jenkins (Ohio State). Vontae Davis (Illinois) physically is better, but is not quite as complete a football player as Smith or Jenkins. I can’t shake this [...]

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