Field Gulls - Seahawks Scouting: Even more on Matt Barkley and Andrew Luck
Assuming Tarvaris Jackson (and/or Charlie Whitehurst) doesn’t set the world on fire in 2011 and remains thought of as a bridge quarterback, the Seahawks need a quarterback of the future.
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Wall Street Journal - On paper, Aaron Maybin looks an awful lot like Vernon Gholston
By signing free agent Aaron Maybin, the 11th-overall pick in 2009, the Jets are trying to accomplish with someone else's failed top pass-rush prospect what they failed to accomplish with their own.
Erie Times-News - Alabama's Mark Barron not dwelling on what ifs
Mark Barron doesn't spend much time either talking or worrying about what ifs. Alabama's quiet All-America safety might have been a first-round NFL draft pick after his junior season but for a torn pectoral muscle that also affected him on a touchdown pass against Auburn.
NBC Bay Area - Andrew Luck makes SI cover
Get ready to hear the name Andrew Luck a lot around the Bay Area. The Stanford quarterback will hopefully be one of the feel good stories of the fall.
Beaver County Times - Souring on Limas Sweed and notable draft busts
Now that Limas Sweed has been released, he fits into the category of the biggest busts in Steelers' history. Sweed, a wide receiver taken in the second round of the 2008 NFL Draft, is at least among the top two flops since Kevin Colbert became director of football operations in 2000.
Tuscon Citizen - Arizona defensive player on the spot: Trevin Wade
To use the football vernacular, Arizona Wildcats cornerback Trevin Wade is a ballhawk. At least that used to be his reputation.
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