Sideline Scouting

by Pete Dymeck
Here is an early, early look ahead at the 2010 NFL Draft, which is more than a year away.
1. St. Louis Rams - QB Jevan Snead (Ole Miss)
2. Chicago Bears - QB Sam Bradford (Oklahoma)
3. Cincinnati Bengals - OT Brian Bulaga (Iowa)
4. Detroit Lions - S Taylor Mays (USC)
5. New York Jets - [...]

by Pete Dymeck
This year is like any other year, their are great prospects with considerable upside but then there are “gutterballs.” Potential pro football players with enough red flags to set a raft a sail from the New York harbor to the ports of Portugal.
OT Andre Smith (Alabama) 6-4, 332
Projected Round: 1st/2nd
Despite poking fun at [...]

by Pete Dymeck
With the NFL Draft looming closer and closer, more speculation is disturbing the real talk around scouting circuits. While people are putting too much stake in Norfolk State’s pro day or Maine’s pro day, it is time for everyone to reconvene and shed some light on real topics ahead like second day sleepers.
The [...]

by Zach Barth
In this edition, Zach Barth has the Houston Texans selecting RB Chris “Beanie” Wells in what would validate the theory at Sideline Scouting about the NFL being a “copycat” league.
After watching the running back duo of LenDale White & Chris Johnson lead the Tennessee Titans in 2008, why wouldn’t the Texans give [...]

The NFL Draft is officially just 30 days away. On April 25th, we will begin a new era in the NFL with the likes of Matt Stafford and Aaron Curry joining the likes of Peyton Manning and James Harrison on the gridiron. With just a month to go, you can expect to see a barrage [...]

A total of 32 compensatory choices in the 2009 NFL Draft have been awarded to 16 teams, including four each to Cincinnati and Tennessee, the NFL announced on Monday.
Under terms of the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement, a team losing more or better compensatory free agents than it acquires in the previous year is eligible to [...]