Draft

Updated Feb. 15, 2010. I’ve received a ton of e-mails from people asking me why I think Eric Berry is a reach for the top three, and why I think he will ultimately fall out of the top five. Rather than slap all of those e-mails together into one NFL Draft Mailbag, I thought I’d…

Send Matt an e-mail here: [email protected] All other e-mail, including advertising and link proposals, send to: [email protected] “With the first pick in the 2009 NFL Draft, the Atlanta Falcons select Alex Mack, center, California.” You know this will NEVER happen in a billion, zillion years. Why is that? Why is a center not worth taking…

I’ve said the following countless times in my 2010 NFL Mock Draft and NFL Draft Mailbag: New regimes mean new quarterbacks. When a new head coach and/or general manager are hired, they usually want to bring in “their guy.” Unless the team’s signal-caller is on a Pro Bowl level or is being paid tons of…

Send Matt an e-mail here: [email protected] All other e-mail, including advertising and link proposals, send to: [email protected] You’ve debated who the best long snapper in the NFL has been for months… yes it is that time of year again. No football games to be played until the Hall of Fame game on Aug. 3. That…

Atlanta and Kansas City general managers Thomas Dimitroff and Scott Pioli worked together in New England. This March during the NFL Owners’ Meeting, the two were discussing the Chiefs’ options at No. 5. Dimitroff brought up Berry in a conversation logged by Peter King. “Scott, this guy’s your pick,” Dimitroff said. Pioli apparently didn’t agree….

“Quarterbacks usually bust.” “Quarterbacks are too risky, let’s take the sure thing.” “Going with a quarterback isn’t the safe pick.” These are comments frivolously thrown around the NFL Draft community. Spend enough time on an NFL Draft forum, and you’re bound to run into posts containing those words in between reading about how great/awful Tim…

Written by Paul Banks of the Washington Times, and David Kay of the The Sports Bank. Send Paul an e-mail here: paulb05 AT hotmail DOT com. All other e-mail, including advertising and link proposals, send to: [email protected] Four-Team Trade – Aug. 12 New Orleans Hornets Get: G/F Trevor Ariza Indiana Pacers Get: PG Darren Collison,…

Written by Paul Banks of the Washington Times, and David Kay of the The Sports Bank. Send Paul an e-mail here: paulb05 AT hotmail DOT com. All other e-mail, including advertising and link proposals, send to: [email protected] 2010 NBA Offseason Winners – July 29 LeBron James When someone cashes in on a huge payday and…

Written by Paul Banks of the Washington Times, and David Kay of the The Sports Bank. Send Paul an e-mail here: paulb05 AT hotmail DOT com. All other e-mail, including advertising and link proposals, send to: [email protected] 2011 NBA Free Agents – July 30 Carmelo Anthony, Nuggets (PO) Carmelo Anthony reportedly has a 3-year, $65…

Written by Paul Banks of NBC Chicago and the Washington Times, and David Kay of the The Sports Bank. Send Paul an e-mail here: paulb05 AT hotmail DOT com. All other e-mail, including advertising and link proposals, send to: [email protected] 2010 NBA Draft Prospect Profiles: 2010 NBA Draft Prospect Profiles: Mike Davis – Posted 7/7…