Welcome to the new Sunday Smackdown section, a place for you to talk trash and discuss each individual NFL game during the week leading up to it and while the game is going on. Unlike NFL.com’s GameCenter, almost anything goes here. Certain words – the obvious ones – are bleeped out, but everything else is…

It’s been an exciting racing season thus far, and Saturday’s Belmont Stakes marks the third and final leg for I’ll Have Another to potentially win the Triple Crown for the first time since Affirmed did it in 1978. Price Headley: While I’m certainly rooting for him, it appears most of America is too, as his…

Pro Day Date: March 26, 2009 Ole Miss Peria Jerry, DT, Ole Miss Height: 6-2. Weight: 290. Projected 40 Time: 4.94. Combine 40 Time: DNP. Pro Day 40 Time: 4.98. Benchx225: 28. Vertical: 31. Projected Round (2009): 1-2. 1/10/09: Peria Jerry continued to overpower his opposition; he concluded his senior campaign with 18 TFL and…

Strengths: Explosive play-maker Great route-runner; sudden out of breaks Threat to score on any touch Excellent at running after the catch Game-breaking speed Forces teams to keep a safety deep Impacts game plans Intimidates defensive backs Quick release off of the line Rare first-step quickness Stretches the defense Phenomenal body control Enough size Strong; built…

Why Undrafted?: Deion Barnes, OLB, Penn State By Charlie Campbell, @draftcampbell One of the surprise players to enter the 2015 NFL Draft was Penn State edge rusher Deion Barnes. Barnes totaled 34 tackles with 12.5 tackles for a loss, six sacks, one forced fumble and one pass batted in 2014. The 6-foot-3, 260-pounder had another…

An e-mailer pointed out to me that I had the wrong side in the Chicago-Seattle (Week 2, 2009) game because I was backing a team that just beat a defending Super Bowl champion as an underdog (not coming off a bye) and was playing on the road. Historically, he said, this was a losing proposition….

By Charlie Campbell – @draftcampbell Solid Starter Chris Jones, DT, Mississippi State – Round 2 For a lot of the draft process, I was too low on my rating of Jones because he was an underachiever in college. He has a great skill set, but didn’t produce anything close to what he was capable of….