Jalen Jelks, 6-5/250 Defensive End/Outside Linebacker Oregon Jalen Jelks Scouting Report By Charlie Campbell Strengths: Good length Vision Adept at batting passes – junior year Experienced Quick off the edge Speed to close Quality pursuit defender Reads his keys well Weaknesses: Lacks strength Has issues shedding blocks Has some tightness Not all that twitchy Needs…

Top Fantasy Quarterbacks: Ryan Fitzpatrick: 29-of-43, 374 yards. 4 TDs, 2 INTs. Eli Manning: 25-of-35, 306 yards. 4 TDs, 3 INTs. Carson Palmer: 36-of-50, 412 yards. 3 TDs. Matt Ryan: 24-of-33, 299 yards. 3 TDs, 1 INT. Joe Flacco: 16-of-31, 250 yards. 3 TDs. Ben Roethlisberger: 19-of-27, 302 yards. 2 TDs. Drew Brees: 37-of-56, 356…

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This is NFL Draft Scout’s Notebook, where Matt McGuire will list the notes he took while scouting players for the 2011 NFL Draft, 2012 NFL Draft and beyond. Send Matt an e-mail here: [email protected]. All other e-mail, including advertising and link proposals, send to: [email protected] Posted July 18, 2010 Texas vs. Oklahoma texas 81 sam…

Pro Day Date: March 16, 2009 LSU Darry Beckwith, ILB, LSU Height: 6-0. Weight: 242. Projected 40 Time: 4.55. Combine 40 Time: 4.77. Pro Day 40 Time: 4.63. Benchx225: 23. Vertical: 26.5. Projected Round (2009): 3. 12/7/08: Darry Beckwith has missed some time with a knee injury. He has 48 tackles and a TFL. 5/11/08:…

Patriots 38, Colts 24 Ten days ago, the Patriots had a losing record, and the talking heads on TV said that they were done. One specific member of an ESPN show, who has covered the Patriots for decades, said that the Patriots’ dynasty was “over.” And yet, the Patriots are now 3-2 and will be…

Written by Paul Banks of the Washington Times, David Kay and Peter Christian 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] New Mexico Lobos (Last Year: 29-6, 13-3 in MWC) 2013-14 Projected Depth Chart: C: Alex Kirk…

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…

By Charlie Campbell, @draftcampbell This series was created a number of years ago in response to questions about why certain well-known prospects went unselected in NFL drafts. For these articles, I reach out to sources with NFL teams to find out why their organizations passed on drafting a given player, and/or, what were the reasons…