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Thursday, March 11th, 2010 | Author: Bluth

The NFL can sometimes get lost in all of the March Madness betting, but there has been plenty of NFL offseason news to keep NFL fans busy.

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The Cleveland Browns managed to make several moves in the past few days that did absolutely nothing to improve their team, or change the perception that they have a clue what they are doing. Mike Holgren brought in Seattle QB Seneca Wallace earlier in the week as the first move in the Holgren era with the Browns. The next day, the Browns released Derek Anderson. There is still no word on whether Wallace or Brady Quinn is the starting QB in Cleveland.

There has been rumblings in Philadelphia for weeks now that Donovan McNabb may be on the way out of the Eagles organization. This week the Eagles added more fuel to that fire when they picked up the option of Michael Vick and made Vick an Eagle for 2010. Now the only question that remains in Philadelphia is will they trade Michael Vick or Donovan McNabb. One of the rumors swirling around is that the Eagles know there is value for Vick and wanted to sign him so they could trade him rather than let him go and get nothing for him.

When Terrell Owens played in Buffalo for the 2009 season there was a lot of talk about his career potentially being over. This week the Cincinnati Bengals invited TO to their facility to talk about a possible future there. Marvin Lewis is a great coach, but it is still questionable as to whether or not he can handle TO and Chad Ochocinco together on the same team.

Pittsburgh Steeler fans will be seeing a little of the old days on the field in 2010 as the team brought back wide receiver Antwaan Randal-El. The Steelers have been very busy so far in the offseason signing safety Ryan Clark, offensive lineman Jonathan Scott and putting the franchise tag on kicker Jeff Reed.

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Thursday, March 04th, 2010 | Author: Bluth

The NFL combine rolls on, and it is curious to see who is raising their value in the sports betting world with their performance in the combine.

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Quarterback Sam Bradford of Oklahoma had a rough 2009 season. He hurt his shoulder early in the season, and then hurt it again when he tried to come back. He did not get a chance to play in a bowl game, and he had to miss the Senior Bowl as well. Bradford’s abilities were never called into question. The buzz is that this kid is the real deal at quarterback. The questions were about his durability and whether or not he could avoid long-term injury in the NFL.

Bradford needs to impress at the combine. He is scheduled to work out towards the end. Scouts want to see all of the tools that has made Bradford a tempting prospect, and they want to see if he has the stamina to get in the weight room and add the bulk he will need to survive the NFL.

Another quarterback that needed to impress at the combine is Tim Tebow. After a terrible showing at the Senior Bowl, Tebow needed to be hitting on all cylinders at the combine to raise his value in the draft. While Tebow is not breaking any combine records, he is turning in consistently high numbers in everything he is doing. In some cases his speed numbers are better than the running backs and receivers in the draft. That is not too surprising considering that Tebow’s strength is his ability to run. But Tebow is not showing too well in the upper body exercises, and it is his inability to throw an accurate long ball that will keep Tebow out of the top 15 picks and maybe even drop him to the second round.