Penn State tackle Levi Brown could be a top 10 pick in the NFL draft, possibly headed to the Miami Dolphins. Part I can be found here. But let’s get to it! 9. Miami Dolphins Expert’s Whispers – The Dolphins had plenty of issues on both sides of the ball, so they could go anywhere […]
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While Andy can’t quite compete with Mel Kiper’s ‘do, he’s quite capable of assessing the NFL Draft from a fantasy perspective. With the 2007 NFL draft a mere, umm, two months away, I thought it would be cool to take a fantasy football glance at what could happen and what we – the fantasy football
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If Mark Prior, the second overall pick in 2001, can’t stay healthy this season, there will be plenty of sweating at Wrigley. I suddenly realized the other day that it’s been far too long since my last MLB Draft Review. And with the prospect of another season of hardball looming (with pitchers and catchers just
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Portland selected Randy Foye with the seventh pick in the draft (a pick they acquired earlier on Draft Day from Boston) and then flipped him to Minnesota for Brandon Roy, whom the T-Wolves had grabbed at number six. Are we straight here? Foye is now with Minnesota, and, thanks to a knee injury to Rashad
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Swedish centre Nicklas Backstrom improved his draft ranking as much as anyone this past year. Before the 2005-06 season, International Scouting Services ranked him as the 15th-best forward, but Backstrom’s rapid development over the past few years had him soar to number four overall, exactly where he was taken on Draft Day by the Washington
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Roy entered his senior season with the Huskies on the 50-man pre-season Wooden Award watch list. Many expected him to step up after he showed signs of breaking out in a junior season cut short by injury. Roy averaged 24 PPG for his first two games as a junior, but he tore the meniscus in his left knee, costing him nine games, and he was never able to really get back into the starting rotation. He wound up averaging almost 13 points with five rebounds and over two assists in over 24 minutes per game.
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Before enrolling at UND, Toews (pronounced ‘Taves’) was a huge star at Shattuck-St. Mary’s High School in Faribault, Minn., scoring 110 points in just 64 games while leading the team to the U.S. National Midget Championship during his final season. In 2003, Toews was considered among the top 15-year-old forwards in North America when the Tri-City Americans selected him first overall in the bantam draft.
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