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The Tennessee Titans have selected former Florida State safety Myron Rolle in the 6th round of the NFL Draft. Rolle gained attention during the past year for bypassing football and going to England to study medical antropology at Oxford University. While plenty... more.

I love the NFL Draft. It's a made for TV spectacle with all of the production value the world's richest sports league can muster. It's the only time we get to witness a big corporation go through it's hiring process, while having reasonable knowledge of the company's success, needs, and the relative skill of the job applicants. Imagine if your job worked like this. TV announcers saying. "Look Todd, don't get me wrong, I... more.

Everything fell into place as expected Thursday night, as the there were no "major" surprises with the first few picks of the NFL Draft. The St. Louis Rams took Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford with the top overall choice while defensive tackles Ndamukong Suh and Gerald McCoy were selected two and three to the Lions and Buccaneers. Trading up a few slots to secure a need seemed to be a theme throughout the first... more.

Ndamukong Suh is entering this years draft as the most dominant defensive line prospect of the last decade. Stack media in tandem with Nike Football is chronicling the former Conhuskers' journey to draft day in a series of videos. Click here to watch Nike's Ndamukong Rising. more.

Let me start off by saying Mel Kiper's hair never looked better, and now without further delay, my post draft rundown.

Dear NFL teams, could we stop with the number 1 jersey you bring out when drafting a player in the first round? Matt Stafford wore number 7 in college, and since there is no current number 7 on the Lions roster why not have a number 7 jersey made up for him. Same thing for the number two pick.... more.

The importance of the Offensive Tackle position has risen over the past two decades. It is now the second highest paid position in professional football. This year's draft class features four likely first round tackles that will hopefully serve as professional quarterback body-guards for several years to come.

*Jason Smith, Baylor, 6'5" 309 lbs.

The top pass protecting OT in this year's class. Great... more.