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New Kansas City Chiefs general manager John Dorsey is excited about matchup problems 2011 first-round pick Jon Baldwin can present. This is a big season for Baldwin, who hasn't made much of an impact in his first two NFL seasons. The Sideline View...

A lot has been made of the fact that free-agent pickup Donnie Avery is working ahead of 2011 first-round pick Jon Baldwin as a starting receiver in Andy Reid's first minicamp in Kansas City. First of all, it's April. Training camp is still over th...

The Oakland Raiders signed tackle Alex Barron, 30. He was a first-round pick by St. Louis in 2005 and he has started 75 games. But he hasn't played since 2010. He was hurt in 2011 and didn't make Seattle's roster last summer. He is huge at 6-foot-...

Former Oakland coach Hue Jackson told Sports Illustrated he was offered the Raiders' general manager job by owner Al Davis in 2009 before he was the team's head coach. Jackson was the Raiders head coach when Davis died in 2011. After the season Ja...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Peyton Manning clearly proved he was able to come back from the four neck surgeries that kept him out of the 2011 season, leading Denver to a 13-3 record, being named the NFL Comeback Player of the Year, and finishing as the runner-up...

Catching up on a travel day: New San Diego general manager Tom Telesco made a potentially intriguing move Wednesday by claiming cornerback Johnny Patrick off waivers from New Orleans. Patrick was a third-round pick in 2011 and he is just 24. Ta...

None of the four AFC West teams claimed talented but troubled receiver Titus Young. He was waived by the Lions on Monday and St. Louis claimed him Tuesday. The Rams were the only team to put a claim on Young, a second-round pick in 2011. Kansas Ci...

Von Miller's second NFL season was special, no doubt. The 2011 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year became a complete player in 2012 and established himself as one of the very best defensive players in the league. The future is so bright that Miller c...

As the 2011 draft approached, no division in the NFL was more connected to Colin Kaepernick than the AFC West. Kaepernick visited nine NFL teams prior to the draft. Three of them -- Denver, Kansas City and Oakland -- were from the AFC West. The...

No NFL team has been more connected to free agency in recent years than the Philadelphia Eagles. Their massive spending in 2011 and their self-described "Dream Team" will not be forgotten in league circles. However, the man who coached that team m...

There could be a Ricky Stanzi sighting before the Kansas City Chiefs end this miserable season. Why not? Kansas City is in full quarterback-search mode. It might as well take a look at the 2011 fifth-round pick while it can. The odds are Stanzi...

There is not a defensive player in the NFL who is playing better than Denver outside linebacker Von Miller. Von Miller is second in the NFL with 10 sacks and leads all NFL players with seven sacks since Week 5. The No. 2 overall pick in the 2011 d...

Kansas City Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel admitted that Jon Baldwin hasn't produced as much as the team had hoped when the second-year receiver was excelling in the offseason. Baldwin, the No. 26 overall pick in 2011, took advantage of Dwayne Bowe's ...

Five nuggets of knowledge about Week 9: Peyton Manning's arm strength is fine: This makes you wonder how much pain Manning, who leads the Broncos to Cincinnati this week, was in during the 2010 season. He missed all of 2011 with a neck injury that...

On Oct. 8, 2011, I woke up at about 7 a.m. PT to prepare for an early flight to Denver to cover a Broncos-Chargers game. Then my phone rang. It was ESPN's John Clayton. He told me word was spreading that Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis had died ...

Weekend mail call: Andrew Varnell from Boulder, Colo., wants to know what 2011 Denver quarterback would make the better starter for his current team. Bill Williamson: You bring up a great point, Andrew. There are brewing controversies involving...