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Our Tuesday stroll around the league: Butch Jones has the Big Orange Caravan rolling and recruiting along, writes John Adams of the Knoxville News-Sentinel. Former Alabama cornerback Dee Milliner signs on with Pat Dye Jr. Derrick Thomas' Coll...

Kevin Scarbinsky of AL.com recently suggested that an NFL roster comprised exclusively of Alabama and LSU players wouldn't be a terrible idea. As he points out, according to a listing on ESPN.com, there are 49 players from LSU in the NFL and 41 pl...

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Antonio Cromartie wasn't happy when he first learned that fellow cornerback Darrelle Revis was going to be traded. "It sucks," Cromartie told the New York Daily News, just before the deal officially went down. On Thursday,...

Here are the most interesting stories Tuesday the AFC East: Do the Miami Dolphins have a weakness at running back? Morning take: Some who didn't watch Miami often last year could view it that way. Lamar Miller is a virtual unknown to many NFL ...

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- You may need a scorecard to watch early Jets games this season. Here's a preview of the numbers being worn by their draft picks: CB Dee Milliner -- 27 DT Sheldon Richardson -- 91 QB Geno Smith -- 7 OG Brian Winters -...

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Summers in Millbrook, Alabama have a certain kind of heat. On a 100-degree day, the humidity can cause a person to sweat through their clothes in just a few minutes outside. Before an August football practice at Stanhope Elmore ...

Wrapping up our close ups ... Player: Dee Milliner, first round School: Alabama Position: Cornerback Projected impact: You don't pick a player ninth overall and expect him to sit on the bench. Milliner will start opposite Antonio Cromarti...

The Jets open a three-day rookie minicamp Friday in Florham Park, N.J., and there will be no shortage of storylines: 1. Geno, meet the microscope: After two weeks of intense, post-draft scrutiny, QB Geno Smith finally gets a chance to play footbal...

The NFL draft brought several big-name rookies to the AFC East. But this is the NFL, where every player has to earn their spot on the roster. Here is a look at top rookies who will have to compete for starting jobs in training camp. Miami Dolph...

Now that the draft picks are in, it's time to look foward to signing this year's rookie class. Due to the rookie wage scale, working out multi-year agreements with first-year players have never been easier in the NFL. Holdouts have been reduced to vi...

The SEC's 63 NFL draft selections was a record for any league and blew away every other conference this year. The next closest was the ACC with 31 draft picks. In fact, the SEC's East produced 32 draft picks and the SEC West 31. The old record for...

Mel Kiper looks at players who could play a key role for teams early on. Today he breaks down the first-round options.

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The 2013 NFL draft is complete. There were numerous trades, some surprising picks and two new quarterbacks added to the AFC East division. Which teams thrived and which teams struggled? Here are ESPN draft expert Mel Kiper Jr.'s post-draft grad...

The Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals had the most successful drafts in the NFL. This isn't me saying it. ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr. gave three teams an 'A', and two of them were last season's playoff teams from this division. Take a bow, Ravens and ...

Reading Mel Kiper Jr.'s grades the morning after the draft is like a holiday tradition. No matter how much we all understand intuitively that it's impossible to project future success, we still want to know what the man who has spent three decades e...

Don't waste any time, New York Jets. Start the Geno Smith era with Gang Green right now. Do not wait until 2014. Do not even wait until Week 8 of the 2013 regular season. For the long-term betterment of the Jets organization, Smith should be th...