Don Pierson

%% TEAM, RECORD PICK WHY 1. Raiders, 2-14 JaMarcus Russell, QB, LSU They cut Aaron Brooks 2. Lions, 3-13 Calvin Johnson, WR, Georgia Tech Someday they will get it right...

Former Colts coach Jim Mora, now a commentator for NFL Network, was recalling the predraft debate about quarterbacks Peyton Manning and Ryan Leaf. After crunching measurable attributes that suggested Leaf...

Quarterbacks and running backs are always in demand at the top of a draft, but this year there are only two of each predicted to go in the first round....

When Gale Sayers and Dick Butkus get together May 3 in Chicago at a roast to kick off the Gale Sayers Center, a children's educational venue, they will be able...

RECEIVERS 1. Calvin Johnson Georgia Tech, 6 feet 5 inches, 239 pounds Much bigger than all the other receivers and timed at least as fast as all the defensive backs,...

As NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell planned to meet with Tennessee's Adam "Pacman" Jones and Cincinnati's Chris Henry in anticipation of instituting a new personal-conduct policy, Bears coach Lovie Smith gave...

Running backs are scurrying from city to city in free agency's game of musical chairs. The Broncos have decided they like Travis Henry better than Tatum Bell. The Ravens acquired...

Mike Ditka and Jerry Kramer brought their crusade to help disabled retired NFL players to Ditka's restaurant Thursday, noisily continuing to pester the NFL Players Association and league owners to...

The free-agency season is more of an NFL plot to steal publicity from basketball and baseball than it is a sure-fire plan to improve teams. It is football's answer to...

The free-agency season is more of an NFL plot to steal publicity from basketball and baseball than it is a sure-fire plan to improve teams. It is football's answer to...