"One of those playoff teams will sit there and say, 'Smart, tough, fairly instinctive, clean off the field,'"

The list of Penn State linebackers who have gone on to star in the NFL reads like a Who's Who at the position -- Jack Ham, Shane Conlan and LaVar Arrington, for starters. via Ann Arbor News

"Michael didn't want to do it. He was hopping mad."

A year ago, the Houston Texans bypassed the electric Reggie Bush and ignored hometown hero Vince Young to use the first pick in the NFL draft on defensive end Mario Williams. via CSTV.com

"I don't know if we can get a guy that can start, but I think that we can get a real good football player"

The New York Giants didn't get overly involved in free agency in recent months because the market was overpriced.

'The money was out of control,' new general manager Jerry Reese said Thursday at the Giants' annual predraft news conference.

Players some people would consider marginal performers got astronomical amounts, he added.

'We didn't feel like we were going to do that. We didn't feel like it was smart for us to do that.'

Instead, Reese went for value in trying to improve the Giants, who got into the playoffs despite an 8-8 record. Read more