Dr Z

Doesn't seem to be a concern in the Cleveland front office. Cardale scores higher on the Wonderlic than Paxton Lynch!?!?

Hue Jackson revealed last week that Jared Goff and Carson Wentz might not be his top two quarterbacks, and he won't get any argument from ESPN's Jon Gruen. Gruden, who studied all of the top prospects for his QB camp series, emerged with Michigan State's Connor Cook -- the Hinckley, Ohio native and Walsh Jesuit grad -- at the top of his list. "He's gonna be I think perhaps the best quarterback in this year's draft," he said on air recently. Connor has some who are concerned. “There’s something off,” said an NFL quarterbacks coach, one of many people in the league who have spoken to Cook and gave their impressions to USA TODAY Sports on condition of anonymity for competitive reasons. “There’s something about him that you just don’t trust him.” “I don’t mind the kid at all,” a general manager for a different team said. “I’ll take an (expletive) who wins games over a nice guy who loses games. But there’s something missing with him.” “There’s just something put-offish about him,” an offensive coordinator for a third team said. “It appears to me – I could be dead wrong – but he’d be a guy that, when he got in the locker room, they’d try to eat him up and spit him out.”

Who? Team specific draft boards. This one is for the Browns. Just change the name at the end of the link for other teams.

I watched Lane garner the attention of the defense without the ball coming his way often in the second half of the season. You don't always have to have the ball in your hand to be effective for your team. If our offense run different personnel packages than they did last year, his "stats" might have been better, but overall offensive effectiveness may have suffered.

Worthwhile read on Carson Wentz. by Kevin Van Valkenburg ESPN Senior Writer

Unfortunately I am out of town, and was unable to attend.

BG AD joins TW.

Another south Florida (Fort Myers) athlete.

That Thad Matta tree just keeps growing.

It all started in 2008 with second team preseason All-MAC Iowa transfer Ryan Bain. So many memories.

Jatavis officially visiting in Pittsburgh today. One of the questions he will surely be asked today, "how would you feel about playing safety for coach Butler?"

Troy Smith Tells Cop He Graduated "With A Degree In Bachelors" During Traffic Stop.

NFL DRAFT DIAMONDS PROSPECT INTERVIEW: ZACH PAUL, P, UNIVERSITY OF AKRON If you could compare your play to one player in the NFL who would it be and why? ....I would compare my style of punting to my friend Thomas Morestead. We have similar body types and technical backgrounds. I have generally tried to emulate his punting form since early on in my college career with some tweaks that work better for me individually.

While I hate to see any talent leave the MAC, this may say a little about the strength of the league. The move to Auburn will present a lot of potential intrigue for fans of the Mid-American Conference, as Gehrig Dieter, the Bowling Green receiver that paired with Roger Lewis to lead the Falcons offense the last two seasons, transferred to Alabama as a graduate student shortly after the season concluded. This means a potential Iron Bowl matchup for the two players, if the cards play themselves right.

Not really that "random", but since today is opening day, from the PD. Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney will throw the ceremonial first pitch. The tradition of the Carney family attending home openers spans three generations and nearly 60 years, according to ESPN. "My dad introduced me to basically everything I like still as an adult -- music, sports, baseball and comedy," said Carney, of Akron. "I remember clearly the first time my brothers and I played catch. It was summer 1987 and we all became hooked on baseball. All of us played Little League for the next few years and would drive to the games listening to (Indians broadcaster) Herb Score."

It would be "fair" if the Zips could have beat a lousy Columbus team, but since they didn't, no it's not. Playing opponents like Villanova makes the Zips a better team. How could it not? It's also more interesting for fans of the team.

The Steelers have had a handful of Zips in camp throughout the years. They are very aware of MAC talent. The Browns once had Chase Blackburn in camp, and let him go. Zach D'Orazio had a tryout with the Browns last year, but didn't catch on.

I ran a minor upgrade today. It will take some time to reindex posts. Should complete this afternoon.

Oh no! Three of the four designs break away from the normal green surface and incorporate BGSU's unique orange and brown color schemes. Design one features Bowling Green's new secondary forward facing falcon logo. The all-brown turf with orange "Falcons" from end line to end line is a bold departure from the current surface.

"... a source told me that Akron linebacker Jatavis Brown has a visit scheduled with the Pittsburgh Steelers for April 6th..."

I can't imagine how this isn't news? I know what Urban had for breakfast this morning. I can only guess that it might be "announced" near the spring game while a little more attention is on the program? With the extension, it seems as though he secretly reached one of his goals. "My goal has been to just win enough games so that they want to keep me around here,"...."It's been great to build something," he said. "That's what I meant about this being my most satisfying season as a coach." -Terry Bowden