Updating a previous item, NFL.com's Gil Brandt reports that Alabama NT Terrence Cody only had 22 reps of 225 pounds on the bench press at the Crimson Tide's Wednesday Pro Day.

The difference between this account and agent Alvin Keels' (he claimed Cody had 32 reps) is major. Cody has likely lost muscle while shedding 22 pounds since the Senior Bowl, and it showed up on the bench. Oklahoma DT Gerald McCoy, with only slightly shorter arms, was criticized for repping 225 23 times.

Source: NFL.com

Alabama ILB Rolando McClain became winded at the Crimson Tide's Pro Day Wednesday, and revealed afterwards that he has Crohn's disease.

Jaguars QB David Garrard also has it. The inflammatory disease is treatable, but can cause abdominal pain and complications such as dehydration and arthritis. McClain has dealt with Crohn's since his freshman year in high school. The disease probably won't knock McClain out of the first round, but can't help.

Source: Birmingham Press-Register

ESPN's Adam Schefter told a St. Louis radio station he is "willing to take all bets" on his prediction that the Rams will select Oklahoma QB Sam Bradford with the No. 1 overall pick.
Schefter admits that he has not spoken to the Rams about the issue, but he insists he doesn't need to because he's "heard enough other things" from people around the league that he considers it a lock. Schefter also "promises" that Bradford is a top-5 player in this draft. The Rams are also reluctant to pay the going rate at No. 1 for a defensive player. If Schefter is correct, the Lions are sitting pretty at No. 2 with their choice of Ndamukong Suh and Gerald McCoy.
Source: ESPN 101 St. Louis

INDIANAPOLIS -- With the NFL Scouting Combine now over, it's a reasonable time to post my first mock draft. I'm sure many things will change with this projected first round, but here it is -- for now:

1. St. Louis Rams
Sam Bradford, QB, Oklahoma

This is a QB driven league and if the Rams don't trade for a QB in free agency or move down in the draft, Bradford is this year's Matthew Stafford. At 6-foot-4 ¼ and 236 pounds, he could be a franchise QB.

2. Detroit Lions
Ndamukong Suh, DT, Nebraska

He is impressive on tape, he put on a show at the combine, and he will be Jim Schwartz' answer to his days in Tennessee, when Albert Haynesworth dominated the line of scrimmage.

3. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Gerald McCoy, DT, Oklahoma

The Bucs have returned to the Monte Kiffin style 4-3 defense, and McCoy can do many of the things Warren Sapp did back in the glory days of Tampa's defense.

4. Washington Redskins
Russell Okung, OT, Oklahoma State

Chris Samuels is expected to announce his retirement this week, leaving a glaring hole at left tackle. But I do wonder if the 'Skins want to move up for Bradford.

5. Kansas City Chiefs
Bryan Bulaga, OT, Iowa

Chiefs GM Scott Pioli wants high character guys, and Bulaga fits the bill. He was coached by one of Pioli's friends in the business, Kirk Ferentz.

6. Seattle Seahawks
Jimmy Clausen, QB, Notre Dame

With Matt Hasselbeck's health and age now becoming a concern, the Seahawks need a QB of the future. And with two picks in the first round of new coach Pete Carroll's initial draft, now is the time to pull the trigger.

7. Cleveland Browns
Joe Haden, CB, Florida

The Browns have 11 picks in this draft and should come out of this process with a number of starters. A corner to plug in right away is a necessity.

8. Oakland Raiders
Anthony Davis, OT, Rutgers

Raiders owner Al Davis loves big linemen and has a special place for East Coast guys. Anthony Davis impressed at the combine and needs a push to reach his full potential. Tom Cable is an offensive line coach by trade and can get the most out of this guy.

9. Buffalo Bills
Rolando McClain, LB, Alabama

Buffalo can build the defense around McClain, especially since they are headed to a 3-4. He can play inside or outside.

10. Jacksonville Jaguars
Eric Berry, S, Tennessee

Berry can play anywhere in the secondary, which means he can match up well on division foes Dallas Clark or Andre Johnson.

11. Denver Broncos
Dan Williams, DT, Tennessee

The Broncos aren't abandoning the 3-4 defense, but they need bigger people up front. Williams can two-gap or penetrate, and is just what they need, either as a nose tackle or in 5 techniques.

12. Miami Dolphins
Earl Thomas, S, Texas

The Dolphins had two fine rookie corners last year but really need a safety who can play coverage. Right now they play with two strong safety types. Thomas can also demonstrate corner skills and match up with the slot wide receivers, like Wes Welker, in their division.

13. San Francisco 49ers
Trent Williams, OT, Oklahoma

The Niners need a tackle to play opposite Joe Staley if they want to keep pounding Frank Gore and protect Alex Smith. After drafting a guy like Williams, they can figure out who is left and right.

14. Seattle Seahawks
C.J. Spiller, RB, Clemson

This draft's version of the Titans' Chris Johnson. Pete Carroll always had a matchup back like Reggie Bush at USC, and Spiller could touch the ball 20 times a game as a rookie when you factor in his return skills.

15. New York Giants
Sergio Kindle, LB, Texas

The Giants need linebacker help in the worst way, and Kindle can do it all. If he is gone at this point in the draft, they could turn to Sean Weatherspoon.

16. Tennessee Titans
Derrick Morgan, DE, Georgia Tech

The Titans always seem to build around defense, and without Kyle Vanden Bosch or Jevon Kearse Tennessee will like Morgan's production in 2009 when he had 12.5 sacks, 18.5 tackles for loss and two forced fumbles.

17. San Francisco 49ers
Taylor Mays, S, USC

A rare athlete who will bring a presence to the 49ers' secondary.

18. Pittsburgh Steelers
Patrick Robinson, CB, Florida State

The Steelers could take a serious look at G/OT Mike Iupati, but in the end they need the best corner on the board.

19. Atlanta Falcons
Jason Pierre-Paul, DE, South Florida

Hard to take a one-year wonder in the first round, but this guy is passing the eye-ball test and has the potential to be very good.

20. Houston Texans
Kyle Wilson, CB, Boise State

The Texans will never win the division if they don't have the secondary to match up with the Colts' receivers. Dunta Robinson is leaving in free agency and must be replaced.

21. Cincinnati Bengals
Golden Tate, WR, Notre Dame

Tate ran a sub 4.3 40 on a lot of scouts' watches at the combine (although officially he ran 4.42). The former running back is a high character guy who had 93 catches last year for 16.1 yards per reception and 15 touchdowns. Carson Palmer needs a deep threat with the passing of the late Chris Henry.

22. New England Patriots
Brandon Graham, LB, Michigan

The Patriots need a pass rush, and they love smart outside linebacker candidates for their 3-4 defense. Belichick likes to jump into a 4-3 look occasionally, and Graham can do that as well. Graham had 29.5 sacks and 56 tackles for loss at Michigan.

23. Green Bay Packers
Mike Iupati, G, Idaho
Iupati is a versatile lineman with a lot of intensity. He could wind up playing anywhere along the front, but left guard would be ideal.

24. Philadelphia Eagles
Sean Weatherspoon, LB, Missouri

This guy has character, athletic ability, the football IQ to play in the middle, and he impressed at the combine. He finished his college career with more than 400 tackles, 43.5 tackles for loss, 12.5 sacks, and 18 passes defensed.

25. Baltimore Ravens
Dez Bryant, WR, Oklahoma State

A talented receiver with some baggage, though. The Ravens locker room could take care of Bryant, and this team needs a playmaker for QB Joe Flacco.

26. Arizona Cardinals
Charles Brown, OT, USC

The Cardinals need linebacker help and could look at a guy like Ricky Sapp, but they also lost their starting left tackle, Mike Gandy. And Brown looked better than most of the tackles at the combine.

27. Dallas Cowboys
Bruce Campbell, OT, Maryland

Campbell is a major project, and a team with an older starting left tackle who won't need to put Campbell in immediately should take a chance on this athlete. If Campbell has to play early, though, this experiment would be a disaster. The Cowboys like their linemen big, and someday he could replace Flozell Adams.

28. San Diego Chargers
Ryan Mathews, RB, Fresno State

LaDainian Tomlinson is gone and Darren Sproles is testing free agency. Matthews needs work in the passing game, but he is a work-horse back who had 3,280 yards and 39 touchdowns as a Bulldog, and who ran a 4.41 40 at the combine.

29. New York Jets
Jared Odrick, DT, Penn State

Odrick has the size to play anywhere along the defensive line. He's a high character guy, and the Jets have some age up front.

30. Minnesota Vikings
Brian Price, DT, UCLA

Pat Williams isn't getting any younger, and Price is a very disruptive force inside. The Vikings need corner help but can find it in the next round or free agency (Dunta Robinson or Leigh Bodden).

31. Indianapolis Colts
Maurkice Pouncey, C, Florida

If the Colts lose middle linebacker Gary Brackett, then things could change at this pick. But Pouncey is the best center in this draft, and Jeff Saturday can't play forever.

32. New Orleans Saints
Jerry Hughes, LB, TCU

The Saints could go in a number of different directions here, but Hughes brings pass rush and the athletic ability to play linebacker.

Team asks McCoy: G-string or jock strap?

Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on March 2, 2010 11:21 AM ET
The Bucs are off the hook. The single dumbest question of the NFL Scouting Combine was asked to Oklahoma defensive tackle Gerald McCoy.

"Someone asked me if I wore a g-string or a jock strap when I played," McCoy told the NFL Network set Monday to disbelief, laughter, and amazement.

Source

Our item from Saturday regarding Maryland's Bruce Campbell, who put up eye-popping numbers at the Scouting Combine as an offensive lineman but with whom multiple teams have yet to fall in love, sparked a mixed bag of responses. One league source insisted that Campbell is a sure-fire first-round pick -- another one said that Campbell "tests better than he plays."

In Campbell's case, however, a guy who studies this stuff as closely as anyone was candid. Mike Mayock placed the "buyer beware" tag on Campbell during Sunday's excellent NFLN coverage, explaining that the former Terp has a lot of "average" film.

And that's the most direct tie to Jets linebacker Vernon Gholston, whose stellar workout numbers and Paul Orndorff physique got the team to overlook plenty of subpar film. Though we've come to greatly respect the recent efforts of Jets G.M. Mike Tannenbaum, just think about how much better that team could be if they'd drafted an actual contributor with the sixth overall pick two seasons ago.

Three sources familiar with the situation tell Yahoo's Jason Cole that Dez Bryant's behavior in college was "consistently irresponsible."
"I wouldn’t draft that kid unless I had someone to wake him up in the morning to get to meetings, someone to wake him up for practice and someone to wake him up for games," one source said. Another source said Bryant was late to meetings, and even games. Yet another characterized Bryant as "just goofy." It's possible that teams are spreading bad info about Bryant in hopes of spurring a draft-day slide. We still don't see him lasting until the 12th pick.
Source: Yahoo Sports

INDIANAPOLIS--University of Maryland offensive tackle Bruce Campbell has become a standout performer at the NFL scouting combine.

Campbell, who was regarded by many draft analysts as a likely first-round pick in April entering the combine, had an eye-catching performance in the 40-yard dash Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium.

He was timed unofficially at 4.78 and 4.81 seconds, according to the league-owned NFL Network.

Campbell's agent, Drew Rosenhaus, called it a record-setting performance that should boost Campbell's draft stock.

Rosenhaus, writing on Twitter, called Campbell's time "unprecedented."

Rosenhaus wrote later: "Bruce Campbell ran the best 40 time ever for an offensive lineman and at 314 [pounds] he will now be a surefire top 10 pick in the draft!"

Campbell had a more-than-respectable 34 lifts of a 225-pound weight bar in the bench press Friday.

Posted by: chris steuber, scout.com
at 02/27/2010 09:57 AM ET

Cody Weighs In...

Alabama DT Terrence Cody measured in this morning at 6-foot-4, 354 pounds, which is 16 pounds less than what he weighed in at the Senior Bowl. Cody is a very talented player and can impact a game in the trenches, but the biggest question is his conditioning. The fact that he was able to shed 16 pounds in four weeks is very impressive.

The NFL conducted coin flips Friday to determine the final order of the first round of the 2010 draft. Six teams were directly involved in three coin flips, but two additional teams stood to gain.

As a result of three coin flips:

• The Jacksonville Jaguars own the 10th pick, with the Denver Broncos picking 11th. Denver acquired the pick from the Chicago Bears in the Jay Cutler trade;
• The Tennessee Titans will pick 16th and the San Francisco 49ers 17th, having acquired that pick from the Carolina Panthers;
• The Atlanta Falcons now have the 19th pick, and the Houston Texans select 20th.

The coin flips, held because those spots were tied due to same strength of schedule and no division or conference tie-breakers applied, took place in the lobby of the Westin Hotel in downtown Indianapolis. The NFL had three coins specially made for the occasion, one for each tie. The coins had the logos of the tied teams representing heads and tails, so neither team actually called its choice.

Here is the complete first-round draft order:

1. Rams (1-15)

2. Lions (2-14)

3. Buccaneers (3-13)

4. Redskins (4-12)

5. Chiefs (4-12)

6. Seahawks (5-11)

7. Browns (5-11)

8. Raiders (5-11)

9. Bills (6-10)

10. Jaguars (7-9)

11. Broncos (from Bears, 7-9)

12. Dolphins (7-9)

13. 49ers (8-8)

14. Seahawks (from Broncos, 8-8)

15. Giants (8-8)

16. Titans (8-8)

17. 49ers (from Panthers, 8-8)

18. Steelers (9-7)

19. Falcons (9-7)

20. Texans (9-7)

21. Bengals (10-6)

22. Patriots (10-6)

23. Packers (11-5)

24. Eagles (11-5)

25. Ravens (9-7)

26. Cardinals (10-6)

27. Cowboys (11-5)

28. Chargers (13-3)

29. Jets (9-7)

30. Vikings (12-4)

31. Colts (14-2)

32. Saints (13-3)

Oklahoma State's Dez Bryant, considered by many to be the best wide receiver available in this year's draft, said Friday that an injured hamstring will keep him from working out at the combine in Indianapolis.

Bryant does plan, however, to work out for teams in a few weeks.

"I'm going back to my pro day, and I'm going to do all my workouts at my pro day (on March 10)," Bryant said Friday.

Bryant said he "tweaked" the hamstring while working out last week. He added that he had injured the same hamstring during one of the three games he played in last September.

Bryant was suspended for most of the 2009 season after lying about his contact with former NFL star and current NFL Network analyst Deion Sanders.