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AFC East

Day #15: Yatil Green

April 11, 2008

Yatil Green – WR – Miami 1997 Draft / 1st Round / Miami Dolphins Day 15. From a Green to, well, another Green. A has been to a never was. Yatil Green played for Butch Davis at the University of Miami (sensing our theme are you?) and was a mercurial talent. Green showed flashes of [...]

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Day #18: Robert Edwards

April 8, 2008

Robert Edwards – RB – Georgia 1998 Draft / 1st Round / New England Patriots Robert Edwards played only two full seasons in the NFL, but it wasn’t for lack of talent. Drafted by the Patriots who were looking to replace the departed Curtis Martin, New England thought it had struck gold with the back [...]

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Day #23: Willis McGahee

April 3, 2008

Willis McGahee – RB – Miami (FL) 2003 Draft / 1st Round / Buffalo Bills The Buffalo Bills made a huge gamble when they drafted Willis McGahee in the first round of the 2003 draft. First, they had a legitimate starter in Travis Henry who was the team’s second round draft pick just two years [...]

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Day #28: Reggie Rembert

March 29, 2008

Reggie Rembert – WR – West Virginia 1990 Draft / 2nd Round / New York Jets In the 1990 draft the New York Jets would select West Virginia wide receiver Reggie Rembert, but he would never play a down for gang green. Mired in a dispute over his rookie contract Rembert would sit out the entire 1990 [...]

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Day #43: Corey Dillon

March 14, 2008

Corey Dillon – RB – Washington 1997 Draft / 2nd Round / Cincinnati Bengals Considered a malcontent by many in the media, Corey Dillon still managed to turn his talent for toting the rock into a ten year NFL career. Dillon was known for expressing his disdain of the media and many attributed it to [...]

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Day #44: Sam Madison

March 13, 2008

Sam Madison – CB – Louisville 1997 Draft / 2nd Round / Miami Dolphins Cornerback Sam Madison came to the NFL by way of the University of Louisville. During his four years as a Cardinal he set the career passes defended record with 44 total defended passes. Also, he would set a school career interception [...]

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Day #46: Kevin Faulk

March 11, 2008

Kevin Faulk – RB – LSU 1999 Draft / 2nd Round / New England Patriots Reeling from the free agency loss of Curtis Martin the New England Patriots thought they had found their answer in 1998 first round draft pick Robert Edwards. However, when Edwards went down with a devastating knee injury during a rookie [...]

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Day #52: Marcellus Wiley

March 5, 2008

Marcellus Wiley – DE – Columbia 1997 Draft / 2nd Round / Buffalo Bills Defensive end Marcellus Wiley took the road less traveled to the NFL via the ivies. A running back when he arrived as a freshman at Columbia he would go on to be a two way player his junior year making the [...]

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Free Agency Nugget: Randy Moss

March 4, 2008

When the 2008 free agent season began many assumed that Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss had a verbal agreement in place with the team to remain since New England chose to not use the franchise tag on him. Complicating the situation the Patriots could not resign Moss prior to free agency due to league rules [...]

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Day #62: Ray Mickens

February 24, 2008

Ray Mickens – CB – Texas A&M 1996 Draft / 3rd Round / New York Jets Ray Mickens parlayed a solid college career at Texas A&M into an eleven year career in the NFL primarily with the New York Jets. One of the top cover cornerbacks in the country he earned All American and All [...]