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The Carolina Panthers fall to the Baltimore Ravens 17-13 in Charlotte on Saturday night, Aug. 29, 2009. With the loss, the Panther's are 0-3 in the ... more
See photos from the Panthers at the Miami Dolphins in an NFL preseason game on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009.
Predicting and assessing the NFL Draft is an impossible crapshoot, as much as Mel Kiper Jr. and his imitators would have you believe it’s an exact science.
Still, there are certain players who went to certain teams last weekend who look like they’ll not only fit in, but contribute right away.
Here is one man’s list of those players, keeping in mind that this Tuesday Top Five carries with it no guarantee of future performance.
According to Dan Pompei of the Chicago Tribune, North Carolina wide receiver Hakeem Nicks scored 11 out of a possible 50 on the Wonderlic test given to NFL prospects.
Players must answer 50 questions in 12 minutes for the test, which measures problem-solving ability. NFL teams look for receivers to score about 18.
Michael Crabtree of Texas Tech, perhaps the top wideout in the draft, scored a 15. Florida's Percy Harvin scored a 14. Pompei's piece looked a few scores at other positions as well.
He's already being talked about as the possible first overall pick in next month's NFL Draft, but Wake Forest linebacker Aaron Curry wasn't about to sit out another chance to work out in front of pro scouts today in Winston-Salem.
In last week's Tuesday Top Five, I promised to bump the Steelers past the Cowboys and into the top spot among franchises in the Super Bowl Era if they beat the Cardinals.
So after Sunday's win, here's a Special Edition Monday Top Five — last week's top five, updated:
Sunday will be the Pittsburgh Steelers’ seventh trip to the Super Bowl, which as we’ll hear ad nauseum over the next week, is only one short of the Dallas Cowboys.
You could make the argument that if the Steelers win Sunday, which would be their sixth, that they’re the most successful franchise of the Roman Numeral Era.
But where do they stand as of today? That’s Tuesday’s Top Five — the top five franchises since Super Bowl I in January 1967.