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Greg Cosell's NFL draft preview: Todd Gurley may be best prospect in class | Shutdown Corner - Yahoo Sports
Georgia’s Todd Gurley is clearly the best running back in this class, but I think he might be even more than that.

FootballPerspective.com — NFL History and Stats
The last three seasons, Seattle’s Earl Thomas has been named a first-team All-Pro by the Associated Press, among others.  In each of the last two years, his teammate at the safety position, Kam Chancellor, was a second-team honoree from the AP. Last year, Thomas was a runaway selection, while Chancellor was just two votes shy of being a first-team choice (which made up for the joke that was the AP second-team All-Pro safety situation from ’13).

Football Savages / Draft Mecca: 2015 NFL Draft Positional Rankings
Explanation on the numerical grades. The scale was developed by Eric Stoner and myself. For a more in depth look at the structure of the scale, peep this article done by Eric.

2015 NFL Draft Positional Rankings: Linebacker | SI.com
The latest NFL news, scores, stats, fantasy analysis, and mock drafts as well as the best NFL writers and photos from SI.com

Anquan Boldin: Niners 'better' than last year's record - NFL.com
While plenty are predicting doom for the 49ers, veteran wide receiver Anquan Boldin believes the team will improve on last year's 8-8 record under new coach Jim Tomsula.

2015 NFL Mock Draft 4.0: Redskins go receiver in first round - CBSSports.com
In Will Brinson's latest rendition of the 2015 NFL Mock Draft, the Washington Redskins surprise and go receiver in the first round.

Mayock: 2015 WR class has eight players with first-round grade - NFL.com
NFL Media analyst Mike Mayock released a new set of position rankings and thinks that eight wide receivers are deserving of a first-round grade, including one shooting up draft boards.

Denver Broncos, James Casey strike one-year deal - NFL.com
The Denver Broncos have added another tight end to coach Gary Kubiak's new offense. The team on Saturday announced that James Casey has agreed to terms on a one-year deal.

Bruce Arians: Female coaches could be in NFL's future - NFL.com
The NFL broke new ground this week by making Sarah Thomas the first full-time female official in league history. Could a female coach be next? Cardinals coach Bruce Arians thinks that's a possibility.

Revisiting 12 offseason questions for the Seattle Seahawks - Seattle Seahawks & NFL News
A little over a week after the Seattle Seahawks’ 28-24 loss to the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLIX, we posed 12 questions facing the Hawks as they entered the offseason. Two months later, some of those questions have answers, while others remain up in the air.

Russell Wilson on Real Sports says he doesn’t want to kill the dream of playing baseball | The Seattle Times
Is it realistic to think that Russell Wilson might really try someday to play professional baseball again?