2012 NFL Draft: 49ers Not Expected To Receive Any Compensatory Picks
It doesn't come as much surprise, but the San Francisco 49ers aren't likely to gain any compensatory draft picks this offseason. As Matt Maiocco of CSN Bay Area points out, the 49ers had an even number of gains and losses in free agency this past season. Teams are awarded compensatory draft picks when they have net losses in free agency, but it only applies to players who hit the scheduled free ...

2012 NFL Draft Order: Which Teams with High Picks Will Trade Down?
In every NFL draft, there are many trades. Some trades are huge blockbusters involving many players and/or picks. Others are small, but they all impact every pick that follows. The fundamental problem with mock drafts is the lack of trades. Trades lead to fewer teams reaching for needs, and fewer good players falling. On draft day, we frequently see NFL teams surrender an arm and a leg to move ...

NFL Draft Order 2012: All 32 Slotted Picks
It's all about the draft now. Another amazing NFL season is in the books, and there is nothing to distract NFL heads from fixating on their team's needs and the incoming class of college players.  With the Super Bowl in the books the draft order is set. Check out the order below with a look at the needs teams should address over the course of the seven rounds.    1. Indianapolis Colts First and ...

NFL Draft 2012: Zach Brown and Unheralded First-Round Picks That Will Be Stars
Now that the Super Bowl is behind us, it’s time to look forward and see which young stars will fall to which teams. With so much focus on the draft, it’s hard for players to stay off the radar anymore. Players like Zach Brown and Janoris Jenkins have not made many teams’ charts for one reason or another. All of the following players are looking to be taken in the first round, but their talent ...

UFC 143 Diaz Vs Condit: More Picks from Fight Chicks and Some NFL Stars Too
Making predictions for UFC 143, professional MMA fighters Alexis Davis and Elaina Maxwell are joined by some NFL stars who add in their fight predictions for the main event - Diaz vs Condit. NFL Stars make their UFC 143 Picks Dana White, UFC President, tweeted a video of several...

2012 NFL Mock Draft: Projecting Top Value Picks in the First Round
In the first round of the NFL draft, every team is looking for value. No team wants to reach, but they sure do want to take advantage of other teams' reaches. Of course need is a huge factor in draft selections, as it should be. But many general managers base their thinking on value and these are some of the best GMs in the game. Every general manager wants to find value, but not all picks are ...

NFL Draft Order 2012: The Entire First Round
With the 2012 Super Bowl now in the books, we now know a little more about the 2012 NFL Draft order. Here it is . Ties between picks Nos. 8 and 9 and 11 and 12 will be broken with coin flips at the NFL Scouting Combine. We already knew, of course, that the Steelers would have No. 24 -- that was determined after they lost in the NFL Playoffs to the Denver Broncos . Teams will still be allowed to ...

NFL: Gazette staff Super Bowl picks
MATT BURGLUND: I can't think of a single reason why the Patriots will win. The Giants have the better defense and a more balanced offense. The Giants have earned their way to this game while the Patriots have beaten a bunch of nobodies. Tom Coughlin is a good man with a hot team. Bill Belichick is a cheater with a Prima Donna quarterback. So …. Patriots, 31-28.

NFL picks: Defence gives Giants edge in Super Bowl XLVI
A couple of big 'ifs' surround the happenings and eventual fallout from Sunday's Super Bowl XLVI.

Video: NFL legend Carl Banks of Flint picks the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVI
FLINT, Mich. – NFL legend Carl Banks knows a thing or two about Super Bowls. As a player, he helped the Giants capture a pair of Super Bowl titles in his heyday.