One of the largest guys in college sports a year ago, Terrence Cody, at 6 foot four inches tall & 350 pounds, has altered how colleges look at bigger players. A fantastic run stopper can make a world of difference for football clubs wanting to free up their linebackers.

I really believe that more and more we will see enormous men, obviously like Terrence Cody, arriving onto the scene in college football. A huge man at that overall size in the middle of the defense playing middle guard or nosetackle certainly a valuable tool.

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Ravens starting safety Ed Reed is considering early retirement from the NFL.

For two years Reed has been suffering from a nerve impingement in his neck that has shown little to no improvement.

Coach John Harbaugh stated that he beleives Reed will return for the 2010 season.

Reed was picked by the Baltimore Ravens during the NFL draft in 2002. He currently holds franchise records for career interceptions (45) and interception-return yards in a single game (150) and has scored a total of 13 touchdowns in his career—3 blocked punts, 1 punt return, 2 fumble returns and 7 interception returns.

Nobody can blame him really. Notre Dame’s junior quarterback will skip his final year of eligibility and head to the NFL.

According to Tom Friend of ESPN the Magazine, Clausen is taking the advice of the coach that recruited him, Charlie Weis. Weis, who was relieved of his head coaching duties last week, advised that Clausen take his football career to the next level right now. This should not a surprising, given Notre Dame’s current state of unbalance in the program.

In fact many juniors in the college game may decide to declare themselves eligible for the NFL draft this year, perhaps in record numbers. Why? Labor negotiations.

Time is running short on the last year of the ’00s, so it’s time to dive into the daunting task of ranking the NFL’s best of the decade. Best what? Best everything. We’re going with a series of top 10 lists, and if something miraculous happens between now and December 31st, well, we’ll just have to catch it at the end of 2019.

What makes a draft bust? Is draft position alone the determining factor? How much does one have to fail? Could a bust have an otherwise fine career, aside from the massive expectations that accompanied him into the league? What role do injuries play in the whole thing? Does bad luck equal bust?