With the Buffalo Bills' recent announcement that they would not be interested in re-signing receiver Terrell Owens(notes), it seems that once again, T.O. is on his own. Though Owens caught 55 passes for 829 yards and five touchdowns in a very uncharacteristically under-the-radar season for him, the Bills will apparently take their relatively weapon-free offense elsewhere. You'd think that a team ranking 25th in Football Outsiders' Passing DVOA statistic would want to extend the guy another year, especially since he didn't seem to make an ass of himself for once, but perhaps they were aware that Owens is generally on his best behavior in the first year of any situation.

One team that has been rumored to have interest in Owens is the Baltimore Ravens, the team that has been perpetually one or two offensive weapons away from the Super Bowl for the last decade. They now have the franchise quarterback in Joe Flacco(notes), and as head coach John Harbaugh said during his Saturday press

When Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen went to the podium at the Scouting Combine on Saturday to meet with the media, the questions about his maturity came up right away. That's what happens when you announce your college commitment after emerging from a stretch Hummer, get busted for transporting alcohol, and get a black eye in a fight. Clausen was ready for the questions, but was he too ready? I came away from the podium thinking that I had just heard the rough equivalent of coach-speak -- that nebulous, prefab stuff that emanates from the mouth of every coach and executive 99 percent of the time. Clasuen looked tight at the podium; almost as if he wanted more to prove that he wasn't a bad guy as opposed to just relaxing and letting his alleged newfound maturity shine through. It's tough to answer these questions, and he didn't display the edginess some expected, but few came away tremendously impressed.

"You know, to be honest, some of the people that say those things just don't

Every year at the Combine, reporters will ask players which NFL teams have talked to them. This is especially true of those local guys who want to take the story back to their excited readers -- "Hey, Joe Shlabotnik talked to the Browns for 30 minutes today! They traded recipes for flan and talked about the under front defense!" But the way things are set up these days, assessing team interest based on those interviews is absolutely impossible. With draft prospects shuttling from team to team at a road-runner's pace, the relevance of a fast chat is dubious at best. The same questions are asked, the same pre-coached and prefab answers are given, and the conveyor belt goes ever on.

Example: Notre Dame receiver Golden Tate, who's blessed with a first-round projection, gave his full formal Combine interview schedule during his media session today. Last night, he met with the St. Louis Rams. Tonight, it'll be the Dallas Cowboys, Green Bay Packers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New England Patriots,

As first reported by former NFL scout Daniel Jeremiah of Move The Sticks, Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford posted a weight of 236 pounds at his Friday morning Combine weigh-in. For those NFL personnel people who were on the fence about Bradford because of his formerly 223-pound frame, wondering if he could take repeated hits in the pocket at that size, a more muscled Bradford could shake up the top of the draft board.

What is not in question is Bradford's accuracy and ability to get the ball to all field levels. Playing behind the best offensive line in the college game in 2008, Bradford played pitch-and-catch to the tune of 4,720 yards and 50 touchdowns. After shoulder injuries shut down his 2009 season and he declared for the draft, Bradford has obviously been eating his Wheaties. The question now is whether the extra weight will affect his throwing motion and mechanics in any way -- word is the new weight is solid muscle, which speaks to his work ethic.

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Joe Haden (Florida): With outstanding ball-hawking skills, 4.35 speed and an excellent ability to diagnose what's being thrown his way, Haden has all the tools. No true freshman corner had ever started a game for the Gators until Haden did it, and he went on to start 40 games in three seasons. Haden plays zone well, but his primary attribute -- and this is one that has become more visible and prevalent with the rise of Darrelle Revis(notes) -- is the ability to trail a receiver in straight-line man coverage. If the man he's defending does get separation (which doesn't happen too often), Haden can make up short ground in a hurry and had a great ability to jump routes for interceptions. Not a bad tackler for his 5-foot-11, 190-pound frame, but it's in coverage that Haden will excel, and that's what will probably put him in the top 15 come draft day. A strong combine, especially in the speed and agility drills, could put him in rarefied air.

Kyle Wilson (Boise State): I have Wilson higher

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Rolando McClain (Alabama): The leader of the Crimson Tide's dominant defense, McClain brings a mental strength to the game that takes his physical gifts to another level. He's a film rat, which shows on the field in his ability to read and react very quickly. He's great at sifting through trash and getting to the ballcarrier at the first level. Pass defense is not a specific strength, but at 6-foot-4 and 260, teams will be looking more for his ability to translate his "thumper" ability to the NFL. If he doesn't have a ginormous nose tackle crunching up the gaps as he did in college, there may be concerns about his ability to take on first-strike blockers and still make plays.

Brandon Spikes (Florida): Spikes' primary asset is his speed off the blocks -- for a 6-foot-3, 256-pound man, his burst to the line is terrific. He also has the change of direction needed to right himself against agile ballcarriers - even when he doesn't sniff out misdirection, he can recover to stomp it

Top 5? Not at this position. In what has been called a historic assemblage of defensive tackle talent, including the guy you'll find at the top of most lists, it seemed only fair to expand the numbers. Leaving any of the bottom three guys off just seemed strange, and this should probably be a Top 8 to include North Carolina's Cam Thomas. That said, here's our Top 7:

Ndamukong Suh (Nebraska): The best player in the 2010 draft class, Suh saved his true dominance for his final regular-season game when he picked up 4 ½ sacks in the Big 12 Championship against Texas. Still, he was no secret before then -- NFLDraftScout.com had him as their best defensive tackle before the 2009 NCAA season started. It's just that the year he put up teleported him to the top, regardless of position. What makes Suh so special? He has amazing quickness off the snap, tremendous upper-body strength (he often turned blockers into padded dummies), agility that has to be seen to be believed, and the kind of

Derrick Morgan (Georgia Tech): Morgan was the ACC Defensive Player of the year after posting 12.5 sacks and 18.5 tackles for loss in his junior season. As long as he gets first contact, Morgan has a superlative ability to get outside and around a tackle, and then to recover upfield to get to the quarterback. He can get washed out by power tackles inside, though when he's taken out of a play, it's often by way of a double-team. As a run defender, he's especially fierce -- he'll get to the ballcarrier by any means necessary. The question about his NFL future has to do with his ability to consistently get to the quarterback -- he was dominated by Iowa's Bryan Bulaga in the Orange Bowl, and Bulaga's best asset isn't his pass protection. At 6-foot-4 and 272 pounds, he's a very good multi-dimensional player, but a team looking for an instant pass-rushing threat may want to look around. The upside is that many experts believe that Morgan is nowhere near his full potential in that area yet.