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Stuff floating out there worth a perusal:

—Don Banks on the position that consistently is valued higher than the mocks do among other news and notes

—Andy Staples applies the common sense approach to the drafts prospects (what they did on the field vs. the combine stuff) in a good read and includes this on Andre Smith:

Yes, Smith flaked out at the combine. Dumb move. Yes, he missed the Sugar Bowl because of his dealings with an agent. Even dumber move. But guess what will happen when Smith gets on the field? He’s going to maul people, because that’s all he does. He won the starting left tackle job the moment he stepped on campus at Alabama. He’s held his own against defensive ends such as Derrick Harvey, Tyson Jackson and Greg Hardy. Some mock drafts had Smith in the 20s after his early exit at the combine. Fortunately, common sense has pushed Smith’s stock higher. But if he doesn’t go in the top three, it’s not high enough.

Good points. As one who got caught up in the aforementioned silliness with Smith, a nice reminder of what he is as a player.

—John Czarnecki at foxsports.com compiles a list of the five best and five worst decision makers in NFL front offices. The Bengals’ Mike Brown gets his appropriate due.

—Jeff Legwold at foxsports.com with his top overall 100 prospects. Let’s hope the Bengals get one of them. That’s touch and go.

—Rob Rang and Chad Reuter with their guesses at 10 things that will come to pass this weekend in New York.