DraftAmerica recently spoke with former NFL standout Terrell Buckley, a 14-year veteran who made stops in Green Bay, Miami, Denver, New England, and New York. Buckley was often a fan favorite and now is the assistant strength coach at his alma mater of Florida State. His daughter is an up-and-coming high school golfer in the South Florida area, as recently featured in the Miami Herald. Buckley discussed several aspects of football with DA, including his draft day experience back in 1992 and ...

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Week 7 is already upon us, and this so-called year of parity is really only a half-truth. The NFC is wide open with no one-loss teams after just six weeks, but it’s the usual suspects in the AFC. This week features a few key divisional games, perhaps none bigger than Monday night in Dallas between the surging Giants and the fading Cowboys. Will Wade Phillips, remarkably still employed at this point, still have a job if Big D loses that one? At any rate, let’s dive right into the picks:

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If you've ever spent any time in or around the western New York area, you can almost feel the dejection in the air regarding the Buffalo Bills. It's been 10 years and counting since the team last smelled the playoffs.

New GM Buddy Nix is in charge of fixing a mess that resembles that of curing America's tumbling economy. The Bills have virtually no core players to rebuild their organization around, save for C.J. Spiller, whom Nix may have reached for at No. 9 this past April.

But as a team choo...
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When it comes to the NFL draft, the name Mike Williams and bust have become synonymous.

The one-time USC standout who challenged the NFL and lost in trying to enter the league before completing three years of college failed miserably in Detroit, then gained a ton of weight and fell out of playing shape to render any chance of success virtually impossible.

But the Tampa Bay Buccaneers may have changed the perception of the name.

Their Mike Williams, selected 101st overall (4th round) out of Syrac...
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The San Francisco Giants offense seemingly will keep them from the World Series, and that is nothing short of a crying shame with the starting pitchers they have.

Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, and Jonathan Sanchez can go toe-to-toe with any pitching trio in baseball, including Philadelphia's. But it's the prospects of the Giants having to scrap together runs for those three pitchers that should have people worried.

In draft terms, the Giants are nothing short of geniuses when it comes to their start...
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Isn't it almost unfathomable that after four weeks of the NFL season, there is only one unbeaten left? Isn't it even more shocking that it's the Kansas City Chiefs?

While doing a feature story for the Herald, I happened to speak to Larry Seiple, the punter on the 1972 Miami Dolphins. They, of course, are still the only team to go through an entire regular and postseason unscathed.

Seiple shared his thoughts on how the Colts misplayed things last year by choosing health over possible perfection,...
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