Nfl draft

• After each of the first two nights of the 2012 NFL Draft, I covered teams that impressed me with their patience or timely risk-taking, as well as those that I thought might have made their picks more prudently.
(NFL)
• Long before the 2012 NFL draft, the Washington Redskins considered themselves big winners when they moved from No. 6 to No. 2 to eventually take quarterback Robert Griffin III – raising the fan bases hopes, not to mention those of coach Mike Shanahan.
(YAHOO!)
• The book is closed on the 2012 NFL draft after 253 players were selected in seven rounds over the past three days. As is the case every year, there were a lot of head-scratching moments.
(CNN Sports Illustrated)
• RENTON, Wash. (AP) Jaye Howard was inside a mall store charging his battery-drained cellphone when the defensive tackle got the call from the Seattle Seahawks, who told him he had been taken in the fourth round of the NFL draft.
(YAHOO!)
• It wasnt so much the two Washington Huskies who were taken in the NFL draft Saturday that made news, but the one who wasnt. In one of the most surprising developments of the draft, former UW running back Chris Polk went unselected.
(Seattle Times)
• Adam Gettis' new job? Protecting the 2011 Heisman Trophy winner. The guard from Frankfort was the first local player taken Saturday on the final day of the NFL Draft as the Washington Redskins chose him with the sixth pick of the fifth round (141st overall).
(Chicago Sun-Times)
• The Washington Redskins mortgaged their future on QB Robert Griffin III, trading their 2012 first- and second-round picks and their first-round picks in 2013 and 2014 in order to draft the 2011 Heisman Trophy winner.
(ESPN)
• The 2012 NFL Draft has come to an end. Indianapolis kicked off the final round by grabbing a blocker for No. 1 overall pick Andrew Luck by selecting guard Justin Anderson of Georgia.
(Huffington Post)
• The Philadelphia Eagles knew what they needed coming into the 2012 NFL draft and definitely came out on top.
(Bleacherreport.com)
• In a historic moment for Georgia State sports, defensive tackle Christo Bilukidi was selected by the Oakland Raiders in the sixth round of the NFL draft Saturday.
(Atlanta Journal Constitution)