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The Falcons selected Julio Jones with the sixth overall pick, acquired from
the Cleveland Browns on Thursday night for a package of five draft picks, including
Atlanta’s No. 27 overall selection in the first round this year and the team’s
first-round pick in 2012.

The Falcons selected Julio Jones with the sixth overall pick, acquired from
the Cleveland Browns on Thursday night for a package of five draft picks, including
Atlanta’s No. 27 overall selection in the first round this year and the team’s
first-round pick in 2012.

Bengals coach Marvin Lewis held his pre-draft news conference Monday, where he acknowledged the team recently had a private workout with Missouri quarterback Blaine Gabbert, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported.

NFL Network draft expert Mike Mayock believes this year’s quarterback class will surpass even the storied bunch from 1983, which featured the likes of John Elway, Dan Marino, Jim Kelly and Ken O’Brien.

The St. Louis Rams are accustomed to making early picks in NFL drafts — they took Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford No. 1 last year after grabbing Baylor offensive tackle Jason Smith in 2009 and Virginia defensive end Chris Long in 2008 at No. 2 — but they will be comfortable at No. 14 next week.

Hall of Fame quarterback Warren Moon recently expressed frustration and outrage over the “racially based” treatment he claims Auburn quarterback Cam Newton has received in the months leading up to next week’s NFL draft. But another Hall of Famer, wide receiver Jerry Rice, disagrees.

Turns out Cam Newton won’t be the only top quarterback prospect to meet with the Denver Broncos this week.

Rising quarterback prospect Colin Kaepernick has declined the NFL’s invitation to attend next week’s draft in New York, saying he preferred to “spend that time with my family.”