Baltimore Ravens 01/08/2007 12:13 PMESPN.com reports sophomore WR Sidney Rice, South Carolina's career leader in touchdown receptions, is giving up his final two seasons to enter the NFL draft. Gamecocks HC Steve Spurrier confirmed through a spokesman Sunday that Rice would go pro. Spurrier was "disappointed and wished [Rice] would've stayed around another year," spokesman Steve Fink said.Read more
Baltimore Ravens 01/08/2007 12:09 PMESPN.com reports Louisiana State QB JaMarcus Russell will skip his senior season and enter the NFL draft in April. A news conference is scheduled for Wednesday to announce the decision, ESPN's Chris Mortensen reported Sunday.Read more
New York Jets 01/08/2007 10:27 AMThe Star-Ledger reports Armed with $28 million in salary-cap room, the Jets are expected to be players in free agency this off-season. One of their targets could be Patriots CB Asante Samuel, who returned a QB Chad Pennington interception 36 yards for a touchdown in the Patriots' 37-16 wild-card victory over the Jets yesterday. The play put an exclamation point on the Patriots' victory with 4:54 left to play and was the final score of the day.Read more
New York Giants 01/08/2007 10:26 AMThe Star-Ledger reports QB Eli Manning started his workday with a touchdown pass to WR Plaxico Burress on the first offensive series of the game, and the Giants quarterback ended it with a second touchdown pass to Burress to tie the score. In between, there wasn't a lot of highlight-film material from the third-year signal-caller, who completed 16 of 27 passes for 161 yards, with two TDs and one interception. Asked to assess Manning's progress on the year, HC Tom Coughlin sidestepped the question.Read more
