Top 2010 fantasy football rookie news of interest for third week of May. Summary: Kevin Smith ‘supporting’ Best; Bryant may have violated deal with Under Armor; Every rookie looks great this time of year including Hardesty; Arrelious Benn will start this year.
- Lions RB Kevin Smith supportive of rookie Jahvid Best [Detroit Free Press]. Also, Jahvid Best’s ‘Madden NFL 11’ ratings [ESPN (blog)]. Hint, it averages out to 95.
- If the shoe fits: is Dez Bryant changing companies? [Dallas Morning News (blog)]. Breaking the rules again already can’t be a good sign.
- Hardesty off to good start [Yahoo! Sports]
- Ben Tate miss practice due to injuries [Houston Chronicle]. Also related, Texans RB Slaton looks to rebound from off year [The Associated Press]
- Report: Seahawks made phone call about TOÂ [msnbc.com]. They say it was before Golden Tate.
- For Bucs’ Clayton, the future is now [Sarasota Herald-Tribune]. Arrelious Benn will start.
- Realistic expectations for Sam Bradford [ESPN (blog)]
- Rookie Impact Report: Joe McKnight [RotoTimes.com]
- Chiefs hoping to get strong running game [The Associated Press]. Dexter McCluster
- Tebow coming to Denver out of left field [ESPN (blog)]. Opinions about Tebow being left-handed. Also, Tim Tebow’s Training Regimen [Predominantly Orange (blog)]
- Matt Moore: “It’s gonna be an exciting year I think offensively for the Panthersâ€Â [Sports Radio Interviews]. On competition with Jimmy Clausen
- Rams draft pick Mardy Gilyard robbed at gunpoint [USA Today]
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