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The New York Giants are no longer interested in trading disgruntled defensive end Osi Umenyiora. In an e-mail sent Wednesday to Umenyiora's agent Tony Agnone, the Giants ordered him to cease speaking to other teams about a trade, which would require that the Giants receive a first-round draft pick as compensation.

Matt Leinart won the Heisman Trophy, was a first-round draft pick and is now looking for a job. Don Banks says the QB needs to find the right situation in order to salvage his career.

So we all know that the Detroit Lions had to wheel and deal to get second overall 2010 draft pick Ndamukong Suh signed to a contract.

Another Matt Millen First round draft pick has been purged from the Detroit Lions roster.

There is a lot of ways to look at two 1-8 teams squaring off against one another. For the Detroit Lions there is a positive way, and a negative way to look at a 38-37 win over the Cleveland Browns.

For today let us look at the positive side of things. In today's NFL a win is a win, and no matter how we look at it, or what we think about it the Lions won this game.

However this victory is more significant because it could save the Lions some money in next year's draft.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) -- Coach Mike Singletary all but acknowledged the 49ers have filed tampering charges against the New York Jets regarding top San Francisco draft pick Michael Crabtree.

Coach Mike Singletary all but acknowledged the 49ers have filed tampering charges against the New York Jets regarding top San Francisco draft pick Michael Crabtree.

When asked Monday if the team had filed charges, Singletary said it's a situation "the league is going to handle internally." "I'm not going to get into that.

The New England Patriots traded DE Richard Seymour to the Oakland Raiders for a 2011 First Round draft pick, but Seymour still has failed to report to the Raiders organization.

He is apparently upset over being dealt from a Super Bowl contender to the Raiders, who in recent years have become somewhat of a laughing stock.

Seymour is doing more damage to his career by not reporting instead of fulfilling the final year of his contract with the Raiders and moving on somewhere else

Midnight neared, an organization held its breath, and finally -- after way too much losing, years of scouting, and weeks of negotiating -- the Washington Nationals secured the one good thing to come from all of it.

They reached a deal with No. 1 draft pick Stephen Strasburg. No team has ever paid more to an amateur. And perhaps no team has ever gained more by signing one of its draft picks.

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) -- The Minnesota Vikings have agreed to terms with first-round draft pick Percy Harvin on a five-year deal.