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NFL Draft 2011: Will Cincinnati Bengals Need to Trade Up for Ryan Mallett?

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As everyone knows, the Bengals need a quarterback. Also as everyone knows, Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett was in town to work out today, one of the many stops on his tour.

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While Mallett has slid to the second round in many mock drafts, the fact that he is meeting with do many teams and is trying to boost his stock suggests to me that he could go towards the end of the first round; others such as Jake Locker are teetering on that line as well.

Because of this, there's the possibility that the Bengals will have to trade up into the tail end of the first round to draft Mallett, especially if other teams decide that they are interested in him. If this is the case, should the Bengals trade up to get him?

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I would say that they should. Yes, Mallett has question marks, but many of them can either be helped by playing in Cincinnati, or they are issues the Bengals would not worry about anyway. His arm would be a great addition to the team, and having a solid running back in Benson should help matters.

If he ends up being a bust, then the Bengals have had far worse ones, they can just shrug this one off.

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2011 NFL Draft: The Bengals Move on from Palmer, Take a Shot on Cam Newton

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Carson Palmer and his well-known desires to get out of Cincinnati have got to be on the Bengals management as the draft nears closer, as if he is serious about his unwillingness to play with the franchise, they could be left with his brother, Jordan, as the starter. And unfortunately for them, Jordan isn't nearly the quarterback Carson was.
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The Bengals have been known to be enamored with elite talents with some character concerns, and Newton is the perfect combo of both. If they were to move on from Carson, it would be to Newton based on scheme fit and potential. 
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Da'Quan Bowers, AJ Green, Julio Jones, and Patrick Peterson are all options here as well, but if Palmer won't be in Orange and Black next year, they need to bring in a new franchise signal caller.
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Kinsler, Young ignite Rangers in romp

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SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Ian Kinsler's leadoff single in the first gave him a seven-game hitting streak and sparked a five-run rally that carried the Rangers to a 9-2 victory over the Athletics at Surprise Stadium on Wednesday.
The Rangers' first-inning outburst came off of Athletics pitcher Dallas Braden. The left-hander lasted just 2 2/3 innings, throwing 58 pitches, and has now allowed 11 runs on 13 hits over three starts this spring.

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Three of the 11 runs are unearned, including two Wednesday. Braden started the afternoon by giving up singles to Kinsler, Elvis Andrus and Josh Hamilton. Nelson Cruz then hit a potential double-play grounder up the middle that shortstop Steve Tolleson let get through him for an error.

Two runs scored on the play and Michael Young drove home two more with a double to right. Yorvit Torrealba's two-out double to right made it 5-0.

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Kinsler, after going 1-for-4 on Wednesday, is now 9-for-22 so far this spring. Young was 2-for-3 and is 10-for-19 in Cactus League play.
Rangers starter Derek Holland pitched three scoreless innings to get the victory. Holland, in his second start of the spring, allowed two hits and struck out four. He threw 37 pitches, and 30 were strikes.
David DeJesus put the Athletics on the scoreboard with a home run to lead off the fourth against reliever Darren O'Day. Landon Powell led off the fifth with a home run off of Arthur Rhodes. Ryan Sweeney, who is coming off six-plus month of knee rehabilitation, played in his first Cactus League game and had two hits.
Up next for the A's: Two-time All-Star Andrew Bailey is slated to make his Cactus League debut on Thursday, when the A's play host to the Royals at Phoenix Municipal Stadium beginning at 12:05 p.m. PT. Bailey has been brought along slowly this spring while making his way back from minor elbow surgery. The right-handed reliever, who will see one inning of work, will be joined on the mound by scheduled starter Brett Anderson.
Up next for the Rangers: C.J. Wilson and David Bush pitch for the Rangers at 2:05 p.m. CT against the White Sox in Surprise. Phil Humber pitches for the White Sox. Ian Kinsler takes a seven-game hitting streak into the game. Mitch Moreland should also be back in the lineup after getting a day off on Wednesday. Moreland is hitting .348 with two home runs and six RBIs in nine games this spring. A free live webcast of the game can be heard on www.texasrangers.com.

Noah’s energy helps Bulls holds off Miami Heat

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BY BOB HURST

SPECIAL TO THE MIAMI HERALD

CHICAGO -- Bulls center Joakim Noah scored his first basket of Thursday night’s game against the Heat with a slam dunk that brought a roar from the fans at the United Center. He followed that with another dunk off a rebound nearly two minutes later that got the crowd jumping again.

It had been a while since Noah had been able to do that, having missed 30 games with a torn ligament in his right thumb that required surgery. He returned to the Bulls’ lineup Wednesday night at Toronto, playing a little over 24 minutes with seven points and 16 rebounds,.

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“I feel that I definitely have a lot of work to do, but it feels good to be just competing,” Noah said. “I feel that the game is still pretty fast for me, but I’m getting the hang of it and it just feels good.”
Noah brings an energy to the Bulls like no other player on the roster can, except for Derrick Rose. And although the team did fine without Noah, going 22-8, his teammates are thrilled to have him back.

“His energy was great for us tonight,” Rose said. “He was blocking shots, tipping balls, getting rebounds. When he gets back going I think we’re going to be tough.”

Chicago currently has the third-best record in the Eastern Conference, and with Noah back in the lineup, the Bulls are able to compete more evenly with the Heat and Boston.

“It always feels good to beat them,” Noah said of the Heat.
Noah came into the game against the Heat averaging 13.8 points per game, 11.9 rebounds and 1.5 blocks. He got off to a decent start with seven points in the first quarter and four boards while holding Chris Bosh to one point.

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“I was just excited,” Noah said. “A couple of calls didn’t go my way. Overall [guarding Bosh] . . . just contested the shots. Every time he came down the court I was trying to be physical with him.’’
While Noah gets back into the flow of game action, Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau is working him in slowly. The Bulls’ center logged 20 minutes through three quarters.

Shortly after reentering with 6:38 left in the fourth, Noah picked up his fourth and fifth fouls within a span of just 24 seconds.

Noah, who looked tired in the last quarter, finished with 27:09 in playing time, seven points and eight rebounds in the Bulls’ 93-89 win.

Noah might need a few more games to return to playing shape, and he and his Bulls teammates may need that time to get used to each other again on the court. But there’s no doubt that when they do, the Bulls might just give the Heat and Celtics all they can handle in the postseason. And at the very least, make things a lot more interesting.

“This just lets people know that we can compete with some of the best teams in the NBA,” said Rose, who scored a team-high 26 points, and had the assist on Luol Deng’s three-pointer that put Chicago up for good at 92-89. “When we beat them the first time, people said that they didn’t have LeBron. Tonight, they had their whole team. It was a tough game, but we pulled it out.”