Smaller video, aligns right … NEW YORK — It was only appropriate. On the day that he is being honored for his five decades of being so closely associated with the draft, Gil Brandt was interrupted Friday during his live NFL.com chat by a phone call from Al Davis. Naturally, the Oakland Raiders’ Hall of Fame owner was calling to ask Brandt’s opinion about some prospects he was considering for Rounds 2 and 3. “Just wanted to ask me about some guys,” Gil wrote in the chat after a short break. “Would love to share that with you, but some things are privileged information.” Earlier in the cht, Brandt also shared some information he received in the form of a [...]

Team and league sources remain convinced that the Redskins will trade DT Albert Haynesworth on Friday, most likely to the Titans for a third-round draft pick.

As part of the continuing celebration of the NFL draft’s 75th anniversary, some of the teams’ picks on Friday will be announced by a legend from that franchise.

With the Rams closer to being on the clock Friday, executives and agents sense that tackles and pass rushers will be more in demand and QBs Jimmy Clausen and Colt McCoy could fall into the middle of the second round.

Here is your chance to go where the television cameras don’t take you — backstage at Radio City Music Hall.

Hall-of-Fame running back Barry Sanders was selected as one of the top 10 all-time draft picks. Watch the video as Sanders explains what made Patriots QB Tom Brady — a sixth-round selection in 2000 — such a great draft pick.

The Bills, who hold pick No. 41 Friday, are unlikely to move up to take a quarterback early in the second round.

With day two of the draft, and 66 more picks, in the immediate future, here’s a look at some of the top names still on the board.

The St. Louis Rams will be the first on the clock at the 2010 NFL Draft for the second straight day Friday, and GM Billy Devaney said that all options are open.

When the Giants drafted Derrick Morgan with the 15th overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft Thursday night, it may have signaled to some that Osi Umenyiora’s tenure with the Giants will soon end. Giants GM Jerry Reese wasted no time in putting an end to that presumption.

Get an all-access inside look on draft day with Eric Berry, as he meets his football idols, walks the red carpet and gets selected fifth overall by the Kansas City Chiefs.

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The Panthers are interested in Texas QB Colt McCoy, according to a league source.

It has become an annual first-round tradition. Commissioner Roger Goodell steps up to the podium and announces: “The Patriots have traded their pick.”

Oklahoma’s Trent Williams will be replacing long-time left tackle stalwart Chris Samuels in Washington. It was fitting then that one of the first people he met after hearing his name called by Commissioner Roger Goodell was Samuels.