With the season coming to a close, the crew at “Playbook” has taken to the film to find players who made marked improvements on the field. After taking a glance at quarterbacks last week, here’s a look at three defensive backs who caught our eye.

Another exciting week of games on Sunday – which means another interesting day of Monday tape study.

When the Playbook research staff digs into a new batch of coaching tape, we dig deep.

While cooking up “All-22″ content for the Week 2 Playbook shows at the end of the week, we spend much of our Mondays and Tuesdays watching every game. And we mean every game.

The new CBA, including its rookie wage scale, has definitely decreased the price tag for top-five picks, but the repercussions for missing are still huge. Before you have even played a down, before you have even had your first jersey stitched, draft analysts and fans are asking whether you are a star or a bust.

The Arizona Cardinals were one of arguably 12 teams who entered last month’s draft in need of help at quarterback. But the Cardinals bucked the trend — four teams took QBs in the top 12 picks, and six went in the first two rounds — looking to fill the void elsewhere.

The Lions tried to trade up for Patrick Peterson in the first round of the NFL draft before the Cardinals selected him fifth overall, a league source said Friday.

Some scouts and analysts will tell you Patrick Peterson is as talented as any prospect in the 2011 NFL Draft. Some will even go as far as to say that he might very well be the best player in the draft.

The third annual NFL.com mock draft, like its predecessors, was an interesting endeavor in looking at how the first round could ultimately play out, with NFL Network and NFL.com analysts playing the roles of general managers.

NFL Network analyst Mike Mayock spent 90 minutes Wednesday on a conference call talking with reporters about the 2011 NFL Draft. Those 90 minutes proved to be a gold mine of pre-draft knowledge, with Mayock sharing his thoughts on many of the prospects and what NFL teams are thinking.

There are 21 days until the 2011 NFL Draft festivities get under way at Radio City Music Hall.

Until then, we looked into the relevance “21″ has to April’s big weekend.

Click here to see Portrait Sessions of other players who have visited NFL Network.

Nebraska CB Prince Amukamara stopped by the NFL Network studios Thursday, and we took some time to get to know him as he prepares for the 2011 NFL Draft.

Well, I was up next to take a turn with Top 10 mock draft on “Path to the Draft” Thursday.

While the Ducks and Tigers were busy with the BCS, a slew of other players announced their intent to leave the college ranks early for the Draft on Monday.