Robert Griffin III fills up a notebook. But it doesn’t necessarily come naturally to the Baylor star. He works overtime to make a reporter’s job easy.

As teams around the league finalize their big boards, NFL.com’s Bucky Brooks reveals his final ranking of the top 50 prospects in the 2012 NFL Draft.

Maybe the Miami Dolphins will take Ryan Tannehill at No. 8 overall. Maybe they won’t. It seems fairly clear that they won’t trade up to get him, according to the Miami Herald.

Here it is: Mike Mayock‘s one and only mock draft for 2012.

NFL Network insider Jason La Canfora sees Oklahoma State quarterback Brandon Weeden being in play for the Browns either during Thursday’s first round or Friday’s second round.

Hello? Is this thing on? Cool. That means we’re live. So, hello. Welcome to The Rap Sheet, my new blog over here at NFL.com. Sure, you might recognize it from other places like here and here. And that’s kind of an indication for what it’ll be like. But not exactly. Here at my new place, we’ll spend less time with rapid-fire news and nonstop flow of information. I mean, there will be some of that (who doesn’t love breaking news), but we already have that covered at NFL.com. What you’ll read here on a daily basis is, well, everything. And anything. And a bunch of random stuff.  

There’s a rumor floating around that the New York Jets could trade up to a spot where the team could select Alabama running back Trent Richardson. This would be an incredibly bold, and costly (as far as draft picks are concerned), move for Gang Green

Andrew Luck will soon be wearing an Indianapolis Colts jersey. The digits on it, though, have not yet been determined, writes NFL.com and NFL Network reporter Albert Breer.

The stakes just got higher in the seventh round of the 2012 NFL Draft, writes NFL.com’s Dan Hanzus.

Washington Redskins coach Mike Shanahan strongly implied that the team will take Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III with the second pick in the 2012 NFL Draft.

NFL.com senior analyst Gil Brandt updated his Hot 100, and added 25 bonus prospects.

The downfall of Arizona State linebacker Vontaze Burfict added another chapter to its story Wednesday — just one day before the NFL draft begins — as NFL Network contributor and Fox Sports insider Jay Glazer reported that NFL teams were informed this week that Burfict has failed a drug test.

Mike Mayock moderated a mock draft featuring selections made by NFL Network analysts and reporters during which a number of curious picks profoundly alter the first round.

As draft historians fondly recall, there are always first-round moments where the fun really starts. What will 2012′s be? NFL.com and NFL Network reporter Ian Rapoport writes Pete Carroll‘s Seahawks might be sitting in the catbird seat.

With the 2012 draft looming this weekend, it’s time for a true mock draft projecting every round of action. NFL.com’s Chad Reuter submits all 253 picks.