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Horse Tracks 4/8/09

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DP - L. Jones fills some space writes about one of Kyle Orton's quotes from Monday and Troy Aikman's take on the trade.

DP - The Post has a brief article on Jack Elway's decision to leave the ASU football program.

DD - The Decider has some ideas about what to do with your old #6 jerseys.

HT - The Huntsville Times gets a brief interview in with Dan Reeves.

Y! - The Chefs have signed WR Rodney Wright and long snapper Tanner Purdum, two players who were not in the NFL in 2008.

KCS - The Chefs had decided to move their training camp from WI to MO, but are running into some issues with a tax cut they expected to receive.

SDUT - Kevin Acee says Kellen Winslow's new contract indicates that keeping Antonio Gates past 2010 will cost the Dolts.

FOX - Acee predicts San Diego will select Beanie Wells, as FOX puts the Dolts on the clock.

NFP - Matt Bowen wonders if there's a QB battle coming in of Oakland.

DFP - Somehow, things have actually gone worse for George Foster in Detroit than they had in Denver.

NFL - Buffalo signed DT Marcus Stroud to a 2-year extension, including $12 million in guarantees.

Y! - The Bengals have agreed to terms with free-agent DT Tank Johnson.

NFP - Matt Bowen evaluates the Vikings' offseason.

Y! - Charles Robinson examines the new practice of NFL teams using social networking websites to research potential draftees and their personal lives.

FOX - John Czarnecki thinks the Skins' flirtation with trading Jason Campbell will end badly.

SI - Don Banks tries to uncover 10 hidden gems in the upcoming draft.

NFP - Wes Bunting looks at the LBs and DBs outside his top 5 at each position.

SI - Here was Peter King's Tuesday column, in which he details a conversation with Mike Mayock. Mayock thinks the best values in the '09 Draft will come right around where Denver is picking.

NFL - Bucky Brooks ranks his top-10 running backs for the draft.

NFL - Charles Davis has Denver selecting B.J. Raji and Aaron Maybin in his latest mock draft.

CBS - Meanwhile, Pete Prisco has the Broncos going with Tyson Jackson and Peria Jerry in his mock.

NFL - Writers and broadcasters for each NFL team are participating in a mock draft for NFL.com - here are the first 8 picks in Round 1.