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NEW YORK (AP) -- The NFL supplemental draft originally scheduled for Wednesday has been postponed.NFL spokesman Michael Signora confirmed Tuesday that the draft will not be held as planned and that teams have been told a new date has not yet been set.At least five players are known to be eligible for the supplemental draft, including former Georgia running back Caleb King.Former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor gave up his final season with the Buckeyes following an NCAA investigation at OSU. He wants to get into the draft but as of Tuesday afternoon had not yet been declared eligible for it.Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.NEW YORK (AP) -- The NFL supplemental draft originally scheduled for Wednesday has been postponed. [Read the full article] Musings, observations and the occasional insight as we wind our way through mid-August and approach the second week of the NFL's preseason ...• With the league postponing Wednesday's scheduled supplemental draft while it decides what to do about his thorny case, Terrelle Pryor must wait a little longer to launch his NFL career. But whenever his eligibility issues are settled and that step takes place, the larger question that looms is obvious: Does the former Ohio State star have much of a future as an NFL quarterback?I talked to one head coach in the league who foresees Pryor being taken in the fourth or fifth round of the supplemental draft, but only as a long-term project, and even then without enough upside to ever lead an NFL franchise at the game's most pivotal position."He's a heck of an athlete,'' the head coach said. "Very similar to Cam Newton in the type of athlete he is. But he doesn't have the mechanics, the throwing mechanics, that he needs. [Read the full article] FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) -- Aaron Maybin is getting a second chance to jumpstart his career with the New York Jets.Coach Rex Ryan confirmed that the Jets had reached an agreement in principle Wednesday with the former Buffalo Bills first-round pick, pending a physical.The once-promising linebacker was waived by Buffalo on Monday after two disappointing seasons in which he had no sacks and was never in the team's starting lineup. The Jets will give Maybin the opportunity to fulfill the potential he showed when the Bills made him the 11th overall pick in 2009 out of Penn State."We're going to find out what he brings," Ryan said. "He wants to be a Jet."Maybin was at the Jets' facility Wednesday morning and taking his physical. He will be signed if he passes.Maybin -- nicknamed "Maybe" by some disappointed fans -- struggled to keep his weight up while with the Bills and appeared in only 11 games last season, inactive for five straight. [Read the full article] 
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