Brandon marshall for brady quinn

Baltimore Ravens

Where will they find a No. 1 receiver?

SN says: They’ll talk to the Broncos about Brandon Marshall and the Bills about Terrell Owens. If they can’t get a legitimate No. 1 receiver via trade or free agency, they’ll draft one.

G.M. Ozzie Newsome says: “If there is someone out there available that we think can help our team, we’ll take a look. … If a receiver is available at a range that we like (the Ravens likely will pick 22nd) and we have rated him high on our draft board, then we’ll take him. ”
How can the Bengals help out QB Carson Palmer? Get him more depth at receiver.
How can the Bengals help out QB Carson Palmer? Get him more depth at receiver.
Cincinnati Bengals

What’s the best way to fix the deep passing game?

SN says: Cincinnati has a strong running game and solid defense, but without a consistent deep threat, QB Carson Palmer is handcuffed. WRs Chad Ochocinco and Laveranues Coles are 32, and WRs Andre Caldwell and Jerome Simpson are fast and talented but raw. The team needs a wideout who can stretch defenses.

Coach Marvin Lewis says: “We’ve done a good job of adjusting, understanding the task at hand and moving the football when we needed to. But we’ve got to do a better job in the passing game of being able to get the execution done down the field.”
Cleveland Browns

Will new team president Mike Holmgren need a new No. 1 quarterback?

SN says: Brady Quinn has West Coast offense traits but must become more accurate. Derek Anderson will get a full review, although he probably is a West Coast misfit. Drafting a quarterback to groom would be a groaner for a win-starved organization, so Holmgren might bring in a veteran, as he did when he traded for Matt Hasselbeck in Seattle.

Holmgren says: “The quarterback question has to be answered down the road, not just by one person but by a group. I know this, that it’s very, very important to have your quarterback play well to be successful.”
Pittsburgh Steelers
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Does the middle of the defense need to get younger?

SN says: Age and depth became issues as 2008’s top-ranked defense slipped in ‘09. Six starters in the season finale were 31 or older, and the team hasn’t groomed players behind five-time Pro Bowl NT Casey Hampton, 32, and ILB James Farrior, 35, who had trouble in coverage but has three years left on his contract.

Farrior says: “We’ve been getting old for a few years now. I think it’s all relative. I really don’t think about the age issue. My age is getting up there, and I might have lost a step … but the mental part of my game helps me.”

— Mike Preston, Allen Wilson, Chick Ludwig, Steve Doerschuk, Lee Rasizer, John McClain, Mike Chappell, Michael C. Wright, Adam Teicher, Jeff Darlington, Ian R. Rapoport, J.P. Pelzman, Steve Corkran, Gerry Dulac, Kevin Acee, Jim Wyatt

This story first appeared in the January 18, 2010 edition of Sporting News magazine. If you are not receiving the magazine, subscribe today, or pick up a copy, available at most Barnes & Noble, Borders and Hudson Retail outlets.

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