Steven Jackson, the consensus top running back in the draft a week from now, is the subject of a considerable amount of buzz and rumours about his draft slot. From being projected as dropping into the last first round a few weeks ago, draftniks are now guessing that Denver's leap and Philly's leap this past week in the first round are due to jockeying for Jackson in the 16-20 range. Both need backs -- Denver losing Portis, and Philly losing Staley -- and other rumours suggesting even a top 10 slot.

 The Boston press is almost uniformly covering Jackson today, and it's a real wonder that with all of this buzz, across all the papers and sources, pushing up his perceived (at least public) value -- and he hasn't even picked an agent yet. Usually this fury is tied to an agent's weasley action...

 I think the odds are Greg Jones or Chris Perry -- without climbing up. There you go: I'm on the record. San Diego is on the clock.