"I kept going, showed face and smiled every day. It just didn’t go my way," Rakestraw continued. "In some aspects of life, ...

No matter how much talent you have on your roster, top assistants are necessary for success in the National Football League.

That means they are looking at which free agents can provide the most help to their team and putting together the structure of their draft board.

When Mike Tannenbaum started with the Jets as the team's director of player contracts in 1997, Aaron Glenn was entering his ...