Aldon Smith is 260

Aldon Smith is 260, Jevon Kearse was 265. Not the best examples you could have used

http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/13988/aldon-smith

I rounded up 2lbs apparently. Still, closer to 260 than 255

Kearse was light as a feather. I always heard 235 to 245 throughout his career.

Pete Prisco

C Dolphins select: Dion Jordan, OLB, Oregon

I don't like the move up to get Jordan. He is a solid player, not a great player. That would concern me. This is a panic move.

"I'm just not a cottage cheese man," Kearse says, pursing his lips and shaking his head. This setback is minor, though, in what has been Kearse's toughest test as a pro—maintaining an adequate playing weight. The chiseled, 6'4" Kearse is still listed at 265 pounds on the Titans' roster, but in recent weeks he has dropped almost 20 pounds. Strength and rehabilitation coach Steve Watterson, concerned that Kearse's eating habits were no match calorically for the rigors of the NFL, has started him on a daily regimen centered not in the weight room but in the dining room of Kearse's suburban Nashville town house. On this night, in an effort to consume roughly 3,500 calories, Kearse—while steering clear of the cottage cheese—attacks most everything else lying on the two catering trays before him, a cornucopia of steak, chicken kabobs, grilled trout, pasta with scallops and shrimp, crab salad, chicken salad, potatoes, garlic bread and a fruit basket. "If I don't put some weight on," he says through a mouthful of chicken, "I'm in trouble."

attacks most everything else lying on the two catering trays before him, a cornucopia of steak, chicken kabobs, grilled trout, pasta with scallops and shrimp, crab salad, chicken salad, potatoes, garlic bread and a fruit basket. "If I don't put some weight on," he says through a mouthful of chicken, "I'm in trouble."

teams always list guys taller and heavier on their rosters, but I remember people saying he had a weird undersized build for an end. That's why he was a freak.

And btw, Rich will like this one: he's been working on his Greco-Roman pummeling.

Jordan.

I think the better athlete always wins.

I think the better athlete always wins.

Dion Jordan is built like Udonis Haslem. He wants to play like Lawrence Taylor.

Jordan, the Miami Dolphins’ latest first-round selection, arrived in Miami to great fanfare Saturday. Flashbulbs, his general manager and a lucky season-ticket holder were among those welcoming him to town.

But with a passing glance, one could easily confuse Jordan with an NBA small forward and not a budding NFL defensive lineman.

He stands more than 6-foot-6, but weighs a mere 250 pounds. There’s a reason one of his coaches at Oregon nicknamed him the “Preying Mantis.” He’s all arms and legs.

“For me personally, improving my weight and my strength is an area that I’m looking forward to getting better at,” Jordan said in his first South Florida media availability.

“I feel like I can play with the same speed and the same motor right around 260 [pounds],” Jordan added. “I know it’s something that I have to do personally. I’m going to take care of that and get ready for the season.”