I realize that it's only the first week of the preseason and teams are still trying to figure out what their opening day rosters are going to look like, but there are already some interesting things taking place that you might want to be aware of.

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• The Bucs must be feeling better about Carnell Williams' surgically-repaired knee - the only RB they took in the draft was Cory Boyd in the 7th round. Cadillac, for his part, says it's "definitely a possibility" that he'll play in week one.
• If going to Atlanta wasn't the worst-case scenario for Matt Ryan, I don't know what was.
• Say what you want about Oakland, they stay true to form year after year. They take the most talented player available, regardless of how horrible a fit he is for their organization. That's the McFadden pick in a nutshell - they're more than set at RB already. Still... it might be fun to watch McFadden and JaMarcus Russell working together. Four guys you don't want to run into at a night club this week: LaMont Jordan, Justin Fargas, Dominic Rhodes, and Michael Bush. You might also want to avoid any burly keeper-league owners who had high hopes for Bush in 2008.
• The Jets did what we said they'd do.
• Cedric Benson had to be happy when the Bears made the "no duh" move of taking an OL with their first pick. Then they wiped that smile right off his face with their 2nd-round pick, RB Matt Forte, who will undoubtedly steal at least a few carries and could challenge Benson outright for the starting job. Bears GM Jerry Angelo isn't mincing words about it, either: "Maybe (Benson's) not the featured back we thought he'd be." Ouch.

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