Baltimore: GM Ozzie Newsome made all the right moves on the first two days of the draft, trading out of the first round and getting two quality defensive players with firstround grades in Texas linebacker Sergio Kindle of Texas and massive Alabama nose tackle Terrence Cody with the 57th overall pick. Kindle was downgraded by some teams out of the first round because of a knee injury, but he's a fast, explosive outside linebacker and should fit well in Baltimore's defensive scheme. Cody has struggled with his weight (he's listed at 350 pounds), but Newsome feels that he has a relationship with the fellow Alabama grad and can get this guy under control.After the United Way scandal, Vola Lawson asked Lynnwood to apply for a reconstituted board. A former boss warned that it was a pointless process as the board had already been selected. Lynnwood interviewed anyway and explained that he would not be a flunky; he was only interested in real work.

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