to mention Peyton Manning8216s most trusted onfield confidant.Saturday8217s continued excellence landed him at No. 59 on the 8220Top 1008243 list, as voted by NFL players.The fivetime Pro Bowler called into the 8220Top 1008243 aftershow on Sunday night to discuss his inclusion on the list.8220Anytime that you get mentioned up in these lists, obviously we8217re moving closer and closer, you8217re honored that all the players who you8217re playing against feel that way about you and put you up on the list,8221 he said.The conversation eventually veered toward the quarterback position, with Saturday making the case for his guy as the No. 1 signalcaller in the league.8220Listen, nothing against Tom Brady, obviously I got a ton of respect for him, but man, Peyton, he8217s a different level,8221 Saturday said. 8220With as many MVPs as he8217s had, the guy shows up each and every week ready to play and his numbers support it.8221Saturday points at Manning8217s 33touchdown season in 2010 as a great example of the QB8217s greatness.8220You look at last year, we were pulling guys out of the stands at the end of the year to throw it to and his numbers are staying where they should,8221 he said. 8220As you get down closer on the list, I think he8217s got to be your one.8221Ten players are revealed each week from the Top 100 list, which airs Sundays at 8 p.m. ET on NFL Network. Next week will count down numbers 50 through 41.Happy Memorial Day Weekend, everybody 8212 what are you doing still working Well, let me do my part with some quick hitters to help you pass the time.LaCanfora Bulger will be a good quarterback. Our Jason LaCanfora reports that the Ravens are convinced that QB Marc Bulger will be very good this season and that while the team would love to keep him in Baltimore, he8217s probably going to get a twoyear deal with some team. Bulger looked like a lock for the Cardinals, but he wants to stay on the East Coast which makes no sense to me. Do us all a fantasy favor and put him in Miami. I8217m still convin
get annoying at times during the game or in the huddle8220Absolutely,8221 Saturday said. 8220He does yell, and he is annoying. He can be both. But yeah, we go at it. I know a lot of people have seen it. We8217ll battle.8220And the great part about him though is that he can take it as much as he dishes it out.8221I knew it But as far as Manning taking it as well as he dishes it, we will check with Saturday tomorrow to see if Manning lit up his phone with an angry text or two after this segment.Coach Jim Harbaugh8216s quest to rebuild the San Francisco 49ers in his image got a boost Friday with the announcement of compensatory picks for April8217s NFL draft.Awarded two additional seventhround selections, the 49ers now lead the NFL with 12 picks through seven rounds. Along with the No. 7 pick in the draft, the 49ers have two fourthround, two sixthround and four seventhround picks. It8217s just what the doctor ordered for a new head coach with much work to do on a roster that netted just six wins last season and hasn8217t won doubledigit games since 2002.Compensatory picks can8217t be used in trades, but as The Sacramento Bee8216s Matt Barrows points out, the added picks bolster Harbaugh8217s ability to use his other 10 picks to engineer tradeup scenarios.General manager Trent Baalke wasn8217t coy exchanging draft picks last April, his first opportunity to run San Francisco8217s draft. Baalke swapped the 13th and 113th fourth round overall picks to the Denver Broncos to rise two slots in the first round and grab OT Anthony Davis, who came in and started all 16 games as a rookie.We all know about Bill Belichick pulling Michigan8217s Tom Brady off the board in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft, but what kind of talent can be found in the seventh roundMake no mistake, luckynumber seven has produced its share of diamonds in the roughTE Shannon Sharpe, Denver Broncos 1990 8212 An eighttime Pro Bowler and Hall of Famer who won Super Bowls with both Denver and the Baltimore Ravens.WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Cincin