After a perfect season and a bowl win for the ages against Oklahoma you aren't hearing much draft talk about Boise St. quarterback Jared Zabransky.

We caught up with the Broncos signal caller on Wednesday.

He is very much enthused about being a professional football player.  Zabransky thinks he can play quarterback at the NFL level.  He has a meeting set up for Thursday with Gary Kubiak and the Texans.  Zabransky's great precision and phenomenal athleticism would make him a great fit as a back-up in Kubiak's system.

The Chiefs, Eagles, Steelers, and Cardinals have also shown interest.

Zabransky wants to play QB at the NFL level.  He was 33-5 as a college starter, oozes leadership, and was 6th in the nation in pass efficiency last year.

But he isn't against playing receiver or special teams if that helps his NFL resume.

The college legend will have a role on an NFL club.

I could spend all day talking to Joe Thomas.

Like I wrote after the combine, I think Thomas is going to be a great player in this league for a long time.  He's a fantastic tackle with a 'you aren't getting anywhere near my quarterback' mentality.  Plus, he is a true leader. 

Thomas will instantly make a team better.

The top 5 lock is taking a tour.  Last week he wined and dined with the Tampa brass.  He spent Monday in Cleveland.  He'll be in Motown on Thursday.

Here are some thoughts on where he might end up.

Detroit at 2- Thomas might have said everything about everything when he said, 'I'm not really sure what is going on inside Matt Millen's head.'

Truer words have never been spoken.

But Thomas did report that the Lions have talked to him about playing left guard or right tackle in 2007 with Jeff Backus playing left tackle.  Thomas is very intrigued by the Lions situation.  He felt a bond with the offensive line coach and would love to stay in the Midwest.  Thomas grew up a Packers fan and watched Detroit three times a year (against the Packers and Thanksgiving) and he thinks he could help right away.

Arizona at 5 - Thomas says the Cardinal brass will be praying for his arrival on draft day.  And I believe it.  Thomas loved his Combine meeting with Russ Grimm.  And the tackle really enjoyed talking with Ken Whisenhunt.  He believes the Cardinals are moving in the right direction.  Thomas would start instantly at tackle for the Cardinals.  Thomas told us he could be shifted to right tackle as Matt Leinart is a lefty.  That was talked about.

Tampa at 4 - The Wisconsin star had dinner with Bruce Allen and Jon Gruden last week.  The brass is looking for a final piece to the offensive line puzzle.  Thomas couldn't stop raving about Bucs offensive line coach Bill Muir.  With Luke Petitgout now on the club, Thomas could play anywhere on the Tampa offensive line this year if he's a Buc.

Cleveland at 3- Thomas really enjoyed his meeting with the Browns.  He stressed how much he respected the coaching staff and Phil Savage.  But while Thomas is absolutely on the radar for Cleveland, you just get the sense that Brady Quinn and Adrian Peterson, after the club signed Eric Steinbach this offseason, are higher on the board.

One of the great debates in NFL war rooms is who is the best cornerback?

You can make interesting cases for Leon Hall, Darrelle Revis and Aaron Ross.

Hall makes plays.  The former Michigan Wolverine did a great job disrupting passes on a consistent basis for a big time college program that plays a pro style defense under Lloyd Carr and Ron English.  Hall was a highly productive player.  But his lasting college impressions include having Ohio State's Ted Ginn Jr. beat him like a drum and USC's Steve Smith run circles around him.

The Vikings style of defense is similar to what they run at Michigan.  St. Louis, Tennessee, and Pittsburgh will also be in the mix.

I love Revis.  The junior is very physical at the cornerback position.  He also excels as a punt returner.  Revis doesn't possess blazing speed, but makes up for it with his power.  And he changed games for Pittsburgh last year, dominating West Virginia. 

In talking to Revis late last week, he feels that playing for Dave Wannstedt at Pittsburgh is going to help him become a great pro.  Revis says he has had great interviews with St. Louis, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, all who have shown a lot of interest.

I am fascinated by Ross.  He was a phenomenal returner at Texas.  Critics wonder aloud that he only really started one season for Mack Brown, but he was stuck behind NFL caliber corners.  In 2006, he won the Thorpe Award as the top defensive back.  One scout told me he's "Ty Law with more speed."

I could see Ross going to New England, the Jets, Philadelphia, or the Saints if he isn't scooped up earlier in round 1.

Seahawks star tackle Walter Jones used to make a living under the franchise tag.

Jones told us on Friday that he hated being the franchise player at first, but then realized it was a favorable situation.

Jones said, "Your initial reaction is to hold out.  You don't really know how to approach the situation.  You view it as disrespect.  But then you realize what you are getting paid.  And you realize you don't have to go to training camp, and you won't get fined for missing it.   The business side steps in.  There is a time to work out business.  And that's the off-season.  But when it comes down to playing football, you go play.  And you don't want to lose that money!"

The future Hall of Famer believes that guys like Lance Briggs and Asante Samuel will end up playing for the Bears and Patriots. 

And Jones said he never worried about getting hurt while playing under the one-year deal.

Former Chiefs coach (the blog software won't let me say the first name) Vermeil reflected on what went through his mind while grading and interviewing Pac Man Jones before the 2005 draft.  This was the year Pac Man was drafted 6th overall by Tennessee and the Chiefs grabbed Derrick Johnson at 15.

Vermeil joined us on the air Thursday and said it was pretty easy to spot trouble for Jones coming.

'On Pacman, we put on grade on him that he couldn't be graded.  It was not that he couldn't play, but there was a big concern about future problems eliminated him in our minds as a first round pick.  We took him off drafting him early. There was way too much risk involved.  Adam was sort of a work in progress.  When you interviewed him at the NFL combine you could see that this guy had a very short fuse and had some problems and would need a while to mature.' 

Amazing.  Vermeil was so turned off, and so correct, that Jones wasn't even on the Kansas City draft board!  And yet Tennessee picked him over Antrel Rolle!

The coach continued...

'Obviously he doesn't listen and take guidance really well.  He had some issues and things on his record at West Virginia and we talked about them openly.  He wasn't in denial of having problems, but he didn't step up and say I have to clean up my act and take advantage of this great NFL opportunity and listen to good people in the league and move on. There was a sense of arrogance.  There was a sense that he thought he was a super star and he could do what he wants to do.  Now he found out that he is not.  It's too bad there has to be a first guy, but here he is.'