I'm no Chad Ochocinco, but after spending the weekend at the ConvergeSouth convention, discussing how new media like Twitter and the iPad have changed how I work, it makes a column like this even more interesting. Players are now -- to the chagrin of some teams -- breaking their own news, whispering about injuries, and plenty of other things, positive and negative. The use of Twitter alone is a big difference between how NFL-related information gets disseminated. The expectation is instant.
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