Article: Darling starts to get noticed: Little-used Ravens receiver has No. 1 role at minicamp.

Byline: Kevin Van Valkenburg

Jun. 15--In the NFL, we hold these truths to be self-evident: The stopwatch, the scale and the measuring tape rarely lie.

For obvious reasons, these three simple devices cannot tell a coach or a general manager everything there is to know about a football player. But more often than not, they help front office personnel filter through the flotsam and jetsam of the athletic world to identify those who should and who should not occupy space on NFL rosters.

If you take into account each of these measurements, it's clear that Devard Darling should be a good, if not great, NFL wide receiver. He's fast. He's tall. He's ...

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