CANTON, Ohio — The holdout of Buffalo Bills first-round draft choice Aaron Maybin

reached its 16th day and the defensive end from Penn State still was not close to a contract

agreement Sunday night.

Maybin is one of six first-round draft picks who remain unsigned in the NFL. Maybin was the

11th overall pick. The other unsigned picks were taken sixth, eighth, ninth, 10th and 14th.

The 12th overall pick, running back Knowshon Moreno of Denver, agreed Friday to a five-year

deal worth $23 million. The contract includes $13 million in guarantees.

That deal should provide a benchmark for talks between the Bills and Maybin's agent, Joel

Segal.

However, it's possible the Bills may need a completed contract by 10th pick Michael

Crabtree before they finalize the deal. Crabtree and the San Francisco 49ers reportedly are

far apart in negotiations. Crabtree was expected to be taken much higher than 10th overall,

but fell due to a stress fracture injury that came to light in February.

Whether Maybin's representation will be comfortable doing a deal without the 10th pick

slotted remains to be seen.

Moreno got a good pay increase over the No.13 pick, Washington Redskins defensive end

Brian Orakpo, who signed for $20 million with $12 million guaranteed. Last year's 11th pick,

Bills cornerback Leodis McKelvin, signed for $19.4 million and $12.6 million guaranteed.

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Class of 2009 Hall of Famers Bruce Smith, Randall McDaniel and Rod Woodson participated in

a roundtable discussion Sunday at a lunch in Canton. (Bills owner Ralph C. Wilson Jr. did not

attend in order to rest up for Sunday night's game.) At the end, moderator Andrea Kramer of

NBC asked the three to name one man they think should be in the Hall of Fame.

"I can't say one guy, there are two," Smith said. "There's Andre Reed and Steve Tasker, the

best special teams player I've ever seen."

Woodson named five: pass rusher Kevin Greene, center Dermontti Dawson, former Browns owner

Art Modell, Lions defensive back and Steelers' assistant coach Dick LeBeau and quarterback Ken

Stabler.

McDaniel named three Vikings — center Mick Tingelhoff, defensive tackle Jon Randle

and receiver Cris Carter.

Smith demonstrated his acute knowledge of statistics when asked to comment on late Chiefs

great Derrick Thomas and the fact that in Smith's best sacking season, Thomas outdid him by

one (Smith had 19 sacks in 1990, while Thomas had 20).

"Derrick Thomas was a very dear friend of mine," Bruce began. "I might add I also had 101

tackles that year."

The audience had a big laugh over Smith's competitive nature. (Thomas had significantly

fewer tackles, 63, than Smith in 1990).

"But Derrick was special," Smith said. "He was a special athletic talent, but he was a

better person. He spent more time than most giving back to the community and individuals who

were less fortunate."

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The Bills' defense was in unchartered territory Saturday as it got to huddle for the first

time this summer. The Bills' offense has been running the no-huddle throughout training camp,

thus forcing its defensive teammates to call every play from the line of scrimmage.

The Titans operate a conventional offense and huddle before each play.

"We had a huddle tonight and it's like we have all the time in the world," Posluszny said.

"Everything in practice so far has been hand signals and code words because we haven't had an

opportunity to regroup and huddle. Getting into a slower pace, just being able to be in front

of the guys to talk to each other for a small amount of time is going to help because we've

gone without that for so long."

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On Saturday, Smith brought students from his high school, Booker T. Washington in Virginia

Beach, Va., to the ceremony. On Sunday, safety Donte Whitner had several youngsters from his

alma mater, Cleveland's Glenville High, as his guests for the game.

The stipulation was each student had to have a 3.0 grade-point average or better to make

the trip.

"My decision to do this came from when I was in high school I had a player who went to the

school come back, took us to a game, let us walk on the field and really give us a glimpse of

where you want to be in the future," Whitner said. "I think it will help a lot of them, even

those who are struggling academically because I know they snuck some of those guys on the

trip.

"But it will give the kids their first real-life glimpse of where you can be and what you

can be if you do everything right. And it doesn't have to be football either. Whether it's

being a doctor, lawyer or whatever, it's about working hard and not letting anything stand in

the way of your goals."

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Sunday was a homecoming for Bills Canton natives Reggie Corner and Dustin Fox. Corner

played at perennial state high school power McKinley and Fawcett Stadium was the team's home

field.

Center Eric Wood also played at Fawcett when his Elder High School in Cincinnati won state

championships in 2002 and '03.

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An interesting name on the Titans' roster is fourth-string quarterback Alex Mortensen. If

the name sounds familiar, it should. He is the son of ESPN reporter Chris Mortensen. Young

Alex is an undrafted rookie who did not play football last season. He started out in Arkansas

in 2004, transferred to Samford in 2006 and back to Arkansas in 2007. ... Like the Bills and

Titans, the game officials wore throwback red striped shirts that were sported by AFL

referees. ... The national anthem was sung by Orchard Park's Jenny Waris.