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The draft will still have seven rounds this year, but otherwise the format has changed slightly. Saturday will only be used for the first two rounds while the third round will be moved to Sunday with the remaining rounds. As for the time to make those picks, teams will now be on the clock in the first round for 10 minutes rather than the 15 minutes they were given in the past. The second round has been shortened by three minutes, from 10 minutes to seven. From the third round on, teams will have five minute to select a player.

The changes could make it difficult for draft day trades to take place. That doesn’t mean that trades will not take place; just expect that many of the negotiations will be taking place before the draft. On the flip side, after Saturday, teams potentially will have time to set up trades for the third round.

With defensive end Jared Allen recently traded by the Kansas City Chiefs to the Minnesota Vikings, expect the No. 5 overall pick to be a hot topic. Originally draft experts had the Chiefs reaching for an offensive lineman at this spot, but now armed with two first round picks (No. 17 being the other), they can afford to take the best available player first. Another option for Kansas City could involve a trade with a team interested in grabbing highly prized Boston College QB Matt Ryan, if he is still on the board, before the Jets might select him at pick No. 6.

Along with Jeremy Shockey, other big names who could wind up on other teams include (in order of expectancy): Eagles CB Lito Sheppard, Dolphins DE Jason Taylor, Lions WR Roy Williams and Bears LB Brian Urlacher. One notable omission is Bengals WR Chad Johnson. It seems unlikely he’ll be moving after Cincinnati rejected Washington’s offer of a first round pick this year (No. 21 overall) and a conditional pick in 2009 that could also have become a first rounder.

Matt Ryan is not the only hot quarterback prospect in this year’s draft. Despite the fact that Ryan will most likely be one of the top-10 picks, other teams also feel highly about Louisville’s Brian Brohm, Michigan’s Chad Henne, and Delaware’s Joe Flacco. If teams like the Atlanta Falcons, Baltimore Ravens or Carolina Panthers don’t get Ryan, expect them to be aggressive in grabbing one of these passers in the second round. The competition for the “second tier” quarterbacks could become so big that it might force teams to trade into the first round. The most likely team to move up would be the Falcons, who have three of the top 17 picks in the second round.