Reporter Jim Owczarski talked to Benet Academy athletic director Gary Goforth, who retired as head football coach after the 2009 season. Goforth coached new Chicago Bears quarterback Dan LeFevour during his time at Benet.

LeFevour would be the first Benet player who played under Gary Goforth to be drafted into the NFL.

Q: Are you surprised he'll be drafted into the NFL?
A: The college success made it a little less surprising, what he was able to do in his four years of actual playing time. You look at physical attributes in terms of size and weight, good speed for a quarterback. You never know about arm strength, you never know about how they understand the game. You know, (Dan) Marino - I look back at all the guys who were fifth-round draft choices and Dan Marino was one of them. You never know where people are going to go and what people look for and sometimes it's better to be drafted in the later rounds because the pressure is not on to succeed immediately. The only difference is you've got the huge contract in the first couple rounds. But you've still got to earn it; you've still got to play when you get there. I knew he could be good at the college level. How good? You never know.

Now that Benet Academy alumnus Dan LeFevour's pro day is in the books, the former Central Michigan University QB is now beginning to line up private workouts with NFL teams in advance of late April's draft.

We all know by now that LeFevour had dinner with Kansas City Chiefs OC Charlie Weis prior to his pro day, and this blog says he had a private workout scheduled with the Carolina Panthers.

But now it seems like a couple of teams in the AFC North are interested - the Cincinnati Bengals and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Oakland could also be a landing spot, according to ESPN's Mel Kiper, Jr.

- Jim Owczarski, Sun-Times Media

Benet Academy and Central Michigan University alumnus Dan LeFevour held his pro day in Mt. Pleasant, Mich., on Wednesday and came away feeling pretty good about his effort in front of nearly two dozen NFL scouts - including Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Charlie Weis.

The three-time Super Bowl champion OC also had dinner with LeFevour the night before.

Some observers at the pro day said LeFevour still needs room for improvement in his transition from a shotgun-only QB to one that comes out from under center, as well as on his deep throws.

In this blog, LeFevour expressed hope that he would be picked in the first two rounds, but said he just wants an opportunity to play in the NFL - even if it means being picked late.

The Naperville Sun had a photographer out there to get pictures for an upcoming draft weekend feature on the Benet grad, and this was Craig Watson's observation about Weis.

Wow what a cool assignment. It was pretty funny, the old Notre Dame and current coach for the Kansas City Chiefs, Charlie Weis told me to stop taking pictures of him. He's not the most pleasant person I've ever met.

There's a column in here somewhere, and we'll soon explore the topic more in-depth, but did you see these two stories?

Charles Robinson of Yahoo! Sports absolutely crushed it with this explanatory piece about how NFL teams are doing due diligence on prospects. Show them an attractive woman's profile, get on to their Facebook page and then sift through all the friends, pictures and comments:

"It works like magic," said a personnel source that was familiar with his team's tactic of using counterfeit profiles to link to Facebook and Myspace pages of potential draft picks. The source directed Yahoo! Sports to one of the team's "ghost profiles" - a term he coined because "once the draft is over, they disappear. It's like they were never there."

Elsewhere in cyberspace, John Calipari's daughter Megan changed the status update on her Facebook page and broke a major college basketball story in the process. Gary Parrish of CBSSports.com details the scoop:

JOSH PASTNER IS THE NEW COACH AT MEMPHIS!! YAY!!

Chances are you won't be drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs this month, or be named the head coach of a Conference USA program anytime soon, but these types of stories raise a whole new set of issues for students, reporters, employers and anyone who has a Facebook account.

What's your reaction?

The Bears finished 1-3 in the preseason - barely, following a 16-10 win over winless Cleveland on Thursday -- and have a host of problems to beset that record.

Can anyone really say the preseason won't foreshadow the regular season?

I'm tired of hearing the preseason doesn't count and detailed why in The Sun, but I'm open to edgy refuting. Spill.

Bears head coach -- and now fashion model -- Lovie Smith graces the pages of GQ next month. The magazine claims there's 73 reasons to think we're living in a new golden age of football, and Smith's part of reason No. 12 -- "style is (finally) returning to the sidelines."

Pictured in between, but much larger than, Chiefs coach Herm Edwards and Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, Smith gets credit for wearing "some coachy stuff (the Bears down jacket, the knit cap), but the difference is, it fits him."

Some other classic lines in the write-up:

"Marvin Lewis doesn't look like he sleeps on the training table at night, living off Ritz Bits and Muscle Milk...Mike Tomlin wears Versace shades -- and looks good in a suit, not like a teenager making his first court appearance (see Bill Belichick)...Marvin Lewis and Tony Dungy and Herm Edwards, who wear clothes that not only are clean and ironed but appear to have been picked out with the lights on."

Drop a few of your own personal coach blasts or pats on the back here -- now.

Right now is a good time to be young, rich and part of the Cubs. In this week's issue of Sports Illustrated, Luke Winn has a detailed article on Jeff Samardzija and how he wound up on the North Side instead of the NFL.

Within that piece, comparisons are made between Lou Piniella's bullpen and the one he managed in Cincinnati - The Nasty Boys. For some historical perspective on Piniella and his legendary temper, check out veteran baseball writer Hal McCoy's excellent blog:

(Rob) Dibble was his closer and there was a situation for him to close. Dibble didn't close and when I asked Dibble why he said, "Go ask the manager."
So I did. And Lou said, "He told me before the game his arm was a bit sore and he wasn't available."
So I returned to Dibble and told him what Piniella said and Dibble screamed, "The manager is a liar."
So I trudged back into Lou's office and said, "Your closer just called you a liar."
Piniella flattened me against his office door and he sprinted to the clubhouse, jumped on Dibble and the fight was on.

Naperville Central graduate Owen Daniels is No. 9 on the Preseason Fantasy Rankings: Tight Ends on profootballtalk.com, putting the Houston Texans tight end in some exclusive company.

I don't understand much about fantasy football, but I know enough to know that a tight end's worth is based on offensive production, meaning catches, yards and touchdowns. So being called the ninth best tight end in the NFL for fantasy purposes isn't exactly the same as being called the ninth best tight end in the NFL.

Still, it's significant to be ranked in the top third at your position. Only the biggest of the big dogs are ranked higher. Jason Witten (Cowboys) is No. 1, followed by Antonio Gates (Chargers), Jeremy Shockey (Giants Saints), Kellen Winslow (Browns), Dallas Clark (Colts), Tony Gonzalez (Chiefs), Chris Cooley (Redskins) and Vernon Davis (49ers).

Tennessee Titans receiver Justin McCareins did not practice on Friday and won't play tonight against the St. Louis Rams.

The Naperville North graduate is out with a hamstring injury, but Titans coach Jeff Fisher said he expects McCareins will be back on Monday.

OK, so most people will be concentrating on how Kyle Orton and Rex Grossman do in their plays at quarterback tonight in the preseason opener.

But what about the wide receiver position? With the departures of Bernard Berrian and Muhsin Muhammad, the elevation of Devin Hester and the return of Marty Booker, who will begin to emerge as the top two threats?

So Brett Favre rejoins the Green Bay Packers today and reports are there will be an open competition for the starting QB job.

Did the Packers do the right thing or should they have figured out a way to keep Favre out of Green Bay?

Will they, should they still try to trade him to the Vikings or somebody else?

Who will start at QB for the Pack in the regular-season opener?