Posted by PFW's Mike Wilkening

LOS ANGELES — A rundown of some of the sights and sounds from last night’s EA Sports 2008 Rookie Madden Bowl:

• Giants WR Mario Manningham, playing as the Tennessee Titans vs. Buccaneers WR Dexter Jackson’s Indianapolis Colts, jumping up to celebrate a touchdown and bumping his head against a flat-screen television. The touchdown cut Jackson’s lead to 21 points…
• Falcons QB Matt Ryan, playing as his new team — and using Joey Harrington at quarterback — yell “Noooo!” as Harrington led a wide-open receiver in the left corner of the endzone right out of the endzone. On the next play, Ryan — err, Harrington — made a beautiful throw on the run only to have his receiver fumble the ball near the goal line.
• Bengals WR Andre Caldwell, playing on one of several flat-screen TVs set up throughout the hotel ballroom at which the tournament was held, scoring a touchdown with the Cardinals — but only because Jaguars S Gerald Sensabaugh had fumbled an interception.

Count me impressed by the approachability of many of the rookies present here in Los Angeles. I didn’t speak with Dolphins OT Jake Long, but the No. 1 overall pick appeared very affable. Raiders RB Darren McFadden was generous with his time. Same goes for Ravens QB Joe Flacco. You’ll see pieces on each of these players in upcoming issues of PFW.  

So what else stood out about Friday? The vast majority of the rookies I spoke to had learning their offenses.

“How big is the playbook?” I asked Titans RB Chris Johnson.

“Big — real big,” said Johnson, smiling and motioning with his hands.

Back this evening with news and notes from the Rookie Premiere football card photo shoot over at the LA Coliseum.