After over four months of the NFL Lockout, a unanimous vote ended the labor dispute on Monday, July 25, 2011. Now, players are being moved, traded and signed throughout the National Football League. So, what do you think about the top moves and trades? Are you confident in your team’s decision to keep or trade certain players? Take a peek at the following list of some of the top players who were traded or moved this week. There are certain expected moves and there are a few shockers thrown in. But any way you look at it, football is back and we are all eager to see what each of these players will bring to their designated team this upcoming season!

Reggie Bush Traded to the Dolphins

Reggie Bush is traded from the Saints to the Dolphins with a 2-year, $10 million contract. Bush was with the Saints for the past five years and helped the team win the Super Bowl in February 2010. He gained 4,982 yards and 33 touchdowns even with multiple injuries. In return for Reggie joining the Dolphins, Miami sent the Saints Jonathan Amaya, a reserve safety.

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Saints Sign Darren Sproles

The Saints answer to Reggie Bush’s departure? Signing Running Back Darren Sproles from the San Diego Chargers. Sproles has been compared to Reggie Bush with the way he runs the ball, but Sproles can catch a pass in the backfield, return a kickoff and a punt without any problem. And his total 4-year contract is about the amount Reggie would have made in just one year.

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Ochocinco and Haynesworth Acquired By Patriots

The New England Patriots had a big day Thursday acquiring Wide Receiver Chad Ochocinco from the Bengals with a restructured 3-year contract and acquiring Defensive Linebacker Albert Haynesworth from the Redskins. The Patriots might have their hands full with Ochocinco’s outspoken nature and Haynesworth’s past feud with Redskin’s coach Mike Shanahan.

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Cardinals Take On Kevin Kolb

The Arizona Cardinals acquire Quarterback Kevin Kolb from the Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagle’s traded Kolb for their new Cornerback from the Cardinals, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie. After losing the number one QB position for the Eagles to Michael Vick last year, Kolb agreed to a 5-year, $63 million contract with the Cardinals…that’s $12.6 million per year.

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Hasselbeck Signs with Titans

Matt Hasselbeck has been with the Seattle Seahawks for the last 10 years, but Tennessee was searching for a veteran QB and found that in Hasselbeck with a career history of 176 touchdowns, 128 interceptions, 82.2 pass rating and almost 30,000 total yards.

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Seahawks Pick Up Rice and Jackson

Sidney Rice agrees to a 5-year, $41 million contract with the Seattle Seahawks. Rice had an epic 2009 season with 83 caught passes, 1,312 yards, and 8 touchdowns, but his hip surgery limited his game. However, the Seahawks recognize his skill, as well as Tarvaris Jackson who will compete for the starting QB role with Charlie Whitehurst and possibly Matt Leinart.

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McNabb Traded to Vikings

Donovan McNabb’s deal with the Minnesota Vikings depends on McNabb restructuring his past 5-year, $78 million contract with the Washington Redskins. McNabb was benched twice during his short one year stent with the Redskins and threw more interceptions than touchdowns in just 13 games.

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No matter if you’re an athlete, alumni, enrolled student, proud parent, coach, or maybe even a mascot yourself, we can all appreciate a creative college mascot. Mascots are similar to cheerleaders. They get the crowd excited to watch the upcoming sporting event by cheering, dancing and doing various stunts. However, mascots are different from cheerleaders because there are no rules to being a mascot. They can do just about anything they want. The more spirit is involved, the more the crowd is going to cheer. And if the mascot is funny, outlandish or just plain impressive, fans will inevitably react in a positive way and get even more pumped up for their team to win. So check out our Top 10 College Mascots of 2011 with the help of bleacherreport.com and a few members of our Fanatics staff!

#10 Brutus Buckeye – Ohio State Buckeyes

Brutus is a nut, literally. Ohio’s state tree and buckeye nut is represented by the mascot, who might I add was inducted into the Mascot Hall of Fame just a few years ago.

#9 Osceola & Renegade – Florida State Seminoles

Chief Osceola and his horse Renegade have been with FSU since 1978. The actual Seminole tribe has a great relationship with FSU and Seminole women are selected to design Osceola and Renegade’s mascot attire.

#8 Mike the Tiger – Louisiana State Tigers

There have been six tigers for LSU since 1936, all of which lived 17 years if not longer. The interesting fact is that tigers generally live between eight and ten years. LSU must take great care of their tigers!

#7 Puddles – Oregon Ducks

Not only is Puddles a reminder of Donald Duck – a favorite Disney character, the mascot has also been in a SportsCenter commercial. No wonder Oregon had a successful year in 2010.

#6 Ralphie the Buffalo – Colorado Buffaloes

Did you know Ralphie is a female? Although female buffaloes are smaller in stature, I wouldn’t get too close to this wildly fierce animal.

#5 Traveler – Southern California Trojans

Debuting in 1961, Traveler is a beautiful Trojan horse with a warrior accompanying the striking creature. Although Traveler looks snow white, he is actually a gray horse with hair that turned completely white.

#4 Sebastian the Ibis - Miami Hurricanes

Miami gets an “A” for effort in creative mascots. The Ibis is a native bird that is the last to seek shelter prior to a hurricane.

#3 Bucky Badger – Wisconsin Badgers

Although Bucky is as cute as a mascot can get, don’t let that deceive you. Badgers are known for their fighting nature, so beware of Wisconsin.

#2 Bevo – Texas Longhorns

One of the most popular mascots in sports history, Bevo is celebrated throughout the university and the Longhorn Steer has even influenced the uniform’s color scheme.

#1 Uga – Georgia Bulldogs

Unfortunately, Uga VIII passed away in February of this year, so now we wait for the next UGA Bulldog to occupy a pimped-out red and black dog house with air-conditioning and bags of ice at his beck-and-call.