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WR Nick Toon, RB Lamar Miller face tough tasks in NFL

Nick Toon and Lamar Miller know all about tough tasks. Their challenges won't get any easier as they head to the NFL.Toon, the son of former New York Jets standout Al Toon, was selected in the fourth round of Saturday's draft by the Saints. He can be comforted about going to play with Drew Brees in New Orleans, but Toon recognizes he will be compared to his father — just as he was at Wisconsin."My dad was a great football player," Nick Toon said of Al, who retired prematurely because of concussions. "I don't think anyone would debate that. To go to the same school and play the same position, I think is a challenge. At the same time, I think that the expectations of that challenge follow you to anywhere you are playing football."That would be the Big Easy, no easy chore if the expectations are he will immediately replace Robert Meachem, who left as a free agent."No. 1, I think he has a great pedigree," interim coach Joe Vitt said. "He's a polished route-runner, can catch the ball outsid...

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