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Posted on April 24, 2008
So, is it any secret as to what the Chicago Bears are going to go after this year? One word: offense. No, they don't need anything on defense--they are still like the Monsters of the Midway, but the offense...
Posted on March 31, 2008
As discussed in an earlier post, the NFL had been pressured by the GOP as far as the opening game to push the game up because of the Republican National convention. Well, folks, politicians always seem to get their...
Posted on March 25, 2008
The NFL rules on tampering can be kind of vague, but it's one of those things that is almost like the NCAA rules of recruiting: there are certain time frames when teams can talk to players about their free...
Posted on March 3, 2008
After the Chicago Bears dissed and dismissed Muhsin Muhammad and his waning production in the Windy City, it was thought that after they tendered a one year contract to Rex Grossman that they would therefore go out and get...
Posted on February 24, 2008
Call it a stay of execution if you want to wax poetic. The Chicago Bears signed maligned quarterback Rex Grossman to a 1 year deal, even though by doing so, in no way is he guaranteed a starting position....
Posted on February 18, 2008
Muhsin Muhammad came to Chicago with a dream of reviving a franchise that had been mostly run-oriented for what seemed like forever. That was three years ago. Now, after his receiving numbers have continued to drop even as the...
Posted on January 30, 2008
Yeah, yeah, they have a chance to go 19-0 for the first time ever, yadda yadda yadda. Yes, they beat up on teams early like they were playing against St. Mary's School for the Blind. But are the Patriots the...
Posted on December 7, 2007
Chicago has a long-standing tradition of the Chicago Cubs being known as the lovable losers of baseball. We're talking 100 years in 2008 since they've won the World Series. So when other Chicago teams rise up to the brink of...
Posted on November 26, 2007
It was a huge run--21 yards to be exact. Then Denver DB Hamza Abdullah ran Cedric Benson down and tackled him. And that was it. Benson was carted off the field, and will not return for this season. He has...
Posted on September 27, 2007
Flatline....eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee........Rex Grossman has officially flatlined..... After the speculation for the entire week that Brian Griese would be taking over at QB after Grossman's pitiful start raged across the football world, coach Lovie Smith finally came clean and named Griese his...
Posted on August 1, 2007
Daaaaaaaaaaa Bears. Bearssss. Ditka. Sausage. Ditka. For those of you too young to know what I am doing, just roll with it, ok? Ever since the Bears won the title in '86, Bears fans clamored for the glory days, and...
Posted on July 26, 2007
3 reasons to be a believer: 1. Opportunity. When the Bears drafted Benson 4th overall in 2005 they did so with the undeniable intention to make him their #1 guy. However, a 36-day holdout and a bad attitude all but...
Posted on April 21, 2007
Pictures like this are porn for John Madden Week five of the 2007 NFL season is shaping up to be one with a lot of hit and miss matchups, but maybe one of the bad teams will have a...
Posted on April 13, 2007
Just what I wanted, MORE T.O. ON NATIONAL TV! THANKS NBC! Well folks, week three's slate of games could quite possibly be worse than week two's amazingly enough. Fortunately, though, there are a few games worth noting in this...
Posted on April 12, 2007
What I feel like when I look at week two's slate of games. The cat's cute though right? Trying to lure those non-traditional readers. Mission Accomplished. I've looked at the schedule the NFL has come up with for week...
Posted on April 11, 2007
The Super Bowl XLII mascot scaring small children. Frankly I'm surprised that the people behind the Arizona Cardinals could make such a hideous mascot. Who knew? Well today is quite the holiday for NFL fans, as the 2007 NFL...
Posted on April 2, 2007
I'm going to take a break from the individual NFL Draft preview today to put up my first NFL Mock Draft of the season. I'm only doing the top ten for now, with a full first round coming next...
Posted on April 1, 2007
An NFL scout assesses Dwayne Jarrett at the USC pro day. Let's move back over to the offensive side of the ball and take at look at some of the receivers who pale in comparison to the wonder that...
Posted on January 12, 2007
Indianapolis (+4) at Baltimore Comments: Aside from Peyton Manning, Bob Sanders is proving to be the Colts’ second most valuable player, as the defense performs on an entirely different level with him in the lineup. It took Tony Dungy long...
Posted on September 27, 2006
This weekend Mike Martz returns to St. Louis where the 'Greatest Show on Turf' has clearly been cancelled and relegated to re-runs on NFL Films. You have to wonder if Rams fans will be wishing the idiosyncratic Martz was back...
Posted on October 25, 2005
Clinton comes through With parity running so rampant in the NFL these days, its become a rarity when a heavily favored team with good fantasy matchups, does what they're supposed to do and kick the living snot out of the...
Posted on October 20, 2005
QB, Mark Brunell - Redskins 7 TD's, almost 900 yards and only 1 INT in his last three games. You won't find a quarterback who's hotter over that span. Santana Moss is doing his best Steve Smith impersonation by giving...
Posted on July 8, 2004
Thomas Jones: Poor Man's Priest Holmes Few players in recent memory have drawn as much ire from fans and fantasy owners as Thomas Jones. Seemingly loaded with talent, Jones has vastly underachieved everywhere he has played in the NFL. Yet...
