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Posted on May 26, 2008
Is there ever "really" a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time? In Charles Grant's case, he is certainly hoping that a jury believes so. Grant, a defensive end for the New Orleans Saints, was...
Posted on May 20, 2008
If there's one thing a rookie does NOT need going into preseason camp, it is more fuel to the veteran's fire. And not only did Fred Davis of the Washington Redskins give them fuel, he gave them a full...
Posted on May 18, 2008
Last year, it really came down to Dallas and Indianapolis for the 2011 Super Bowl bid. While there was some hope in the circle city, most knew that by the time the decision day was upon them that Dallas...
Posted on May 15, 2008
This just in...Ricky...*snicker*...Williams...**tee hee**...is ready to play...*giggle* football again....BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! No, wait...you're serious? *Cough* No way. It can't be. Has John Daly suddenly lost a hundred pounds and stopped drinking? Has Jamaal Tinsley stopped going to night clubs and in...
Posted on May 11, 2008
Michael Vick continues to get the hits on him even as he's sitting in jail. The irony is if anyone is actually surprised that there is still more fallout from the fallen QB's situation? My short answer is no....
Posted on May 9, 2008
Dominic Rhodes was certainly a hot commodity following the Super Bowl in which the Indianapolis Colts thrashed the Chicago Bears a couple of years ago. Arguably the person who should have received the MVP with his performance, he took...
Posted on May 4, 2008
Perhaps I like just picking on the New England Patriots. Perhaps this is mostly based on the fact that the first "loser" step towards this title was losing one before it even began with the videogate scandal that I'm...
Posted on May 2, 2008
So, should the saying goes, whatever Ben wants, Ben gets? While there may have been more pressing needs for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Ben Roethlisberger was very vocal about needing another big-name receiver to throw to, and so the Steelers...
Posted on May 1, 2008
The Giants had some specific needs they wanted to address in the NFL draft, but one of the biggest things that kept on distracting from the task at hand was the uncertainty of Jeremy Shockey's future, and the New...
Posted on April 30, 2008
Well, most people will say "Yeah! Duh! Of course the Miami Dolphins were a winner of the draft--they had the first pick!!" Well, as football fans should know, having the number one pick does really not mean anything in...
Posted on April 29, 2008
The Washington Redskins were one of the surprise teams of the 2007-08 campaign, and quarterback Jason Campbell was a pleasant surprise to 'Skins fans alike. When experts looked at the draft needs for the team, they pointed out that...
Posted on April 28, 2008
I know, I know, it's really impossible to be able to tell who really won and lost the draft until maybe several years down the line. But, initially, educated guesses can be made based on team needs, draft positions,...
Posted on April 27, 2008
Ok, honestly, I spent a lot of time trying to piece together different sources and ideas for players that each team could possibly be interested in for the NFL draft based on several different things throughout the "expert" analysis...
Posted on April 25, 2008
The Seattle Seahawks are in their last year with Mike Holmgren as their coach, but that doesn't mean that they are continuing with his philosophies necessarily; with soon to be head coach Jim Mora Jr. already in tow, the...
Posted on April 25, 2008
This draft is uber-critical for coach Mike Nolan. Why? If he doesn't start getting some W's, he will be certainly gone, and Mike Martz may be going along with him. After finishing 5-11 in yet another disappointing season, the...
Posted on April 25, 2008
The Philadelphia Eagles have been more of an enigma than anything over the last couple of years. If there's any team that has been more frustrating in terms of potential versus results, it's this team, which I am sure...
Posted on April 25, 2008
The New York Giants. Oh, excuse me...the WORLD CHAMPION New York Giants. I still can't believe that statement and it's been darn near three months since the Super Bowl, but it is still hard to fathom that the huge...
Posted on April 25, 2008
After finishing 7-9 last year, when asked about what changes would be coming for the New Orleans Saints, coach Sean Payton's response was simple: defense. Not like their offense was spectacular or anything, I mean Drew Brees looked like...
Posted on April 25, 2008
Geesh, if I only would have written this a couple of days ago it may have been of interest to people, but more than likely, it really isn't a huge issue now. Why? Well, in the last couple of...
Posted on April 24, 2008
Ahhh...life after Brett Favre. The nightmare that all Green Bay fans knew would be coming soon but never wanted to face. The icon that was Green Bay Packer football is now gone, and so the Aaron Rodgers era begins....
Posted on April 24, 2008
Note to Detroit: Don't draft a wide receiver. Do you hear me? DON'T DRAFT A RECEIVER. Good grief, it seems like this is where players who have numbers in the 80's go to die after draft day. That being...
Posted on April 24, 2008
The Dallas Cowboys. You either love them or you hate them, there really is no in between. But even if you despise the 'Boys, you have to have somewhere in your heart where you've felt a little bad for...
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 April 23, 2008
Ouch. That was the theme for the Carolina Panthers for the 2007 season. Jake Delhomme's injury really set things in motion for a very disappointing year, as David Carr flopped terribly and it even forced the Panthers to take...
Posted on April 23, 2008
There isn't a team that isn't more ready for the new season than the Atlanta Falcons. After the Michael Vick debacle, Bobby Petrino bolting, and the team just basically looking like a team without any clue or desire, it's...
Posted on April 22, 2008
Ahh, Arizona. It seems that the more they do to try to get to the promised land, it doesn't do all that much for them in the long run. For years the team has toiled under different coaches and...
Posted on April 22, 2008
Ahh, finally the end of the AFC. What? I still have the NFC to go? Dang! Well, I don't think I'll be able to get all of the way through the NFC, but I will try my hardest :)...
Posted on April 21, 2008
The Chargers keep on keepin' on, and after a season where it began quite shaky for Norv Turner's team (possibly because of him), San Diego quickly regained their elite form and even dispatched the then-world champs Indianapolis Colts in...
Posted on April 20, 2008
Da Raiduhs....Oakland has undergone so many low low years that even though the Raider Nation has not let up their hope, the front office has been uneasy for having at least some success to build off of. The long...
Posted on April 19, 2008
J-E-T-S Jets Jets Jets. Here's a team that basically has undergone several personnel changes over the years and really do not have a whole heckuvalot to show for it. From running backs to quarterbacks to coaching, the New York...
Posted on April 17, 2008
There's only one number that the New England Patriots care about: 1. That's how many losses they had last year--and it was in the biggest of the biggest--the Super Bowl. They clearly had their sights set on re-signing Randy...
Posted on April 16, 2008
Ahhhh....the Dolphins. What can you say? I mean, they are just...wellllllll.....awful. By just winning a single game, you officially are bumped to the top of the list of teams that are probably the worst of all time. After the...
Posted on April 15, 2008
The Kansas City Chiefs have been up and down for many years--competitive but not dominant. Decent but beatable week in and week out. It's not as if they have been a mystery team, but they've not really gotten tremendously...
Posted on April 15, 2008
Jacksonville had a dream last year--upend the big bad Colts and their stranglehold on the AFC South. With star-in-the-making David Garrard and a big time high energy offense with Maurice Jones-Drew, the Jags aimed high. And while they didn't...
Posted on April 14, 2008
The Indianapolis Colts, by their standards, had a sub-par 2007. As the defending world champions, the team had not lost much and looked to improve even more so. However, injuries depleted both the offensive and defensive sides of the...
Posted on April 13, 2008
The Houston Texans are kind of like the Tampa Bay Devil Rays of football: they've been around for a while, had some decent players that they've picked up throughout the years, but never seem to make any real noise...
Posted on April 13, 2008
The Broncos have been somewhat of a mystery team over the past couple of years, and for good reason--for what seemed like the majority of the 90s and early 2000s, you had a team that was dominant in so...
Posted on April 12, 2008
The Browns had a great year--a year that really was above the vast majority of expectations that fans and NFL "experts" really foresaw; the vision was that Brady Quinn would be in and take his licks along with the...
Posted on April 9, 2008
Well, I guess I should start posting about the draft, eh? Sorry folks! Lost my head! Anyways, I am going to go through the AFC first in alphabetical order. First, we are going to talk about the Baltimore Ravens....
Posted on April 8, 2008
The Vikings didn't have a lot of options to get a backup quarterback they wanted. I mean, they were really wanting to get Sage Rosenfels...yeah, I know, seriously??? He's decent, but even the Houston Texans weren't willing to part...
Posted on April 7, 2008
Aaron Glenn was not exactly the most sought after cornerback in the offseason, but his name still holds some merit. So when the New Orleans Saints knew that they had to shore up their pass defense, they looked to...
Posted on April 6, 2008
Has it really been ten years since the Tennessee Titans started? Wow, I am old...or maybe I should just say that time flies when you're having fun, right? Maybe that's better...Anyways, the Titans, which basically adopted the Houston Oilers...
Posted on April 5, 2008
Former NFL receiver (yes I said former) and Ex-Bengal (yes, I said Ex) Chris Henry is out on bail--finally. He actually posted bail on Thursday night, but because the court had ordered electronic monitoring and they didn't have one...
Posted on April 4, 2008
The Los Angeles Times says that Brett Favre is considering coming back. Favre, who only retired a month ago, and his agent have "quietly" discussed scenarios with certain teams and the possibility of a trade to them. But, according...
Posted on April 2, 2008
NFL Owners continued to scrutinize the rules and regulations of the league to "better" things overall in Florida today, and there were some minor facelifts that accompanied these reviews. The biggest proposal on the ballot was reseeding. Not the...
Posted on April 1, 2008
Jay Cutler has had enough of Brandon Marshall's behavior. The breakout star of the Denver Broncos, Marshall has had a Pacman Jones-like experience off the field, with a DUI charge pending from last October, and a freak accident that...
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 30, 2008
If there's one thing that the NFL didn't need, it was another player that had an issue with animals in terms of abuse and neglect. The Michael Vick case basically had done a ton of damage to the league's...
Posted on March 29, 2008
Remember when Troy Polamalu intercepted a pass against the Kansas City Chiefs and then the Pittsburgh Steeler was tackled by Larry Johnson--by him pulling on the back of his long hair coming out from his helmet? How about when...
Posted on March 28, 2008
Laveranues Coles has been pretty outspoken this offseason about the New York Jets moves in that they have been giving plenty of money to those outside of the core team but haven't been concentrating on interior players--namely himself. He...
Posted on March 27, 2008
Seattle cornerback Marcus Trufant is having a good week. He's getting married on Saturday!! Oh, and he just signed a little contract worth, oh I don't know...like 50 MILLION dollars!! The Washington State product was simply amazing last year...
Posted on March 26, 2008
The NFL Opener is scheduled for Thursday, September 4th, and we know that the World Champion New York Giants will be involved. What we don't know is what time the game will be. The time slot normally associated with...
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 24, 2008
Ok, so we've all seen some pretty bizarre injuries when it comes to sports athletes. I've heard of baseball players that have strained rib cages sneezing, basketball players that have slipped and fell waxing their cars, and now I...
Posted on March 23, 2008
Ben Utecht played three good years for the Indianapolis Colts. He was always one of the guys that could be counted on as a solid receiver in the Colts two-tight end sets as well as a good backup for...
Posted on March 22, 2008
Kickers don't usually get a lot of love on this blog; heck, they don't even get much love period. So when there's news of a pretty big-name kicker, we've got to give equal due....well, maybe not equal, but mention...
Posted on March 21, 2008
No, not that Boulware. I know it's an odd name, but the most famous is Peter Boulware--I'm talking about Michael Boulware. The latter was added to the Minnesota Vikings to help in their secondary, which they need a lot...
Posted on March 20, 2008
Just hours after being arrested for punching his estranged girlfiend (punching sounds so much more tabloid-y than assaulting, doesn't it?), Steelers WR Cedrick Wilson is searching for a new NFL home. Wilson, who only started one game for the...
Posted on March 19, 2008
My, how things have changed in such a short period of time. A couple of years ago, Byron Leftwich was still regarded as the heart of the Jacksonville Jaguars' franchise and someone that had a future with the team....
Posted on March 18, 2008
DeAngelo Hall is a great cornerback. And he's going to get paid for being great--to the tune of 70 million by the Oakland Raiders over seven years. After the dotted line is signed, Hall will be teamed with Nnamdi...
Posted on March 17, 2008
The San Francisco 49ers have been searching for that great receiving game ever since Terrell Owens left almost 4 years ago. They've gone through draft picks and struggles at QB, and while they may not still have an amazing...
Posted on March 16, 2008
Jason Taylor has always been the "anti" pro football player in the respect of being someone who seems very loyal to one team, a "pretty boy" amongst medieval looking vikings, and just an overall nice guy. This type of...
Posted on March 14, 2008
For all of the complaints that the Philadelphia Eagles' front office has had to endure as far as player personnel moves, the mob should be quited as the team has made several moves in the offseason thus far. (Well,...
Posted on March 13, 2008
Ok, we all know that free agent season is one where teams plug those nasty little holes that kept them from doing well or better than they did in the previous season. It is also where teams rid themselves...
Posted on March 12, 2008
David Carr has not had it easy in the NFL. The former number one draft pick out of Fresno State was crowned the golden boy for the then-new franchise Houston Texans, but even though he had the stats from...
Posted on March 11, 2008
And this time, it's rookie receiver Dwayne Jarrett from the Carolina Panthers. Jarrett, who struggled from the get go after being a second round draft pick out of USC, was arrested in Charlotte after reporting for the team's offseason...
Posted on March 10, 2008
The Detroit Lions were fighting fast and furious for Julius Jones. One of the prized running backs in the free agency world this offseason, they were outmaneuvered by--of all teams--Seattle. Facing a situation that they really didn't anticipate, the...
Posted on March 9, 2008
When a professional sport is in its offseason, many times it can be difficult to find newsworthy posts to discuss and put your two cents in about; but, unfortunately as the trend has indicated in several sports, all you...
Posted on March 8, 2008
There were some eyebrows raised when the Seattle Seahawks went after T.J. Duckett in free agency as to what the team was going to do with former MVP Shaun Alexander and/or Maurice Morris, and also as to whether pinpointing...
Posted on March 7, 2008
Most teams are decently active during the offseason in the free agency market. While some are more than others and some years have more free agents than others, the bottom line is that NFL Scouts who make a living...
Posted on March 6, 2008
The fullback position, like that of the offensive line, is one of the most grueling positions in the NFL. It is one of the most important to the running game, and yet is one of the most unsung places...
Posted on March 5, 2008
Hallelujah! The Raiders are making moves--and it seems--good ones! Holy cow! What's next??? In support of their precious commodity, JaMarcus Russell, the Los Angeles, er, Oakland Raiders went after some offensive line power in Kwame Harris for almost 16...
Posted on March 4, 2008
Yeah, yeah, every sports site has something on Brett Favre. The man, the myth, the legend. He has like all of these records and he's retired. We get it. Not to disrespect him--I apologize if it comes off that...
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 March 1, 2008
The Cleveland Browns fans were frothing at the mouth. They had just gotten their dream quarterback, Brady Quinn, in the 2007 draft. After years of struggling and basically having little or nothing to build off of, they had finally...
Posted on February 29, 2008
Even a team like the New England Patriots, who lost one single solitary game, will be more than likely active in the free agency signing period. They’ve been involved in rumors over dropped players and certainly will be trying...
Posted on February 28, 2008
The joke was always "They're not booing, they're saying Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce", and for years, it was common to hear that during NFL games in St. Louis. Isaac Bruce was a great role model for the NFL; hard work ethic, good...
Posted on February 27, 2008
Brandon Lloyd came to the Washington Redskins with a load of potential and a load of question marks. For one, he came from the San Francisco 49ers with some decent numbers, especially considering that he played for some pretty...
Posted on February 26, 2008
Eddie Kennison has not only played several years at a skill position in the NFL, he's also played several years for one team, which is more an exception than a rule nowadays. Unfortunately, at 35, the Kansas City Chiefs...
Posted on February 25, 2008
The weeks and months prior to the NFL draft, player's "stock" usually fluctuates from several different factors: the Combine, psychological testing, contractual rumors, character issues, and the biggest and most potentially damaging one--injuries. In Glenn Dorsey's case, the last...
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 23, 2008
The NFL Scouting Combine that just happened recently in Indianapolis provided an opportunity for a hometown boy to try one more time to make to a place where he was supposed to be a God: Jeff George. He grew...
Posted on February 22, 2008
Pacman Jones, I guess, just can't catch a break. He has all of these legal problems, much of it stemming from times where he was involved with altercations at strip clubs, and the the NFL suspends him--for a very...
Posted on February 21, 2008
DeShaun Foster was supposed to be the "next" back to lead the Carolina Panthers back to the pinnacle they had in reaching the NFC championship a few short years ago. However, what happened was not exactly....the "next". Foster had...
Posted on February 20, 2008
Dallas Clark may have been left off the pro bowl squad, but his team knew how valuable he was. While the terms were of course not disclosed, the Indianapolis Colts signed Clark to a six-year extension and by doing...
Posted on February 19, 2008
The San Diego Chargers didn't want to pay Junior Seau. So what happens? The New England Patriots go out and sign him and he has an amazing year. Now the Miami Dolphins don't want to pay for Zach Thomas....
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 February 17, 2008
Byron Leftwich was supposed to be a throwback of black quarterbacks, going away from the stereotype of run-first and throw-second. Compared to former stars like Doug Williams and Warren Moon, Leftwich came to the Jacksonville Jaguars with a nice...
Posted on February 15, 2008
19-0...New England Patriots...Super Bowl Champions. Well, it didn't happen here, but to the children of Nicaragua, they are most happy that it didn't happen--not because they hate the Patriots, but because since so many things were printed up with...
Posted on February 14, 2008
Justin Fargas only started seven games last year. He wasn't really supposed to be much of anything to the Oakland Raiders, being that they had entrenched LaMont Jordan into the starting role from the previous season and went and...
Posted on February 13, 2008
NFL Commisioner Roger Goodell has no regrets. Are ya sure? After being questioned for why and whether he should have destroyed the "Spygate" tapes that the New England Patriots used in the scandal that rocked the franchise early in...
Posted on February 12, 2008
The Toronto Star opened up commentary to readers about the NFL's decision to bring a Buffalo Bills game to Toronto next year. While Paul Godfrey, owner of the Blue Jays and the head of a contingent group trying to...
Posted on February 12, 2008
In a Fox Sports article, the question is raised whether the upstart Jacksonville Jaguars can overtake the Indianapolis Colts as the new bully in the AFC South. Well, when you figure that since the AFC South was created, the...
Posted on February 8, 2008
Talk about scary. This was reported on SI.com: "A would-be bar owner angry at being denied a liquor license threatened to shoot people at the Super Bowl and drove to within sight of the stadium with a rifle and...
Posted on February 7, 2008
It was one of the biggest upsets in Super Bowl history--maybe even more than the epic Super Bowl III when Joe Namath guaranteed victory. The Patriots were standing tall and looking to be the best ever, and it came...
Posted on February 6, 2008
The Seattle Seahawks knew that they would only have one year with Mike Holmgren as their coach. With so many different great prospects out there and the fact that having an extensive interview search can lots of times hamper...
Posted on February 5, 2008
The Pro Bowl is supposed to be the equivalent to the All-Star games for both basketball and baseball. However, there is one major difference--both All-star games for the "B" sports occur in the middle of their seasons, creating hype...
Posted on February 4, 2008
Michael Vick gets to keep all but 3.75 million of his 20 million dollar signing bonus as ruled by a federal judge. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Well, at least now he'll be able to pay off some of the inmates so he...
Posted on February 3, 2008
No one really wanted to say it, but everyone had it on their mind. The Patriots on paper were a shoo-in. They had all of the credentials of one of the greatest teams ever and were facing a team...
Posted on February 3, 2008
One of the biggest events in all of really--well, anything--is the Super Bowl. It draws millions upon millions of world wide viewers, and the revenue for the NFL is absolutely gargantuan. This year's game pits the "New" teams--New England...
