Happy NFL New Year! The Free Agent Frenzy begins…
The league started its official new year with a bang on Tuesday and in its first two days the vast majority of the available top-tier free agents have found new homes or returned from whence they came. Let’s take a look at some of the comings and goings around the league and how they will [...]
Monday weekend sports wrap–the agony of de (couple of) feat
What an incredible sports weekend. I’ll leave most of the NFL stuff to my colleague Mike Hancock to recap tomorrow, but three OT early NFL games really made my purchase of Direct Ticket worth it yesterday. College football was just as exciting. Oregon’s high-octane offense unbelievably scored only 14 points in a loss to Stanford, [...]
Week five NFL preview
Well then, after another week below .500 at 6-9 the race to mediocrity continues. But we are moving forwards, not backwards. With a full round of NFL byes this week methinks things will begin to tighten up and we will get into more traditional divisional matchups in the coming weeks. Your friendly neighborhood prognosticator hopes to [...]
Who is to blame in Dallas and week four NFL winners and losers
I want to start this week’s column with a little bit of a Dallas Cowboys rant because after the Monday night massacre at the hand of the Bears we are going to hear a lot over the next two weeks about what is wrong with this team and where the blame should fall. As I [...]
2012 NFC West preview
2012 NFC West Preview In part seven of our preseason preview series we visit the NFC West. Last season saw the San Francisco 49ers emerge from the west as a powerhouse and made it all the way the NFC title game in just their first year under head coach Jim Harbaugh. Seattle is a franchise [...]
2012 AFC South preview
2012 AFC South Preview In part four of eight preseason preview series we turn our attention to the AFC South. The AFC South is a conference in transition. This conference was dominated for years by the Colts and Peyton Manning’s high powered offense. With Peyton’s injury and subsequent departure to Denver this division has really been [...]
2012 NFC South preview
2012 NFC South Preview With the third installment in our preseason preview series we take a look at the NFC South. In recent years this has been a two horse race between Atlanta and New Orleans and their marquis QB’s, Matt Ryan and Drew Brees respectively. Last year a new breed of QB crashed the party [...]
2012 AFC East preview
2012 AFC East Preview In the second of our preseason preview series we take a look at the AFC East. The road to the Superbowl has gone through the AFC East for the last decade or so since the emergence of one Mr. Brady at the QB position in New England. In recent years the Jets [...]
Putting a face on the NFL concussion crisis
Ray Easterling was not a household name. He was a big-hitting grinding safety from a mid-seventies Atlanta Falcons team that is largely forgotten in the league history books. But Ray Easterling was a man I knew. He was among the most focused and intense individuals I have ever met and at times he was an [...]
2012 NFC East preview
2012 NFC East Preview As the marquee division in the NFL, the NFC East has accounted for half of the last 40 NFC representatives to the Super Bowl. Its teams have amassed 12 world championships including last years’ Superbowl winners the NY Giants. This division is always a struggle; en route to their title last [...]