NFL Football
All the time in the world
Sometimes the worst decisions provide the best results. When listening to my beloved footballguys.com podcast, The Audible, earlier this month, co-host Sigmund Bloom had a very interesting approach that the Vikings should take towards handling Brett Favre. Bloom said he thought that rather than Minnesota imposing a deadline on when Favre needs to tell the [...]
Favre’s shoulders only so big
As I watched Garrett Hartley’s field goal sail through the uprights in overtime of Sunday’s NFC Championship, the sigh of relief I breathed could have probably been felt as far away as New Orleans. After all, as a Packers fan, I’m not sure I could have dealt with Brett Favre going to the Super Bowl [...]
Davis putting one player before team
While there is no “I” in “team,” someone should tell Al Davis, there is no “QB,” either. The colorful Oakland Raiders owner has one again shown that he has not surrounded himself with enough knowledgeable football minds, and it is costing his team dearly. Davis has not yet publicly stated whether current head coach Tom [...]
Rest: It does a body good
When Colts head coach Jim Caldwell threw in the towel against the New York Jets in Week 16, many people thought it was a mistake to ruin Indy’s chance at a perfect season and stop their momentum heading into the playoffs. When Saints head coach Sean Payton elected to rest his starters in Week 17 after [...]
More on Brandon Marshall to Seattle
Tuesday I reported that I had heard from locker room sources that Seattle and Denver were close on agreeing upon a deal that would send Brandon Marshall to the Seahawks in exchange for Deion Branch and undisclosed draft picks. Updating that post in response to its comments and e-mails I have received, here is more [...]
Brandon Marshall to Seahawks?
I keep hearing locker room rumors that beastly Broncos wide receiver Brandon Marshall will soon find himself in a Seahawks uniform. Word is, newly hired coach Pete Carroll isn’t wasting any time in putting his stamp on the franchise. Seattle, who is sans GM right now, would trade the oft-injured wideout Deion Branch along with [...]
The biggest joke in the NFL
Normally I hate comparing professional coaches and athletes to everyday joes, but imagine for a moment that you have an eight a.m. interview at a big investment firm. You know that if you get this lucrative, highly sought-after job and are successful at it, it could springboard you into the industry and you could have a very [...]
What a difference a coach makes
Many people, professionals and fans alike, treated the Washington Redskins as a joke for much of the 2009 season. Embarrassing themselves on a near weekly basis and finding ways to capture defeat at the jaws of victory in addition to being crushed in the media had to be rough. But apparently things are all better [...]
Blame the athletes (I know I do)
Over the course of the last 30 years, ESPN has become the sports media giant. It has a monopoly on the industry and has crushed all of its competition. (Remember CNN/SI? Yeah–me, neither.) So why is this? Why has the four-letter network become so huge? Why does an overwhelming majority of the population flip on their [...]
If it ain’t broke…
Many NFL fans are up in arms about a Week 17 that featured many teams sitting their stars while playing in meaningless games. Since teams like New England, Cincinnati, Arizona, Indianapolis and New Orleans could not improve their seeding, those squads robbed their fans of seeing many of the best players in the league play [...]
