Question: How does Aaron Brooks, Daunte Culpepper and Byron Leftwich go without an NFL QB job when the league has a Brodie Croyle (Kansas City), Aaron Rodgers (Green Bay), or an Alex Smith in San Francisco with QB
None of these guys, with the exception of Smith, has fared well in the NFL - Especially Brady Croyle!
Let's face facts, Aaron's Lea...
Last season should've belonged to the Saints. They were coming off an emotional year that ended in a loss to Chicago at the NFC Championship game. It almost seemed like they were destined to make a big splash in the NFC in
Instead, a string of injuries and a weak showing by their defense plagued the team and they ended the year with a 7-9 recor...
An idea once even more unthinkable than a Brett Favre comeback is now under consideration. The Green Bay Packers have begun contacting other NFL teams to see what they would be willing to offer for Favre.
As the big day approaches, there's still no assurances that Brett Favre -- who wants to return -- will be playing in the NFL in 2008 for Green Bay or any other team.
Saints add a nice piece to their offense. Gmen take a step back.
It was on the cusp of being another rain out at Redskins Park, but thankfully a light drizzle is all mother nature could muster this morning.*Any talk of a QB competition needs to be ended. Campbell has been very impressive the past two days, while Collins has had quite a few head-scratchers. Campbell, even though he’s learning a new system,...
If you ask me (and I know you didn’t, but oh well), the reason the race issue is wrongly dismissed when it is relevant and needs to be paid attention to is because it’s far too often thrown about irresponsibly where it has no place. Such as in Nakia Hogan’s piece for The Times-Picayune about a handful of unemployed quarterbacks who might be...
More than six months after suffering a serious toe injury during the playoffs, Chargers tight end Antonio Gates is only at 65-70
Gates did some running and cutting on the first day of training camp for rookies and some veterans.
“Obviously, it’s a process,” Gates said, according to the Associated Press. “I’m a lot better than I f...
Jason Taylor wanted to play for a team that was in the playoffs last year, not in last place. Bill Parcells wanted to shape his roster in Miami with young, inexpensive players. Dan Snyder wanted to add a big-name star in Washington.All three men got their wish today, as the Miami Dolphins traded Taylor to the Washington Redskins for a 2009...
Four years after running back Ricky Williams shocked the football-following world by retiring after only five NFL seasons, could Ricky be ready to re-emerge as the best player on the
Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald raises the question, and based on Ricky’s offseason practice performances it’s not as ridiculous as it sounds.
“I have ...
In his interview with Mike and The Mad Dog, Bill Parcells stated that his reason for stepping down as head coach was not about the
It was more about all of the long hours he no longer could put in, because he is getting older.
Now in a recent comment Parcells made to the Sun Sentinel, he blames Cowboys QB Tony Romo for his leaving Dallas.
Al...
Getty ImagesJets tight end Chris Baker (left) and Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher (right) have contract disputes they want settled, while Jaguars receiver Matt Jones (center) has legal issues to handle as the training camp potboilers
Believe it or not, Brett Favre and Chad Johnson aren't the only NFL players in the news.
Training ...
Anytime Alex Smith and the 49ers QB situation comes up, great passion arises. It's understandable for their to be some frustrations based on performance, or lackthereof. Combine that with the brief but winning performance of Shaun Hill last season and you've got some combustible
Matt Maiocco ran a story yesterday in which he ad...
Let's be honest; the NFL offseason borders on interminable. It's nearly six months long, and you can make it seven for those luckless teams that missed the playoffs. All that down time allows for a near-endless cycle of debate about the issues, questions and challenges facing each and every one of the 32 franchises that make up Roger Goodell's...
I’ve taken a couple of days for some family time in the D.C. area, and MDS and the rest of the gang have been holding the fort down capably in my
On Saturday, I was out of the loop for most of the day, but I was able to check the MDS updates from my Sprint device.
The item posted earlier in the day regarding the position of Packers G.M....
Mike Wise's column on the JT trade. He gives it a thumbs up.
If you caught Ben Roethlisberger's interview on ESPN earlier this week, there were some topics that didn't fit in the limited time on the Among the subjects that didn't make it on air was Roethlisberger's comments on the massive amount of sacks he's taken in the past two years. Ed Werder asked him how much longer he can survive these kind of...
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If you haven't you should, it has all the stuff you want to know about the Chicago Bears and it is created by me.
It has links to other websites, videos, photo slide-shows, links to other blogs and most importantly solid articles.
If you're a diehard Chicago Bears fan or just a fan of the NFL, you ...
Peyton Manning Peyton Manning's streak of starting 160 straight games - every game in his NFL career - could be in jeopardy. After going under ...
According to the Tampa Tribune, free-agent running back Kevin Jones, a first-round pick of the Lions in 2004, will sign with either the Pittsburgh Steelers or the Chicago Bears on
The news came from Jones’ agent, Tony Fleming, who indicated that the list of five interested teams (including the Buccaneers) has been narrowed to two.
The Bea...
With the Brett Favre un-retirement drama now entering its third fun-filled week, the topic has unquestionably risen to the status of deserving of its own separate edition of Snap Judgments, with all the accordant musings, observations and occasional insights that you've come to know and love (or at least tolerate) ...
Reggie Bush gets way too much attention, while Brian Westbrook needs more!
Peter King of SI.com reported Monday that agent Bus Cook will send a letter to the Green Bay Packers within the next 10 days asking that quarterback Brett Favre be reinstated from the reserve-retired
After the letter is mailed, Cook should call G.M. Ted Thompson and shout, “Checkmate.”
Really, what option will the Packers have but to bring...
In case anyone has yet to hear the news, Brett Favre has formally requested, in writing, that the Green Bay Packers release
I've stayed silent on the entire Brett Favre situation since he announced his retirement. I had a feeling he might be coming back, and I wanted to save my farewell address to one of most special men in all of sports for hi...