Published on: 17th August, 2010
Brett Favre is back, at least that seems to be what the story is today. The landscape of the NFC North now looks different, although to be completely fair, it's safe to assume the Packers, Lions, and Bears probably were anticipating Favre's comeback and prepared accordingly. That being said, there's a difference ...Published on: 17th August, 2010
As reported by several media outlets, Brett Favre told his teammates he is returning to the team for one more season. In other news, water is wet. According to Jay Glazer of FOX Sports, three Vikings players, Steve Hutchinson, Jared Allen, and Ryan Longwell flew to Mississippi to talk Favre ...Published on: 17th August, 2010
Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman had a Hall-of-Fame career, but he retired early due to the lingering effects of multiple concussions.Over the past several years, Aikman has just been one of many football players whose careers have been re-examined as more and more facts about the effects of multiple ...Published on: 16th August, 2010
If the first drive in the first preseason game is any indicator of how the Browns offense will look in the 2010 season, then Browns fans have something to believe in for a change. Let's get the caveat of "first preseason game" out there right now and acknowledge the realities that ...Published on: 14th August, 2010
Cleveland Browns fans have a lot to look forward to in tonight's first preseason matchup. The Browns and head Coach Eric Mangini will debut their new offense with new quarterbacks Jake Delhomme and Seneca Wallace. Mangini also will be giving Browns fans a reason to watch the second half when Colt McCoy ...Published on: 13th August, 2010
With everyone focusing on the starter battles, everyone forgets there are a bunch of little battles going on around the league for backup positions.Sometimes the backup positions are the most important ones to win. When the starter goes down, or fails miserably, the backup becomes the savior at that position, ...Published on: 11th August, 2010
Every year it seems to be the same thing around NFL training camps: players going down with injuries, some of them season-ending. As a Browns fan, it seems to me that the Browns get the worst of that trend, but that's probably just personal bias. Between LeCharles Bentley a few years ago ...Published on: 9th August, 2010
The big buzz to come out of this past weekend's Brown and White scrimmage came from one play. The most versatile player in the game, Joshua Cribbs, lined up at safety, blitzing the quarterback on a play that everyone in the stadium loved. Cribbs said after the game he would've sacked the ...Published on: 5th August, 2010
Versatility is the key to staying on an NFL roster, especially if you're not a first-round draft pick and have something to prove. Some players, stuck in one position, find themselves on the outside looking in after an injury limits their effectiveness in their former role, or somebody younger and faster ...Published on: 4th August, 2010
Redskins defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth missed his seventh straight day of training camp after once again not being able to complete his fitness test. Haynesworth is reporting a "sore knee" as the cause for his failure to complete the test required to join the rest of the team on the practice ...