0 comments by Mike Batista on 7/15/2016
Brett Favre couldn’t get the Jets into the playoffs in 2008, his one season with the team. He might have led them to a few postseason berths if the Jets were successful in their attempt to trade up for Favre in the 1991 NFL draft. Ron Wolf was the Jets’ director of player personnel under […]
0 comments by Mike Batista on 7/13/2016
SI.com’s documentary of former NFL running back Ricky Williams has been released today, and among the nuggets in the film is Williams’ claim that between 60 to 70 percent of NFL players, as well as some coaches, smoke marijuana. Williams rushed for 10,009 yards in an 11-year career that never lived up to its promise after the […]
0 comments by Mike Batista on 7/6/2016
Kevin Durant provided some Fourth of July fireworks, lighting up the NBA landscape with his decision to sign with the Warriors. The Warriors stormed back from a 3-1 deficit in this year’s Western Conference finals to defeat Durant and the Thunder in seven games. A rivalry was born, and now Durant is switching sides. A […]
0 comments by Mike Batista on 6/30/2016
Andrew Luck is buying if there’s ever an occasion when a group of active NFL quarterbacks go out for dinner. The Colts signed their quarterback to a six-year, $139 million deal. It’s the biggest contract in NFL history, according to Spotrac. In this age of the $20 million quarterback, Luck now tops the list with […]
0 comments by Mike Batista on 6/29/2016
The NFL lost a colorful character on Tuesday. Buddy Ryan was so controversial that no one seems to agree on his age. ESPN.com says he died at 85. The New York Daily News says he was 82. There’s no debate, however, about the mark Ryan made in the NFL as a defensive innovator. He was the […]
0 comments by Mike Batista on 6/17/2016
Rex Ryan can claim that the Bills are the NFL’s 2016 offseason champions, but since pads aren’t worn during the offseason, that hollow title is up for debate. Offseason activities across the league ended Thursday with 25 teams wrapping up their mandatory minicamps. The other seven teams finished last week. So now we can look back at free […]
0 comments by Mike Batista on 6/2/2016
The contract standoff between the Jets and Ryan Fitzpatrick will come to an end at some point. According to Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News, the endgame might not be too far down the road. Mehta suggested that the Jets could decide to take their offer to Fitzpatrick off the table. “I think […]
0 comments by Mike Batista on 5/27/2016
The 2016 NFL season is fast approaching and organized team activities are in full swing. Thirty-one teams held OTA sessions this week. The Rams begin theirs on May 31. These practices aren’t in pads, so there’s only so much that can be taken from them. But it’s the first time the rookies and veterans are […]
0 comments by Mike Batista on 5/26/2016
Add Brandon Marshall to the list of Jets wide receivers who are sitting out OTAs because they only want to catch passes from Ryan Fitzpatrick. Marshall and Decker were missing from organized team activities for the second straight day Wednesday, and Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News figures they’re staying away to show […]
0 comments by Mike Batista on 5/23/2016
Organized team activities, commonly known as OTAs, begin in earnest this week in the NFL. Each team is allowed 10 OTA sessions. The Cardinals, Browns, Colts, Eagles and 49ers began their OTAs last week and 26 teams begin theirs this week. The Rams start their OTAs on May 31. Rookies have had their orientation at rookie […]
0 comments by Mike Batista on 5/20/2016
Eric Decker said on the NFL Network that Tom Brady’s impending Deflategate suspension will give the Jets a better opportunity to make the playoffs in 2016. The Jets wide receiver says the AFC East is “up for grabs” with Brady sitting out four games. Decker isn’t exactly breaking out any fancy analytics with that statement. It […]
0 comments by Mike Batista on 5/13/2016
The kind words keep coming from Jets wide receiver Brandon Marshall. Marshall told NJ.com that new Jets running back Matt Forte is the “best all-around back” in the NFL. He has a point. Forte’s 12,718 yards from scrimmage is the most by any player since Forte entered the NFL in 2008. Marshall was Forte’s teammate with […]
0 comments by Mike Batista on 5/2/2016
The 2016 NFL draft is in the books. All those mock drafts are a thing of the past. The names of the 253 players drafted are set in stone. Now all that’s left is years and years of Monday morning quarterbacking, starting with this breakdown of the best and worst developments of the draft. Best Robert […]
0 comments by Mike Batista on 4/29/2016
Laremy Tunsil’s free fall Thursday in the first round of the NFL draft certainly had some suspense to it. According to Bleacher Report, commissioner Roger Goodell went as far as to say “I think it’s all part of what makes the draft so exciting,” on ESPN’s “Mike and Mike.” Is that really the right way to […]
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Just as sure as Roger Goodell will hear some boos when he takes the podium, there will be reaches in the first round of the NFL draft. The following five players were drafted too early. They’re listed in the order in which they were taken. Leonard Floyd, OLB, Georgia The Bears traded from No. 11 […]
