0 comments by Mike Batista on 3/23/2016
A scout from an unnamed NFC team has compared Cal quarterback Jared Goff to Jay Cutler. Ouch. Goff and Carson Wentz are considered head-and-shoulders above the rest as the top two quarterback prospects in the 2016 NFL draft, but not according to this anonymous NFC scout and two other scouts who talked to NJ.com about Goff. […]
0 comments by Mike Batista on 3/15/2016
The balance of power in the NFL shifted, theoretically, during the first week of free agency with dozens of players changing teams. Where does that leave the coaches? Coaches of teams that are labeled “winners” in free agency will be feeling the heat in 2016. If they don’t translate these supposed roster improvements into more wins, they […]
0 comments by Mike Batista on 3/11/2016
Hope springs eternal for NFL teams who have landed big-ticket free agents this week. Some teams have improved their rosters and have a lot to look forward to in 2016. Some teams, however, made moves that they’ll regret. They either overpaid for players, botched negotiations with their own players or just put too much emphasis […]
0 comments by Mike Batista on 3/8/2016
The 2016 NFL draft begins April 28 in Chicago. While NFL teams hit the free agent market this week, the draft is where teams really can build long-term success. With a little less than two months to go before Roger Goodell takes the podium in the Windy City, here’s a look at how the draft […]
0 comments by Mike Batista on 3/7/2016
A lot of stars will be changing teams when the NFL free agency signing period begins next week. There also are several players not everyone has heard of who can make an impact with their new teams. Having reliable information on which free-agent players may go to a certain team can be a big help when placing […]
0 comments by Mike Batista on 2/23/2016
Former Bills, Panthers and Colts general manager Bill Polian says that player safety trumps the clarification of what a catch is in the NFL. Polian, part of a six-person panel that was put together to help simplify the definition of a catch, told The Washington Post that players would lose some of their protection as […]
0 comments by Mike Batista on 2/22/2016
Watching the stocks of 2016 NFL draft prospects rise and fall this week will be like watching a ticker on Wall Street. The NFL Scouting Combine begins Tuesday at Indianapolis, and it’s a safe bet that a player or two will climb up draft boards because of his 40-yard dash time, number of bench-press reps or vertical […]
0 comments by Mike Batista on 2/17/2016
That yawner of a Super Bowl is fading into the past and destined to get lost in the shuffle of Super Bowl memories. Now we can look at some games during the 2015 NFL season that were actually exciting. Each of the season’s 10 most memorable games were decided in the last two minutes or […]
0 comments by Mike Batista on 2/8/2016
Super Bowl 50 won’t go down as one of the best ever. At times, it was harder to watch than Puppymonkeybaby. Some of the best all-time Super Bowls have come in the last decade or so. There also have been some snoozers, however, and some Super Bowls that just weren’t great aesthetically. If you’re going […]
0 comments by Mike Batista on 2/5/2016
Just about everyone else has chimed in regarding Peyton Manning’s future during Super Bowl week. Now, his father and brother have weighed in. According to the New York Post via NFL.com, Eli Manning said Friday it would be “tough” for his older brother to switch teams for the second time in his career. This comes a […]
0 comments by Mike Batista on 2/4/2016
While Johnny Manziel keeps making headlines for the wrong reasons, Michael Irvin has joined the bandwagon of Manziel-to-Dallas supporters. According to The Dallas Morning News, the Hall of Fame wide receiver said that Cowboys owner Jerry Jones helped make him a “better man” and that he could do the same for Manziel. The Dallas Police […]
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Believe it or not, there will be players suiting up for Super Bowl 50 not named Cam Newton or Peyton Manning. The history of the Super Bowl is dotted with players like Jack Squirek, Larry Brown and Malcolm Butler, relative unknowns who became household names in the Super Bowl. The Panthers and Broncos reached the […]
0 comments by Mike Batista on 2/1/2016
The NFL is either trying to tell us that Super Bowl victories increase birth rates, or that Libras and Scorpios are really good singers. In a new NFL commercial featuring Seal, set to the music of “Kiss from a Rose,” a choir of “Super Bowl babies” sing about how their parents’ favorite teams won the Super Bowl and […]
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While the sentiment in the Cowboys organization seems to be moving toward letting Greg Hardy walk, the troubled defensive end has at least one guy in his corner. Dez Bryant told Vinnie Iyer of The Sporting News, via Pro Football Talk, that he’d like to see Hardy in a Cowboys uniform again next season. Hardy […]
0 comments by Mike Batista on 1/28/2016
The Cowboys have had enough of defensive end Greg Hardy and won’t re-sign him, according to Jason Cole of Bleacher Report via Black Sports Online. Hardy signed a one-year contract with the Cowboys before the 2015 season. He was suspended for 10 games in connection with a domestic violence incident in which he threw a woman onto […]
