June 23rd, 2009 
Matt Loede 
Posted in The talking has finally paid off, as the Steelers today finally came to terms with their franchise player, OT Max Starks. The tackle signs a deal that will go though the 2012 season, and ESPN’s John Clayton reports that the deal will pay him $26.3 million. The deal also includes a reported $10 mil in [...]
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How Does The Favre Ripple Effect Change the Vikings?
Mike Florio (Take ‘em or leave ‘em) over at SportingNews.com wrote an interesting article recently about 10 potential ripple effects that the signing of Brett Favre would have upon the NFL. Some of these are fun speculation (Favre can’t go back to Wisconsin ever again, the underlying stories in Week 1 become more interesting, etc.) [...]
Bears Cutler Wants Team to Make a Run for Marshall
Could the Bears have the combo of Jay Cutler throwing to Brandon Marshall in the 2009 season? While it seems unlikely, reports are coming out that Cutler wants his former Bronco teammate with him, and today’s Newsport News Daily Press reports that Cutler was pushing hard for the team to get Marshall from Denver. Jay [...]
Greatness Doesn’t Always Come When We Want It
Things don’t always come in our time. As a fan we want our team to be great. We want it now. But titles or greatness don’t always come via the effort of our team or from the desire of the fans. Take Deacon Jones. His professional career with the Rams began in 1961. During his [...]
Browns Defense Looks to be a Force in 2009
Rob Ryan will be the personality of the Browns defense. Ryan, in his first year with the Browns after spending the last five seasons with the Oakland Raiders in the same role, didn’t hesitate to describe what the Browns defense will be like – in 2009 and beyond. “I know one thing, we’ll be an [...]
Neville Barr: Favre “Looks Good”
Peter King stated on Monday Morning Quarterback that, according to those who have been observing him, Favre’s throws are regaining his old velocity: “Brett Favre is throwing the ball with the old zip, evidently. Bob Papa and I had the coach of the high school where Favre is throwing, Neville Barr, on our Sirius NFL [...]
Redskins RB Portis Denies Any Issues Between He and Coach Zorn
A couple of days ago we reported about a simmering feud between Skins RB Clinton Portis and head coach Jim Zorn. It’s a feud that could cut the Skins to the very core as it could create some serious locker room friction before the team even takes the field in the 2009 season. Evidently Portis [...]
Can the Bills Launch a Rushing Attack with Rhodes, Lynch, and Jackson?
The Bills were doing well in the 2008-09 season as both of their running backs ran for over 570 rushing yards. Star, Marshawn Lynch, had 1,036 rushing yards as well as eight touchdowns with a 4.1 yards per-carry average. It was his second straight year with 1,000 rushing yards or more and he was developing [...]
