Archive for August, 2009

Toe Injury for Bills’ Owens Causing Some Major Concern

ESPN reports that the toe injury for T.O. is starting to make some people in Western NY sweat: The toe of Terrell Owens has become a major cause for concern in Buffalo. Owens will miss his second straight preseason game on Saturday because of the injury and the receiver hasn’t taken part in a full [...]

Agent for Bengals First-Round Pick Andre Smith to Talk to the Team Sunday

Andre Smith is one of two first-round picks from the draft class of 2009 that remains unsigned, but the Bengals are hoping that will change maybe as early as Monday. Reports from the Cincinnati Enquirer state that Alvin Keels, the agent for Smith, will be in Cincy Sunday to once again talk to the club [...]

Favre vs the Packers? It’s Just Football Baby!

Tell me if this sounds familiar. The Packers are down 23-17 with 1:07 remaining in the game. Favre steps back and hits his receiver with a 42-yard strike. The team races down field to line up again; Favre’s arms flailing around, pointing, directing until he goes under center again with the clock ticking. Favre drops [...]

It’s a Lot More Quiet; And That’s Better for the Cowboys So Far

The Cowboys just finished playing their first game in their new stadium and had an impressive 30-10 victory over the Titans. Last week in their debut at Oakland, things didn’t quite go as well in a 31-10 defeat at the hands of the Raiders.  The one or two things that both outings had in common [...]

Vikings and New QB Win First Game Together – Some Quick Thoughts

Well, our team is 2 for 2 in preseason!  Yay? Here are some quick thoughts about what I noticed tonight: Favre was unimpressive despite all the “experts” best efforts to blame 120% of his short-comings ont he Vikings recievers.  The performace, however, is understandable considering he became a Viking like 10 minutes ago or something. [...]

Though Only Preseason; A Critical Step Forward Tonight For Seahawks

Denver and Seattle will be metaphorically tied at the hip all season long. Every Kyle Orton interception will send Seahawks fans into hysterics. Every Knowshon Moreno carry broken out for a big gain and taken to the house will make Seattle cringe. That’s because Denver gave Seattle its first round pick for the 2010 NFL [...]

Rams Fall to Falcons in Preseason Matchup in St.Louis 20-13

It is just preseason, it is just preseason… The hardest part about preseason is judging starters on very limited work with very limited game plans with very wide ranging effort on both sides of the ball. However, in any case, the Rams came out in their second preseason game and were run over by Michael [...]

Repeat in Order? Can Baltimore Have Another Big Season in 09?

Training Camp is about to wrap for 2009 and now that we get closer to the second pre-season game with Ravens North, ahem the New York Jets I’d like to take a good look at the most important question for this team in 2009? Was last year just a great run, a time aligning of [...]