August 21st, 2010 
George Bissell 
Posted in According to Ian Rapoport, two sources have told the Boston Herald that Patriots offensive lineman Nick Kaczur has undergone back surgery, which could potentially sideline him for the entire upcoming season. Kaczur was injured during the first practice on the second day of training camp, and could become the third player the Patriots lose to season ending [...]
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Jets Coach Rex Ryan – The Next Great Innovater?
Greg Bishop recently spent some time with Sports Illustrated writer Tim Layden to discuss his latest book: Blood Sweat and Chalk: The Ultimate Football Playbook: How the Great Built Today’s Game. The book explains football through the various schemes and innovations that have shaped the game (zone blitz, spread offense, etc.). In the last question [...]
Bengals Safety Gibril Wilson Tears Up Knee; Out for the Year
As I’ve written a few times now, one of the two major objectives for any team in the preseason is to survive without any major, season-ending injuries to players. Well, the Bengals unfortunately got one tonight. Safety Gibril Wilson, a free agent signee from the Dolphins and first back-up to Chris Crocker at Free Safety, went [...]
San Diego Chargers Tackle Tra Thomas Retires
If there is a plan in San Diego, things aren’t going according to it. First the refusal to offer long term contracts to their pair of Pro Bowl restricted free agents led to both Vincent Jackson and Marcus McNeill promising to hold out for the entire season. Now their backup plan to the McNeill holdout [...]
Packers: Seahawks Game Preview
Jclombardi previews Seahawks preseason game. Guest senior writer jclombardi @ http://lombardiave.com Basics: Packers (0-1) vs. Seahawks (1-0) at Qwest Field in Seattle on Saturday at 9 p.m. You can watch on the NFL Network. Injury report: Packers – S Bigby (ankle) LB Matthews (hamstring), RB Lumpkin (hamstring), CB Harris (knee), RB Starks (hamstring) and LB Joseph (thigh) are not expected to play. LB [...]
Preseason Week Two Preview: Arizona at Tennessee
Pre-Season Records (0-1) (1-0) 2009 Records (8-8, 3rd in AFC South) (10-6, NFC West Champs) Game time: Monday, Aug. 23 @ 8:00 p.m. ET, ESPN, LP Field Background: The Cards didn’t have to wait long for their national stage because they will be featured on ESPN for their second pre-season game, when the Cardinals will [...]
When it Comes to Brett Favre, Don’t Believe a Word
As all forms of media are more than amply covering, Brett Favre has “decided” to report to the Vikings and play in 2010. As a non-Packer fan living in Wisconsin for my whole life, I have had an up close and personal view of Brett Favre without the Packer fan bias. I will share with [...]
Former Jaguars QB Byron Leftwich Says Team Messed Up in 2007
Byron Leftwich was supposed to be the franchise QB the Jaguars were waiting for. Instead, while the team had some success with him under center, it was basically four years of .500 football as the team went 24-20 in those seasons. It still hurt the former first-round pick none the less when he was let [...]
