Archive for August, 2010

Packers: Headlines & Game Reviews Grades

Jclombardi’s Packers headlines & grades bloggers’ reviews. Headlines: Packers’ QB Rodgers as reliable as always. Packers have tons of tight end talent.  Blitz is having hard time getting through Packers’ line.  It all starts up front. Notebook: Matthews expects to return to practice next week. No rush to decide between punters Masthay, Bryan. Players delighted to have day off [...]

Bradford To Start Against Ravens Thursday

There appears to be two reasons why the St. Louis Rams, according to the Associated Press, will start quarterback Sam Bradford next Thursday in their preseason finale against the Baltimore Ravens. The first is A.J. Feeley’s health. Rams head coach Steve Spagnuolo says that it is unlikely that Feeley will be ready in time for [...]

Redskins top Jets 16-11 in preseason action

The Redskins’ run defense was not very good in the first half. The Jets rushed for 125 yards as the Redskins struggled to control the middle. That could be an issue as NG Maake Kemoeatu has been inconsistent thus far. QB Rex Grossman, playing for the injured Donovan McNabb , had a mixed first half. [...]

Preseason Week Three Preview – NY Giants at Baltimore

The Baltimore Ravens (2-0) take on the New York Giants (1-1) (2-0) this Saturday, August 28 at M&T Bank Stadium. It doesn’t seem so long ago when the Ravens visited the Giants in a regular season match-up in 2008 where the Ravens lost 30-10. For the Ravens it was not a typical game for the [...]

Did he or didn’t he? Reports vary on if Jags RB Jones-Drew had knee surgery

It’s been a day of rumors about Jags running back Maurice Jones-Drew when it comes to his health. First he said that the reason he wasn’t going to play against Tampa and the final preseason game was just a precaution taken by coach Jack Del Rio. Then after some digging came a report that the [...]

Speculating on some possible trades involving the Vikings

What is more fun than putting some unfounded, unreasonable, and unlikely speculation out there on the internet? Nothing. So, today I offer up a healthy serving of trades that I think the Vikings could benefit from.  I blame their recent trade for Greg Camirillo for giving me the idea to do this.  Again, these are [...]

Negotiations between the Jets and CB Revis remain status quo

Dan Parr over at Pro Football Weekly has the latest on the Darrelle Revis/Jets situation, and says that while some stated this week a deal would be done, it seems that instead, things are going nowhere fast as Revis continues to gain fine after fine from the team. There have been multiple reports suggesting the [...]

Whisenhunt, Anderson downplay switching QB’s in the desert

Coach Whisenhunt obviously spoke to the media yesterday about the situation at quarterback.  While the head coach tried to downplay the QB swap, it’s a tough sell.  The NFL, the media, and the fans love a good quarterback controversy and the Cardinals have a good one brewing now. “A lot of people see this [game [...]