Getting to the quarterback plagued the Seattle Seahawks last season. This year, thanks to a new head coach, things are different. In 2009, opposing signal callers were brought down for a loss just 28 times. They were hit 81 times, or about 5 times per game. Patrick Kerney led the unit with five sacks, while [...]
Archive for October, 2010
With Carroll at the Helm in Seattle, Opposing Quarterbacks don’t Have it so Easy
October 27th, 2010 
Devon Heinen 
Posted in Arizona Cardinals, Carolina Panthers, Oakland Raiders, Seattle Seahawks, St. Louis Rams 
Packers: Coffee Mix Headlines
Senior writer jclombardi highlights Packers headlines. Clipped from: packersnews.greenbaypressgazette.com (share this clip) Packers vs Jets–opposite approaches to team building: Ted Thompson, the Packers’ general manager, is the most free agent-and-trade-averse man running an NFL club today. If he wouldn’t trade a third-round draft pick for Marshawn Lynch, he’s never going to do a meaningful in-season deal. It [...]
Tags: Fumbling issue for Cardinals Hightower may have reached its peak
Tim Hightower may have lost more than just possession of the ball with his latest fumble. He may have lost the seemingly infinite faith that Ken Whisenhunt has shown him and maybe even his starting job. With the offense struggling mightily to produce, Hightower’s stock must have plummeted as his turnover cost the Cardinals dearly [...]
Dez Bryant one of the few bright spots for the Cowboys
While not much went right for the Cowboys in last night’s game against the New York Giants, one thing that had to give Cowboys fans a glimmer of hope for the future is the play of rookie WR Dez Bryant. Bryant had a great game and showed his playmaking ability numerous times as he found [...]
Week 7: Jean-Paul Bergeaux’s List of Things
October 26th, 2010 Jean-Paul Bergeaux Posted in Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys, Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, Oakland Raiders, San Diego Chargers Things I know. Brett Favre’s 2009 performance is the Vikings problem. Don’t forget that the Minnesota Vikings won the NFC North division at 10-6 the year before Favre showed up. And the year before that they were 8-8 and just missed the playoffs (mainly due to the Favre led Packers beating them twice on the [...]
Vikings coach Brad Childress hit with $35,000 fine for comments
All the talking that Vikings coach Brad Childress has done recently has not only stirred up a lot of issues with his players, but also now is emptying his own pocket book. Childress is going to owe the NFL quite a bit of cash for saying the the Sunday night Vikings-Packers game was “the worst [...]
Honeymoon officially over for Favre and the Vikings
Last year, I had to plant my foot squarely in my own mouth when I wrote a series of opinion pieces about how signing Favre was going to end up being a business decision that negatively affected this team on the field. It is beginning to look like my hack blogger prophecies are beginning to [...]
Bengals CB Adam “Pacman” Jones done for the season
The season is over for Bengals cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones, as he has a neck injury that might require surgery. The Bengals placed Jones on injured reserve Tuesday with a herniated disk in his neck. The CB was hurt in the teams Sunday loss to the Falcons 39-32. He was examined by a doctor who [...]
