Archive for October, 2010

My awkward photo with Mike Ditka

It’s a bye week for the Bears. And after losing 3 of their last 4 games, the boys in blue and orange could use some old-school, ’80s-like karma to kick ‘em in the pants. So to re-ignite the fire within Bear Nation, I decided to share my awkward photo with Mike Ditka. FYI, I’m the geek [...]

Will Ravens WR Stallworth return after the Bye Week?

How much of an impact will #18 provide for Flacco, Ravens aerial attack? Could Donte Stallworth be healthy enough to make his Ravens debut next week against the Miami Dolphins? Stallworth seems to feel that it’s a very real possibility though Coach John Harbaugh would not confirm Stallworth’s optimism. “It’s going good,” Stallworth said of [...]

Will Carson Palmer’s hip keep him out of Sunday’s game vs Miami?

One has to wonder if the injury to quarterback Carson Palmer is worse than the team is letting one. Palmer didn’t practice on Thursday due to a sore hip. Right now coach Marvin Lewis says that the hip won’t keep Palmer from playing, but Lewis has been known to be wrong about this stuff in [...]

Gridiron Gab Week Eight Preview: Seattle at Oakland

Sunday’s matchup in Oakland against the Raiders is a double-edged sword for head coach Pete Carroll and his Seahawks. On one side, the team has the chance to have its first three-game winning streak since 2007. The other side?

SGN Columnist Russ Loede’s Week Eight Power Rankings

Cheerleaders of the AFC’s 3rd best team 1. New York Jets (1) – Very interested to see how they attack Rodgers and the Packers this Sunday.  As well as the offense has performed so far, I think they can and will up the ante.  Rex Ryan for Coach of the Year? 2. New York Giants [...]

Packers: Coffee Mix Headlines

Senior writer jclombardi highlights Packers headlines. Clipped from: gnb.scout.com (share this clip) Packers hope to silence Jets: The Packers are determined to pull off the former and drive the blustery New York Jets to the latter when the teams meet Sunday at New Meadowlands Stadium in New Jersey. ”We don’t really get into all that talking,” said [...]

Report says Sterger leaning towards meeting with league investigators

While the NFL tires to put to bed the whole Brett Favre-Jenn Sterger saga, she still has yet to chat with the league on the whole text message and pictures that she claimed Favre sent her when she was an employee with the Jets. Sterger’s manager, Phil Reese, said today that Sterger has not met [...]

Cardinals WR Fitzgerald not happy with the way 2010 is going

Check out this story by Darren Urban over at the Cardinals’ official website.  It concerns Fitzgerald’s understandable frustration given the Cards’ offensive problems this season. Larry Fitzgerald’s statistics aren’t what they have been or what the Cardinals counted on this season, in large part because of the quarterback issues the team has endured already in [...]