Archive for November, 2010

Packers: Coffee Mix Headlines

Senior writer jclombardi highlights Packers headlines. Clipped from: packersnews.greenbaypressgazette.com (share this clip) Beaten and bruised, there’s still some zing left in Vikings QB Favre: So how much magic does a beat up, 41-year-old Brett Favre have left? Enough that in the second half of a bitterly disappointing, going-nowhere season, he can lead the Minnesota Vikings to a win [...]

Big game feel coming for Sunday night’s Eagles-Giants showdown

We already knew this game would be meaningful, but after the outcome of last week, it means even more now. Both teams will enter the Sunday night contest with a record of 6-3, and one team will walk away with the outright lead of the NFC East. The Giants looked like a very scary team [...]

Defense as well as offense responds to new Cowboys coach Garrett

One of the questions we were having about Jason Garrett’s rise to head coach of the Dallas Cowboys was how would the defensive players respond to him. When Wade Phillips was the coach Garrett had little to no influence on the defensive players and what they did week in and week out. Some of the [...]

Vikings WR Hank Baskett – A Classic Case of TMI

After Randy Moss was suddenly waived by the Minnesota Vikings, head coach Brad Childress thought us fans would take kindly to being reminded that we “still have Hank Baskett.” Baskett has one catch for 18 yards since joining the Vikings, but his bad luck in Minnesota doesn’t stop on the football field. His wife Kendra [...]

Ravens Lewis still producing in year 15 for Baltimore

Ray Lewis Still On Top Of His Game Has Baltimore’s middle linebacker lost a step?  The answer is a definite ‘No.’  Statically Ray Lewis is tied for 11th for linebackers in the NFL and 7th in the AFC. Keep in mind, the total NFL ranking includes all linebacking positions; outside and inside. Yes, he may [...]

Rams coach makes some odd choices for playing time Sunday

Coach Spagnuolo said that their reasoning for starting Kevin Dockery over Bradley Fletcher at starting corner which had disastrous consequences was because “we’ve got a number of corners, a number of guys that are competing all the time,”. Now, I know Coach Spagnuolo is an honorable guy and does not want to rip Fletcher in [...]

Panthers place RB Williams on IR; set to name Pike the starter at QB Sunday

It was an active day for the Panthers, as first they put running back DeAngelo Williams on injured reserve, ending his season with a foot injury, and also they are reported to be on the verge of starting rookie QB Tony Pike for Sunday’s matchup with the big bad Ravens. Darin Gantt of the Charlotte [...]

Titans coach Jeff Fisher wishes the team had been able to keep RB LeGarrette Blount

Remember that the Titans were the team that first drafted troubled college running back LeGarrette Blount? Well, now that the Titans are working out running backs, including former first-round pick Larry Johnson, one has to wonder if Jeff Fisher regrets getting rid of Blount. If your wondering the same thing – Fisher does say he [...]