The NFL will be a FFL (Flag Football League) in a few years.
Ward gets fined for doing his job? Maybe next time he shouldnt block. Maybe next time no one should block!!! Maybe next time every player should give officials the finger when the ball is snapped.It is ridiculous.
This guy said he needs to be a better role model?! Maybe he should win a few games before he talks about peoples' perception of him. Last time I checked he couldnt beat out a senior citizen for the starting job. No one cares what he does off the field if he has the same game play as Joey Harrington.
Talk about being a joke . . . Leinart has two of the best WR's in football and a top ten running back. Give Cutler that much talent or Young that much talent and see how fast they become playoff bound. There is a good reason Young was drafted before Matt Leinart.
I wonder if the Broncos' Marshall will be playing this season. Cutler called him out earlier this off season, but I guess it didnt work.
I was watching some highlights of last season's games, both Division 1 and Division 1 AA, and saw a few triple option formations and a lot of split back formations. Then I thought about the fact that a lot of football teams are bringing in two or three RBs that run really well, and wondered if it was possible that we might see some of these formations this year. I do not remember the last time I saw a team line up in a spilt back formation in the NFL, but it would be great to see.
I have never seen so many rookies holdout. The first pick by every team is usually looked upon to have a instant impact on the team's performance. But, if a rookie holds outs what kind of impact can they really have on a team? They not only miss training camp, which prepares them mentally and physically, but they miss out on associating with their future teammates and that has to affect the chemistry of the team. These holdouts have to stop!
The NFL should set fixed salaries based on the number a player was drafted. This will save a lot of headaches, and if a player performs exceptionally well they should force teams to provide a bonus or an increase in salary.
He is the fourth leading rusher, and his fumble to carry ratio is less than any other running back. He was great at finding the endzone and he was a great character guy. He will make the Hall of Fame whether you think he should or not so just get ready.
He was great on the Patriots and the Jets. In fact, he was the oldest player to ever win the rushing title, and the first player to win a rushing title without breaking a 20 yard run, which I think is a cool little piece of info.
I am adding this brief addendum because Ricko rightly commented on my blogs defensive title. Well here it is: This blog is geared not so much to people who appreciate the talents of an elite Running Back like Curtis Martin, but to foolish observers that think that players with fancy names are the only ones who deserve to be in the Hall of Fame.
Guess what! The trial has not even begun, and Michael Vick’s lied! Can you believe it? Vick’s lawyer said that Mike prepared a brief statement, and in it he supposedly apologizes to his team mates for not attending “Spring Training.” Hahahahahahaha. Vick did not write that his lawyer did, and do you know why? There is no such thing as “Spring Training” in football. Unless Michael Vick has the IQ of a sponge he would know that his profession does not include anything called “Spring Training.” The lawyer did not misread the letter, rather he wrote the letter with incorrect facts. You have to love the stupidity of Michael Vick and his lawyer. The lawyer for spending three years in law school (and a year studying for the bar) to make a stupid mistake like lying and getting caught, and Michael Vick for hiring a stupid lawyer that gets caught lying. Oh yeah . . . and for dog fighting.
I really liked his tough no nonsense attitude this off-season, in fact many thought he was a little too quick to make such harsh decisions. Well it turns out that this commissioner whom I thought was worthy of praise has become a coward and a hypocrite. He slapped Adam Jones with a ten game suspension before any indictment, he handed down an eight game suspension to Tank Johnson, and quickly suspended Chris Henry.
Michael Vick has not been found guilty for anything, but he has been indicted. When the Federal Investigators press charges they do not falter, and they get their man, it is not like a local detective that found a little evidence and wants to press charges, these investigators do not bring charges to court without merit and much certainty.
Goodell said he would handle each player on a case by case manner, yet he did not do so with Adam Jones, rather he looked at his brushes with the law in a cumulative manner, and then suspended him. I do not mind that, but there must be parity when distributing punishment, and such has not been demonstrated by Goodell. Now he claims that he wants to wait. He did not wait for the previous players that were set before him to be punished, but now that Michael Vick is place before him to be judged and he suddenly wants to proceed with caution. This is ridiculous!
Jones has been suspended before he has been found guilty of anything. What about punishing Michael Vick? I think the true colors of Goodell are showing now, and I am very disappointed with what I see.
Goodell is a lion with no teeth, for he is quick to jump and attack the little guys, but when dealing with superstars he hides like the cowardly lion. At this point players that were suspended should be outrage by this double standard.
Now they are letting LJ float around in space. He is arguably the second best RB in the NFL and definitely the second best in the AFC.
Call me a sucker but I believe in loyalty. If a RB leads the team in attempts and yards and has as many receptions as my No.2 Wideout he deserves a raise. I think that is common sense and I think it shows appreciation.
Larry Johnson is the entire Chiefs offense. He was the reason they won 9 games last season.
This off-season (of course this has happened previous off-seasons) there have been many instances where veteran pro-bowl players have been cut, shortchanged, or left incommunicado with GM’s and team owners. The Bears, Chiefs, Jacksonville, Miami, Steelers, and even my beloved Jets have dealt with players indecently. In corporate if a worker performs they reward him or her with a bonus and a raise, but in the cut-throat NFL a player that performs has to hope that they are on the team the next season (forget about the bonus or raise). Larry Johnson is probably the biggest name player with the problem of not being amply provided for. The guy ran the ball over 400 times; what the heck do you want him to do run it 500 times? Give the guy a raise his current salary is half of Chester Taylor’s, and let us all be serious he is better than Taylor in every aspect of the RB position, by far.
Owners and GM’s need to show more loyalty to players that have performed for them. I understand that football is a business, but a million, two million, 5 millions dollars extra is not a big deal, at least to the owners of these football teams they have hundreds of millions of dollars if not a few billion. Stop being cheap.
According to Scout.com there is a slim chance (a chance nonetheless) that LJ could be heading to Dallas. They simply do not want to give him the money he is asking for.
The Chiefs must be crazy if they think they can win without him at the helm: THEY WENT TO THE PLAYOFFS LAST SEASON BECAUSE HE WAS A CHIEF AND THEIR SAVIOR!!
LJ wants LT money and I say give it to him. Tomlinson is considered by many to be the best RB in the league, but LJ is the most used RB in the league. The Charger are a solid team without Tomlinson, yet the Chiefs would be a 3 win team without Johnson. Yes! LT is the best but LJ is more important to the Chiefs than LT is to the Chargers.
Herm is a defensive minded coach that likes pounding the ball. Who will take over if LJ goes? I love J. Jones and M. Barber but they cannot replave LJ at all. I guarantee that the Chiefs will rival last year's Raiders and Cardinals if he goes.
That are disrespecting the players of the past who need adequate health benefits:
Do everyone a favor and stop watching football because you obviously know nothing of the NFL’s history.
Players of the seventies played because they loved the game not because they made $25 million a year like Mike Vick. In fact you should not even be interested in the Sports Section because you are obviously resentful of the fact that no one cares about you because you have nothing to offer except for the fact that you take up space on this planet.
I recently read an article about Pacman Jones and it appears that one of the shootings that Pacman is being investigated for started because he "threw money at strippers."
I am just wondering what is wrong with that? Is that not what you are supposed to do? Well, I am not sure someone please fill me in on the deal with strippers and money throwing. Thanks
He is good, but is not Champ Bailey, for a large part of his success was due to the excellent coverage schemes of the New England Patriots. Samuel gives the impression that the Patriots did not make him a respectable offer, but he was offered a long term contract of at least 6 million a year with hefty bonuses. What does he want? Does he expect to be the second highest player on team after Tom Brady? Does he deserve more that Seymour? I do not think so.
He is good, but once again I must reiterate the Patriots coverage schemes are very effective, whereas Champ Bailey can line up against ANY receiver in the league without help from the safeties. I mention Champ because I have heard fools say that because Samuel had the same number of picks it put him at the same tier, but that is not the case.
Perhaps he wants to make the big bucks that Bailey and Clements are making. Clements played on a Bills team that could not do anything on the defensive side of the ball, which can explain Clements’s lack of big numbers the last two season, but considering he was the only health star on defense proved his worth. I think the 49ers overpaid Clements – just a little – but he is an investment that will payoff, for he is playing on a new and improved 49ers defense (faster, stronger, and younger).
I thought the Jets might have been interested in him, until I discovered that they would have to give up 2 first rounders and then fill the greedy man’s pockets. He is just not worth it. Samuel will be smart to take the Patriots next offer, which I am sure will be a more than generous offer, for he will not get his asking price which seems to be in the 8 to10 million dollar a year range.
What's going on? No one seems to be tracking Asante Samuel's discontent with the New England Patriots. If Champ Bailey was disgruntled with the Broncos everyone and their mothers would be screaming at their team to make a move for him. Now I am not saying that he is Champ Bailey (no one place CB like Champ he is just the best in space and man), but the man had was dynamite last season. He was arguably a top five CB last season, for he lead the league in picks. Let us put this in perspective; Champ had 10 picks and made over 10 million last season, meanwhile Samuel had 10 picks and made lest that half a million. Once again I must say no one plays like Bailey, for he made his picks against not only the top receivers, but with Bailey he can guard anyone without help. However, Samuel has shown himself to be a clutch CB, for in back to back post seasons he had two picks.
Somebody has to close in on Samuel soon! I only hope it’s the Jets! Think about it, with the receiving squad that the Patriots might have next season (though I smell a bust) who would be better than the pro-bowl corner, for not only is he skilled, but he knows their schemes.
