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Top Draft Talent Evaluators
An interesting debate is written up at NFL.com, on the guys that the experts think are the best talent evaluators in advance of the NFL Draft every year. They include not only the General Managers, but also the scouts and head coaches that have made the great decisions over the years that have kept...
3/04/2008 - Favre announces brief retirement
(Favre at his retirement press conference. Photo by Jonathan Daniel, Getty Images) There have been many athletes who came back after announcing their retirement. What makes Brett Favre's volte-face so infamous is that he didn't even sit out a year; only a few months after his ultimatum, he was...
Matt Millen; Locker Rooms; Jackson and Rosenfels Suck; and Brad Childress
Matt Millen has a new job providing "expert" analysis on the NFL Network, in addition to ESPN. At least one Lions fan will be watching with a trigger finger on the mute button. No word on where he'll keep the barf bucket. I remember reading last year during the 1st annual Favre unretirement event,...
No Excuses For the 2008 Packers
Bleacher Report takes a look back and determines sees that the Packers were three plays away from winning the 2008 NFC North championship: If you assume the first two plays highlighted above [K Mason Crosby missing a late field goal at Minnesota and at Chicago]...went the other way, and if...
An Early Look At The 2009 Draft
I realize that the playoffs are still ongoing and we're still at least a month away from the official beginning of the offseason. However, I am probably as anxious as you are (if not more so) to get started on next season, mainly so that we can escape the putridity of 2008. So what part of the...
#36: The Number Of The Beast
Anybody else notice a resemblance? I made note of it about two weeks ago. Brandon made note of it after the Colts game. A whole mess of people made note of it in the game thread. What is "it"? "It" is the emergence of Nick Collins as a top NFL safety. ...
Colts Training Camp 2008: Wheeler returns
Philip Wheeler returned to practice today playing SAM linebacker. From an update on Colts.com, we know that: Wheeler is back and SS Melvin Bullitt, who sprained his thumb, will be back soon too. Roy Hall made a sick grab in the morning practice: Hall, a second-year wide receiver who spent much...
The lowdown on this dumb Brett Favre wanting to return to Green Bay fiasco
My opinion here is skewed because, like millions of people in America, I love Brett Favre and want to see him play NFL football again. And right now, because snarky, hateful commentary will get you hits, there is a lot of anti-Favre backlash on the Internet. Most of it is from people who either...
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