Notes: Jake Delhomme Finally Done with Carolina; Finley Signed by Boston; Peppers, Taylor to Bears? Cromartie Now with Revis

Jake Delhomme, who began his career as an NFL starting quarterback by leading the Carolina Panthers to the Super Bowl, was released Thursday by the Carolina Panthers. Delhomme, 35, who quarterbacked the Panthers to a Super Bowl berth and two NFC Championship Games, fell off precipitously from his previous level of play in 2009. His demise began with a disastrous six-turnover performance [read more...]

NFL Playoffs: Chalk Prevails ——- Almost

Mark Sanchez leads his teammates in celebration of their win over San Diego. Chalk was the motif for this weekend’s playoffs. New Orleans buried Arizona 45-14. Then Indianapolis dispatched of Baltimore 20-3. Early Sunday Minnesota crushed Dallas 34-3. The bye week teams won comfortably and with energy while the Wild-Card playing teams looked tired and under-prepared, and overmatched. Until we got to [read more...]

NFL Week 9: Top Teams Exhibit “Escapability”

Indianapolis (8-0) 20, Houston (5-4) 17. Houston placekicker Chris Brown went wide left to keep the Texans from going to OT with the Colts.  The win sets up a big home game for Indy against New England next week. For Houston, Sunday meant another excruciating loss to the Colts. We’ll see if the Texans can bounce back because they must [read more...]

NFL Week 8 – Parity NFL Style: 7 Good Teams, 7 Bad Teams, 18 about.500; Replay Officials Keep Iowa In BCS Hunt

Indiana head coach Bill Lynch disputes a bad spot in the Hoosiers game against Iowa. First, kudos to ESPN for their Sunday Outside the Lines segment on Tom Cable. The Oakland Raiders head coach has an obvious history of abuse, toward women and now his assistant coach, Randy Hansen, who claims Cable broke his jaw. —————————— Next up, boo to ESPN for [read more...]

NFL Week 2: Finding Consistency Will Be the Chore for Most Teams This Season

-New York 33 (2-0), Dallas (1-1) 31.  Another important game, another brutal performance by Tony Romo. The New York Giants turned Romo’s three interceptions into 21 points. Dallas ran for 250 yards and still lost. And think they didn’t miss Terrell Owens much? Cowboys receivers caught only four passes for 49 yards. The Dallas defense wasn’t much better. They gave [read more...]

NFL Week 1: They Are Who We Said They Are – Except When They Aren’t

Drew Brees lets loose against Detroit. Sunday impressions… -Atlanta – 19, Miami – 7. The Falcons are only going to get better as the year goes on and that could be trouble for the rest of the NFC. The Fins offense is lacking in health. Many sports writers would say it is anemic. No wonder this is Ricky Williams’ last season. -Philadelphia – [read more...]

No Respect from “Jaws” for Tavaris

Just last season Ron Jaworski said of Jay Cutler, it’s amazing that he might just be more accurate out of the pocket than he is in the pocket. Jaws marvelled at Cutler’s ability to scramble and throw with incredible accuracy while on the move.  Jaworski said the same thing about Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers. Jaworski, though, has [read more...]

No Respect from “Jaws” for Tavaris

Just last season Ron Jaworski said of Jay Cutler, it’s amazing that he might just be more accurate out of the pocket than he is in the pocket. Jaws marvelled at Cutler’s ability to scramble and throw with incredible accuracy while on the move.  Jaworski said the same thing about Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers. Jaworski, though, has [read more...]

Good-bye Tedy Bruschi

After 13 seasons in the NFL, Tedy Bruschi has retired. Thirteen years, five Super Bowls, and one stroke. Thirteen years gets you about 13 years off your life. It took five Super Bowls to win three of them. And one stroke just meant a return to the pinnacle of your sport for the ages. Add it all up and it makes Tedy [read more...]

The Black Quarterback: Running from the Devil - Again

It seems like every so often this article must be dusted off and reposted. Today, this article is for Michael Vick, Vince Young, and Tavaris Jackson. The former Atlanta Falcons QB, the backup at Tennessee, and the starter - for now - at Minnesota are taking more than their fair share of hits from the Internet peanut gallery and the [read more...]

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