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07 Apr 2010, 01:48pm by Vince Verhei
Four Downs: AFC East
In this Four Downs: the Bills are lacking along the offensive line, the Dolphins have lost talent on the defensive line, the Patriots need better playmakers at linebacker, and the Jets have the luxury of looking for depth.
83 comments, Last at 13 Apr 2010, 7:18pm by loneweasel
05 Apr 2010, 07:54pm by Vince Verhei
Do Star Safeties Have Shorter Careers Than Other Defenders?
Jason Lisk at the pro-football-reference.com blog looks at star players at every defensive position and how likely they are to have long careers. In a nutshell, he finds that interior defenders (safeties and inside linebackers) are much more likely to be done by age 30 than perimeter players (cornerbacks and outside linebackers).
That makes Ray Lewis' career even more amazing.
37 comments, Last at 10 Apr 2010, 10:33pm by huh?
17 Mar 2010, 08:01pm by Vince Verhei
Packers Unveil Very Ugly Throwbacks
Further proof that just because something is traditional does not mean it is good: The Packers last week unveiled a third uniform, highlighted by a blue jersey that features blue numbers in a yellow circle. It's a recreation of the team's 1929 uniforms. So eighty years ago they decided this was a bad design, and now they are bringing it back for whatever reason. Aside from that detail, the uniforms aren't terrible, merely boring -- brown helmet, drab tan pants.
51 comments, Last at 20 Mar 2010, 3:50pm by kamchatka
07 Mar 2010, 01:19am by Vince Verhei
Jets Trade Kerry Rhodes To Cardinals
Hey look, there's a player going TO Arizona!
Cardinals get Kerry Rhodes, a free safety who has not missed a game in his five-year career (though he did come off the bench in two games at the end of last season).
Jets get Arizona's fourth-round pick this year (that's Arizona's fourth-round pick, not the fourth-rounder the Cardinals got from the Ravens in the Anquan Boldin deal) and a seventh-rounder in 2011.
If Rhodes offers any kind of production in the desert, even for one season, this seems like a bargain.
11 comments, Last at 27 Mar 2010, 4:38am by sports-veronica
05 Mar 2010, 08:23pm by Vince Verhei
Cardinals Trade Boldin To Ravens
Ravens get Anquan Boldin and the Cardinals' fifth-round pick.
Cardinals get the Ravens' third- and fourth-round picks.
31 comments, Last at 27 Mar 2010, 4:41am by sports-veronica
28 Feb 2010, 02:52pm by Vince Verhei
NFL May Change OT Rules For Playoffs
A league spokesman says new rules for postseason overtime games will be discussed at a competition committee meeting next month. In the new format, each team would get the ball at least once, unless the first team to get the ball scores a touchdown.
113 comments, Last at 27 Mar 2010, 4:50am by sports-veronica
28 Feb 2010, 02:42pm by Vince Verhei
Bills Won't Offer Contracts To Owens, Reed, Denney
The Bills have announced they will not be offering contracts to wide receivers Terrell Owens and Josh Reed and defensive end Ryan Denney. Reed and Denney are pretty clearly backups at this point, but what about Owens? He is 36, and his -18 DYAR in 2009 was the first time in his career he was below replacement level. When you consider the "talent" around him, though -- most notably quarterbacks Ryan Fitzpatrick and Trent Edwards -- it gets easier to see him bouncing back to some degree next year. Maybe Baltimore or Cincinnati will come calling.
24 comments, Last at 27 Mar 2010, 4:50am by sports-veronica
23 Feb 2010, 05:10pm by Vince Verhei
Jared DeVries Wants to Be a Lion. Seriously.
Jared DeVries, who missed all of 2009 with a torn Achilles tendon, has been released by the Detroit Lions. DeVries has started all of 32 games in his 11-year career. He says he could play a game right now and that he hopes to re-sign with Detroit, but Achilles injuries are often career-enders. The most interesting part of this story is this quote from DeVries: "I've been a Lion for 11 years and I'd like to finish a Lion." Why would anyone want to finish as a Lion?
24 comments, Last at 25 Feb 2010, 3:10pm by witless chum
08 Feb 2010, 03:36am by Vince Verhei
NFL Standings, 2000-2009
With the last year of the first decade of this century now complete, Vince Verhei put together the final results for that decade. (Click to read more.)
113 comments, Last at 12 Feb 2010, 10:16pm by nat
16 Jan 2010, 01:53pm by Vince Verhei
Marvin Lewis Named Coach Of The Year
I'm kind of split on this one. On the one hand, Lewis did lead his team to the playoffs despite a lot of tragedy off the field, and the six-linemen, power running set he used was a good example of a coach getting the most he could out of limited talent. On the other hand, the Bengals never really were that good this year, they've only had one really good year under Lewis, and he still had some of the worst clock management in the league.
47 comments, Last at 18 Jan 2010, 10:33pm by Kibbles