Archive for September, 2010

Overreaction Theater: Draft Bradford in the first round

Alright, you guys understand how preseason works right? Understandable that fans in St. Louis are starving for any positive signs from preseason, but the rest of us need to keep some perspective.

Tebow putting points on the board

One snap, one touchdown. Tim Tebow is putting points on the board.

Lombardi, Sapp discuss Steelers’ chances

Can the Pittsburgh Steelers win the division without starting QB Ben Roethlisberger to start the season?

Bradshaw, Spiller should start in Week 1

After watching about a half hour’s worth of the final week of preseason, some truths have surfaced in such a short time.

Bradshaw hopes Roethlisberger suspension is upheld

Steelers Hall of Fame QB Terry Bradshaw makes no secrets that he hopes the NFL upholds it six-game suspension of Ben Roethlisberger.

Lions players on brink of being fantasy superstars

Are the Lions on the verge of being a super team? Seems kind of strange to say. Like saying Paris Hilton is on the verge of being a responsible adult.

Brandt’s sleepers get two-thirds approval

You all may have your Christmas day, your St. Patrick’s day or your Talk Like a Pirate day — but my favorite holiday occurs when Gil Brandt hands over his fantasy football draft board.

Elways shares thoughts about Tebow

Very few topics get the chatter going like a little Tim Tebow, who we should see a lot of on Thursday night. After a storied career at Florida, Tebow’s overwhelming popularity followed him to the NFL, where few rookies in recent memory have garnered as much interest. Fair or not, along with that notoriety comes an equally heavy dose of expectations. Talking about those expectations, there might be no better source to discuss the pressure of being a rookie NFL quarterback than John Elway, the first overall pick in the 1983 NFL Draft. There’s a growing list of quarterbacks who entered the league under enormous expectations and didn’t come out the other side. Even Elway, who faced tremendous media scruitiny [...]

Should you target Owens over Ochocinco in drafts?

Bills RB C.J. Spiller and Chargers RB Ryan Mathews were the top two running backs taken in the 2010 NFL Draft. But who should be the first to come off your fantasy draft board? Mathews has been given the most love in fantasy circles, but NFL Network’s Warren Sapp and Michael Lombardi kick around this subject on NFL Total Access.

Harris: Vikings will ‘get full dose of Tim Tebow’

You shouldn’t expect to see Brett Favre in the Vikings’ season finale against the Broncos, but you should expect to see quite a bit of Tim Tebow.

Sapp: Leinart won’t be an NFL starter

The Matt Leinart storyline is fascinating, and we’re not done talking about it.

Sharper happy with progress; Saints’ decision looming

With Saturday’s deadline to cut rosters to 53 players fast approaching, the Saints’ decision on what to do with Darren Sharper is looming.

Sign of things to come, Cutler calls offense ‘vanilla’

Bears QB Jay Cutler is pulling a misdirection play.

Crabtree, Davis ‘fight’ nothing to be concerned with

There was an interesting question during my NFL.com fantasy chat on Wednesday, asking to choose between Michael Crabtree and Malcolm Floyd.

Cardinals sign Dockett to extension through 2015

The Cardinals announced during a news conference Wednesday that they have signed two-time Pro Bowl DT Darnell Dockett to a contract extension that runs through the 2015 season. The deal is worth up to $48 million over four years with $30 million guaranteed, a league source told NFL Network insider Jason La Canfora.

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