Posts Tagged ‘Jerry Rice’

Greg Jennings to Spike Lee: Put me in your next movie

Packers WR Greg Jennings has been a busy guy in Indianapolis for Super Bowl XLVI. Here are some of his personal highlights from the past two days.

Countdown to the Super Bowl: 3 days

We are now only three days from the Super Bowl. And to honor that number, we could count the number of rings on Tom Brady’s hand.

Countdown to the Super Bowl: 8 days

We are now eight days away from the Super Bowl. And while we could pay homage to the No. 8 worn by three-time Super Bowl champion Troy Aikman (the best quarterback of the 1990s), we instead shall honor legendary Jerry Rice, who had eight career touchdown receptions in the Super Bowl.

Countdown to the Super Bowl: 11 days

We are now 11 days from the Super Bowl. In other words, these are the 11 longest days of the year!

Cover Two Podcast: Driver wants to play until 40

Packers wide receiver Donald Driver, 36, said he plans to play until he’s 40 and that unbeaten Green Bay will “let everybody chase us while we chase something greater.”

Countdown to Kickoff: First-ballot Hall of Famers

Three days stand between us and the start of the 2011 season. Before we focus on all that’s to come this season, we take a look back at what the No. 3 means when it comes to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Data Points: Marshall trending downward

There are 21 days until the 2011 NFL season kicks off — and 21 is also the NFL single-game record for receptions. Brandon Marshall, then with the Broncos, set the mark in Week 14 of the 2009 season.

Data Points: Faulk’s place among all-purpose elite

When it came to amassing yards via both the ground and through the air, few have done it as well as running back Marshall Faulk, who will be enshrined next week in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Data Points: Birthday boy Branch among elite

Happy 32nd birthday, Deion Branch. In tribute to the coast-to-coast wideout (Patriots/Seahawks/Patriots), here’s a look at the exclusive club to which he belongs, one that has gotten a bit larger in recent years. Yes, the NFL is a quarterback-driven league. But you also need someone to catch the football. The last eight Super Bowl MVPs have come from the offensive side of the ball. While five have been quarterbacks, there have also been three wide receivers to earn the game’s top honor over that span. Compare that to the first 37 Super Bowls, when a wideout was named MVP only three times. What’s interesting about all six of these receivers’ Super Bowl performances was that, when it was all said [...]

Data Points: 1,000-yard seasons after turning 34

Does Plaxico Burress have anything left in the tank? The former Steelers and Giants wide receiver turns 34 in August, and many are wondering if he is too old to make a successful return after being out of the game since 2008.

First and 10: Burress pays a visit

When the NFL lockout ends, Super Bowl XLII hero Plaxico Burress can begin his search for a new team in earnest. In the meantime, he’ll make an appearance Thursday at the NFL Network and NFL.com offices to talk about his new ventures with the National Urban League and the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

ASU’s Taylor trying to follow in uncle’s footsteps

Arizona State’s Kerry Taylor should know a thing or two about what it takes to be a successful receiver in the NFL.

Numbers game; Rams’ Long lands old No. 91

Rams DE Chris Long had his No. 91 jersey retired at both his Charlottesville, Va. high school and also during his senior season at the University of Virginia –the only player to have one retired at UVA while still active — so when the team’s previous holder of 91, Leonard Little, called it a career in December, Long asked his permission to trade in his 72 for the old familiar and Little obliged

Getting to know … USC TE Cameron

NFL hopeful Jordan Cameron took some time to talk to NFL.com during a recent video shoot with Clippers standout Blake Griffin.

The Amazing Tebow’s drive carries the green

Is there anything that Tim Tebow cannot do? National champion. Heisman Trophy winner. Mohle. Put him up against the IBM super computer on “Jeopardy!” and I am taking the lefty.

Turns out we can add golfing to the list of things that he excels at.

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