Mike Williams – Ready to Fly!!
By Steve O’Reilly
Mike Williams understands diversity, he understands trying times and patience and he knows everything has it’s time and place. 2010 is Mike’s time and Seattle is the place. All the stars have aligned and Mike is ready to fly with the Seahawks and show the NFL world what he’s really got. Read more
Offseason Buzz – Bolting Bolts?
Everyone wants to know if perennial Super Bowl contender and reigning AFC West Champion San Diego Chargers are going to work out the current contract situations with Left Tackle Marcus McNeill and Pro Bowl Wide Receiver Vincent Jackson. The two have declined to sign their Tenders and the situation is kind of sticky! What does this mean for San Diego? Will they be as good with these guys’ potential hold out? We take a look at the situation out in San Diego and tell you how we see it playing out! Read more
A Closer Look – AFC West!
By Steve O’Reilly
Over the last half a Decade this division has been controlled by the San Diego Chargers. The once mighty Denver Broncos lost their mojo when John Elway retired and the rebuild under the Josh McDaniels regime has been anything but smooth. The Chiefs have been up and down, they made the playoffs in 2006 where they lost to Indianapolis in the Wild Card but haven’t really done anything at all since. The rebuild in Oakland has been going on since the Tampa Bay Bucs put a whooping on them in Super Bowl back in the early 2000’s. If one thing is clear about the AFC West it’s that the division is owned by Phillip Rivers. Love him or hate him you have to respect him. The QB from NC State has never lost in the month of December and since taking over the reigns in 2006 from Drew Brees has never not won the AFC West. Let’s go around the Division and look at who might be able to walk away with the crown in 2010! Read more
B-Ballin’ for Bradenton!!
By Steve O’Reilly
Bradenton, Florida is much like any city in the US. This small community, like many others, has been effected by the recent downturn in the economy and as businesses have had to cutback and layoff… big time Bradenton residents stepped up! Read more
18 Games? What do the players think?
By Steve O’Reilly
Recently the NFL and Union Officials have been hashing around the idea of extending the NFL Season from 16 games to 18 games. Some of the concepts have the Pre Season shortened two games from its original 4 along with other concepts that would be different from the way the current set up is. The idea of 20 games any way you slice it, is 20 games. The question is how many are exhibition and how many are regular season are the cornerstone of debate. Under the current Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) the NFL has the authority to expand the season to 22 games but doesn’t want to so without the consent of the Players Union and without figuring out the financial compensation for the players involved. Read more
Catching up with Eric Wright!!
Recently we caught up with Eric Wright of the Cleveland Browns to talk a little football. The Browns are in a bit of a rebuild and brought in a well respected NFL mind in Mike Holmgren. We sit down with Eric to talk about the changes in Cleveland, Joe Haden’s addition, the new 1st string Running Back – Montario Hardesty and more!! Read more
When you have only so much time – Money Matters!
This article was written by Steven O’Reilly in coordination with Barry Bach, who contributed with the Players information and synopsis!
The average NFL career is 3.5 years according to the NFL Players Association. An interesting fact that we must consider when talking about players financial matters. Follow me for a minute as we look at things a little differently. Imagine for a moment that you have an opportunity, a window as it were to get into a Buffet full of wonderful food, top shelf entrees. To be sure, your entire life you’ve been starving. The work, effort and talent needed to get into this room is mind bogglingly difficult and the odds are that you have never personally known anyone that was ever in this buffet. While in the buffet there are obstacles that can be life altering. Things that can happen at any moment that can change your entire well being, so while there are lavish riches there are also terrible consequences that can be tragic and even paralyzing. The point here is, when you have the opportunity to get into this buffet you eat as much as you can, when you’re in this room of riches you capitalize as much and as quickly as possible! Why? Because tomorrow is never promised and in the NFL you are, as they say, “one play away”. Read more
Offseason Buzz – Defensive Rookie Impact!
The Skinnypost Crew brings our Top 5 Defensive Rookies heading into the 2010 season. We start at #5 and work our way to #1 and who we think will be the next Defensive Rookie of the Year! Read more
Best Available Free Agents!
The NFL Draft is behind us and teams will head into offseason mini camps and coaches will get to evaluate the talent they have. Most of the time, this gives the coaches an opportunity to see if they can still improve their team by adding a Veteran presence via Free Agency. There are still some big name players out there, some guys that can come in an add Star power, leadership and solid to play to boot. Let’s look at each position and see who is the best still available! Read more
Felix Jones has been named the Starter in Dallas!
The Dallas Cowboys didn’t use a 1st Round Pick on Felix Jones to watch him sit on the sidelines for the bulk of the time. Jerry Jones perhaps has an affinity for Arkansas Razorbacks but with Jones he has great reason. Felix is an explosive, dynamic Running Back who is used to sharing the load. Back in his college days he split time with Darren McFadden and since he’s become a Cowboy he’s watched Marion Barber do the heavy lifting. Not any more! Read more