Eli Manning- Among the Elite?
By Ben Heck
For years Peyton Manning’s little brother Eli has been battling doubters and critics alike. Is he an elite quarterback? Can he lead his team to a Super Bowl victory? Does he have the intangibles to consistently put up Peyton-like numbers year-in and year-out? Read more
Jim Harbaugh: The greatest 1st Year Coach in NFL history.
By Barry Bach
South Florida. January 3, 2011.
Jim Harbaugh had just coached his Stanford Cardinal to an impressive victory of the Virginia Tech Hokies in the Discovery Orange Bowl. Wait, impressive? Dominant is the better word. A 28 point victory of a Virginia Tech team with a highly touted defense. His Cardinal team would have a great chance at becoming National Champions the following season but it would never matriculate. Read more
Tebow to Thomas for the OT winner!!
2011 Associated Press All-Pro Team
This year’s cream of the crop has been announced. This is quiet an honor and is held in higher regards to some than Pro Bowls.
Note worthy – 16 players from the NFC and 12 from the AFC were named.
2011 Associated Press ALL PRO Team
QB – Aaron Rodgers - Green Bay Packers
RB – Maurice Jones-Drew - Jacksonville Jaguars
RB – LeSean McCoy – Philadelphia Eagles
FB – Vonta Leach – Baltimore Ravens
TE – Rob Gronkowski – New England Patriots
C – Maurkice Pouncey – Pittsburgh Steelers
OG – Carl Nicks – New Orleans Saints
OG – Jahri Evans – New Orleans Saints
OT- Jason Peters – Philadelphia Eagles
OT -Joe Thomas – Cleveland Browns
WR – Calvin Johnson - Detroit Lions
DE- Jared Allen – Minnesota Vikings
DE- Jason Pierre-Paul - New York Giants
DE – Haloti Ngata- Baltimore Ravens
DE – Justin Smith – San Francisco 49ers
OLB – Terrell Suggs - Baltimore Ravens
OLB – DeMarcus Ware – Dallas Cowboys
MLB – Patrick Willis - San Francisco 49ers
ILB – NaVorro Bowman - San Francisco 49ers
ILB – Derrick Johnson - Kansas City Chiefs
CB- Darrelle Revis – New York Jets
CB – Charles Woodson – Green Bay Packers
S – Troy Polamalu – Pittsburgh Steelers
FS – Eric Weddle – San Diego Chargers
K- David Akers – San Francisco 49ers
P – Andy Lee - San Francisco 49ers
KR – Patrick Peterson – Arizona Cardinals
NFL TV Deals Will Bring In 24 Billion Dollars
By Gayle Saunders
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Your favorite sports league, the NFL, is set to make some serious money as they’re about to renew television deals, with rights fee increased at over 60 percent.
Those who will be paying are CBS, Fox and NBC. In a 8 year deal they’re looking at paying an annual average of at least $1 billion to broadcast NFL games. The total amount from the three channels will probably be worth more than $24 billion in a 8 year period.
This month, its expected that the deals will be finalized and will be extended through the 2021 season. The NFL will be able to use their leverage for their Thursday Night games earlier in the season with the new deal in place, which means they can hold back games from CBS and Fox.
ESPN has already paid the NFL for their rights to “Monday Night Football” and they were also hit with a 63 percent increase.
NFL programming has become some of the highest rated shows on television and is only getting stronger. As soon as next season you will probably see NFL games via tablets and more games on Mobile. As fans buy into the TV Everywhere idea, companies will adapt to that concept by offering games in various mediums.
As we speak the NFL is negotiating deals for Spanish-language rights. With ESPN Deportes bringing “Monday Night Football” and Telemundo carrying “Sunday Night Football” games the NFL will dive deeper into the market to increase viewership.
Verizon paid 720 million dollars last year for exclusive mobile rights to NFL games. They currently have exclusive rights that keeps any of the networks from streaming games to mobile phones.
Right now the NFL brand is stronger than ever, and it shows. That is probably why my addiction for football won’t be going away anytime soon.
2011 TEAM STANDINGS
Targets for Week 2
Targets for Week 2
1. Vincent Jackson (15)
2. Miles Austin (15)
3. Jeremy Maclin (15)
4. Steve Johnson (14)
5. A.J. Green (14)
6. Steve Smith (13)
7. Kenny Britt (13)
8. David Nelson (13)
9. Wes Welker (11)
t-10. Nate Washington (11)
t-10. Brandon Marshall (11)
Whats the Skinny: After a Slow start in week 1 Jeremy Maclin is back on the map being targeted 15 times means he’s back to being healthy. The rook A.J. Green had 10 grabs for 124 yards and a score. Look for Dalton to keep looking his way with Jordan Shipley going down. David who? David Nelson had 13 targets with 10 catches for 83 yards and a score.
12. Deion Branch (10)
13. Austin Collie (10)
14. Mike Thomas (10)
15. Santana Moss (9)
16. Andre Johnson (9)
17. Nate Burleson (9)
18. Larry Fitzgerald (9)
19. Devin Hester (9)
20. Jerome Simpson (9)
21. Mike Wallace (9)
22. Eric Decker (9)
Whats the Skinny: Buy Branch Sell Ocho. Deion Branch and Brady still have chemistry after all these years…which equals 10 targets and decent numbers for the second straight week. Austin Collie is back on the map with 10 targets who knew he’d still get those looks without Peyton? Another surprising name to this list maybe Nate Burleson. Dont get it twisted Burleson is a reliable threat with Megatron playing opposite of him.
23. Reggie Wayne (8)
24. Jabar Gaffney (8)
25. Greg Jennings (8)
26. Derek Hagan (8)
27. Dwayne Bowe (8)
28. Percy Harvin (8)
29. Julio Jones (8)
30. Denarius Moore (8)
31. Anquan Boldin (7)
32. Calvin Johnson (7)
33. Ted Ginn (7)
34. Legedu Naanee (7)
35. Brian Hartline (7)
36. Andre Roberts (7)
37. Preston Parker (7)
38. Titus Young (7)
39. Dane Sanzenbacher (7)
Whats the Skinny: Interesting notes here with Detroits Titus Young getting the same amount of looks as Calvin Johnson. Denarious Moore another young talent getting looks while Jacoby Ford and Louis Murphy out, he stepped up big time keep an eye out for him
40. Hines Ward (6)
41. Antonio Brown (6)
42. Ben Obomanu (6)
43. Early Doucet (6)
44. Mohamed Massaquoi (6)
45. Johnny Knox (6)
46. Donald Jones (6)
47. Lee Evans (5)
48. Josh Morgan (5)
49. Pierre Garcon (5)
50. Brandon LaFell (5)
51. Greg Little (5)
52. Davone Bess (5)
53. Dexter McCluster (5)
54. Donte’ Stallworth (5)
Whats the Skinny:
With Jamaal Charles going down Dexter McCluster has to be on your watch list. He could double his targets by next week. Young guys such as Greg Little and Brandon Lafell have potential to make some noise. Keep your eye out on these young pups.
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Shaun Rogers flattens Kyle Boller like a pancake
By Gayle Saunders
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Have you ever imagined what it feels like to be flattened by a 350 pound Defensive tackle. Well if your interested call Kyle Boller, the most surprising part of this video is…Kyle Boller still plays in the NFL??? Well if he keeps on getting hit like this it will def be NFL (Not for Long) Shaun Rogers is not playing around this season!
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