Week three of the preseason is generally the most intensive work given to a team's starting players. Instead of playing only a couple of drives, starters often play the entire first half. Sure, tonight's games between the Patriots and Lions as well as the Panthers, Ravens matchups a good, but they're not the best story […]

The announcement that Ray Guy had been named as a finalist for election into Hall of Fame today spurred an old yet classic debate. Should a punter, specifically Ray Guy, receive football’s highest individual honor? Ray Guy was the first punter to ever be drafted in the first round. Over the years, the Raiders have […]

Robert Griffin has been taking heat recently for addressing his relationship with head coach Mike Shanahan, and to this point, he’s defended his decision to go out of his way to, essentially, say there’s no story. That much isn’t new. Now, however, he’s defending his open book-style, and in doing so, he seemingly took a […]

If you didn't catch the news yesterday that wide receiver Mike Thomas had landed with the Arizona Cardinals, we'll be more than happy to let it slide. After all, who's Mike Thomas? The short answer is, Mike Thomas is a slot receiver that showed great promise early in his career in Jacksonville before his production […]

The Denver Broncos’ defense could be in for a rough month and a half to begin the 2013 regular season. The reason behind it is simple. They’ll struggle to rush the passer. Really, this saga didn’t begin when we found out today that Von Miller would miss the first six games of 2013 due to […]

When a quarterback loses a preseason battle to be a team’s starter, it’s easy to see how said player could be a little down, but that doesn’t have to be the case. Although Michael Vick enters the season as the Philadelphia Eagles’ starting quarterback, Nick Foles didn’t watch his opportunity to be a starting quarterback […]

The Jaguars have finally ended their quarterback competition by handing the job back to Blaine Gabbert. At the same time, the team announced that Gabbert won’t be playing again until week one of the regular season due to a hairline fracture in his thumb. Now the question is, what can Chad Henne do from here? […]

The Colts’ story from a year ago makes for great football. This was a team that went 2-14 and hit the reset button. Then, their first-year head coach announces out of nowhere that he must miss an undefined amount of time to literally fight for his life. Bruce Arians steps in and leads the team […]

Over the past decade, we’ve seen dominate teams rise from young rosters and star quarterbacks. As the NFL has become a more pass-centric league, there’s no reason that should stop. Right now, the dominate teams in the NFL seem to be the usual suspects. The Patriots, Broncos, Saints, Packers and the Steelers are all led […]

With the Patriots’ most recent preseason game came a not-so-startling revelation. Tim Tebow isn’t a great quarterback. This isn’t meant as a way to pile on with the Tebow haters, but entering his fourth year in the league, one would expect a better stats line than 1 of 7 for negative one yard and an […]

The Lions have looked like anything but a solid team this preseason, and it has irked head coach Jim Schwartz. Although some, including yours truly, have criticized the talent that has been assembled in Detroit, the Lions are still trying to better themselves. Since the Lions were outplayed in every way by the Cleveland Browns, […]

Saturday night’s matchup between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the New York Jets was one of the most intriguing of the weekend simply because both teams are in the middle of crucial quarterback competitions that will determine the future of the two franchises for years to come – or at least the rest of the season. […]

Well, just when the Bills appeared to finally have a starting quarterback, he’s done – at least for the immediate future. The team announced today that E.J. Manuel, their rookie quarterback who has been turning heads this preseason, experienced swelling in his left knee, and was examined by team doctors. “An MRI revealed that he […]

In Friday night’s game against the New England Patriots, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers continued to struggle in a number of facets. They couldn’t protect their quarterback, said quarterback was slow getting rid of the ball and despite covering mostly no-name players, they were still picked apart by Tom Brady. Although the Bucs nearly came back […]

Kevin Kolb had a rough start against the Minnesota Vikings, but he was able to recover nicely to finish 13 of 21 with 111 yards and an interception that probably wasn’t his fault. Still, his competition, E.J. Manuel looked miles ahead of Kolb, and may have won the starting job with a strong showing. To […]