Peyton Manning exposing the NFL’s bad relationships

Right now, there is no greater show of faith a team can show in its quarterback than by not scheduling a visit with Peyton Manning.  As Peyton tours the cities of the NFL, he’s leaving behind a trail of strained or broken trust, exposing insecurities in the relationships between teams and their franchise players.  Those relationships […]

Indianapolis has become a talent vacuum

The headline says it all. Indianpolis seems nearly devoid of quality talent. Yesterday, the Colts followed the release of quarterback Peyton Manning by cutting RB Joseph Addai, TE Dallas Clark, S Melvin Bullitt, LB Gary Brackett, and QB Curtis Painter. There is also a rumor floating around Indianapolis that the Colts are looking to trade […]

Washington Redskins sell future for Robert Griffin III

There goes the neighborhood. We have been waiting for the shoe to drop, and there it is. News broke tonight the St. Louis Rams made away like bandits as they fleeced the Washington Redskins to the tune of three first-round draft picks and a second round draft pick. All of this of course in return for […]

TGS writers’ 2012 NFL mock draft

The inaugural TGS writers’ 2012 NFL Mock Draft is here. After answering the burning questions related to each team in the NFL, our writers are more than ready to step in and make first round picks for those teams, with each writer speaking for a specific team’s GM. One note on the draft order: there […]

Peyton Manning’s 5 best off-field moments

http://youtube.com/watch?v=FxoyrVrRxBc?wmode=Opaque As most of you all know by now, its all Peyton 24/7. While everyone is talking about where he will land and how he will come back from his injury, here is a look at some of Peyton Manning’s most memorable moments off the field. 1. Peyton Manning’s farewell press conference in Indy Manning’s […]

2012 NFL draft: ten prospects with injury concerns

The NFL Draft is simply a very drawn out interview for each player. And from my experience, teams are more concerned with finding reasons NOT to take players, especially early. The more potential and the less concerns, the better. Football is an obviously violent sport, and in the NFL, any hit could be a player’s […]

Peyton Manning joins elite company… to play too long

Peyton Manning prepares to seek a new home via free agency (hello, South Beach) after amassing a hall-of-fame career and missing the entire 2011 season to spinal problem. In doing so, he joins a trio of generation-defining quarterbacks who simply couldn’t stop playing, even if they had to stop playing for their own team.  Johnny […]

Colts expected to part ways with Peyton Manning on Wednesday

According to Jason La Canfora of the NFL Network, Peyton Manning is expected to be released by the Indianapolis Colts on Wednesday. Manning has become as synonymous with Indianapolis as Joe Montana was with San Francisco or Troy Aikman was with Dallas. It doesn’t matter what Manning does after leaving Indy, he’ll always be remembered […]

Burning question: how will the Steelers replace veteran leaders?

Over the past week, the Pittsburgh Steelers have announced their intent to cut ties with Hines Ward, Aaron Smith, and James Farrior, all of which were veteran leaders on the team. While Ward and Smith had been seeing limited production over the past couple of seasons, their leadership may have been their strongest quality. The […]

2012 trend: franchising NFL kickers

In 2011: Charlie Sheen, Jersey Shore (the show, not the place), Angry Birds and many other things became trendy. Now in 2012, franchising kickers has become trendy. With the franchise deadline coming to an end today at 4pm, looking back at some players that got slapped with a tag there is a usually high amount […]

Burning question: is it Jake Locker time in Tennessee?

While Cam Newton shined and Blaine Gabbert and Christian Ponder struggled in their rookie seasons, fellow 2011 first-round selection Jake Locker simply sat. The Tennessee Titans signed Matt Hasselbeck after drafting Locker to be their starting quarterback in 2011, and Hasselbeck indeed was the starting quarterback for the Titans every single game. 2012 is a […]

Gregg Williams summoned by NFL security; thoughts on punishment

Michael Lombardi is reporting that NFL security has called for a meeting with former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams. The news comes on the heels of the revelation that Williams had implemented a program that would compensate defensive players for injuring key players of the opposing team. Frankly, the news that the NFL wants to […]

Flashback: Buddy Ryan and the NFL’s “bounty bowls”

Gregg Williams’ bounty-hunting continues to be the story that dominates the NFL landscape, overshadowing even the normally white-hot subject of NFL draft speculation. With Williams owning up to the practice in New Orleans, he has taken a giant can of worms, opened it up, and watched as it gets passed around from player to player, […]

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