Below is a list of NFL headlines from around the league. Bengals wide receiver Brandon Tate has been lining up as their second receiver alongside A.J. Green. Not sure how long that will last. Texans head coach Gary Kubiak is looking for either Keshawn Martin or Trindon Holliday to step up and fill the hole left by [...]
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Defiant Fujita vows to ‘share everything’ on bounties
Former New Orleans Saints linebacker Scott Fujita, who now plays for the Cleveland Browns, has consistently rebutted allegations that he participated in a pay-for-injury program in the scandal known as Bountygate. Although Fujita has admitted to giving money to a pool, he insists it was only for ‘big plays.’ ”My reputation is a lot more [...]
READ MORE »Donald Driver wins Dancing with the Stars
Donald Driver and his partner Peta Murgatroyd have been crowned the champions of the 14th season of Dancing With The Stars. Driver, the Super Bowl Champion wide receiver of the Green Bay Packers and his partner bested fellow finalists Katherine Jenkins/Mark Ballas and William Levy/Cheryl Burke. Upon hearing the news during the awards ceremony telecast [...]
READ MORE »Donald Driver: “My contract is not over with the Packers”
There’s been a lot of speculation this offseason on whether or not Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver will be on the roster for the 2012 season. Driver has the attitude that he’s not going anywhere, since he’s still under contract with the Packers for this coming season. “I think so many people right [...]
READ MORE »Roger Goodell blasted for lack of transparency
In a recent radio interview on AM 790, Mike Florio criticized Roger Goodell’s handling of the punishments handed down to the players allegedly involved in the Bountygate scandal. He began by pointing out that when the Saints’ coaches didn’t vigorously challenge their suspensions (or in Gregg Williams case, not at all), he assumed that everything [...]
READ MORE »Clint’s fantasy football preview: the wide receivers
So far, I have offered my predictions on the breakouts and busts among quarterbacks and running backs for the 2012 NFL season. Now, let’s turn our attention to the wide receivers. Here are my choices for the top 25 fantasy wide receivers for the upcoming season. 1. Hakeem Nicks, New York Giants Call it a [...]
READ MORE »Packers plan on retiring Brett Favre’s number soon
According to Lori Nickel of JSOnline.com, Green Bay Packers President and CEO Mark Murphy said that they plan on retiring Brett Favre’s number 4 within the next couple of seasons. Only a classy organization like the Packers would still retire Favre’s number after the way their relationship ended. They know it’s the right thing to do after [...]
READ MORE »Jordy Nelson had a rejuvenating off-season
On Wednesday, Weston Hodkiewicz took a glimpse at the relaxing off-season of Green Bay Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson in the Green Bay Press-Gazette. Following the Packers shocking 37-20 drubbing at the hands of the Giants during the divisional round of the playoffs last season, Nelson packed his bags and headed to his native Kansas [...]
READ MORE »Clint’s fantasy football preview: running backs
Here are my rankings for the top 25 running backs in fantasy football for 2012 1. Arian Foster, Houston Texans After Foster’s spectacular, out-of-nowhere campaign in 2010 (2,220 yards from scrimmage and 18 touchdowns), he followed it up with impressive numbers in 2011 (1,841 yards from scrimmage and 12 touchdowns) even after having missed a [...]
READ MORE »Charles Woodson open to playing safety
As the Green Bay Packers come into the 2012 season there’s some uncertainty at the safety position since Nick Collins was released a short time ago. Veteran cornerback Charles Woodson has made it clear that he’d be open to moving to safety if it’s the best move for the team. “I think that it comes [...]
READ MORE »Clint’s fantasy football preview: Quarterbacks
Well, folks, it’s that time of the year when number-crunching, stat-obsessed football enthusiasts get their geek on and try to forecast the fantasy successes and flops for the 2012 NFL season. Here is my projected list of the top 25 quarterbacks for this coming season, according to standard fantasy league scoring. In parenthesis next to [...]
READ MORE »Domonique Foxworth blasts the NFL over Bountygate in new Op Ed piece
Domonique Foxworth, former Baltimore Ravens cornerback and current president of the NFL Players Association wrote an Op Ed piece in the USA Today yesterday criticizing the NFL’s depiction of the NFLPA’s stance on the Bountygate situation and demanding to see actual evidence of player participation in the Bountygate scandal. ”There are people willingly misleading the [...]
READ MORE »Donald Driver avoids the axe on DWTS
Donald Driver has survived the double elimination round on Dancing With The Stars, the popular reality TV show which pairs celebrities with established professional dancers and has them compete for votes with a new routine each week. On Monday, the 13-year NFL veteran wide receiver and his partner, Peta Murgatroyd, received a very solid score [...]
READ MORE »NFL fires back at NFLPA over Bountygate
The NFL has issued a response to the NFLPA’s grievance over the suspension of four players involved in the Bountygate scandal. Here is the text of the response in full: “On May 2, Commissioner Goodell suspended four current or former New Orleans Saints players for conduct detrimental to the integrity of and public confidence in [...]
READ MORE »NFLPA files grievance over Bountygate suspensions
Earlier today, the NFLPA filed a grievance against Roger Goodell and the NFL regarding the suspensions of four players involved in the Bountygate scandal. The grievance states that owing to the new CBA (collective bargaining agreement) which was reached last year, the NFL does not have the authority to punish players for any conduct which [...]
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