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 »Posts in category St. Louis Rams
Money was a factor in Jacob Bell retiring
After retiring from the NFL last week, former offensive lineman Jacob Bell told Peter King of SI.com that he wants to educate players on the dangers of football when it comes to head trauma and concussions. “My big goal is to help educate players,” Bell told me this weekend. “Information about head trauma and concussions [...]
READ MORE »Jeff Fisher believes Janoris Jenkins will be really good really soon
St. Louis Rams head coach Jeff Fisher decided to take a gamble when he drafted former Florida/North Alabama cornerback Janoris Jenkins in the second round of this year’s draft. Fisher was a guest on ESPN’s NFL32 today and said they did a lot of research on Jenkins prior to the draft and he actually heard [...]
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 »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 »Bengals guard Jacob Bell walks away from football
Newly acquired Cincinnati Bengals guard Jacob Bell, an eight year veteran of the NFL, has decided to call it quits. The Bengals signed the offensive lineman on April 12th, but Bell has opted to walk away from the sport he loves. “There were a lot of factors and discussions with my family and myself and [...]
READ MORE »Osi Umenyiora supports Kurt Warner’s view on football and his kids
New York Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora went on Twitter on Tuesday and spoke out about football the dangers of football and is clearly in support of what former NFL quarterback Kurt Warner said in regards to protecting his kids and not wanting them to play football. By the Way, Kurt Warner is Right to [...]
READ MORE »Kurt Warner says he loves football, but not the violence
Former NFL quarterback Kurt Warner went on the radio last week and claimed that he wouldn’t want his kids to play football because of the dangers that are involved with it dur to the hits players take that often lead to head injuries. After former NFL wide receiver Amani Toomer heard Warner’s comments, he went [...]
READ MORE »Kurt Warner responds to Amani Toomer
Earlier in the day former NFL quarterback Kurt Warner was on the Dan Patrick Show and he indicated that he wouldn’t allow his kids to play football because of how dangerous it is. Former NFL wide receiver Amani Toomer responded to Warner’s comments on NBC Sports Talk by saying that Warner is ruining the game [...]
READ MORE »Amani Toomer says Kurt Warner’s comments are ruining football
Earlier today, former NFL quarterback Kurt Warner went on the Dan Patrick Show and said that he wouldn’t want his kids to play football. Former New York Giants wide receiver Amani Toomer, who was actually a teammate of Warner’s for one season, doesn’t appreciate what he had to say and thinks he’s ruining the game [...]
READ MORE »Kurt Warner wouldn’t want his kids to play football
Former NFL quarterback Kurt Warner made an appearance on the Dan Patrick Show on Thursday and discussed the penalties that the NFL handed out to the Saints players that were involved in the bounty scandal as well as the recent passing of former NFL linebacker Junior Seau. Warner made it clear that during the 2010 [...]
READ MORE »Rams believe Isaiah Pead will be Steven Jackson’s successor
The St. Louis Rams drafted former Cincinnati running back Isaiah Pead early in the third round because they believe he’ll be the guy to take over once Steven Jackson retires from football. “This is the successor to Steven Jackson. A lot of teams really coveted Isaiah Pead,” said ESPN’s Adam Schefter per Evan Silva. A [...]
READ MORE »Report: Rams will monitor Janoris Jenkins daily
According to Peter King of SI.com, the St. Louis Rams plan on monitoring rookie cornerback Janoris Jenkins on a daily basis. Either general manager Les Snead or someone else will call him daily and talk to him about his life. Jenkins, who has four children by three different women, and he’ll have to use his [...]
READ MORE »Rams saw a bit of Terrell Owens in Brian Quick
According to Michael Silver of Yahoo! sports, Rams head coach Jeff Fisher and a small cluster of his staff traveled covertly to Boone, North Carolina last Friday to get a look at Appalachian State wide receiver Brian Quick. After Quick’s very impressive half hour workout, the Rams knew they wanted him. Ray Sherman, the receivers [...]
READ MORE »