Monthly Archives: April, 2009
2009 NFL Draft Grades – AFC West
Three down, one to go. We round out our 2009 NFL Draft grades of the AFC’s teams with a look at the AFC West, where quite a few interesting moves were made on Saturday and Sunday. Denver Broncos Grade: B+ Best: Knowshon Moreno, RB, Georgia While the Broncos spent the off-season acquiring free agent running [...]
2009 NFL Draft Team Grades – AFC South
We’ve gone through draft grades for the AFC East and AFC North, and now it’s time to give our take on how we think the teams from the loaded AFC South did in the 2009 NFL Draft. Houston Texans Grade: B- Best: Brian Cushing, OLB, USC Cushing is perfect for either outside linebacker position, and [...]
The Last Draft Recap You’ll Ever Need
Image by ianenos03 via Flickr The NFL Draft is a sporting event unlike any other. Where else can you see thousands of football fans cheer for their teams without a single pass being thrown or a single yard gained. Every April, thirty-two NFL teams gather in Radio City Music Hall, huddle within their war rooms [...]
2009 NFL Draft Team Grades – AFC North
After handing out 2009 NFL Draft team grades to the beasts of the AFC East, it’s time to evaluate how the AFC North’s quartet did last weekend. Baltimore Ravens Grade: B+ Best: Paul Kruger, DE, Utah Kruger is an elite defensive end with high intensity. He brings versatility and power on either side, as well [...]
2009 NFL Draft Team Grades – AFC East
The 2009 NFL Draft is in the books, and it’s time to take a look at how each team did. handing out grades and dishing out analysis on the best picks, worst picks, and steals for all 32 teams. We’re going to break it all down, division by division, starting with the AFC East. Buffalo [...]
Will Brett Favre Be A Viking If He Returns?
If he does play again, will it be in a dome or on grass? Will he be throwing passes under the sun, or against gusts of wind and snow? Will he be in a different shade of green, or jump boldly into purple? There are plenty of questions surrounding the recent news of Brett Favre’s [...]
Matt Vasgersian Apologies for Ill-Timed Donovan McNabb Joke
This isn’t exactly as football-related as most everything else you’ll see on here, but it’s very much worth a mention on here. In Monday night’s game between the Colorado Rockies and San Diego Padres, Brad Hawpe of the Rockies was hit in the neck (ouch!) by a throw from Padres catcher Nick Hundley, and while [...]
Top 10 2009 NFL Draft Steals
As depressing and demoralizing as an NFL bust can be for an NFL team, a fan, or even the player that receives the label, there is always a softer side to the NFL Draft. We’ve seen guys like Green Bay receiver Donald Driver and New England’s Tom Brady emerge from the sixth round of the [...]
Should the Bengals have drafted Andre Smith?
As much attention that has been paid to the Oakland Raiders’ pick of Darrius Heyward-Bey at #7 overall in last weekend’s NFL Draft, it hasn‘t gone unnoticed that what happened with the pick before them was something similarly unsurprising and risky. A left tackle was a top priority for Cincinnati, and though Baylor’s Jason Smith [...]
Another feather in Goodell’s “rookie salary” cap
Last summer, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said he was open to having a rookie salary cap put in place so the NFL Draft doesn’t churn out record-setting contracts every year. The day before last weekend’s draft, he reaffirmed his stance on implementing a cap. “(The money) needs to go to the players who play well [...]
