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Red Zone Rewind: The last time a horse won the Triple Crown…(Part II)

Eddie Griffin — Thu, 22 May 2008 03:18:01 +0000

Yesterday, I went down the road of nostalgia all the way back to 1978 (seven years before I was born), to what was going on in the college football world the last time a horse won the Triple Crown. You can find that here.

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Red Zone Rewind: One for the history books?

Eddie Griffin — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:48:50 +0000

There might be some who would consider New York’s win over New England to be one of, if not, the biggest upset in Super Bowl history.

While I’m of a different opinion on that one, simply because there shouldn’t be any surprise about how competitive the Giants were - and the fact that they actually won (or maybe I‘m alone there) - it was undoubtedly one of the most historic upsets in Super Bowl history, considering that it denied the Patriots of a perfect season.

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Red Zone Rewind: Super Bowl Edition.

Eddie Griffin — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:46:46 +0000

Our Super Bowl week coverage kicks off with a Super-sized edition of the Red Zone Rewind. Will we see a Manning repeat on Sunday?

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Red Zone Rewind: Conference Championship Edition

Eddie Griffin — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:38:41 +0000

Eli’s Coming…to Arizona: Eli’s finally got something to brag about in the Manning household.

Papa Manning, cursed with playing with bad teams all of his career, never sniffed a Super Bowl.

It took Peyton nine seasons and three AFC Championship games to finally reach a Super Bowl last season.

But, Eli, as maligned as he’s been all season, and for that matter, all of his short career, has made it to the Super Bowl in his fourth season, his third as a full-time starter. (more…)

Sizing up the signal-callers: The good, the bad, and the unexpected.

Eddie Griffin — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:39:21 +0000

The 2008 NFL draft class looks set to have at least three quarterbacks drafted in the first round, in Boston College’s Matt Ryan, Kentucky’s Andre’ Woodson, and Louisville’s Brian Brohm.

This should be a pretty strong draft year for QBs, much like 2004 (four QBs drafted in the first 11 picks) and 2006 (three in the first 11).

The best QB draft in league history is regarded as the 1983 draft, when Hall of Famers John Elway (#1), Jim Kelly (#14), and Dan Marino (#27) were three of six QBs drafted in the first round (Todd Blackledge, Tony Eason, and Ken O‘Brien were the others).

But, every draft doesn’t work out that way, even the ones that were supposed to be good. In 1999, five signal-callers were drafted in the first 12 picks, and three of them (#1 Tim Couch, #3 Akili Smith, and #12 Cade McNown) were busts.

The next year might have been one of the weakest in recent history, with no QB drafted until the 18^th pick, when Chad Pennington went to the Jets (one behind Sebastian Janikowski), or worse yet, 1996, when there were no quarterbacks picked in the first round.

With that in mind, I thought I’d take a look at the starting QBs in the league, and their draft years - if they were drafted. (more…)