The Red Zone Report

There’s still one more game to be played in Week 11 of the NFL season, but Week 11’s first 15 games have yielded plenty of observations, a few surprises, and a few things staying according to form. The Titans keep winning, the Lions keep losing, and there was neither in Cincinnati yesterday. Cleveland [...]

Because I‘m dumb, I forgot to post it up before the Thursday night game. Sorry to all those who missed out on his selection of Quinn, which proved to be quite the hit. It seems this week is all about change. Our country has changed presidents. The Lions have changed quarterbacks. The NFL has changed [...]

Even though week 1 was hard to top, week 2 in the NFL did not disappoint. Well, maybe it did disappoint if you were a Chargers fan. In the fourth quarter of an “AFL-style” shootout, the Chargers were leading the Broncos 38-31. Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler was leading a potential scoring drive in the red [...]

The 2007 season held a lot of promise for Oregon. Heading into the final few weeks of the season, the Ducks were in control of the Pac-10 and ranked #2 in the country, in position to book a berth in the BCS national championship game with a winning finish. However, star QB and [...]

With the exception of the 49ers, the teams picking 25-32 are already playoff contenders with, for the most part, few major needs.

For several of the teams picking 17th through 24th, last season ended early in the playoffs or just shy, so the first round of the draft presents the opportunity to nab a player at a key position that will help them turn 2007‘s disappointments into celebrations in 2008.

Another draft domino fell on Thursday, as Chris Brown wrapped up a move from one AFC South team to another, going from the Titans to the Texans, where he‘ll be the next hopeful to try to nail down the starting spot in Houston‘s backfield. On a related note, given that I‘ve had the Texans [...]

After Darren McFadden‘s crazy awesome NFL Combine, it immediately became apparent that he would be the first running back selected in the 2008 NFL Draft.  Now, only if the 2nd best option was as clear…..

Dozens of draft prospects went into the NFL scouting combine looking to improve their draft standing by impressing the plethora of scouts and coaches in attendance in Indianapolis. From the sure bets to the sleepers, just about everyone had a little something to prove and improve.

For quite a while on Sunday afternoon, much of the talk was about Arkansas‘ Darren McFadden and his apparent combine-best 4.27 40 time that he posted.