Tag Archives: Mario Williams
Winners and Losers: Matt Gentile’s Week Eight NFL Awards
What’s that noise coming from behind Peyton Manning? It’s the sound of the Houston Texans creeping up on his Indianapolis Colts in the AFC South. Houston started off the season cold but are now 5-3 heading into 7-0 Indianapolis Sunday. Unlike past games against their division rival, Houston has a chance to prove they are [...]
Ranking the NFL’s Head Coaches: The Bottom 16
Every year experts discuss their reasoning for their Super Bowl favorite, or they are forced into providing an excuse for a certain team not making the playoffs. Far too often are quarterbacks placed under the microscope, injury-riddled offensive lines torn apart, or prima donna wide receivers bashed in online blogs. When do the coaches go [...]
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 [...]
2009 NFL Mock Draft (Updated: Feb. 20)
The combine gets underway in earnest this weekend, with drills upon drills upon drills taking place from Saturday to Tuesday, starting with the offensive linemen tomorrow and ending with the defensive backs on Tuesday. I thought I’d squeeze in an update ahead of the important stuff, but it goes without saying that what happens over [...]
Texans’ Okoye could be this season’s rising star
Mario Williams, the No. 1 overall pick of the 2006 draft, proved to be arguably the NFL’s biggest breakout defensive player last year (OK, maybe San Diego’s Antonio Cromartie has an argument), and one of Williams’ Houston Texans teammates might be the rising defensive star of 2008. Amobi Okoye, who only turned 21 a few [...]
