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Chicago Bears: 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL With an offense that remains a work in progress, the Chicago Bears will again depend on an elite defense to do most of the heavy lifting after falling a game short of the Super Bowl. The defens...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, NFC, Brian Urlacher, Chicago Bears, Jay Cutler, Julius Peppers, NFC North

Green Bay Packers 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL Aaron Rodgers fancies himself as something of an amateur NFL historian, so it hardly came as a surprise when the Green Bay Packers quarterback had his answer at the ready when asked during the offs...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, NFC, Aaron Rodgers, Clay Matthews, Green Bay Packers, Greg Jennings, Jermichael Finley, NFC North, Ryan Grant

Minnesota Vikings 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL The Vikings’ expectations for 2011 can be found somewhere between promise and denial. Several talented pieces remain from a 2009 team that was one botched play from a Super Bowl berth, but those ...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, NFC, Adrian Peterson, Donovan McNabb, Jared Allen, Minnesota Vikings, NFC North, Percy Harvin

Fantasy Football: Standard League Mock Draft
NFL Athlon Sports' second post-lockout mock draft is here. This week, we cater to the old school players — those in leagues with no flex, no PPR and four points for passing touchdowns. This format, h...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy

Fantasy Football: 2011 Values and Overvalues
NFL Athlon Sports has come up with plenty of value players, overvalued players and top rookies in our Best Bets story, but here we highlight a few of them. Here are a number of players we like with goo...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Fantasy Football, Overvalued, undervalued

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the New York Giants
NFL NEW YORK GIANTS • Inside the Locker Room With Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News Will Eli Manning's single-season production surpass Peyton's in 2011? No, and I think we all nee...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Eli Manning, Hakeem Nicks, New York Giants

Deion Sanders' Hall of Fame Speech
NFL Deion Sanders remixed his “Must Be The Money” mantra one last time during his Pro Football Hall of Fame induction speech on Saturday night. His Canton-gold jacket even matched the gold vest...
1 year ago by Nathan Rush Tags: NFL, Atlanta Falcons, Baltimore Ravens, Dallas Cowboys, Deion Sanders, San Francisco 49ers, Washington Redskins

Fantasy Football: 2-Quarterback Mock Draft
NFL Athlon Sports' first post-lockout mock draft is here. We started with a 10-team, two-quarterback, 16-round format. We also did a 20-round mock draft with IDPs for Athlon Sports 2011 Fantasy Foo...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy

Worst Sports Owners Tournament: Football Round 1
NFL By Scott Henry (@4QuartersRadio) If your team has an owner or owners who treat the fans with respect, be grateful. If your team has an owner who spends within his/her/their means, but ...
1 year ago by Scott Henry Tags: NFL, Overtime, Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Indianapolis Colts, Oakland Raiders, Philadelphia Eagles, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Washington Redskins, Worst Sports Owners

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the New York Jets
NFL NEW YORK JETS • Inside the Locker Room With Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News Can Shonn Greene handle being a workhorse feature back? The Jets coaching staff firmly believes that...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Joe McKnight, Mark Sanchez, New York Jets, Plaxico Burress, Shonn Greene

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the Miami Dolphins
NFL MIAMI • Inside the Locker Room With Ethan Skolnick of the Palm Beach Post Is Brandon Marshall a top-five fantasy WR? Or is the QB situation that bad? I would not take Marshall too high ...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Anthony Fasano, Brandon Marshall, Chad Henne, Davone Bess, Miami Dolphins, Reggie Bush

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the Green Bay Packers
NFL GREEN BAY • Inside the Locker Room With Jason Wilde of ESPNMilwaukee.com Who is deserving of a higher draft pick: James Starks or Ryan Grant? Grant. While Starks was a pleasant late-se...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Aaron Rogers, Green Bay Packers, Greg Jennings, James Jones, Jermichael Finley

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the Philadelphia Eagles
NFL PHILADELPHIA • Inside the Locker Room With Phil Sheridan of the Philadelphia Inquirer Can LeSean McCoy approach old Brian Westbrook fantasy numbers? McCoy certainly showed he has the ab...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Brent Celek, David Akers, DeSean Jackson, Jason Avant, Jeremy Maclin, LeSean McCoy, Michael Vick, Philadelphia Eagles, Riley Cooper

Randy Moss: Retired and Rejected
NFL There is a surreal symmetry to the retirement go-route run by Randy Moss, whose hollow 13-year Hall of Fame career ends, like so many, “not with a bang but a whimper.” As the 6’4”, 34-y...
1 year ago by Nathan Rush Tags: NFL, Minnesota Vikings, New England Patriots, Oakland Raiders, Randy Moss, Tennessee Titans

Fantasy Football: Athlon Mock Draft Analysis
NFL We couldn't have all 12 drafters go on and on about what they loved/hated about the Athlon Sports Magazine Fantasy Mock Draft. So we had just a few of them point out their favorite loves/hates/like...
1 year ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NFL, Fantasy