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Oakland Raiders 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL The Raiders snapped their string of seven straight seasons with 11 or more losses last year and finished 8–8, sweeping the AFC West and avoiding a losing record for the first time since reaching ...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Al Davis, Darren McFadden, Oakland Raiders, Rolando McClain, Sebastian Janikowski

San Diego Chargers 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL Chargers fans, so accustomed to hearing and reading about how their team has one of the most talented rosters in the NFL, have to be thinking that 2011 can’t be any worse than 2010. The Chargers ...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Bob Sanders, Marcus McNeill, Philip Rivers, Ryan Mathews, San Diego Chargers

Seattle Seahawks 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL Pete Carroll did the Seahawks shuffle when he took over as coach, engineering 284 roster moves in his first 12 months. During this dizzying transformation, he lost his players in a big way at midse...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, NFC, Lofa Totupu, Marshawn Lynch, NFC West, Pete Carroll, Seattle Seahawks, Sidney Rice, Tarvaris Jackson

Arizona Cardinals 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL It seems patently unfair to say this is a critical season for Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt. After all, Whisenhunt led the moribund Arizona franchise to the Super Bowl just three seasons ago. ...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Arizona Cardinals, Beanie Wells, Ken Whisenhunt, Kevin Kolb, Larry Fitzgerald, NFC West, Ryan Williams

San Francisco 49ers 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL The year was 1979 when Eddie DeBartolo Jr., after two disastrous years as owner of the San Francisco 49ers, hired an innovative offensive coach from just down the road at Stanford in hopes of reviv...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, NFC, Alex Smith, Ed Debartolo Jr, Frank Gore, Jim Harbaugh, Michael Crabtree, Mike Singletary, NFC West, Patrick Willis, San Francisco 49ers

Kansas City Chiefs 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL Somehow, the Chiefs did it. After three miserable seasons, it all came together in 2010 for a remarkable season in which the team went 10–6 and won the AFC West. Quarterback Matt Cassel was s...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Derrick Johnson, Dwayne Bowe, Jamaal Charles, Kansas City Chiefs, Matt Cassel

Denver Broncos 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL If the Broncos aren’t rebuilding, someone forgot to tell the man in charge. That would be John Elway, still the face of the franchise after all these years. Elway, now the Broncos’ executive vi...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Champ Bailey, Denver Broncos, Elvis Dumervil, Kyle Orton, Tim Tebow

St. Louis Rams 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL The Rams haven’t had a winning season since 2003, and haven’t made the playoffs since 2004, when they squeaked in as an 8–8 wild card. Is this the year the team finally gets over the hump? In...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Donnie Avery, Josh McDaniels, Sam Bradford, St. Louis Rams, Steve Spagnuolo, Steven Jackson

Indianapolis Colts 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL The sun rises and sets in Indianapolis on the shoulders of four-time NFL MVP Peyton Manning, so this season’s Colts outlook includes an obvious proviso: If Manning recovers from a second neck sur...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Dallas Clark, Dwight Freeney, Indianapolis Colts, Peyton Manning, Reggie Wayne

Tennessee Titans 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL The Music City melodrama between Jeff Fisher and Vince Young is finally over. The either-or ultimatum resulted in both high-profile personalities leaving town with varying degrees of regret, disapp...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Chris Johnson, Jake Locker, Kenny Britt, Matt Hasselbeck, Michael Griffin, Tennessee Titans

Jacksonville Jaguars 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL Last season was termed as a make-or-break year for both Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio and quarterback David Garrard. It wasn’t. The Jaguars were in contention for the AFC South title all the way int...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Blaine Gabbert, David Garrard, Jacksonville Jaguars, Maurice Jones-Drew, Rashean Mathis

Why Tim Tebow Will Never Be A Good NFL Quarterback
NFL Tim Tebow, the heralded Florida Gator quarterback who walked on swampwater, is now in a quarterback controversy with Kyle Orton in Denver. And his millions of followers can't believe it. But th...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Tim Tebow, Denver Broncos, Tim Tebow

Houston Texans 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL Gary Kubiak is in select company. It is very rare that a head coach who has only one winning season and no playoff appearances on his résumé is asked to return for a sixth season. In fact, Bart S...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Andre Johnson, Arian Foster, Brian Cushing, Houston Texans, Mario Williams

Carolina Panthers 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL The Panthers dropped off a cliff in 2010, falling to an NFL-worst 2–14 mark and setting numerous team records for offensive futility. As you would expect when a team performs that poorly, much is...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, NFC, Cam Newton, Carolina Panthers, Charles Johnson, DeAngelo Williams, Jimmy Clausen, John Fox, Jonathan Stewart, NFC South

New Orleans Saints NFL Team Preview
NFL One year removed from a Super Bowl title, the Saints are poised for a rebound and are ready to battle the Green Bay Packers for supremacy in the NFC, although there is a palpable sense of urgency. ...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Drew Brees, Jimmy Graham, Lance Moore, Mark Ingram, Marques Colston, New Orleans Saints, NFC South, Reggie Bush, Sean Payton