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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

Atlanta Falcons 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL The Saints and Packers rode the explosive offense and opportunistic defense formula to the past two Super Bowl titles. The Falcons appear to be following a similar plan. Few teams can match the...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Atlanta Falcons, Julio Jones, Matt Ryan, Michael Turner, NFC South, Roddy White, Tony Gonzalez

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL Considering their young franchise quarterback, the brash head coach who speaks in salsa sound bites and a shrewd general manager, you would expect the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to jump at an invitation ...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, NFC, Josh Freeman, Mike Williams, NFC South, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

New England Patriots 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL A potent offense and a young defense that grew a great deal as the season went along propelled the Patriots to yet another AFC East title in 2010, but for the second straight year the team was one-...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Bill Belichick, New England Patriots, Tom Brady, Vince Wilfork

New York Jets 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL Coming off two consecutive AFC Championship Game losses, the Jets feature the necessary blend of young talent and veteran leadership to make a legitimate Super Bowl run. Rex Ryan’s team should be...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Darrelle Revis, Mark Sanchez, New York Jets, Rex Ryan

Miami Dolphins 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL Lately, the Dolphins have been more exciting off the field than on it. That trend continued following the dispiriting 2010 season, during which the offensively anemic team lost seven of eight home ...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Cameron Wake, Chad Henne, Jake Long, Miami Dolphins, Vontae Davis

Buffalo Bills 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL After going winless the first two months of the season, the Bills played .500 football for first-year coach Chan Gailey. Unfortunately, any signs of progress were wiped out by losing the last two g...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Buffalo Bills, C.J. Spiller, Marcel Dareus, Ryan Fitzpatrick

Washington Redskins 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL Coach Mike Shanahan enters the second year of his building project with a foundation in place but some significant lingering questions. Overshadowing the team’s two-win improvement in 2010 is the...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Dan Snyder, John Beck, NFC East, Rex Grossman, Ryan Torain, Tim Hightower, Washington Redskins

New York Giants 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL The Giants were the class of the NFC East and a Super Bowl contender last season as late as the fourth quarter of their Week 15 game when they held a 31–10 lead over the Philadelphia Eagles. They...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, NFC, Ahmad Bradshaw, Eli Manning, Hakeem Nicks, New York Giants, NFC East, Tom Coughlin

Philadelphia Eagles 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL In the Andy Reid era, which has endured into its fourth presidential term, the Eagles have been no strangers to startling personnel moves. Reid broke from his usual way of doing things by going aft...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, DeSean Jackson, Dominique Rogers-Cromartie, Jeremy Maclin, LeSean McCoy, Michael Vick, NFC East, Nnamdi Asomugha, Philadelphia Eagles

Dallas Cowboys 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL The best thing about this year is that it isn’t last year. The Cowboys’ 1–7 start in 2010 quickly ended any Super Bowl talk. The team is looking to start over this year with a new head coach ...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Austin Miles, Dez Bryant, Jason Witten, Jerry Jones, NFC East, Tony Romo

Worst Sports Owners Tournament: Football/Basketball Round 2
NFL By Scott Henry (@4QuartersRadio) Welcome to the second round of the Worst Sports Owners Tournament. We're down to 16 of the craziest owners ever. Some won, but spent other people's money like d...
1 year ago by Scott Henry Tags: NFL, NBA, Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Clippers, New York Knicks, Cincinnati Bengals, Indianapolis Colts, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins, Worst Sports Owners

Detroit Lions 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL The streaks are almost all gone now, which means the Detroit Lions finally are ready to put their past behind them. The Matt Millen era is a fading memory, along with the historically awful 0–16 ...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, NFC, Brandon Pettitgrew, Calvin Johnson, Detroit Lions, Jahvid Best, Matthew Stafford, Ndamukong Suh, NFC North

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