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Who to Grab for the Second Half
NFL This week strikes me as a time of particularly obvious waiver-wire adds. The names jumping out or being thrown around are either guys who have probably been picked up in at least half of the serious l...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: NFL, Fantasy

2010 First-Half Fantasy Awards
NFL Now that every NFL team has at least eight games in the books it seems an appropriate time to reflect on the first half of the season – to take a look at the fantasy players who have performed b...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: NFL, Fantasy

Right and Wrong Last Week
NFL Raise your hand if you’ve gotten into a heated argument with dudes in your league about rules and/or roster moves. Yep, it’s happened to all of us. It affects friendships, and it can even ...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: NFL, Fantasy

Super Bowl Saints?
NFL Can the Saints repeat as Super Bowl champs? YES Tell owner Tom Benson to break out his fleur-de-lis umbrella and fire up the New Orleans jazz band, because the Saints will be marching to Super B...
2 years ago by Nathan Rush Tags: NFL

Midseason Awards in the NFL
NFL By Ralph VacchianoHalfway through the season, who among us would’ve guessed the Kansas City Chiefs would be 5-3 while the Dallas Cowboys would be 1-7? Who had the Eagles in contention in the NFC...
2 years ago by Mitch Light Tags: NFL

Raiders Make a Statement
NFL Team of the Week: The Browns A week ago, I wrote that all was in proper order in NFL-land; the Patriots sat in their once-customary spot atop the league. Yesterday, though, the Browns made the P-men ...
2 years ago by Steven Lassan Tags: NFL

Pack Needs More From Rodgers
NFL By Charean WilliamsAaron Rodgers isn’t about to sugar-coat it. Even though the Packers’ 5-3 record has them in first place in the NFC North, Rodgers admits he and his offensive mates haven...
2 years ago by Mitch Light Tags: NFL

NFC Sack Master
NFL Athlon's Steven Lassan, Nathan Rush and Braden Gall debate five burning questions for Week 9 in the NFL:Follow us on twitter: @AthlonBraden / @AthlonSteven / @AthlonRush1. Why was Donovan McNabb o...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: NFL

Moving Moss
NFL Were the Vikings right to cut Randy Moss? YES Let’s see: In a space of a few weeks in Minnesota, Randy Moss alienated fans, teammates and coaches; launched into some bizarre postgame perfo...
2 years ago by Nathan Rush Tags: NFL

All-Time Running Backs in NFL
NFL 1. Jim Brown In his short, nine-year career with the Cleveland Browns, the talented runner ran through and around defenses to lead the league in rushing eight times. He led in touchdowns five times, ...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: NFL

Have Talent, Will Play
NFL There were a line of teams forming to take their shot at Randy Moss after it was clear he had sabotaged his future in Minnesota (again). Of course there was a line. There’s always a line. No tea...
2 years ago by Mitch Light Tags: NFL

Sanchez, Jets Shutdown
NFL Remember Us? What is this, 2007? Once again, the road to the Super Bowl clearly will wind its way through the historic streets of Foxborough, Mass. The town that was once home to the world’s ...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: NFL

Kindle Battling Back
NFL By Charean WilliamsDoctors once doubted him, but Ravens linebacker Sergio Kindle always has believed he will play again.Kindle is back in Baltimore rehabbing three months after he took a wrong turn du...
2 years ago by Mitch Light Tags: NFL

The NFC's Best?
NFL Athlon's Steven Lassan, Nathan Rush and Braden Gall debate five burning questions for Week 8 in the NFL:Follow us on twitter: @AthlonBraden / @AthlonSteven / @AthlonRush1. Do you think the NFL sho...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: NFL

Schedule Conflict
NFL Should the NFL expand to an 18-game regular season? YES I’ll start my answer with a question of my own: Is there anything more boring and worthless than preseason NFL football? Fans are ...
2 years ago by Nathan Rush Tags: NFL

Job Security?
NFL By Ralph VacchianoIn at least eight NFL cities right now, if this were any other year, there would be coaches pondering their futures and owners assembling a short list of replacements. There might no...
2 years ago by Mitch Light Tags: NFL

Big Ben Gets Lucky
NFL Blame Game Sunday’s key moment came courtesy of the replay booth. With Pittsburgh trailing Miami 22–20, Steeler quarterback Ben Roethlisberger attempted a quarterback sneak from the Mia...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: NFL

Giants Roll into Big D
NFL By Charean WilliamsEli Manning hopes to have his name in the Giants’ Ring of Honor one day in the distant future. His name already is in the visiting locker room at Cowboys Stadium, or was until...
2 years ago by Mitch Light Tags: NFL

Helmet To Helmet
NFL Athlon's Steven Lassan, Nathan Rush and Braden Gall debate five burning questions for Week 7 in the NFL:Follow us on twitter: @AthlonBraden / @AthlonSteven / @AthlonRush1. After watching nearly a ...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: NFL

Big Hits Must Stop
NFL By Ralph VacchianoThe voice of reason came from the unlikeliest of places, from a man who once made his reputation and his living by pushing the outer limits of safety and legality in the NFL. But Rod...
2 years ago by Mitch Light Tags: NFL

NFL: "Not Football League"
NFL The NFL is woozy from a series of violent hits it has sustained recently. And although the status of the sport should be listed as “probable” on the injury report, the future of the game a...
2 years ago by Nathan Rush Tags: NFL

Kolb's Huge Weekend
NFL Kolb or Vick? Does It Matter?Michael Vick leads the NFL in passer rating. Kevin Kolb has three 300-yard games in five career starts, including yesterday’s 23-of-29, 326-yard, three touchdown mas...
2 years ago by Rob Doster Tags: NFL

Moss Still Hasn't Forgotten Cowboys' Snub
NFL By Charean Williams Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was set to select Randy Moss with the eighth overall pick in 1998 when then coach Chan Gailey and others on staff talked him out of it on draft day. Ci...
2 years ago by Mitch Light Tags: NFL

Can the Packers survive without Matthews?
NFL Athlon's Steven Lassan, Nathan Rush and Braden Gall debate five burning questions for Week 6 in the NFL:Follow us on twitter: @AthlonBraden / @AthlonSteven / @AthlonRush1. Who is the favorite in t...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: NFL

Saints Dealing with a Hangover
NFL By Ralph VacchianoThe morning after is always the hardest, isn’t it? After an event you’ve been waiting for and building towards for what seems like forever, then it’s everything you...
2 years ago by Mitch Light Tags: NFL

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