Archive for the ‘NFL’ Category

My Super Bowl Thoughts Smorgasbord

Monday, February 6th, 2012

Things I thought of during this year's Super Bowl, not necessarily in order of importance or chronology: - Some lucky bastard in Vegas must have made a fortune on a prop bet that the first points of the game would be scored on a safety. If the same lucky bastard was ...

Rush Limbaugh Is One Classy Dude

Monday, February 6th, 2012

Yep, that's conservative radio blowhard Rush Limbaugh in the upper right of the above photo relaxing in New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft's suite during Super Bowl XLVI last night. And if you look closely he's clearly going to town on his nose with his right index finger (If the above ...

Mike Mularkey’s Son Arrested On Drug Charge

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

The Jacksonville Jaguars recently hired Mike Mularkey as their new head coach and it didn't take long for the first scandal to hit the team's new head man. Mularkey's son was among three former University of North Carolina athletes arrested for possession of cocaine on Friday. Shane Michael Mularkey was arrested ...

Jim Irsay Begs To Differ

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, who has come across like a massive tool throughout this whole Peyton Manning saga, just tweeted about his veteran quarterback's health at 1:25 a.m. eastern time. Irsay had the following to say regarding reports that Manning had been cleared to resume his football career: "Peyton has ...

Peyton Manning Cleared to Resume Playing

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning has been medically cleared by two doctors - including the man who performed the most recent surgery on the signal-caller's neck - to resume his NFL career. Dr. Robert Watkins was one of two men who evaluated Manning and decided he could go back to playing ...

The NFL’s Real Feel-Good Story

Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

He's the feel-good story of the NFL this season -- the former first-round draft pick derided by most as a below-average quarterback who led his franchise to heights it hasn't experienced since a Hall-of-Famer was playing the position. You just haven't heard all that much about him. No, really. You haven't. Because ...

Jacksonville Jaguars Hire Mike Mularkey As Head Coach

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

The Jacksonville Jaguars have finally hired a head coach, selecting Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey in an attempt to improve the NFL's worst offense. The Jaguars plan to formally introduce Mularkey at a press conference on Wednesday. Now I would make a joke about how this is a "bunch of ...

Oh God, Why Are They Doing This To Me?

Monday, January 2nd, 2012

The San Diego Chargers were considered a Super Bowl contender before this season and finished 8-8. This is the second-straight year the Chargers have underachieved and missed the playoffs. So, logically head coach Norv Turner should be fired, right? Now, as if to spite me, a source close to the Chargers organization ...

LaDainian Tomlinson Says Sunday’s Game Could Be His Last

Thursday, December 29th, 2011

New York Jets running back LaDainian Tomlinson acknowledged today that this weekend's contest against the Miami Dolphins could be his final game in the NFL. The 32-year-old Tomlinson will be a free agent at the end of the season and considering his limited production over the past two seasons in ...

Colts Apparently Serious About Keeping Manning

Friday, December 23rd, 2011

Prior to Thursday's game, Colts owner Jim Irsay told the NFL Network that the only way Peyton Manning wouldn't play for the Colts next year is if he does not recover from the neck injury that has kept him out all season. Irsay's Colts then showed he wasn't joking with an ...