Archive for the ‘NFL’ Category

“Lights Out” for washed-up Merriman

Wednesday, March 6th, 2013

Fittingly, like a bolt of lightning, Shawne Merriman's career has come and gone in a flash. The outside linebacker who burst onto the NFL scene with the Chargers in his first three seasons announced his retirement on Tuesday at the age of 28, ending his career far short of the Canton-bound ...

Reggie Bush to the Detroit Lions?

Tuesday, February 26th, 2013

The NFL's free agency period opens in two weeks but we're already hearing a lot of rumblings about who will end up where. One of the biggest names likely to be available once the free agent derby kicks off is Miami Dolphins running back Reggie Bush. And from the look ...

Cleveland Browns: Brandon Weeden on the trade block?

Friday, February 15th, 2013

During the 2012 NFL Draft the Cleveland Browns shocked almost everyone by selecting 28-year-old quarterback Brandon Weeden with the 22nd pick in the first round. Weeden went on to earn the team's starting job as a 29-year-old rookie, but produced disappointing results. Now the Browns could shock the NFL again ...

Ray Lewis is not interested in coaching Ravens yet

Thursday, February 7th, 2013

What's that? You've heard enough about Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis over the past month or so? Too bad, because here's even more news about the 13-time Pro Bowler. Ravens head coach John Harbaugh claimed on Thursday that the now-retired Lewis has not expressed any interest in getting into coaching. At ...

2013 NFL Draft: Matt Barkley may not throw at Combine

Sunday, February 3rd, 2013

Former USC quarterback Matt Barkley will (apparently) not be throwing at the 2013 NFL Draft Combine. Technically, he's "not sure" if he'll throw. Either way, this isn't earth-shattering news for a top quarterback prospect who expects to go high in the subsequent draft. Except Barkley isn't expected to go high in ...

Matthews, Welker and Ware featured in Depends ad

Tuesday, January 29th, 2013

What's the most humiliating product a football player could possibly endorse? That's Depends. Yet the adult diaper found a way to cross into the mainstream (no pun intended) in a new commercial featuring Pro Bowlers Clay Matthews, DeMarcus Ware and Wes Welker.

Brown and Rice’s claims of Super Bowl sabotage absurd

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013

As we've seen in the last month in the wake of certain traumatic national events, it's not too hard to get a conspiracy theory going. But these theories are generally easy to laugh off because they are started by anonymous idiots whose parents should have stuck to masturbation. But this week ...