Posts Tagged ‘2018’

AROUND THE NFL Someone, either Colin Kaepernick or his agent, wants an NFL check.  John Breech of CBSSports.com:   The 2019 NFL season has gotten off to a brutal start for the league’s quarterbacks, who are dropping like flies.   Through just two weeks, we’ve already seen Ben Roethlisberger, Drew Brees and Nick Foles go…

AROUND THE NFL David Perdum of ESPN.com on the two big spreads in Week 3.   According to the betting market, there hasn’t been this large of a gap between the best and worst teams in the NFL since 1987, a strike season featuring games with starters against replacement players.   The New England Patriots…

AROUND THE NFL The big stories of Week 2 were the injuries to aging QBs BEN ROETHLISBERGER (season-ending elbow) and DREW BREES (6 weeks, thumb).   And, as happens several weeks each year – the perfect storm of bad officiating featuring two referees (one veteran in Walt Anderson, one rookie in Adrian Hill) and the…

AROUND THE NFL Mike Florio on the standard the NFL seems to be settling on for pass interference reversals:   Last year, the NFL adjusted rules regarding lowering-the-helmet rule and the roughing-the-passer after an outcry emerged from the early-season application of the provisions. This year, the new procedure for replay review of pass interference hasn’t…

AROUND THE NFL As we go to press comes this word that there ain’t going to be no BAKER MAYFIELD-SAM DARNOLD re-match on Monday night.  Darin Gantt of ProFootballTalk.com:   Sam Darnold was out of practice yesterday with what was designated “illness.”   Now that they know which one it is, he may be out…

AROUND THE NFL The first game on Monday night had an awfully good finish.   Houston took over, down seven, with 50 seconds left.  And scored with too much time on the clock.  Danny Heifetz of The Ringer:   Saints fans showed up to the Superdome dressed as referees. Blind referees, to be specific. The…

AROUND THE NFL We’ll let Peter King catch us up on the weekend’s WR ANTONIO BROWN developments (and King “goes there” in a boldfaced paragraph).   I would not describe Tom Brady as giddy, or overly bubbly, about the prospect of playing football with the great but troubled wide receiver he’ll meet today, Antonio Brown.…

AROUND THE NFL The leisurely preseason turned into a dud of a regular season opener.  Andy Nesbitt of USA TODAY:   Well, that was brutal.   I’m talking, of course, about that opening-night stinker between the Packers and Bears.   The Packers might have won the scoreboard, 10-3, but everyone involved in this one –…

AROUND THE NFL Bill Barnwell makes the case for all 32 teams to win the Super Bowl here, The more improbable cases are below with the respective teams, as well as a few others of interest.   – – – The Panthers sold for $2.3 billion last year.  Could another mid-range (and maybe that’s generous)…

AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH   GREEN BAY QB AARON RODGERS has won the right to call plays, for good or bad, at the line of scrimmage.  Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com:   Rock, paper, scissors, Rodgers.   In a development that should surprise no one, Packers coach Matt LaFleur says that Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers…