You know, you can’t make this stuff up. You’d think with all of the negative press that the Cincinnati Bengals have gotten over the years for having a collection of turds and/or felons, that they would lay off the players with character issues. Not the case. Not only did they sign undrafted rookie Vontaze Burfict [...]
Well, this doesn’t sound good. Detroit Lions WR Titus Young showed some promise as a rookie, but this isn’t the way you’d want to start your second season. Young has been banned from the team’s facility for OTA’s after he got into a fight with safety Louis Delmas, according to beat writer Anwar Richardson of [...]
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have been pretty clear that they don’t have TE Kellen Winslow, Jr. in their plans. It’s already been reported that they were trying to trade him to the Chicago Bears this past offseason, but the Bears were more interested in getting Brandon Marshall So now, the Bucs will probably take anything [...]
From good news to worse news for Oakland Raiders LB Rolando McClain. Yesterday, video surfaced of the incident that has him facing charges of third-degree assault, menacing, reckless endangerment and discharging a firearm. That’s bad enough, but now, his co-defendant has agreed to testify against him. Jaradious Williams has agreed to plead guilty to third-degree [...]
The 2012 season of the Philadelphia Eagles got off to a bad start in late March when Pro Bowl LT Jason Peters ruptured his Achilles tendon. There was a smidgen of hope that he might be able to play this year, but you can squash that talk. A league source tells Derrick Gunn of CSNPhilly.com [...]
After lighting it up for my fantasy football team in 2011, Tennessee Titans WR Kenny Britt decided it would be a good time to tear his ACL and MCL in his right knee. It not only ended his season, it ended my fantasy season. So, obviously Britt had surgery to repair the injuries, but it’s [...]
Well, this isn’t good. In the early 2011 draft season, there were many mock drafts and experts who had Clemson DE Da’Quan Bowers as the No. 1-overall pick. Yep, the top pick. But, as we got closer to the draft, his stock fell due to concerns about his knee, which had microfracture surgery on it. [...]
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Oakland Raiders WR Darrius Heyward-Bey has gotten himself into a bit of trouble. Specifically, he was charged Thursday with DUI after an incident last month. Heyward-Bey was pulled over around 2 a.m. on April 7 after his 2012 Range Rover was spotted driving erratically. He was given a field [...]
As those of you who read OTR religiously know, Baltimore Ravens LB Terrell Suggs tore his Achilles tendon recently. Okay, so we never mentioned that, but you’re not a religious OTR reader anyway, so you wouldn’t know. So yeah, Suggs tore his Achilles recently and will have to have surgery to repair it. That usually [...]
So yeah, the New Orleans Saints got smacked down following their little bounty scandal. We already knew the fates of guys like Gregg Williams, Sean Payton and Joe Vitt, but today we found out what happened to the players. The big one for the players was Jonathan Vilma, the linebacker who apparently offered $10,000 to [...]
Responsible journalists usually handle these types of stories with caution, as you don’t want to rush to print a story about someone being dead when they aren’t. But, OTR wants no part of responsible journalism, so we’ll pass along what TMZ is reporting. According to TMZ, former San Diego Chargers and New England Patriots LB [...]
The New York Giants lost Brandon Jacobs this offseason to the San Francisco 49ers. It’s not a huge deal as he wasn’t cheap and wasn’t very good either. So, one had to figure that the G-Men would add a running back or two in the draft. But, the first round? Yep, they picked up Virginia [...]
On Thursday, the Dallas Cowboys jumped up to the No. 6-overall pick so they could grab LSU cornerback Morris Claiborne. They also signed Brandon Carr this offseason and have Orlando Scandrick as their slot guy. So, where does that leave former first-round pick Mike Jenkins? On the trading block, according to Profootballtalk.com. “Per league source, [...]
The Cleveland Browns are obviously not thrilled with the progress of Colt McCoy. If they loved him so god damned much, they wouldn’t have drafted OSU QB Brandon Weeden with the No. 22-overall pick. So what do they do with him? Well, according according to Scout.com, they are considering trading him to the Green Bay [...]
We mentioned yesterday that the only thing holding up a trade that would send Philadelphia Eagles CB Asante Samuel to the Atlanta Falcons was the re-working of Samuel’s contract. Samuel was due to make about $10 million this year, and he wasn’t thrilled about the idea of drastically reducing that. Well, according to Jeff McLane [...]
At this point, is anyone surprised by any new information that comes out about Gregg Williams and the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal? We’re not. But, it still doesn’t do any good for Williams or the Saints to have more and more damning evidence come to light. After all, Williams would like to be reinstated [...]
It’s widely known that the Philadelphia Eagles are trying to move cornerback Asante Samuel. Fans know it, the media knows it, Asante knows it and dogs know it. The Atlanta Falcons are the latest team interested and it sources tell Philly.com that trade compensation isn’t what is holding the deal up. Apparently, it’s Asante’s willingness [...]
The St. Louis Rams don’t have a lot of good players. If they did, they wouldn’t be drafting so high, so often. One of the few good players they do have is Steven Jackson, a nasty, nasty running back. And apparently, he’s aware of how good he is, because according to Mike Lombardi, he wants [...]
We are all well versed now in the bounty program that the New Orleans Saints employed over the last few years. It landed a bunch of coaches in hot water, with head coach Sean Payton getting a full year suspension. So, then the speculation turned to who would actually coach the Saints this season. Bill [...]
Tampa Bay Buccaneers CB Aqib Talib came into the league with character issues. No one denied his ability to play football, but there were several red flags regarding his behavior. And sure enough, those concerns were warranted. He’s had numerous scrapes with the law since joining the NFL and his latest act is probably his [...]
Jacksonville Jaguars RB Maurice Jones-Drew (he got married shortly after the NFL Draft) was the league’s leading rusher last season. But, his contract, which has two years remaining on it, says that he’s the eighth best running back in the league. So, there is a bit of a disconnect. Well, MJD chose not to show [...]
The Baltimore Ravens traded for Lee Evans last year to help them stretch the field. He didn’t stretch much of anything all season because he was battling a busted foot and rarely saw any action. Now, it seems that the Jacksonville Jaguars are willing to roll the dice and bet that his terrible season was [...]
Pittsburgh Steelers WR Mike Wallace is a restricted free agent and has been tendered as such. However, Wallace and his agent are putting it out there that he isn’t going to sign the tender and he isn’t going to report to OTA’s without a long-term contract. So that begs the question: will someone trade for [...]
Everyone remembers the game-winning touchdown pass that Denver Broncos QB Tim Tebow threw to Demaryius Thomas to knock off the Pittsburgh Steelers in overtime last year in the playoffs. But, according to Thomas, while everyone remembers that pass, they don’t remember all of the other dung that Tebow slung across the field where his players [...]
Let’s be honest, Felix Jones has just not been worth the first-round pick that the Dallas Cowboys spent on him back in 2008. He gets hurt all the time and just isn’t a load carrier. He’s rarely been the home-run threat they thought he could be either. So we shouldn’t be too surprised that Calvin [...]
