Before this season, the San Francisco 49ers signed Braylon Edwards to a one-year, $1.6 million contract. The hope was that he would be a deep threat for them, but that never happened for a variety of reasons. “I was released today by the 49ers due to my injury that required more time to rehab and [...]
You may remember the end of last year’s Dallas Mavericks/Los Angeles Lakers playoff series. The Mavs were thoroughly embarrassing the Lakers, already up three games to none and absolutely pounding them in Game 4. So, Lakers big man Andrew Bynum decided that if his team was going to lose, he was going to go out [...]
We’ve been wondering for a while now (not really) where former New York Mets outfielder Carlos Beltran would land. Once an elite player, Beltran has broken down physically over the last few years, even though he continues to put up some decent number. Well, wait no more! Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch tweets [...]
Remember when we told you about 20 minutes ago that the Boston Red Sox were trying to trade for Oakland A’s pitchers Gio Gonzalez and Andrew Bailey? Well…we ummm…see it wasn’t our report, we were just running with someone else’s crap. Anyway, my point is that you can ignore that talk. There was too much [...]
On December 20th, Pittsburgh Penguins defensman Deryk Engelland thought he could make Jello out of the head of Chicago Blackhawks forward Marcus Kruger. The big man launched himself into his head and pasted him up against the boards. It was pretty nasty. And the NHL would tend to agree with that last sentence. Its Department [...]
Miami Dolphins coach Tony Sparano had his team playing some really good football these last five or so weeks. This was after an 0-7 start, but it did look as though things were getting better for the embattled head coach. Likewise, Kansas City Chiefs coach Todd Haley got his team’s ship turned around after a [...]
The Washington Redskins have not made a ton of great decisions to put their team in position for success in 2011. See: thinking John Beck and/or Rex Grossman were good quarterback options. But, they’ve also had a lot of bad luck as well. See: Cooley and Moss missing a lot of time. Sadly, now two [...]
Apparently, the brass within the Jacksonville Jaguars organization isn’t thrilled about a 3-8 start. And they seem to be less thrilled with the overall performance of head coach Jack Del Rio. How do we know? They fired him. Yep, after his latest loss and latest round of “throw a coach under the bus,” the Jags [...]
The Kansas City Chiefs are the big winners in the Kyle Orton Sweepstakes. So, it would seem that we’ve seen the last of Tyler Palko for a while. Or have we? Orton was putting it out there earlier that if the Chiefs claim him, he won’t report to the team. That could be a problem. [...]
Good new, Chicago Bears! The Denver Broncos have cut Kyle Orton. It’s kind of a surprise, but not really when you consider that if any QB on the roster is going to get a look should something happen to Tebow (bench/injury), it would likely be Brady Quinn. So, why pay Orton the remaining $2.5 million [...]
File this under “somewhat shocking.” The New England Patriots win a lot of games because of their offense. Their defensive is just horrific, so one would assume that they can’t afford to be losing players. But, after cutting Leigh Bodden a week ago, they have let go of another veteran player. Albert Haynesworth. “BREAKING: The [...]
Perhaps the biggest offseason priority for the San Francisco Giants (besides finding out a way to rid themselves of Barry Zito’s awful pitching and huge contract) was to improve their lineup. Their pitching has always been stellar, but they have about two guys in the lineup that can hit a curve ball and one was [...]
While most Dallas Cowboys insiders weren’t surprised that the team released RB Tashard Choice, most national media were. That probably just goes to show how little the national media knows about individual teams, but we’ll leave that conversation for another day. The truth is, Choice wasn’t playing well and he was never a favorite of [...]
We mentioned previously that there was a chance that Atlanta Braves starter Derek Lowe might not be in the team’s plans for 2012, despite the fact that they gave him a decent free agent contract just a few years ago. He has a big salary, and there really is no room for him considering his [...]
To say that we are shocked on this one is an understatement. The Cowboys dumped Marion Barber in the offseason, but drafted DeMarco Murray to be some new blood. They still have Felix Jones, but he’s hurt all the time and ineffective. In the last couple years, Tashard Choice has always done a more-than respectable [...]
All offseason, many people were wondering why the Buffalo Bills didn’t go out and get a QB. Everyone thought they needed a QB except them. And maybe they were right with the way Ryan Fitzpatrick has been playing. Fitzpatrick has the team off to a great start and apparently the Bills noticed. According to Joe [...]
You may have heard that the Denver Broncos put WR Brandon Lloyd on the trading block recently. Several teams popped up as being interested in his services, including the New England Patriots, Tennessee Titans and St. Louis Rams. According to Jason La Canfora of NFL Network, it looks like the Rams will be the winners. [...]
In 2009, the Seattle Seahawks made LB Aaron Curry the No. 4-overall pick in the NFL Draft. In 2011, they are still waiting for him to do something. Anything. Apparently, they don’t want to wait any longer, because they have shipped him to the Oakland Raiders, according to FOX’s Jay Glazer. “Sources on Raiders & [...]
You may remember the story during the lockout of Cincinnati Bengals RB Cedric Benson beating the crap out of a former roommate. He eventually took a plea deal and spent a few days in jail. And apparently, Roger Goodell didn’t like it. Because, according to Michael Silver of Yahoo! Sports, Benson is going to miss [...]
When you think of the top cornerbacks in the NFL, two names usually come up first. Nnamdi Asomugha of the Philadelphia Eagles and Darrelle Revis of the New York Jets. But there is another guy creeping into that territory and the Kansas City Chiefs obviously agree with us. The Chiefs just locked up former second-round [...]
Many thought that last year would be Teemu Selanne’s final year of hockey. Some prayed it would be (no they didn’t). But, in a stunning turn of events (not really), Selanne has signed a one-year, $4 million contract with the Anaheim Ducks. “Teemu Selanne to return to Ducks. Just signed for one year, $4 million,” [...]
The Philadelphia Eagles have made tons and tons of moves this offseason, so why should now be any different? As the team prepares for the St. Louis Rams in Week 1, they’ve done some roster shuffling. First and foremost, they’ve sent first-round draft pick Danny Watkins to the bench. He was a mess at right [...]
When word first broke that former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel was hired by the Indianapolis Colts as a game day assistant, there was a bit of outrage from fans and media. Here the NFL had just suspended Terrelle Pryor for five weeks due to NCAA violations that yielded the same discipline at the college [...]
There weren’t many shocks on Saturday’s cutdown day for the NFL. Ok, maybe Tommie Harris getting let go wasn’t exactly expected. But, there wasn’t anything crazy. However, the New England Patriots cutting Brandon Meriweather certainly caused us to raise an eyebrow. Meriweather made another Pro Bowl last season, but it was obvious the Patriots were [...]
The Tennessee Titans have been waiting a long time to get stud RB Chris Johnson into camp. He was set to make some $800,000 this season and pretty much everyone agrees that he’s worth way more than that. But, finally, the team has agreed to a contract extension with him. “BREAKING: TItans agreed to 4-yr [...]
