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Saturday, February 4, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Monday night 11/14/2011 at Lambeau Field
This is what ESPN failed to show you Monday night, 11/14/2011. Apparently, they thought their commercials were more important than showing this scene for about 5 seconds. Thanks to all our veterans and GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Peyton to pass torch to Eli as Iron Manning
Talk about keeping it in the family.
Peyton Manning's consecutive starts streak of 237 games (including playoffs) will come to an end Sunday when he sits out the Colts' season-opener at Houston.
So who's the next quarterback on the active list?
Little brother Eli Manning, who will make his 111th straight start (postseason included) when the Giants take the field against Washington on Sunday afternoon.
Manning will move into fifth place on the all-time list for consecutive starts for a quarterback, passing Buffalo's Joe Ferguson.
Manning was unaware of the consecutive starts streak when asked about it on Wednesday.
"You try to be out there every week and perform and be on the field with your teammates. so it's not something that I'm counting and keeping track of," he said.
For the record, Manning has started every Giants game since Week 11 of the 2004 season, his rookie year.
But his streak has been in jeopardy on more than one occasion over eight years in the NFL.
Manning suffered a severe shoulder contusion in the opening week of the 2007 season. His availability for the following game was up in the air all week. Some reports that week had him out for at least a month. But Manning stepped on the field that Sunday for the Giants' first snap against Green Bay.
He also played the final 12 weeks of the 2009 season with an injured plantar fascia.
"Sure, there's been a few down moments ... a Friday decision or game-time decision. That's going to happen every once in a while," Manning said. "But I've always felt that I could go out there and perform at a high level and be the best option for the team."
During his streak, Manning has led the Giants to four playoff appearances and an upset win over the then-undefeated Patriots in Super Bowl XLII. He was named MVP of the game.
The former first-round draft pick credited strong offseason workouts for his durability.
"You try to be out there, work hard during the offseason and prevent the pulls. Those things can be [prevented] a little bit," Manning said.
Manning, the new Ironman (or Iron Manning) of NFL quarterbacks, is 23 starts ahead of the next active quarterback on the starts list -- San Diego's Phillip Rivers (87). Brett Favre is the overall leader at quarterback with 297 straight starts.
But that's not a mark Manning is concerned with.
He also isn't taking any pride in taking over the active lead from his big brother, who is out recovering from offseason neck surgery.
Coming off a franchise-record tying 25-interception season, Manning is instead focused on getting the injury-ravaged Giants get off to a good start Sunday.
"My job is to make the throws, follow my reads and put our team in good position," Manning said. "That's all I'm trying to do."
Monday, August 8, 2011
NBA or NFL?
This is Very Interesting!
36 have been accused of spousal abuse
7 have been arrested for fraud
19 have been accused of writing bad checks
117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses
3 have done time for assault
71, I repeat 71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit
14 have been arrested on drug-related charges
8 have been arrested! for shoplifting
21 currently are defendants in lawsuits and
84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year !
Can you guess which organization this is?
Is it the NBA Or NFL?
Give up yet?
Scroll down,
Neither,
it's the 535 members of the United States Congress
The same group that cranks out hundreds of new laws each year
designed to keep the rest of us in line.
You gotta pass this one on!
36 have been accused of spousal abuse
7 have been arrested for fraud
19 have been accused of writing bad checks
117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses
3 have done time for assault
71, I repeat 71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit
14 have been arrested on drug-related charges
8 have been arrested! for shoplifting
21 currently are defendants in lawsuits and
84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year !
Can you guess which organization this is?
Is it the NBA Or NFL?
Give up yet?
Scroll down,
Neither,
it's the 535 members of the United States Congress
The same group that cranks out hundreds of new laws each year
designed to keep the rest of us in line.
You gotta pass this one on!
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
NFL. Begins Very Short Off-Season
By JUDY BATTISTA
Published: July 26, 2011
The madness really began Monday night, when the NFL. e-mailed a memo to all 32 teams at 6:20 p.m. telling them they were allowed to start negotiating contracts with rookies in 40 minutes. That was a change from the timeline the league had set out earlier in the day the lockout was put to rest, and it was so unexpected that at least one team told an agent it did not see the note for several hours after it was sent.
But for most people, it was welcome news. On Tuesday, the four-day off-season took off with head-spinning ferocity, with a large number of veterans told they would be cut to make salary-cap space, undrafted free agents signed to fill out rosters that will expand to 90 players, and veteran free agents negotiating new deals.
“Like New Year’s Eve and the new millennium all rolled into one,” said Joe Linta, an agent who has undrafted free agents, drafted rookies and veteran free agents to make deals for. “It was like a huge dam bursting. A million phone calls.”
It will become more intense Friday, when free-agent signings become official. But the relentlessness of the transactions was made apparent by just one team: the St. Louis Rams announced they had signed 24 undrafted rookies, which in a normal year would have been done in isolation in the hours after the draft ended in April, not in the middle of a maelstrom of other negotiations.
“Usually, the three hours after the draft is pretty crazy,” Linta said. “What happened in the last 24 hours made that look like a night spent in the library.”
The biggest news, as always, was generated by quarterbacks. (Not Brett Favre, though. He’s still retired.) The Cincinnati Bengals owner Mike Brown, engaged in a staredown with his disgruntled franchise quarterback Carson Palmer, announced that Palmer was retiring with four years remaining on his contract. The reason? Brown would not acquiesce to the 31-year-old Palmer’s request to be traded from the perennially underachieving team, even though Palmer would probably bring the Bengals a few good draft picks in return. Perhaps Brown was cutting off his franchise’s nose to spite its face, but for Brown, there was a principle at stake.
“Carson signed a contract,” Brown said. “He made a commitment. He gave his word. We relied on his word. We relied on his commitment. We expected him to perform here. He’s going to walk away from his commitment. We aren’t going to reward him for doing it.”
In Seattle, the situation was much different. The Seattle Times reported that the Seahawks would not bring back quarterback Matt Hasselbeck, who had been with the team for 10 years, and that they were negotiating a deal with the former Minnesota Vikings quarterback Tarvaris Jackson. That created a domino effect among quarterbacks. The Seahawks were also thought to be potential trade suitors for Philadelphia’s Kevin Kolb. Kolb, who is now Michael Vick’s backup, was widely expected to be traded as soon as the rules allowed on Tuesday, but the Eagles sat tight, perhaps hoping that more of a market would develop than the Arizona Cardinals, who have long been seen as Kolb’s probable landing spot.
That would leave the Broncos’ Kyle Orton, who The Denver Post reported Monday was also on the trading block, with Tim Tebow possibly replacing him, and Donovan McNabb, who is likely to be traded after his one disastrous season in Washington, available.
At least there is some demand for all those quarterbacks. For the raft of veterans who will be cut later this week, finding a new job could be much more difficult than usual. Cap cuts are usually made in mid-March, giving those let go four months to find a new team before training camps open. But this year, the job market has been condensed into a few days, with teams hoping to have their rosters mostly set by the time camps open. Among the expected cap casualties later this week: Dallas receiver Roy Williams and running back Marion Barber, and Baltimore receiver Derrick Mason and tight end Todd Heap.
Next up are likely to be drafted rookie contracts, although two agents said they might go more slowly than expected because agents and general managers were still trying to absorb the new rookie wage system.
An indication of how confusing the first day of post-lockout life was: one agent said Tuesday he thought there would be very little negotiating involved in rookie contracts, with players’ play slotted according to where they were picked, while another agent said he thought there would be even more negotiating room than before.
Published: July 26, 2011
The madness really began Monday night, when the NFL. e-mailed a memo to all 32 teams at 6:20 p.m. telling them they were allowed to start negotiating contracts with rookies in 40 minutes. That was a change from the timeline the league had set out earlier in the day the lockout was put to rest, and it was so unexpected that at least one team told an agent it did not see the note for several hours after it was sent.
But for most people, it was welcome news. On Tuesday, the four-day off-season took off with head-spinning ferocity, with a large number of veterans told they would be cut to make salary-cap space, undrafted free agents signed to fill out rosters that will expand to 90 players, and veteran free agents negotiating new deals.
“Like New Year’s Eve and the new millennium all rolled into one,” said Joe Linta, an agent who has undrafted free agents, drafted rookies and veteran free agents to make deals for. “It was like a huge dam bursting. A million phone calls.”
It will become more intense Friday, when free-agent signings become official. But the relentlessness of the transactions was made apparent by just one team: the St. Louis Rams announced they had signed 24 undrafted rookies, which in a normal year would have been done in isolation in the hours after the draft ended in April, not in the middle of a maelstrom of other negotiations.
“Usually, the three hours after the draft is pretty crazy,” Linta said. “What happened in the last 24 hours made that look like a night spent in the library.”
The biggest news, as always, was generated by quarterbacks. (Not Brett Favre, though. He’s still retired.) The Cincinnati Bengals owner Mike Brown, engaged in a staredown with his disgruntled franchise quarterback Carson Palmer, announced that Palmer was retiring with four years remaining on his contract. The reason? Brown would not acquiesce to the 31-year-old Palmer’s request to be traded from the perennially underachieving team, even though Palmer would probably bring the Bengals a few good draft picks in return. Perhaps Brown was cutting off his franchise’s nose to spite its face, but for Brown, there was a principle at stake.
“Carson signed a contract,” Brown said. “He made a commitment. He gave his word. We relied on his word. We relied on his commitment. We expected him to perform here. He’s going to walk away from his commitment. We aren’t going to reward him for doing it.”
In Seattle, the situation was much different. The Seattle Times reported that the Seahawks would not bring back quarterback Matt Hasselbeck, who had been with the team for 10 years, and that they were negotiating a deal with the former Minnesota Vikings quarterback Tarvaris Jackson. That created a domino effect among quarterbacks. The Seahawks were also thought to be potential trade suitors for Philadelphia’s Kevin Kolb. Kolb, who is now Michael Vick’s backup, was widely expected to be traded as soon as the rules allowed on Tuesday, but the Eagles sat tight, perhaps hoping that more of a market would develop than the Arizona Cardinals, who have long been seen as Kolb’s probable landing spot.
That would leave the Broncos’ Kyle Orton, who The Denver Post reported Monday was also on the trading block, with Tim Tebow possibly replacing him, and Donovan McNabb, who is likely to be traded after his one disastrous season in Washington, available.
At least there is some demand for all those quarterbacks. For the raft of veterans who will be cut later this week, finding a new job could be much more difficult than usual. Cap cuts are usually made in mid-March, giving those let go four months to find a new team before training camps open. But this year, the job market has been condensed into a few days, with teams hoping to have their rosters mostly set by the time camps open. Among the expected cap casualties later this week: Dallas receiver Roy Williams and running back Marion Barber, and Baltimore receiver Derrick Mason and tight end Todd Heap.
Next up are likely to be drafted rookie contracts, although two agents said they might go more slowly than expected because agents and general managers were still trying to absorb the new rookie wage system.
An indication of how confusing the first day of post-lockout life was: one agent said Tuesday he thought there would be very little negotiating involved in rookie contracts, with players’ play slotted according to where they were picked, while another agent said he thought there would be even more negotiating room than before.
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