Around The NFL - 2008

[Diomedes]

Me too.  And if he lacks at all in strategy and play calling, he could always use an OC and a DC in the traditional manner, letting them call the plays as he sets the general course and leads the team. 

I'm rooting for him to succeed.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I'm rooting for him to succeed, but he's in the NFC.  I'm happy for John Harbaugh.

[Seabiscuit36]

Anyone see the longsnapper for Pittsburgh blow out his knee walking off the field?  That shtein was nasty. 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Alzo9_KZlI 

[SunMo]

damn

[Seabiscuit36]

He clearly tore it a little running down the field, then he decided to walk it off, not a good idea

[QB Eagles]

The NFL released the list of nominees for the 2009 HOF class

The class will be Cris Carter, Bruce Smith, Rod Woodson, Shannon Sharpe, + senior committee. You heard it here first.

[PhillyGirl]

Leo Carlin? Ticket guy?

[QB Eagles]

Leo Carlin? Ticket guy?

Yeah he was nominated last year also.

[shorebird]

Roger Craig should get in, imo.

[TRUCK RATHMAN]

Roger Craig should get in, imo.

farg that clown.......dont forget he gave the giants that superbowl ring that year we'd all love to forget......too bad he busts rhymes like he busts pills....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtvxPezTY6U





btw...CONGRATS.....GO PHILLIES!! was rooting for you guys............

































.............to quit bitchin about no championships 

[Tomahawk]

The NFL released the list of nominees for the 2009 HOF class

The class will be Cris Carter, Bruce Smith, Rod Woodson, Shannon Sharpe, + senior committee. You heard it here first.

I did not know Eric Allen was nominated for the Hall O' Fame. I'd vote him in if I was on the committee, but a lot of those players, while great, don't belong in the Hall

[PhillyPhreak54]

Imagine Andy Reid droppin his drawers at the half...

Like that thought? Me either.

SINGLETARY CONFIRMS HALFTIME PANTS DROP
Posted by Mike Florio on October 30, 2008, 5:14 p.m.

49ers coach Mike Singletary has made quite an impact on the NFL in a very short time.

In only one game, he delivered a memorable postgame press conference and a fiery postgame speech to his team, and he sent a star player to the showers during the game.

Singletary now admits that, during halftime of the same, he dropped his pants while speaking to the team.

Word of the incident surfaced on Wednesday.  We posted an item about it earlier today.

Subsequently, Singletary issued the following statement:  "I used my pants to illustrate that we were getting our tails whipped on Sunday and how humiliating that should feel for all of us.  I needed to do something to dramatize my point; there were other ways I could have done it but I think this got the message across."

Hmmm.

"Hey, Coach just dropped his pants.  Wow, he's got some skinny legs for a former player.  Why did he do that again?  Oh, yeah.  We suck."

Asked whether Singletary was embarrassed by the incident, team P.R. director Aaron Salkin said, "There are other ways he could've done it.  He knows that."

Based on the report on ESPN.com, it appears that Singletary didn't actually moon the team.  The initial reports seemed to suggest that Singletary had shown the players his (Tom) Bare-asso.

Regardless of whether the players got a look at Singletary's naked butt and rectum, we've got a feeling that this entire experiment isn't going to work.  We just don't think that this is the way to motivate grown men.

More importantly, we think the bigger issue is whether Singletary has the stuff to get his players prepared to play.  Even if the players are as motivated as they can possibly be, the coaching staff needs to work hard (and work smart) in getting the players in position to make plays and win games.

Based on the fact that the 49ers were blown away by a previously 1-5 team using a backup quarterback, we're not ready to declare that Mike Singletary is a master of breaking down game film and putting together game plans and then communicating the strategy effectively to the players. 

And we have a feeling that next week's performance against the Cardinals won't change our minds.

[PhillyPhreak54]

HALL OUT IN OAKLAND?
Posted by Mike Florio on November 4, 2008, 8:24 p.m.

Wow.

The DeAngelo Hall experiment in Oakland could be ending, as soon as Wednesday.

Wow.

Per Adam Schefter of NFL Network, the Raiders would make the move in order to avoid $16 million in injury-guaranteed bonuses.

Schefter reports that the move was going to be made on Tuesday, but that the team decided to wait a day.

If/when Hall is cut, he will have been paid $8 million for eight games, and the Raiders will have squandered a second-round pick.

On one hand, it's another sign that the Raiders are horribly dysfunctional.  On the other hand, at least the Raiders are willing to acknowledge their blunder and not compound it by paying him another $16 million.

Hall would go through waivers, but it's highly unlikely that anyone would pick up his contract.  If no one bites, he'd then become an unrestricted free agent.

As Schefter points out, the teams most interested in Hall when he was traded by the Falcons were the Giants, taterskins, and Cowboys.

Our guess is that the Cowboys will bring him in as an alternative to Mike "Tiptoe Matador" Jenkins.

[SD_Eagle5]

Raiders are a bunch of fargups

Hall will wind up with Dallas

[methdeez]

They can have him, he is mediocre.