Around The NFL - 2008

[ice grillin you]

middle america strikes again

im surprised the last item on the list isnt "must eat at the olive garden after the game"

[SunMo]

mmmmmmm, breadsticks

[QB Eagles]

Travis Henry tested positive for weed again. Done for the year and probably forever.

[rjs246]

Sad waste of talent. Not to mention the fact that he screwed over two of my fantasy leagues last year...

[QB Eagles]

Sad waste of talent.

At least his DNA will live on. The NFL should be 50% descended from Travis Henry 23 years from now.

[QB Eagles]

Kevin Jones signed with the Bears.

[PhillyPhreak54]

SPIKES VISITS LIONS
Posted by Mike Florio on July 20, 2008, 11:56 a.m.

After months on the free-agent shelf, veteran linebacker Takeo Spikes is generating some interest.

According to the Detroit Free Press, Spikes visited the Lions this past week.

Spikes got his start in Cincinnati, and then signed with the Bills as a free agent.  He was traded to the Eagles in 2007, and dumped after one season there.

He visited the 49ers not long after being released, but since then there has been little activitiy.

[BigEd76]

most of the training camps start this week and only 6 of the 31 first-round picks have signed (the top 4, Flacco and Keller)

[BigEd76]

I don't remember it being mentioned in this thread or in todd's TV one, but "Inside the NFL" is now on Showtime and has James Brown, Collinsworth and Simms

[Eagaholic]

Urlacker signed an extension with 6 million signing bonus and another 1 million added per year.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3499320


Westbrook should take note and be willing to settle for something reasonable.

[reese125]

Ha...now this is an awesome attitude to take:


Colts GM Bill Polian says he "could care less" if the team's draft picks don't sign in time for training camp.

"We haven't made any progress. None," he said. "If these players don't want to sign because the union thinks our offers are too low or the agents are afraid to sign or whatever other excuses they use, it doesn't matter to me. I could care less." None of the Colts' nine picks are signed.
Source: Indianapolis Star

[SunMo]

when none of the picks are signed, i have to believe the team is the problem, not the players

[Seabiscuit36]

He's such an icehole, IGY would die if he was in charge here

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

And yet, they won the Super Bowl recently.  So, I guess we can't put ALL the blame on Lurie?

[Father Demon]

New ticket plan aims to keep Dallas fans out of Cards' stadium

The Arizona Cardinals are trying to "protect the nest." This means they'd like University of Phoenix Stadium to continue to sell out, and to do so with as few opposing fans as possible.

In the past two seasons, there was little concern about this since the team sold out every home game. But with ticket sales a bit slower as the third season approaches, the Cardinals are requiring fans who want to buy tickets to the Dallas game on Oct. 12 to also buy tickets for the Aug. 7 exhibition opener vs. New Orleans. Cardinals fans have "created a decisive home-field advantage" the past two years, and the team wants to keep it that way by discouraging single-game ticket sales to Dallas Cowboys fans, team spokesman Mark Dalton said.

"Our goal is to have as many Cardinal fans in the stadium as possible," Dalton said.

In terms of overall ticket sales, "We're a little slower than we were at this point" last year, Dalton said, citing the slowing economy. Dalton estimated about 58,000 season tickets have been sold. Ideally, the Cardinals would like to sell about 60,000 season tickets and hold back 3,000 or so to sell for individual games.

"If we don't get to that threshold, then there will be a few more individual single-game tickets available," Dalton said.

Anything that is a PITA to Dallas fans is OK in my book.