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Bill Cowher Is Ready To Coach The Washington Redskins

Posted: 30th December 2009 by JW Nix in NFL
When Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder finally rid the franchise of Vinny Cerrato, he decided to stay with the umbrella of Redskins legacy without losing his seemed mission of building his own legacy. He hired Bruce Allen as to become the seventh general manager in the teams 78 years of existence. Three of the previous seven general managers are members of the Pro Football Hall Of Fame, which includes ...

Same Ol’ Favre, Different Day: This Week’s NFL Picks

Posted: 25th December 2009 by JW Nix in NFL
All the newborns recently crawled out from under their rocks to chastise Minnesota Vikings head coach Brad Childress for wanting to upgrade his team's performance by benching the media deity Brett Favre in last weeks 26-7 loss to the Carolina Panthers. Favre, of course, butted heads with Childress and refused to come off the field. Business as usual for a guy who has always put himself before his team. ...
New York Giants @ Washington Redskins The Giants couldn't be facing their longest divisional rivals at a worse time. The Redskins finally rid themselves of the incompetent Vinny Cerrato, replacing him with Bruce Allen. Bruce is the son of Redskins legendary Hall Of Fame head coach George Allen. The Redskins players will be playing for their 2010 jobs, knowing Allen will be looking to get rid of more dead weight in ...
Hallelujah! To borrow a famous phrase from the Wizard of Oz movie, ôDing dong, the witch is dead.ö Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder finally awoke from almost a decade slumber of hypnosis by firing executive vice president of football operations Vinny Cerrato. A firing that has come a decade too late, as Cerrato has crumbled a once proud franchise with horrible draft picks, terrible free agent signings, moronic trades, ...

Year of Hell: The Harry Newsome Story

Posted: 10th December 2009 by JW Nix in NFL
When Harry Newsome was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the eighth round of the 1985 draft, he was being asked to replace the incumbent punter Craig Colquitt. It wasn't the first time that Newsome was facing an obstacle like this. Newsome grew up in Cheraw, SC, a town that held just 4,000 people. One of those people was Dale Hatcher, a man who would be drafted in the ...

Year of Hell: The Harry Newsome Story

Posted: 9th December 2009 by JW Nix in NFL
When Harry Newsome was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the eighth round of the 1985 draft, he was being asked to replace the incumbent punter Craig Colquitt. It wasn't the first time that Newsome was facing an obstacle like this. Newsome grew up in Cheraw, SC, a town that held just 4,000 people. One of those people was Dale Hatcher, a man who would be drafted in the ...

The NFL Makes Sure the AFL Legacy Fades

Posted: 8th December 2009 by JW Nix in NFL
The Pro Football Hall of Fame voters once again that they are a suspect allotment of people who either have no clue about the game of professional football, or that they are in the pocket of the National Football League. On Nov. 28, 2009, the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced their list of the 25 finalists for induction into their halls located in Canton, OH. Look at ...

The Almost All-Time Seattle Seahawks Defense

Posted: 2nd December 2009 by JW Nix in NFL
When the Seattle Seahawks were born into the NFL in 1976, they won just two games and their first draft pick ever was out of the league in a few years. But, what they did was get lucky on a few free agents, most notably Hall of Fame wide receiver Steve Largent and quarterback Jim Zorn. Seattle was finishing seasons with a winning record by their third year, and have stayed consistently ...

The Almost All-Time Seattle Seahawks Offense

Posted: 30th November 2009 by JW Nix in NFL
When the Seattle Seahawks were born into the NFL in 1976, they won just two games and their first draft pick ever was out of the league in a few years. But what they did do was get lucky on a few free agents, most notably Hall Of Fame wide receiver Steve Largent and quarterback Jim Zorn. Seattle was finishing seasons with a winning record by their third year, and have stayed ...

This NFL Week Separates the Contenders from the Pretenders

Posted: 28th November 2009 by JW Nix in NFL
Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Atlanta Falcons The Bucs are an ugly football team right now, and are led by a coach who appears clueless and out of his league. Atlanta is desperately trying to get into the playoffs since their division appears to have been won by New Orleans. The return of star running back Michael Turner for Atlanta gives the team the balance it seeks on ...