 Mike Brown.....hmmmm....when you think of Mike Brown the memory brings back flashes of brilliance at the safety position. You remember a load of interceptions brought back for touchdowns. You remember game winning defensive touchdowns. You remember a Bears team that was carried by its defense throughout the entire season. You remember Mike Brown as a top safety in the NFL and a Pro Bowl in 200...
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 After returning from a brief hiatus, I decided to write about a recent article that caught me by surprise. While doing some much needed time killing, I stumbled across a copy of ESPN The Magazine and in this particular copy they highlighted a recent trend in the NFL: Playbooks are going digital.
Just try to imagine how many movies, episodes of NFL Hard Knocks you have seen that have the catch ...
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 So Steve, the top dog around here, has been practically begging me to start up a blog. Apparently my writing is entertaining (This is him saying this, not me, so its not bragging). The thing is, I'm not super into sports. I enjoy them, sure. I was even in them throughout all of high school. Actually, I played a year of college football as well, but, I didn't play much...
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 It is truly unfortunate that really smart people get duped so easily. Take the Minnesota front office for example. They believe Mr 50-50 still has what it takes to lead them to an NFL championship. I believe quantum theory so I do believe all things are possible but I think Favre brings a lot baggage that the Vikings organization and team are not ready for.
Favre certainly represents an immed...
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 He signed, he didn't sign, his agent denies everything, the Vikings equipment manager has already ordered Favre jerseys, everyone is obsessed with this story......
The national media had completely shut down the initial report from Profootballtalk.com that the Vikings had ordered a number of purple jerseys with the Favre's name and number placed on them. It wasn't just the media that shut do...
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As I thought about the evolution of Jason Campbell I started to see both parallels and differences between him and the Redskins era of Mark Rypien. Mark Rypien was vilified in Washington until he broke out in the 1991 Season. Jason Campbell is just like Mark Rypien in many ways. He is smart, he has a rocket arm and he is not a rah-rah guy. In 1991 then Owner, Jack Kent Cooke called Ma...
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