Tuesday’s news that Baltimore Ravens running back Ricky Williams is retiring comes with a bit of an NFC South angle. Williams once was the biggest thing to ever hit the New Orleans Saints. Remember the 1999 draft, when the Saints traded away all their picks from that year, plus a couple more for the following [...]
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Reflecting on Ricky Williams and Saints
February 8th, 2012 
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No Comments »Smarter Stats: Super Bowl Edition — New England’s offense vs. New York’s defense
February 5th, 2012 afcbeast Of course, the big story surrounding New England’s offense is the health of tight end Rob Gronkowski. He’s been practicing on a limited basis, but if Gronk can’t go at full speed, it’s a problem — he was targeted 15 times (a season high) against New York in Week 9, and caught eight passes for [...]
Posted in Around The League Tags: afc championship game, Baltimore Ravens, Bowl, Carryovers, defense, Different Things, edition, Enemy Defense, England’s, Focus Point, Football Outsiders, Full Speed, Gronk, Haloti Ngata, Justin Tuck, New England, Offense, Offensive Linemen, Ravens, S Pass, smarter, stats, Steelers, Super, Super Bowl XLII, Terrell Suggs, Tight End, Tom Brady, York’s No Comments »New York Jets: Who Does a Jet Fan Root for on Super Bowl Sunday?
February 5th, 2012 afcbeast The 15-3 New England Patriots or the 12-7 New York Giants? Who to choose? As New York Jets fans lick their wounds of an 8-8 season that ended in disaster, who will they be rooting for come Super Bowl Sunday? The New England Patriots swept the Jets this season after head coach Rex Ryan was [...]
Posted in Bleacher Report Tags: Baltimore Ravens, Belichick, Bowl, Cross Town, Denver Broncos, England Squad, Fifth Time, Five Seasons, Jet Fan, Jet Fans, Jets, New England Patriots, New York Giants, New York Jets, Playoff Contention, Rex Ryan, Root, Same Time Period, Seventh Time, Sunday, Super, Time Span, Tom Brady, Tom Coughlin, Touchdown Pass, York No Comments »Why Tom Brady Will Win His 3rd Super Bowl MVP
February 5th, 2012 afcbeast If Tom Brady is going to win his third Super Bowl MVP this Sunday night, then wouldn’t that mean that I believe that the New England Patriots are going to win Super Bowl XLVI? You bet. I am going with the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI over the New York Giants. With that being said, I firmly believe [...]
Posted in Yard Barker Tags: afc championship game, Baltimore Ravens, Bowl, Brady, Memories, Mvp Award, New England, New England Patriots, New York Giants, NFL, Ravens, Revenge Game, Starters, Subpar Performance, Super, Super Bowl, Super Bowl Mvp, Super Bowl XLII, Super Bowl Xlvi, Tom Brady, touchdown, Victory, Yardbarker No Comments »Why Tom Brady Will Win His 3rd Super Bowl MVP
February 5th, 2012 afcbeast If Tom Brady is going to win his third Super Bowl MVP this Sunday night, then wouldn’t that mean that I believe that the New England Patriots are going to win Super Bowl XLVI? You bet. I am going with the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI over the New York Giants. With that being said, I firmly believe [...]
Posted in Yard Barker Tags: afc championship game, Baltimore Ravens, Bowl, Brady, Memories, Mvp Award, New England, New England Patriots, New York Giants, NFL, Ravens, Revenge Game, Starters, Subpar Performance, Super, Super Bowl, Super Bowl Mvp, Super Bowl XLII, Super Bowl Xlvi, Tom Brady, touchdown, Victory, Yardbarker No Comments »Former Intern Mike Smith Returns to New York Jets as Outside Linebackers Coach After All
February 4th, 2012 afcbeast It appears that former New York Jets coaching intern Mike Smith will be returning to the team after all. The 30-year-old Smith played briefly for Rex Ryan back in their Baltimore Ravens days and was interning with the Jets in 2011, and he was credited with helping the development of young pass rusher Aaron Maybin. [...]
Posted in Around The Web Tags: Aaron Maybin, after, Baltimore Ravens, coach, Coach Mike, Coaching, Former, head coach, Intern, Jets, job, Linebackers, Mike, Mike Leach, Mike Smith, New York Jets, outside, Pass Rusher, Ravens, Returns, Rex Ryan, Smith, Spinning, Texas Tech, Washington State University, West Virginia University, Yardbarker, York No Comments »Super Bowl XLVI: Three keys to victory for the Patriots
February 2nd, 2012 afcbeast New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady points on the line of scrimmage before a play against the Baltimore Ravens during their NFL AFC Championship football game in Foxborough, Massachusetts, January 22, 2012. REUTERS/Adam Hunger (UNITED STATES – Tags: SPORT FOOTBALL) On Wednesday I discussed the three keys to victory for the Giants in Super Bowl [...]
Posted in Around The League Tags: afc championship game, Baltimore Ravens, Blue In The Face, Bob Kraft, Bowl, Championship Football, England Patriots Quarterback, Football Game, Foxborough Massachusetts, G Men, keys, Keys To Victory, Lackluster Performance, Line Of Scrimmage, New England Patriots, New England Patriots Quarterback, Owner Bob, Passer Rating, patriots, Patriots New England, Super, Super Bowl Xlvi, Three, Three Keys, Tom Brady, Victory, XLVI No Comments »Colts are ready to move on from Peyton Manning
January 30th, 2012 afcbeast Written by: Matthew Blunk For over a decade now, the Indianapolis Colts have been astoundingly consistent as an elite football team in the NFL. The Colts’ domination culminated in 2006, when Indianapolis beat the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI. And now, five years later, the Peyton Manning Era is set to end. It [...]
Posted in Yard Barker Tags: Architect, Baltimore Ravens, Bill Polian, Blunk, Chicago Bears, Chuck Pagano, Colts, defensive coordinator, Domination, Football Team, from, Head Coach Jim, Indianapolis Colts, Jim Caldwell, Jim Irsay, Manning, Move, Peyton, Peyton Manning, Philosophies, Ravens, Ready, Ryan Grigson, Super Bowl, Super Bowl Xli, Yardbarker No Comments »Man tries to sell Pat Tillman’s game-worn cleats on eBay … for $3.2 million
January 30th, 2012 afcbeast The internet is a haven for weirdness at the best of times, but once in a while, you come across something that makes you wonder just what people are thinking when they get up in the morning. So it was when we discovered that a guy with the handle “az-jt” (actually 51-year-old Jerry Martin) put [...]
Posted in Around The League Tags: $3.2, American War Hero, Arizona Cardinals, Baltimore Ravens, Cleats, Ebay, Fire Incident, Fox Sports, Friendly Fire, gameworn, Hoping That Someone, Million, Pat Tillman, Pat Tillman Foundation, Profit Enterprise, Proviso, Rare Game, Safe Deposit Box, sell, Sharpie, Smudges, Sun Devil Stadium, Tillman Family, Tillman’s, tries, Wounded Warrior Project No Comments »Colts hire Ravens’ Chuck Pagano as new head coach, as Terrell Suggs predicted
January 26th, 2012 afcbeast With all the folderol about the future of Peyton Manning, and the alleged coldness in the halls of the Indianapolis Colts’ head offices, and all the Rob Lowe “breaking news,” and Jim Irsay’s ongoing twtterpation, the decision to replace ex-head coach Jim Caldwell with a new man was done in surprisingly under-the-radar fashion. On Wednesday [...]
Posted in Around The League Tags: Baltimore Ravens, Chuck, coach, Colts, Coordinator Position, defensive coordinator, Dennis Allen, Denver Broncos, Folderol, head, Head Coach Jim, Hire, Indianapolis Colts, Jim Caldwell, Jim Irsay, Marvin Lewis, Mike Nolan, Mike Silver, Nfl Coaching, Oakland Raiders, Pagano, Pittsburgh Steelers, Predicted, Ravens’, Rex Ryan, Rob Lowe, Ryan Grigson, Suggs, Terrell, Terrell Suggs No Comments »
