– Every so often, you run across an article that … well, that doesn’t really make a lot of sense. So it was when Filip Bondy of the New York Daily News put forth the proposition that Bill Belichick’s formerly enormous football brain has “shrunk somehow to mortal size these past seven years.” Bondy’s argument, [...]
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Deep Posts: Debating Belichick’s big brain
January 29th, 2012 
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No Comments »(Very) Preliminary Thoughts On New York Jets Off-Season
January 18th, 2012 afcbeast At this point of the NFL season, it is still very hard to project exactly what type of direction the eliminated New York Jets will go in during the off-season. There are too many variables at play. In terms of players, it is easy to throw around names off of free agency lists and throw [...]
Posted in Around The Web Tags: Cap, Conflicting Reports, Darts, Direction, draft picks, Jets, names, New York Jets, Nfl Season, Offensive Line, Offseason, Preliminary, Real Options, Robert Turner, Shocker, thoughts, Variables, very, Wayne Hunter, Yardbarker, York No Comments »BGA: 2012 Salary Cap Update 1.0
January 18th, 2012 afcbeast Over the course of the offseason, I’ll be posting a series of articles analyzing statistics and data rather than game film. I’ll also be revisiting last year’s offseason articles to see whether the conclusions drawn were indicative of what was actually going to happen during the season and using that information to try and determine [...]
Posted in The Jets Blog Tags: 2012, Assumptions, Cap Room, Commitments, Conclusions, Contracts, Current Value, draft picks, Estimates, Exact Figures, Free Agent Market, Game Film, Jets, Lockout, Money, NFL, Offseason, Salary, Salary Cap, Speculation, Statistics, UPDATE, Utmost Faith 10 Comments »Report: NY Jets Players Want Peyton Manning, Not Mark Sanchez
January 11th, 2012 afcbeast The dysfunctional family known as the New York Jets is starting to show a lot of cracks in the foundation. According to a report in the New York Daily News, players are turning against each other, particularly Mark Sanchez, and want him traded away to free up the quarterback position for Peyton Manning. This report [...]
Posted in Bleacher Report Tags: Colts, Cracks, draft picks, Dysfunctional Family, Franchise, Greg Mcelroy, Jets, Manning, mark, Mark Sanchez, Matter Of Time, New York Daily News, New York Jets, ny jets, Peyton, Peyton Manning, Players., Quarterback Position, report, Rex Ryan, Rsquo, Sanchez, Season Finale, Serious Trouble, Taking Responsibility, Teammates, Want, York Daily News No Comments »Report: Colts have already decided on Andrew Luck
January 7th, 2012 afcbeast It’s not shocking news, except perhaps that it comes so early. ESPN’s Chris Mortensen says that the Indianapolis Colts have already decided to draft Andrew Luck first overall in the 2012 NFL draft. Tony Dungy noted on Saturday afternoon that Bill Polian, who was the Colts’ general manager before being fired on Monday, had been [...]
Posted in Around The League Tags: Already, Andrew, Athletic Director, Baylor, Bill Polian, Chris Mortensen, Colts, decided, draft picks, Draft Time, ESPN, Georgetown Hoyas, Indianapolis Colts, Luck, Mountaineers, NFL Draft, Oliver Luck, Peyton Manning, report, Robert Griffin, Rounders, Ryan Leaf, Saturday Afternoon, Shocking News, Tony Dungy, Yahoo Sports No Comments »Report: Colts have already decided on Andrew Luck
January 7th, 2012 afcbeast It’s not shocking news, except perhaps that it comes so early. ESPN’s Chris Mortensen says that the Indianapolis Colts have already decided to draft Andrew Luck first overall in the 2012 NFL draft. Tony Dungy noted on Saturday afternoon that Bill Polian, who was the Colts’ general manager before being fired on Monday, had been [...]
Posted in Around The League Tags: Already, Andrew, Athletic Director, Baylor, Bill Polian, Chris Mortensen, Colts, decided, draft picks, Draft Time, ESPN, Georgetown Hoyas, Indianapolis Colts, Luck, Mountaineers, NFL Draft, Oliver Luck, Peyton Manning, report, Robert Griffin, Rounders, Ryan Leaf, Saturday Afternoon, Shocking News, Tony Dungy, Yahoo Sports No Comments »Rams Miller creates opportunities on punt return
December 1st, 2011 afcbeast ST. LOUIS Early in a punt return that produced a memory, journeyman St. Louis Rams wide receiver Nick Miller saw an opportunity. On Sunday, he gathered the ball at the Arizona Cardinals’ 12-yard line with a little more than nine minutes left in the first quarter. He started right then cut left, freezing safety Sean [...]
Posted in Yard Barker Tags: Arizona Cardinals, creates, Dante Hall, draft picks, Edward Jones Dome, End Zone, Injured Reserve, Man Roster, Mark Clayton, Miller, nfl career, Nfl Rams, Nick Miller, O Brien, Oakland Raiders, opportunities, Punt, Punt Return, Rams, Return, Robert Quinn, Schofield, Sideline, Southern Utah, st louis rams, wide receiver No Comments »Woody Criticizes Patriots D, Questions Decision Making
November 13th, 2011 afcbeast Former Jet and current ESPN analyst Damien Woody is making headlines again. After wagging the proverbial finger at the Jets during their early season struggles, he slammed the Evil Empire’s defense on Friday and even questioned the unquestionable Bill Belichick. “It’s about what have you done for me lately,” Woody said Friday on ESPN New York 1050’s [...]
Posted in The Jets Blog Tags: 2000s, Albert Haynesworth, Bill Belichick, Brandon Meriweather, criticizes, Damien Woody, decision, draft picks, ESPN, Evil Empire, Hoodie, James Sanders, Leigh Bodden, Locker Room, Making, Michael Kay, National Football League, Ochocinco, patriots, Personnel Decisions, questions, Richard Seymour, Rounder, Scott Pioli, Woody 7 Comments »Jets should feast on Pats’ sickly ‘D’
October 6th, 2011 afcbeast FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — If ever there were a defense for the Jets to get healthy against, it’s the sickly group the Patriots will bring into Gillette Stadium here Sunday. Despite Bill Belichick’s alleged defensive genius and the use of an astounding 25 draft picks on that side of… View full post on NY Post: Jets
Posted in Around The Web Tags: Bill Belichick, Defensive Genius, draft picks, Feast, Foxborough Mass, Gillette Stadium, Jets, ny jets, ny post, patriots, Pats, Should, sickly No Comments »Rams’ WR competition bringing out best in receivers
August 24th, 2011 afcbeast ST. LOUIS Mardy Gilyard smiled, because he knows he is part of the intrigue. He and 11 other wide receivers are in the middle of a close competition to earn a spot on the St. Louis Rams’ final 53-man roster. Time is running out to make an impression. Gilyard has tried to keep his mind [...]
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