Every Tuesday throughout the NFL season I’ll discuss five of the biggest questions surrounding that week’s slate of action. This week it’s Wildcard Weekend in the NFL, as the playoffs kick off on Saturday. Can the Lions and Broncos pull off major upsets? Which team will show up in East Rutherford? Will the Texans have [...]
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2012 NFL Playoffs: Five Questions for Wildcard Weekend
January 3rd, 2012 
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3 Comments »James Harrison thinks Browns officials should be suspended too
December 31st, 2011 afcbeast James Harrison likes to think he has a good point. As usual, he doesn’t. Upon his return from a one-game suspension for an illegal hit on Cleveland Browns quarterback Colt McCoy, the Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker rhetorically wondered why the Browns officials who let McCoy back in the game weren’t punished for their actions. “If he [...]
Posted in Around The League Tags: Browns, Caretakers, Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Browns Quarterback, Colt Mccoy, Concussion, Excuse, Game Suspension, Harrison, Head Injuries, James, James Harrison, NFL, officials, Pittsburgh Steelers, Rhetorically, Should, Sideline, Steelers Linebacker, suspended, thinks, Two Plays, Yahoo, Yahoo Sports No Comments »NFL’s two standards of justice
December 22nd, 2011 afcbeast When the NFL decided not to punish the Cleveland Browns over their (mis)handling of Colt McCoy’s head injury, the league created an appearance that there are two kinds of justice. There’s a standard for the players and another for the teams. This goes beyond James Harrison and his one-game suspension. Although the Browns insist their [...]
Posted in Around The League Tags: Appearance, Blog, Bottom Line, Cleveland Browns, Colt Mccoy, Concussion, Doctors, ESPN, Espn Com Nfl, Espn Nfl, Game Suspension, Head Injury, James Harrison, Justice, Mis, NFL's, standards, Test View, Two Kinds No Comments »NFL’s two standards of justice
December 22nd, 2011 afcbeast When the NFL decided not to punish the Cleveland Browns over their (mis)handling of Colt McCoy’s head injury, the league created an appearance that there are two kinds of justice. There’s a standard for the players and another for the teams. This goes beyond James Harrison and his one-game suspension. Although the Browns insist their [...]
Posted in Around The League Tags: Appearance, Blog, Bottom Line, Cleveland Browns, Colt Mccoy, Concussion, Doctors, ESPN, Espn Com Nfl, Espn Nfl, Game Suspension, Head Injury, James Harrison, Justice, Mis, NFL's, standards, Test View, Two Kinds No Comments »James Harrison knows why the lights went out at Candlestick
December 20th, 2011 afcbeast James Harrison wasn’t with his Pittsburgh Steelers teammates during Monday night’s multiple blackouts in San Francisco. The star linebacker is serving a one-game suspension for an illegal hit last week on Cleveland Browns quarterback Colt McCoy. The way Harrison sees it, his absence contributed to the lights going out at Candlestick Park. During the evening’s [...]
Posted in Around The League Tags: Ben Roethlisberger, blackouts, Byron Leftwich, Candlestick, Candlestick Park, Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Browns Quarterback, Colt Mccoy, Game Suspension, Harrison, James, James Harrison, Kim Jong Il, knows, Lights, linebacker, Novak, Pittsburgh Steelers, Power Outage, Shawne Merriman, Somwhere, stoppage, Streaker, Teammates, Went, Yahoo Sports No Comments »Did Untied Shoes Lead to the Ndamukong Suh Stomp?
December 15th, 2011 afcbeast Ndamukong Suh stomping on the arm of Packers lineman Evan Dietrich-Smith during the Packers-Lions game on Thanksgiving was an ugly moment for the NFL. Millions of people saw Suh lose his cool and Suh was rewarded with a nice 2 game suspension for his actions. Suh has never really given a believable reason as to [...]
Posted in Yard Barker Tags: Aaron Rodgers, Belts, Brock, Dietrich, Friend James, Game Suspension, Green Bay, Interesting Quotes, Lead, Lineman, Lions, Ndamukong, Ndamukong Suh, NFL, Offensive Line Coach, Packers, People, shoes, stomp, Stud, Thanksgiving, Untied, Yardbarker No Comments »Mike Holmgren addresses Colt McCoy concussion controversy
December 15th, 2011 afcbeast Mike Holmgren addressed a restless Cleveland media today in a press conference about the controversy surrounding the Colt McCoy concussion from last Thursday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, basically calling the criticisms “unfair.” McCoy had suffered a brutal hit from linebacker James Harrison that led to a one-game suspension for Harrison by the NFL. The [...]
Posted in Around The League Tags: Addresses, Bright Lights, Browns, Cleveland Media, Closer Look, Colt, Colt Mccoy, Communication Breakdown, Concussion, Controversy, Game Suspension, head coach, Holmgren, Last Thursday, Linebacker James Harrison, Mccoy, Mike, Mike Holmgren, Nfl Officials, Pat Shurmer, Pittsburgh Steelers, Red Flags, Sideline, Sidelines No Comments »Tomlin hurts Harrison’s chances at appeal
December 14th, 2011 afcbeast James Harrison’s agent, Bill Parise, told The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that he has appealed the one-game suspension for the Steelers linebacker. Harrison is expected to receive an expedited hearing so he would have a chance to play in Monday night’s game at San Francisco. But Harrison shouldn’t get his hopes up. ESPN’s Adam Schefter says no [...]
Suspension sends message to teams
December 13th, 2011 afcbeast When the NFL announced a one-game suspension for James Harrison, the league wasn’t just sending a message to the Steelers linebacker. It was a message to all 32 teams. Every day before this one, players were the ones who were held accountable for their actions regarding safety. Hit a quarterback in the head, you get [...]
Posted in Around The League Tags: Ball Game, ESPN, Game Suspension, Game View, James Harrison, Message, NFL, Sending A Message, sends, Steelers Linebacker, Suspension, teams No Comments »Poll results: Should Harrison be suspended?
December 12th, 2011 afcbeast In a SportsNation poll, more than half of the 36,000 voters believe Steelers linebacker James Harrison should be suspended for his hit on Browns quarterback Colt McCoy. The poll breakdown had 33 percent saying Harrison should be suspended at least two games and 21 percent going with a one-game ban. A league source told ESPN’s [...]
