(PhatzRadio / AP) — INDIANAPOLIS — With Super Bowl XLVI in the books, no time like the present for looking ahead to Super Bowl XLVII and whether it might feature the champion Giants and/or AFC-winning Patriots, who have combined to win five of the past 11 titles. Each team’s starting lineup averages roughly [...]
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Might Giants and Patriots be headed for Super Bowl rematch?
February 7th, 2012 
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No Comments »New York Jets: What Do You Do with a Problem Like Mark Sanchez?
February 4th, 2012 afcbeast The press is really having a field day with the New York Jets. First, before the season even began, pretentious head coach Rex Ryan guaranteed a New York Super Bowl win. He may be right, but it won’t be his team that gets it. The Jets failed to make the playoffs. They were beaten out [...]
Posted in Bleacher Report Tags: Afc Championship, Anonymous Reports, Anonymous Sources, Cincinnati Bengals, Completion Percentage, Future Development, head coach, Jets, Like, Locker Room, mark, Mark Sanchez, Merits, New York Daily News, New York Jets, Nfl Quarterbacks, Ouch, Problem, Rex Ryan, Rookies, Sanchez, Santonio Holmes, Signal Caller, Three Seasons, York, York Daily News No Comments »AFC East Q&A: Nate Solder
February 3rd, 2012 afcbeast INDIANAPOLIS — Rookie offensive tackle Nate Solder has fit in well with the New England Patriots. He’s filled in admirably for injured veteran right tackle Sebastian Vollmer, who may return for the Super Bowl. This week the AFC East blog caught up with New England’s first-round pick to get his thoughts leading into Super Bowl [...]
Posted in Around The League Tags: AFC East, Amp, Blog, East, ESPN, Fit, Indianapolis, lot, Nate, New England, New England Patriots, NFL, Q&A, Rookies, Sebastian, Solder, Super Bowl, Super Bowl Xlvi, Vollmer No Comments »AFC East Q&A: Nate Solder
February 3rd, 2012 afcbeast INDIANAPOLIS — Rookie offensive tackle Nate Solder has fit in well with the New England Patriots. He’s filled in admirably for injured veteran right tackle Sebastian Vollmer, who may return for the Super Bowl. This week the AFC East blog caught up with New England’s first-round pick to get his thoughts leading into Super Bowl [...]
Posted in Around The League Tags: AFC East, Amp, Blog, East, ESPN, Fit, Indianapolis, lot, Nate, New England, New England Patriots, NFL, Q&A, Rookies, Sebastian, Solder, Super Bowl, Super Bowl Xlvi, Vollmer No Comments »My Q&A with NFL Draft Expert Shane P. Hallam, Talking New York Jets and the NFL Draft, Part 1
February 1st, 2012 afcbeast It’s never too early to start thinking about the 2012 NFL Draft. With the Super Bowl just days away, the focus will soon shift completely onto April’s draft, one of the biggest annual events in football. To get a head start on some draft talk, I spoke with NFL Draft expert Shane P. Hallam of [...]
Posted in Around The Web Tags: Amp, April, Draft, Draft Class, Expert, Focus, Hallam, Head Start, Imperative, Jets, New York Jets, NFL Draft, Part, Presser, Rookies, Shane, Super Bowl, Talking, Yardbarker, York No Comments »5 Developmental QBs New York Jets Should Consider in 2012 Draft
January 25th, 2012 afcbeast The amount of ink spent on the subject is nearly immeasurable; the number of fingers left cramped from atop sports blogging soapboxes around the football world must be in the trillions. I believe it is now safe to say that the situation under center for the Jets has reached full-fledged panic levels. While the endless [...]
Posted in Bleacher Report Tags: 2012, Bleacher Report, challenger, City Music Hall, Consider, Developmental, Draft, Draft Class, Endless Combinations, Fingers, Football World, Heir, Jets, Mark Sanchez, Mike Tannenbaum, New York Jets, NFL Draft, Offseason, Panic Levels, Qbs, Radio City Music, Radio City Music Hall, Rookies, Should, Soapboxes, Trillions, York No Comments »Panthers look for stability in defensive line
January 14th, 2012 afcbeast This is the first part of 7-part series focusing on the position groups of the Carolina Panthers The Carolina Panthers were nothing short of an adventure along the defensive line in 2011. Head coach Ron Rivera wasn’t always sure not only who would start on the interior from week to week, he wasn’t sure who [...]
Posted in Yard Barker Tags: 30 Million, Carolina Panthers, Coach Ron, Decisions, defensive, Defensive Line, Fiel, Fua, game, Growing Pains, head coach, line, Linebacker Corps, look, Losses, Mcclain, New Contract, Newbies, Panthers, Ron Rivera, Rookies, Sacks, Signing Bonus, stability, Tackles No Comments »Mark Sanchez: A Bright Spot Turned Liability For Jets
January 12th, 2012 afcbeast A Look At The Jets’ Predicament Surrounding The Future of Their “Franchise Quarterback”. And The New York Jets select with the fifth pick….. Mark Sanchez. In 2009 The Jets placed their hopes for the future in a young man out of USC named Mark Sanchez, a college standout who impressed scouts during his 08’ campaign [...]
Posted in Around The Web Tags: Big Games, Bright, Franchise Quarterback, game, Giants, Highlight, Improvements, Jets, Liability, mark, Mark Sanchez, Match, New York Jets, NFL Draft, Predicament, Rookies, Rsquo, Sanchez, Second Season, spot, Standout, Statistical Category, Tds, Trojans, Turned, Yardbarker, young man No Comments »49ers’ Aldon Smith top defensive rookie?
January 5th, 2012 afcbeast Matt Williamson of Scouts Inc. removed the question mark from that headline. He’s listing the San Francisco 49ers’ Aldon Smith over Denver’s Von Miller as the NFL’s defensive rookie of the year. Aldon Smith #99 LBSan Francisco 49ers 2011 STATS Tot37 Solo31 Ast6 FF2 Sack14.0 Int0 Three NFC West rookies appeared on Williamson’s list of [...]
Posted in Around The League Tags: 49ers, Aldon, defensive, Defensive Rookie, ESPN, Nfc West, NFL, Patrick Peterson, question mark, Richard Sherman, rookie, Rookie Of The Year, Rookies, San Francisco 49ers, Scouts Inc, Seattle, Smith No Comments »Small gift from player makes Jerry Jones smile
December 23rd, 2011 afcbeast What do you get the man who has everything? One Cowboys player found just the right thing to pull on the heartstrings of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. During an interview on 105.3 FM in Dallas on Friday morning, Jones revealed that sometimes, something genuine and from the heart is better than any lavish gift. [...]
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