This is what I get for being so high on Steelers WR Mike Wallace. Second-year QB Dennis Dixon could end up starting for the Steelers in the wake of Byron Leftwich's knee injury. Leftwich went to the hospital for an MRI.Alright, you guys understand how preseason works right? Understandable that fans in St. Louis are starving for any positive signs from preseason, but the rest of us need to keep some perspective. One snap, one touchdown. Tim Tebow is putting points on the board. 
Fans can get spoiled. Fans can be stupid. A whole lot of 9 and 10 win seasons can become boring and hacky. It’s as true today as it was back in my day. Right now? Georgia suffers from that malaise. Also from offseason felonies. So is this another season like last year? Spoiler alert! Yes, [...]Can the Pittsburgh Steelers win the division without starting QB Ben Roethlisberger to start the season?
LSU vs. North Carolina, Prediction Pick Even the staunchest LSU fan has to admit that Les Miles has crumpled in the last few minutes of … countless games. There is something about the last few minutes of a game that turns Les into a Junior Varsity assistant coach in charge of making sure all the [...]After watching about a half hour's worth of the final week of preseason, some truths have surfaced in such a short time. Steelers Hall of Fame QB Terry Bradshaw makes no secrets that he hopes the NFL upholds it six-game suspension of Ben Roethlisberger.Are the Lions on the verge of being a super team? Seems kind of strange to say. Like saying Paris Hilton is on the verge of being a responsible adult.You all may have your Christmas day, your St. Patrick's day or your Talk Like a Pirate day -- but my favorite holiday occurs when Gil Brandt hands over his fantasy football draft board. 
A Half-Dozen Hyper-Specific Predictions About…Arkansas Everybody’s favorite sleeper from the SEC is up next on the list. And it would be a virtual impossibility not to be excited for team hoo pig sooie. 10 starters are back to run the Bobby Petrino supersystem. But will it be enough to get them to the promised land? [...]Very few topics get the chatter going like a little Tim Tebow, who we should see a lot of on Thursday night. After a storied career at Florida, Tebow’s overwhelming popularity followed him to the NFL, where few rookies in recent memory have garnered as much interest. Fair or not, along with that notoriety comes [...]Bills RB C.J. Spiller and Chargers RB Ryan Mathews were the top two running backs taken in the 2010 NFL Draft. But who should be the first to come off your fantasy draft board? Mathews has been given the most love in fantasy circles, but NFL Network's Warren Sapp and Michael Lombardi kick around this subject on NFL Total Access. You shouldn't expect to see Brett Favre in the Vikings' season finale against the Broncos, but you should expect to see quite a bit of Tim Tebow.
I present to you “FrankenKiper”. Mel Kiper is going Scary ( Pic ) Seriously, is his head getting bigger. How big is his head going to get before we all hold hands across America? I understand that his hairs is his thing. That is a hot mess of a ton of hair, but why does [...]The Matt Leinart storyline is fascinating, and we're not done talking about it.With Saturday's deadline to cut rosters to 53 players fast approaching, the Saints' decision on what to do with Darren Sharper is looming.
A Half-Dozen Hyper-Specific Predictions About…Tennessee So yeah, this has kind of been a bad eventful offseason for Volunteer Nation. I won’t make mention of Kiffykins beyond that. But with the armed robbery, the bar brawl, and the fact that Marlon Walls and Ben Martin both blew out their achilles. As such? Expectations are low in [...]Bears QB Jay Cutler is pulling a misdirection play.There was an interesting question during my NFL.com fantasy chat on Wednesday, asking to choose between Michael Crabtree and Malcolm Floyd. The Cardinals announced during a news conference Wednesday that they have signed two-time Pro Bowl DT Darnell Dockett to a contract extension that runs through the 2015 season. The deal is worth up to $48 million over four years with $30 million guaranteed, a league source told NFL Network insider Jason La Canfora.Anticipating a possible touchdown in the regular-season opener against the Patriots, Chad Ochocinco is planning a one-gun sulute.One former teammate who isn't surprised by the unraveling situation between Matt Leinart and the Cardinals is one of his former targets -- Anquan Boldin.If you are not high on Jahvid Best by now, you may have already missed the boat.In the course of the last week, we've witnessed Matt Leinart go from starter to backup to likely to be cut/traded by the Cardinals.It's sounding more and more likely that Ryan Clady's goal of returning for the regular-season opener is right on track.Derrick Ward was released by the Buccaneers on Tuesday, putting him on the list for teams looking for veteran depth at running back.We've seen it time and time again in the NFL: The recovery time following major knee surgery is never a certainty and rarely treats two players the same. The latest example is Kevin Smith.
It’s not the first time a college marching band has played off an Internet meme. That does not make this any less awesome. It also gives me an excuse to post this photo of me playing with the N.C. A&T drum line. They’re all Internet dorks like me now. This warms my heart. If you’re [...]
In the Football Outsiders Almanac 2010 (which I highly recommend, btw), Aaron Schatz compared Jake Delhomme's ongoing presence as an NFL starting quarterback -- despite all evidence that he could no longer perform in that capacity -- to this Onion article about a CEO whose rise through the ranks was attributable to nothing but his [...]Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger granted an exclusive interview with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review on Tuesday, and the theme was the changes he's made after a tumultuous offseason that hit its low point when Commissioner Roger Goodell suspended him for six games. (Goodell will review the penalty with Roethlisberger in a face-to-face meeting Friday).The word coming out of Arizona is that Matt Leinart has lost the confidence of his teammates.
A Half-Dozen Hyper-Specific Predictions About…LSU I know what you’re thinking, a few dull platitudes. A random number of tackles, and a record much like last year, right? You are so wrong. And let me tell you why. Last Year: 9-4 (5-3) t2nd SEC West 1) With all the controversy coming out of Chapel Hill, no [...]The Baltimore Ravens have a tough decision to make on whether or not Ed Reed will start the season on the reserve/PUP list, and they'll likely take all the way up to Saturday's roster cutdown deadline to do it.A little rookie hazing? Nope. The video depicts members of the Dolphins looking for Dolphins DE Kendall Langford's 2.5 karat earring that he lost during practice. This must go over well with the no-nonsense approach from Dolphins Exec. VP of Football Operations Bill Parcells. The cutdown deadline for NFL teams to reduce their rosters to 75 players passed at 4 p.m. EST, and was surrounded by a flurry of activity. For my money, the Rams have to start Sam Bradford. If they thought enough about him to give him $50 million up front and put the future of the organization in his hands as the first pick, how do you not play him?Chris Cook impressed during preseason, to the point he was considered the favorite to start opposite Antoine Winfield. Now, he's out at least two weeks with a knee injury that leaves the Vikings' secondary thin.
And I blame these two: Because let’s be honest. If David Villa and Fernando Torres were on their game in the 2009 Confederations Cup semifinals, how impressive would Bob Bradley’s 4-year run be, really? Yes, there are positives to Bradley’s tenure thus far. He’s encouraged a number of U.S. national team players to build their [...]
After three weeks of fantasy football, Premier League-style, it’s become quite apparent that I have some work to do. Already, I find myself 41 points off the pace, thanks to a handful of questionable roster moves — starting the season with Carlos Tevez instead of Didier Drogba (a move I quickly rectified), dropping Andrei Arshavin [...]
Note: This post was originally published at the new College Football at Sports-Reference site, so when you're done reading, go over and check it out! Today, it's time to finish our list of the top 20 college football programs of the modern era. As a quick refresher, I defined the "modern era" as 1946-present, because [...]
A Half-Dozen Hyper-Specific Predictions About…South Carolina South Carolina was actually having a pretty good off-season. Superpowered recruits like Marcus Lattimore and Connor Shaw signed and committed. 16 starters returned, and that includes four on the offensive line. The SEC East is wide open. There was hope, right? Then Marvin Austin had a party. And from [...]
Our pal Brian Phillips of The Run of Play described Manchester City today as “the footballing version of the devastating forest fire that leads to new growth.” That’s perhaps just a bit nicer than what Sir Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho, among others, have been saying about Man City lately. It seems everyone is looking [...]
I listen to a crap load of NFL and fantasy football podcasts and I want to share some of that info with you. Rather than writing up an entire blog post about it, The quickest, most efficient way I can get you that info is by using Twitter. If you are on Twitter, stop by [...]
A Half-Dozen Hyper-Specific Predictions About…Ole Miss Few have had an an 18 month stretch as odd as Ole Miss. From being the springboard of the Oscar run for Sandra Bullock to the springboard to Jevan Snead’s obscurity. From Dexter McCluster running on some fools to Jeremiah Masoli heading into Oxford one step ahead of the [...]
Half-Dozen Hyper-specific Predictions about…Kentucky I’m back with the half-dozen thoughts in an attempt to roll out a preview upon you, the SEC Football Blogger reader. Today, the deepest of sleepers in the SEC. That’s right. I’m bringing you 6 calls on Kentucky. None of them involving John Calipari buying a recruit from Seattle. Last Year: [...]
Write for SEC Football Blogger Why? Because you are clearly awesome. You appreciate the works of Dameyune Craig. You know for a fact that the Volunteers got exactly what they deserved when they decided to hire Lane Kiffin. You can find the great videos like the Nick Saban impression. You know exactly who James Wilder [...]
Now that the gridiron game has proven to be rougher on its players’ brains than anyone realized, designers are taking another look at the football helmet and wondering if that’s the problem. An aerospace designer named Michael Princip thinks he might have a solution: a “multi-component anti-shock helmet design” that absorbs the energy of collisions [...]Disappointed that you couldn’t beat Off Constantly in this blog’s World Cup Fantasy League? Here’s your shot at redemption. Dave’s Football Blog is officially opening its Fantasy Premier League Contest today. This is your opportunity to A.) prove your fantasy football superiority to me, and B.) win a fabulous prize that will be determined at [...]Welcome to day #3 of Fantasy Football Blogger Training Camp. Today I am sharing one of my favorite fantasy football sources with you, Joe Bryant from FootballGuy’s. I’ve been getting Joe’s newsletter for as long as I can remember. He was the first person I came across online -back in the late 90′s – who [...]