May 22, 2013

Report: NFL and NFLPA on verge of pushing draft to May, moving start of season up before scouting combine

(PhatzRadio / SI / BR) — The NFL and NFLPA are on the verge of pushing the NFL Draft back to May and moving the start of the league year to before the NFL Scouting Combine, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports. Both sides have had dialogue about resetting the league’s calendar in an attempt to create [...]

Audibly Offensive Radio (4/29/2013)

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With the NFL Draft gone, Swafford and Lemke take a few pot shots at the teams that did their best work by not soiling themselves while killing off the hopes and dreams of their fan bases.

Audibly Offensive Radio (4/29/2013)

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With the NFL Draft gone, Swafford and Lemke take a few pot shots at the teams that did their best work by not soiling themselves while killing off the hopes and dreams of their fan bases.

NFL Draft 2013: Steals and Reaches

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(PhatzRadio / SI) — This year’s NFL Draft was as hard to predict as any in recent memory, and the way in which Friday’s and Saturday’s action unfolded certainly verified that. With skill-position players slipping and Day 1 dominated by offensive lineman, the weekend was an exercise in finding value and capitalizing on the depth [...]

NFL Draft 2013 – Day 3: Eagles open fourth round by grabbing USC QB Matt Barkley

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(PhatzRadio / SI) — NEW YORK — Musings, observations and the occasional insight as the eventful final day of the NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall finally brought a flurry of quarterback news… If there’s one thing I gleaned from sitting with Chip Kelly for the full hour at last month’s NFC coaches media [...]

NFL Draft 2013 – Day 2: Sullen Smith has to get over snub now that he’s a Jet

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — Teams do not reach the point of Super Bowl contention by accident. And there is nothing accidental about how Baltimore GM Ozzie Newsome and, in a smaller window, San Francisco GM Trent Baalke have worked the system in their favors. Both Newsome and Baalke have shown a consistent understanding of their [...]

NFL Draft 2013: Ten questions to ponder as the 2013 NFL draft approaches

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QB Geno Smith passed for 42 TDs and just six INTs for West Virginia in 2012.(Photo: Rob Christy, USA TODAY Sports) Story Highlights Several high-profile players come with medical red flags Could this be the year a running back won’t go in Round 1? The Kansas City Chiefs’ choice at the top is still a [...]

NFL: Darrelle Revis discusses Jets rumors, playing for 49ers

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Brent Celek #87 of the Philadelphia Eagles scores a touchdown after catching a pass while being tackled by Brodney Pool #22 and Darrelle Revis #24 of the New York Jets during the first half at Lincoln Financial Field on December 18, 2011 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (December 17, 2011 – Source: Rob Carr/Getty Images North America) [...]

NFL: NFL lifts Payton’s suspension

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Team owner of the New Orleans Saints and the New Orleans Hornets Tom Benson shakes hands with New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton during a game between the New Orleans Hornets and the Toronto Raptors at New Orleans Arena on December 28, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (December 27, 2012 – Source: Chris Graythen/Getty [...]

College Football National Championship: Will game live up to hype in BCS championship?

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Alabama head coach Nick Saban (right) and Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly pose with The Coaches’ Trophy during a news conference for the BCS National Championship on Sunday in Miami. The Tide and Fighting Irish meet today for the title. Photo by The Associated Press. MIAMI — Sometimes, the buildup to a game can [...]