When it was revealed that the new head coach of the Buffalo Bills would be Chain Gailey, the Western New York community asked the same two questions that the Dallas/Fort Worth community asked in 1998: Who? and Really?
Gailey joined the Kansas City Chiefs as offensive coordinator in 2008 but was fired two weeks before the ’09 season (head coach Todd Haley decided to run the offense himself). For six years before that, Gailey was the head coach at Georgia Tech. But most NFL fans remember Gailey as Barry Switzer’s no-name replacement in [...]
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Quick-hitting analysis on every key contributor to the 2010 New York Jets.
*new veteran
**rookie
Head Coach: Rex Ryan (2nd year)
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Quick-hitting analysis on every key contributor to the 2010 New England Patriots.
*new veteran
**rookie
Head Coach: Bill Belichick
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Quick-hitting analysis on every key contributor to the 2010 Miami Dolphins.
*new veteran
**rookie
Head Coach: Tony Sparano (3rd year)
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Quick-hitting analysis on every key contributor to the 2010 Buffalo Bills.
Head Coach: Chan Gailey (1st year)
*new veteran
**rookie
Offense
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Last month I conducted a directory on the top 10 NFL rookies who I felt had the most simultaneous potential to become legendary superstars and derailing draft busts.
Now, despite the fact that another writer covered this same story, I’m back via a much-needed youth trip to the Gulf, inspired, completely invigorated, and ready to take on the task with a refreshing twist.
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Contrary to popular belief, the Washington Redskins are not driving down a different road in 2010. They're driving down the same Dan Snyder highway they've always driven down -- they're just in a faster, fancier car. At least this time, Snyder's puppet, Vinny Cerrato, isn't behind the wheel.
But once again, the Skins enter a season with a new high-profile head coach. Things didn’t work out with offensive maharishi Steve Spurrier, and results were lukewarm under multi Super Bowl champion Joe Gibbs. (And the Jim Zorn era managed to live down to expectations.) So, this time, they’re trying a mix: offensive [...]
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This 2010 season will offer a perfect illustration for why the Philadelphia Eagles, with eight playoff appearances and five conference title games, have been the NFC's most successful team over the past 10 years.
Eagles fans being – shall we say, the passionate bunch that they are? – might not appreciate, or even notice, this illustration. After all, the Eagles seem destined for 8-10 wins, which won’t cut it in the City of Brotherly Love.
But we’re talking about 8-10 wins [...]
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Sometimes the best thing to tell the depressed person is to just be happy. And sometimes the best thing to tell the overweight person is to just eat healthy. Life doesn't always have to be complicated. On that note, we can tell the New York Giants to just play better in 2010.
That’s essentially what their front office said. The Giants are coming off a disappointing season in which they started 5-0 but finished 3-8. With a new $1.7 billion stadium opening up and the New York culture being the New York culture, there’s the temptation to overreact to such mediocrity by seeking elaborate changes. [...]
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This feels like a trap. We're all being lured into making the Dallas Cowboys our Super Bowl pick for 2010. After all, the Cowboys are arguably the most talented team in the NFC. And they've finally ended their playoff drought, having defeated Philadelphia for their first postseason victory since 1996.
Last season was also the first time since ’96 that the Cowboys posted a winning record in December/January, seemingly dispelling the notion that Tony Romo – who finished the year with a 97.6 passer rating – can’t perform under pressure and that Wade Phillips can’t get [...]
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