Not in any particular order I have accumulated a list of names....
Harry Carson, Junior Seau, Zack Thomas, Ray Lewis, Jack Lambert, Patrick Willis, Mike Singletary, Sam Mills, Jon Beason, Chris Spielman, Dick Butkus, Brian Urlacher. What do they all have in common?
They all played middle linebacker.
Whatever decade they played in...they played the position angry.
They lived to stuff running backs and deliver punishment.
This is what the Giants need anchoring their defense...anger, dedication, and athleticism!
Remember the days when Giants defense was stout and the man in middle was Harry Carson? I can picture Carson and his blood stained white pants as he [...]
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Cleveland 3 Green Bay 31.
I will start by stating that I am the most optimistic Browns fan anywhere. There is no way I will ever give up on my Cleveland Browns. I also pull no punches in my opinions of the team. So here goes.
How low does a football team have to sink while rebuilding? With the way the NFL is set up, parity shouldn't be that hard to attain. After all, Miami, Atlanta, New Orleans, Baltimore, Arizona and Denver have went from terrible to pretty good in the past three years. All the aforementioned teams changed coaches and got immediate results. Why has Cleveland failed? Too many changes at once? Is Eric Mangini building this team through quantity instead of quality? Having depth is nice if they are backing up good players.
Offensively, this is the worst Cleveland [...]
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