The Buffalo Bills announced the retirement of starting right tackle Brad Butler on Thursday. Butler, a 26 year old, 4 year veteran out of Virginia was a fifth round draft choice in 2006. Butler was nothing but consistent starting all but 2 games in his career before going down with a serious knee injury in Week 2 of the season against Tampa Bay.
Butler plans on becoming a civil servant within the political spectrum. After interning with the Kemp Partners, named after the late Bills great Jack Kemp, Butler, who majored in [...]
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Since 2000 the Seahawks have had three general managers. Former head coach/GM Mike Holmgren (1999-2002), Bob Ferguson (2002-2005) and Tim Ruskell (2005-present).
All three where respectable GM's. Holmgren built the foundation for the super bowl team of 2005 and was responsible for the Seahawks best decade in team history as both coach and GM.
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After another wild draft weekend filled with trades, exchanging of picks, and stockpiling talent, the New England Patriots have been getting rave reviews for their performance. Throughout the sports world, draft grades have been filing in, ranging from A to B+ (which was ESPN's Mel Kiper's grade for the Patriots). The theme of this year was stockpiling talent as it was clear that the Patriots had some major holes to fill. After a busy free agent signing period, the Pats looked for the draft to give them greater depth at several positions, as well as redefine their defensive backfield. Here are the top 5 storylines of the [...]
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By James Brady
The 2009 draft has come to a close and I'll admit: there was a ton of things going on that I didn't see coming. What with Cleveland trading the upwards of three times, Rey Maualuga falling to the second round, the Raiders'... interesting picks and the biggest thing for myself (and you, hopefully) the falling of WR Michael Crabtree to the tenth pick. Nobody saw it coming, not even the 49ers. In case you missed it, the Raiders (aka Al Davis) selected WR Darrius Heyward-Bey with the seventh pick, that's right--Crabtree wasn't even the first receiver off the board! This blows my mind, I could picture all the fans' collective jaws dropping and hanging for a good oh... entire season.
Day one includes the first and second rounds, in which the 49ers selected [...]
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