Off Season

It's that time of year once again in the NFL. Time to move from the off-season into the "spring training" of football with training camp and the pre-season. All the logistics, aside from Brett Favre being himself, have been penciled in and now it's time to see if teams made the right moves. In the off-season we saw several teams go in different directions to take advantage of the uncapped year. We saw Ben Roethlisberger, Vince Young, Leroy Hill and others test the law once again. We saw Pete "Hollywood" Carroll bail on USC to take the helm of the Seattle Seahawks new era. Donovan McNabb was traded within the NFC East to the Washington Redskins. T.O finally found a home with Chad Ochocinco in Cincinnati. Charlie Whitehurst, a third-string quarterback was traded for a third-round pick [...] Continue reading →

The Houston Texans and the Talking Heads

July 20, 2009 by Exsquid | Houston Texans, Off season, Texans

It's still a couple of weeks, more or less, until training camp starts, and the football news is slower than a snail. Since there is really no news to talk of, other than a few things I will get into later, I thought now would be a good time to update everyone on what the so called "experts", a.k.a. Talking Heads, have to say about our Texans and the upcoming season. I have perused all of the magazines and websites, that I could find or think of, with the exception of ESPN, and the considered opinion of all of the writers/editors, et. al., is that the Texans will take third place in the AFC South, again, and have their first winning season. With one exception, one person (other than our own Andy) did have the Texans winning the AFC South, however, I can't remember who or where [...] Continue reading →

Jacksonville Jaguars: Small School Talent Makes Big Impact

July 13, 2009 by David Nelson | Brian Witherspoon, David Nelson, Derek Cox, Jacksonville Jaguars, Jaguars, Jarret Dillard, Justin Durant, Montell Owens, Off season, Rashad Jennings, Rashean Mathis, Terrance Knighton, Todd Bouman, Zach Miller

In a professional sports league like the NFL, many of the prospects out of college come from large name universities. Such universities that continuously pop up on NFL rosters include USC, Florida, Florida State, Auburn, Georgia, Penn State, and so on and so on. While there are plenty of talented players on the Jacksonville Jaguars roster from these large and highly recruited schools, there are also plenty of small school players that have made large impacts in the past few seasons, and will make large impacts on seasons to come. The best, and obvious most talented small school player on the Jaguars is Rashean Mathis. Out of Bethune - Cookman, Mathis has been the leader of the defensive backfield ever since he became an every-game starter for the Jaguars in 2004. Mathis was [...] Continue reading →