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Training camps are about to start, fantasy leagues are being set up, and everyone’s starting to get football fever. This is the best time of the year… if you don’t count the 21 weeks when football is actually being played. So, what could be better than the third part of this series, as we take a look at the AFC South?
As we continue to grow ever closer to the start of the NFL season, anticipation of the upcoming fall grows as well. In the second part of this 8 part series, we’ll take a look at the AFC North and try to whet your appetite with a little football appetizer.
Being the marketing chief for an NFL team can be one of the hardest jobs in the league. You have to make everything about the team sound exciting and interesting, even though in most cases it isn’t. While they could never say anything bad about their own team, I’m pretty sure some of them want to. Here is a marketing pitch you won’t hear for each of the NFL’s 32 teams.
The NFL season is just around the corner and, personally, I just can’t wait. There are plenty of intriguing story lines leading up to the 2006 season. Many teams changed their look drastically in the off season. This is the beginning of an 8 part series to break down every NFL team, looking toward the upcoming year. We will look at the moves the teams made in the off season and what their strengths and weaknesses are. This is the first installment, previewing the AFC East.
Imagine for a moment, the monumental ramifications of such a vile announcement, such a heinous proclamation, the utter outrage, the swell of revolted humanity, imagine it all, if Barry Bonds were to be sued by a young woman for the purposeful infection of a sexually transmitted disease.
I can’t wait until this NFL season gets kicked off. I can’t wait to see Chad Johnson’s next genious dance or for how T.O. will respond to Bill Parcell’s dictatorship. I can’t wait until I wake up on Sunday morning, go to church, come home, and watch some football with some hamburgers and hotdogs on the grill. I can’t wait to see which teams or rookies show up and step up to the challenge and who disappoints us all. I can’t wait to see the underdogs pull out the victory with under two minutes left in the game. I can’t wait to see the next record broken. I can’t wait to see who spent the off-season wisely and who just goofed off and enjoyed the break. To tell you the truth, I just can’t wait until the NFL season gets started once again.
by Frank M. Henkel
The only article funnier than a mock draft article is the one that grades a
draft the day it takes place. A quick glance of Pete Prisco’s draft grades show
that the Texans failed miserably with the first overall pick, but somehow
managed, along with six other teams, to get an “A” for the weekend. Mel Kiper,
traditionally stingier with the high marks, failed to divvy out a single high
mark to any of the 32 teams, but like Prisco, did not admonish any of them with
“D’s” or “F’s”, either.
So who is right? Which team had the best draft this weekend? Honestly, nobody
will know that for at least five years. The reason so many “experts” grade the
draft before the ink dries is because we love to read the grades.
Several things, though, are immediately evident. Certain players lost a lot of
money on Saturday. A couple of general managers sent clear messages to their
respective coaching staffs. A couple of teams were outfoxed. Although we will
not know the true busts of this year’s draft for the better part of a decade,
the real losers are already well defined. Let us look at five of the biggest
losers from the 2006 NFL Draft.
by Trevor Freeman
Let me just tell you what my Saturday consisted of. At 11:30 A.M I strolled into the New York Jets draft party at Hard Rock Café in Times Square. Before you ask, I will point out that I wore an Oakland A’s hat so there was no cheating on my beloved 49ers. Between my friend Chuck and I, we knocked out 38 Miller Lites (according to the receipt we should frame). Not too shabby. Got to meet Mark Gastineau and obtain autographs from Jonathan Vilma and Erik Coleman amongst others. It was a good time all around. A lot of football was discussed and much of this NFL Draft breakdown was written in my head while listening to drunken commentary. Without further ado, here are our comments on the draft………….
by Frank M. Henkel
Tired of LenDale White’s hammy and Mario Williams’ “40”? Combines, pro days, and
Mel Kiper dominate the days between the BCS Championship game and April 29. Most
popular of all is the mock draft: April’s version of fantasy football. If you
have ever seen one, you will agree that fantasy is the optimal word.
Instead of breaking down all 255 selections like dozens of overzealous, wannabe
GM’s, let us look at the lighter side of the draft: the (civil) war rooms,
ESPN’s dynamic, original coverage, and the nervous 21-year olds in the `Green
Room’ who are waiting for Tags to say their names.
Thank god for the NFL. As America’s other major sports continue their downward moral and ethical spiral, football arrives just in time to save us. In the past week alone, 5 Giants were ejected from a single game; Keith Hernandez set the Women’s Lib movement back 50 years; and NBA players were suspended from the playoffs for clubbing opponents in the head, throwing mouthpieces at referees, and arguing with coaches over playing time. But just when you were ready to give up on sports for good, the NFL Draft arrives. Suddenly it’s Saturday morning, Mel Kiper is staring you in the face, and all is right with the world. Just in case you haven’t adequately prepared for this weekend’s festivities, here is a quick rundown of where you can expect the big names and familiar faces to end up: