After the first two preseason games this year, the Buffalo Bills have given their fans mixed messages as to whether they will improve on the 4-12 record of 2010. In the opener against the Chicago Bears, the first team offense moved the ball well and looked sharp even though they only managed a field goal, … Read More
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NFL – Five Most Innovative Coaches of All Time
In an earlier football “list” post, I named my choices for the top 5 NFL head coaches of all time. This list is a bit different – my choices for the five most innovative head coaches of all time. Any of these could easily be included in the “top five” also, and would probably complete my … Read More
NFL – Free Agent Frenzy
When the National Football League owners and players agreed on a new collective bargaining agreement recently, ending the lockout that wiped out the off-season and the Hall of Fame preseason game, it set off an unprecedented frenzy of team activity involving trades, cuts, and signings of both undrafted college grads and unrestricted free agents. It … Read More
NFL – Top Five Head Coaches of All Time
Picking the top 5 NFL head coaches of all time was a difficult task, so difficult that what I wound up doing was splitting the list into two categories. There are some glaring names missing from this particular list, but that’s because even though those names, it could be argued, belong on this list, they … Read More
NFL – Five Players Who Changed The Game
This particular list is not a “best of” or a list ranking anything or anybody. It is a list of 5 NFL players whose contributions to the game of professional football were so unique that they actually changed the sport. There were 4 players considered but not included that deserve mention. Two of them are … Read More
NFL – “Informal” Player Workouts
News came out this week that the Buffalo Bills’ players, in the midst of the current lockout, are holding “informal” workouts in the area to get some semblance of normalcy in their routine. This is the time of year when minicamps would be in full swing, and it’s great to see that the players are … Read More
NFL – Buffalo Bills’ Draft Picks
Shortly after the NFL draft every year, each team’s coach and/or general manager step in front of the cameras and pronounce “We got all the players we wanted”, or some version of this. In looking at the Buffalo Bills’ draft selections for 2011, it’s important to keep in mind that the process that began last season … Read More
NFL Draft Day One
The annual NFL draft always amazes me. The league has become so popular now that their annual drafting session of college players is more of an event than other sports’ actual games. This year was a really intriguing one, as opinions of the potential draftees seemed to be all over the board. Auburn QB Cam … Read More
NFL – A History of Draft Busts
The National Football League’s annual player draft is scheduled for later this week, and despite the fact that the league and its’ players are locked in a labor dispute, there is still plenty of excitement among fans as their teams add what are hopefully the missing pieces to becoming a competitive championship contender. Inevitably, some … Read More
NFL – March 28, 1984 – Dark Day In Baltimore
March 28, 1984 – Colts flee Baltimore in the dead of the night. March 28, 1984 was perhaps the darkest day in the sports history of the city of Baltimore. Twenty-seven years ago today, the people of that city woke up to the shocking news that in the middle of the night, Baltimore Colts’ owner … Read More