Go Slow With Flacco
Baltimore wants Flacco to be their QB of the future. But the Ravens feel they have no choice but to start him now because Boller and Smith are unavailable. Wrong!
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Make Up Your Mind, Favre
If Favre comes back, he better stick it out for a full season whether he starts, is a back-up, or gets benched several games into the season.
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The NCAA Coaching Carousel
A total of 18 Division IA teams have given the reigns to new coaches for their football teams. Here are the 18 coaches in new places, with what their season outlook is, coaching outlook, number of years they have to build up the program, and projected season record for the 2008 season.
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Rating The Draft
Jonathan Stewart, Rashard Mendenhall, and Chad Henne were great value picks while Felix Jones, Chris Johnson, and Donnie Avery seemed like reaches.
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Stars, Sleepers And Overrated
The stakes are high, and in the first round there is a fine line between being the next great draft find and being a million dollar bust.
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Much Ado About McFadden?
Run DMC doesn’t have that “wow” factor. Can he juke, stutter-step, and/or plant to change direction to leave a defender flat-footed?
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NFL Splitting Hairs
The annual NFL Owners Meetings have concluded, and based on the list of rule changes, 2008 will be a much different season than last year.
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Halftime Is Officially A Bathroom Break
Ever since the 2004 wardrobe malfunction, the NFL has played it safe to not offend adults, children, parasites, and single-cell organisms with their halftime entertainment.
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A Big 'Little Animal'
The Ohio State University has had a rich tradition of developing linebackers that go on to play in the NFL at a high level and James Laurinaitis will continue that tradition.
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Who Drafted The Tomlinsons And Who Drafted The Leafs?
The NFL is the time of year when football fans everywhere covet the next Champ Bailey or LaDainian Tomlinson, while crossing their fingers they don’t crap out and get the next Ryan Leaf or Ki-Jana Carter.
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Why NFL QB's Will Fear LaMarr Woodley
LaMarr Woodley was one of the best defensive ends in all the country last year for Michigan, winning hte Lombardi Award. Ahead of April's draft, Woodley sat down with RealGM for an exclusive interview.
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Great Running Backs Don’t Win Super Bowls; Great Quarterbacks Do
The quarterback is the most high-profile position in NFL football, but it’s for a reason – you absolutely need a great one to win it all. Sunday proved it once again.
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You Can't Talk About That
Michael Irvin didn't have a week like Michael Richards, but he did stir the sports' racial pot by saying Tony Romo is too athletic to be 100% Caucasian.
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Marcus Allen's Analysis For Week 10
Marcus Allen was a Heisman Trophy Winner at USC, a MVP with the Los Angeles Raiders, a Hall of Famer in both the Pro and College Hall of Fame and now he lends his expertise to RealGM as an analyst.
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Andy's Done; Whether You Know It Or Not...
We can all talk about an inconsistent quarterback, the lack of a running game, overrated defensive tackles and all the dumb mistakes you want. But, the problem with the Eagles is Andy Reid -- He's lost his players and he's not getting them back.
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Beware The One Week Wonder
I know what you’re thinking. And you’re wrong: Arnaz Battle is not going to help you turn your fantasy season around. Brian English lets you know what else you might be wrong about on your Fantasy Football team.
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The Hurricane Of Sports-Emotion
To be frank, no one could have foreseen Terrell Owens to be suicidal. A narcissist, maybe; a mentally troubled person, maybe; a self-centered individual, maybe—but certainly not suicidal.
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God Bless You, Joe Buck
Within the NFL you have such personalities as John Madden, Joe Buck, and even the greatest sports journalist of all-time, Tony Kornheiser. Don't get me wrong, I love college football. I just hate almost every single personality associated with it.
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Fantasy Football Preview: Top 10's At Each Position
So, as the preseason reaches its mid-point, football fans all over the country set out to start another season of Fantasy Football. In an effort to help you along with the process and win your league, here is the RealGM guide to your 2006 draft.
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Fantasy Football Preview: Top 10's At Each Position (Page 2)
Douglas Benton reviews wide receivers, tight ends, kickers and team defenses.
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Because Someone Had To Adopt The Raiders..
Douglas Benton will provide key statistics, report rumors surrounding the team, and bring in experts who know this team best throughout the season as we go through the regular season grind with the Oakland Raiders.
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Open Season
Can you smell that? That’s the smell of pigskin, grass, (whether it be real or astroturf) and beer. Those fragrant smells mean that football is upon us and the NFL’s regular season is less than a month away.
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Volek Will Vault Titans To Playoffs
With Billy Volek, the fans in Tennessee will realize one thing, taking Vince Young over the likes of AJ Hawk, D'Brickashaw Ferguson, and Michael Huff amongst several other positions of definitive need was a mistake.
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The Toughest Team In A Tough Division
Entering his third year where he was not supposed to succeed thanks to the NFL seemingly passing him by, Joe Gibbs will now have the respect enough for us fans to label it “Joe’s Show.”
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Youth, Sports And The Calamity of Terrell Owens
Terrell Owens is nothing more than a victim of his own fear, mingled in between a staff of people who should have never been related to him. A man lost in the evils of fame, fortune, and, predictably, misfortune -- still hoping, that maybe someday, someone will accept him for who he is and not who he appears to be.
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At The White House: Towing the Line, Joey Porter meets Craig Hodges
Joey Porter came out as unspoken as ever when asked about the club's upcoming trip to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. What do we want from our athletes? Do we want them to simply go out on the field and entertain us? Do we want them to be community leaders? Do we want them to fit a mould of tried and tested sports clichés?
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Post-Draft Analysis: Foreshadowing Smith's Retirement
The Marcedes Lewis pick made a lot more sense in light of Jimmy Smith's 'surprise retirement.' Jack Del Rio’s group had a solid day. I don’t think any one move was spectacular, but only one pick isn't going to become a keeper.
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Post-Draft Analysis: Cleveland Walks Away With Best Draft Class?
Cleveland comes out of this draft with (count ‘em) seven first day talents. They’ve got eight keepers from this draft if everything pans out the right way and that is an exceptional scouting job by Cleveland. Possibly the best draft, just for it’s depth of quality.
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Post-Draft Analysis: The Windy City Mystery
For every good pick Chicago made, they made another move that I found perplexing. I think they leave the draft with four likely keepers and three big question marks. How do you grade a team that makes one good pick, and then chokes on the next one?
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This Changes Everything
The news of Mario Williams’ signing changes everything. New Orleans has premier running back Deuce McAlister but McAlister has often found himself injured. It begs the question whether New Orleans still finds themselves wanting to trade back.
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Week Five Fantasy Outlook
As far as individual performers go, it appears that Cadillac has finally come back to earth, Peyton is picking up where he left off, and Carson is, in fact, all that and a bag of chips. Beyond these three fantasy monsters, there are plenty of other players just waiting to break out or shut down in week five – you just have to dig a little to find them.
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Week Four Fantasy Outlook
The first three weeks of the 2005 regular season have provided more than their fair share of unexpected twists and turns. With Cincinnati, Tampa Bay, and Washington comprising three of the league’s four undefeated squads, the Ravens, Raiders, and Packers still awaiting their first victory, and Peyton Manning averaging just one touchdown and 200 yards a game, nothing seems to be playing out as we’d envisioned.
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Week Two Fantasy Projections
So just as we thought we had everything figured out for 2005, week one rolls around and makes all of the so-called experts look about as informed as the girl who picks March Madness teams based on uniform colors. Now that the convoluted puzzle that is the National Football League is approximately 1/17th clearer, let’s take a look at the best and worst bets for each position for week two fantasy action.
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Week One Fantasy Match-Ups
Ahhh, week one. The clean slates and new beginnings, the blinding optimism and habitual denial, the posturing, the predicting, and, of course, the ill-advised trash talking.
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Trading T.O.
According to the powers that be in Philadelphia, they will not send Owens packing, and who can blame them? What's the chances of finding a wide out of his caliber either in a trade or through the draft? It's best to hold on to him. But what if they did trade him...?
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Fantasy Drafting 101
So you’ve registered for a fantasy football league and, assuming you didn’t cop out and default to ranking and auto-picking (as I’m convinced the Cincinnati Bengals did throughout the 1990’s), draft day is fast approaching. Here are a few quick pointers about preparation, strategy, and execution that will hopefully help lay the foundation for a highly successful 2005 fantasy campaign.
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Five-Piece McNuggets
Columnist Martin Barna serves up a spicy look at five appetizing storylines to follow in 2005. Nick Saban's jump to the NFL, Martin chasing the record books, the hot seat on NFC East coaches and the Wild Wild AFC West.
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Charging Up For 2005
We all know the story behind San Diego’s astonishing 2004 turnaround, but the question remains: was it just an enormous fluke, or a sign of much bigger things to come?
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