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Cleveland Browns
September 29th, 2008 
Neal The Cleveland Browns are one of the oldest franchises coming from the All-American Football League born in 1944. From the start the Browns were team that would be in contention for NFL Championships with no “growing pains”. From 1946-1949 the Browns record was a combined 52-4-3, by far the best start to any professional football [...]
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September 28th, 2008 Neal The Philadelphia Eagles are one of the oldest teams in the NFL beginning their history since 1933. Bert Bell and Lud Wray purchased the Frankfort Yellowjackets for only $2,500. The Eagles first season produced a 3-5-1 record and they didn’t have a winning season until they merged with the Pittsburgh Steelers to form the Steagles [...]
Posted in Philadelphia Eagles Tags: Chicago Cardinals, Dallas Cowboys, Dick Vermeil, Donovan McNabb, Earle "Greasy" Neale, Football, Green Bay Packers, Hall of fame, Los Angeles Rams, National Football League, New York Giants, NFL, NFL Championship, Oakland Raiders, Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers, Steagles, Super Bowl XV, Tommy McDonald, Washington Redskins, World War II 2 Comments »New England Patriots
September 28th, 2008 Neal The New England Patriots were born on November 22, 1959 becoming a member of the new American Football League. In a naming contest, a team of Boston sportswriters decided to keep the history of the area alive calling their franchise the “Patriots”. The Patriots played in the first ever regular season AFL game on September [...]
Posted in New England Patriots Tags: AFC East, AFL Most Valuable Player, AFM Championship, American Football League, Boston Red Sox, Carolina Panthers, Chicago Bears, Football, Gino Cappelletti, Green Bay Packers, Jim Nance, Miami Dolphins, Monsters of the Midway, National Football League, New England Patriots, New York Giants, NFL, Randy Moss, St. Louis Rams, Super Bowl XX, Super Bowl XXXI, Super Bowl XXXVI, Tom Brady No Comments »New Orleans Saints
September 28th, 2008 Neal It was on November 1, 1966 on All Saints Day the NFL announced the city of New Orleans would receive the sixteenth NFL franchise, it was the obvious choice to name the team the “Saints”. The New Orleans Saints first regular season game took place on September 17, 1967 against the Los Angeles Rams in [...]
Game of the Day Preview – Arizona Cardinals vs New York Jets
September 28th, 2008 Alston The Arizona Cardinals (2-1) will play the New York Jets (2-1) at the Giants stadium today at 1 p.m. This will be a match up of two excellent cagey quarterback veterans in Kurt Warner and Brett Farve. While both quarterbacks are past their prime, they have shown this early NFL season that they can still hurt a [...]
Cincinnati Bengals
September 28th, 2008 Neal The Cincinnati Bengals became apart of the American Football League in 1968 only to merge with the NFL in 1970. The Bengals weren’t the first professional football team, during the 1930′s and 1940′s the team with the same name played in Cincinnati. The Bengals won their first home game in the second game of the [...]
Posted in Cincinnati Bengals Tags: AFC Central, AFL Coach of the Year, American Football League, Anthony Munoz, Boomer Esiason, Carson Palmer, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos, Football, Most Valuable Player, National Football League, NFL, Paul Brown, Pittsburgh Steelers, Pro Football Hall of Fame, Super Bowl XL, Super Bowl XXIII No Comments »It’s time for Plaxico to grow up
September 27th, 2008 Alston Enough is enough. It’s time for Plaxico Burress to grow up! As you probably heard by now he has been suspended for two weeks by the New York Giants because he didn’t show up or call in for work on Monday. There are some rumblings about domestic issues with his wife, which are some issues [...]
Oakland Raiders
September 27th, 2008 Neal The Oakland Raiders became an AFL team in 1960. Oakland was a replacement for the Minneapolis franchise which became an NFL team. Oakland had problems right from the start when there was no home field for the Raiders to play on, they had to at Candlestick Park in San Francisco and Kezar Stadium, Oakland Coliseum [...]
Posted in Oakland Raiders Tags: AFL, AFL Championship, Al Davis, Black Hole, Candlestick Park, Football, Gene Upshaw, George Blanda, Green Bay Packers, Houston Oilers, Howie Long, Jim Otto, Jon Madden, Kezar Stadium, Los Angeles Coliseum, Los Angeles Raiders, National Football League, NFL, Oakland Coliseum, Oakland Raiders, Philadelphia Eagles, Pro Football Hall of Fame, Raider Nation, Super Bowl XVIII, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Vince Lombardi, Washington Redskins No Comments »Run Rashard Run
September 27th, 2008 Alston Last year Pittsburgh Steeler Coach Mike Tomlin said that he was going to run Willie Parker “until the wheels fall off”. Well prophetically that is exactly what happened. Parker was leading the NFL in rushing when he suffered a broken fibula against the St. Louis Rams last December. Mike Tomlin has said numerous times since [...]
Beginning of the end?
September 27th, 2008 Alston What has happened to Vince Young? He was supposed to be the next great dual threat quarterback for the NFL. Some had evaluated him to be on a equal par athletically with Michael Vick, with a plus that he was 5 inches taller at 6′ 5″. Young reminded a lot of people of a great [...]