Battle brewing in quest to be NFL’s No. 1 pick (Sports Illustrated)
Battle brewing in quest to be NFL’s No. 1 pick (Sports Illustrated)
The annual rite of winter in pro football — picking apart draft prospects — was heating up last weekend at the sweatshop known as the NFL scouting combine. The two top candidates to go No. 1 on April 28, quarterbacks JaMarcus Russell and Brady Quinn, were getting it with both barrels, from the media and from scouts and coaches whispering among themselves. Quinn couldn’t win the big one at Notre …
A Football League Of Their Own (CBS 3 Philadelphia)
The NFL off-season is just getting underway, but there’s another football league about to start playing games. CBS 3 s Brandy Bell got a hands-on look at the Philadelphia Phoenix Women s Football Organization.
QB Beck ready to prove he belongs in NFL (USA Today)
The 300 or so college prospects at the NFL scouting combine take an intelligence test, but with John Beck, all scouts really had to do was ask him one simple question. What will be the most important event for you in April: the birth of your first child or getting drafted? “The correct answer is my baby being born,” said Beck, smiling and showing an innate ability to read his keys.
Financial gap widening between NFL’s haves and have-nots (USA Today)
At the NFL’s scouting combine this week, the world of professional football is churning smoothly. But the management of the Cincinnati Bengals, Jacksonville Jaguars and several other small-market NFL teams are warning that the league’s competitive balance is being threatened by tremendous growth in revenues that have resulted in large part from that level playing field.
NFL notes: Chiefs sign QB Huard to three-year deal (USA Today)
Around the NFL on Tuesday: QB Damon Huard agreed to a three-year contract with the Chiefs; Hollis Thomas has agreed to a four-year, $12 million contract with the New Orleans Saints; San Francisco 49ers linebacker Derek Smith underwent surgery to repair a damaged muscle connected to his left eye; prosecutors have dropped their case against New Orleans Saints offensive tackle Jammal Brown; and …
Stewart Mandel: Ohio State QB Smith classic case of NFL ignorance (Sports Illustrated)
For all that Troy Smith accomplished the past two-plus years at Ohio State, I don’t think I’ve ever been more impressed with him than I am right now. After I read the various reports out of last weekend’s NFL combine in Indianapolis, it’s become apparent that Smith managed to win a Heisman Trophy, rack up ridiculous passing stats and lead his team to 20 straight victories in spite of the fact …
Stock up, stock down from NFL combine (MSNBC)
The big names dominated the hallway talk at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis this weekend. Big names are supposed to control college football conversations, you say? Sure, but only on Saturday afternoons in October.
Talley goes from NFL ranks to sidelines for Skyhawks (The Enterprise)
EASTON Stonehill College has gone to the NFL to find its new head football coach. Robert Talley, who spent the past two years as a special assistant to San Francisco 49ers coach Mike Nolan, has been hired to run the Skyhawks’ program.
Philly Women Kick Off Their Own Football Season (KDKA Pittsburgh)
The NFL off-season is just getting underway, but there’s another football league about to start playing games. It may be ladies playing the game, but make no mistake - this isn’t powder-puff football.
The USO and the NFL Bring Football Stars to Visit Troops on USO/AFE Tour to the Persian Gulf (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)
National Football League (NFL) players Will Shields, Shelton Quarles, Alge Crumpler and Ben Watson will soon embark on their first USO/Armed Forces Entertainment tour to the Persian Gulf. Shields (Kansas City Chiefs), Quarles (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) Crumpler, (Atlanta Falcons) and Watson (New England Patriots) will meet with service members and sign autographs.