Payton raises eyebrows with move to Dallas

During the Super Bowl weekend, rumors were swirling around Dallas that Saints coach Sean Payton had accepted a position with the Dallas Cowboys after it had been leaked that his family was moving to Dallas. The Saints firmly denied the rumor of Payton leaving the Saints, but the issue of his family moving to Dallas [...]

Will the quarterback be a position the Detroit Lions look at in the upcoming draft?

As the NFL draft approaches, there has to be some discussion as to what the Detroit Lions are going to do with their quarterback situation. This season, the Lions carried three quarterbacks on their roster, and all three started at least one game at some point during the regular season. It appears that 6’3″ 230 [...]

Green Bay Packers Aaron Rodgers, “something special for the next 4-5 years”

Green Bay Packers Super Bowl winning and MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers has been making the rounds for the last 36 hours or so after his victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV and he thinks the Packers have laid the groundwork to be something special for the next few seasons. Rodgers spent some [...]

Chicago Bears News and Notes

February 8, 2011 by Aaron Kirn  
Filed under Blog Network, Chicago Bears, Featured, NFC, NFC North

First of all, I am not the first guy to do so but certainly I want to congratulate Richard Dent on his enshrinement into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. It is a wonderful honor for a former eighth round draft pick out of Tennessee State. As the story goes, the Chicago Bears drafted Dent [...]

2011 Free Agents for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who stays and who goes?

Given the impending expiration of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the years required to become a free agent aren’t known at this time, but after looking at a list of pending free agents for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who should go and who should stay? Profootball Weekly compiled a list of potential Buccaneers free agents, and [...]

Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Gives Eagles QB Michael Vick Key to City

Something extremely strange and even sacrilegious to Dallas Cowboys fans occurred on Monday. Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway presented Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick with the key to the city. Wait….what?! You read it right. For whatever reason (Caraway did explain why), the mayor-to-be of Dallas, Texas, awarded our rival’s quarterback with the key [...]

Could a Saints/Packers tilt start the 2011 NFL season?

On the heels of the Packers’ Super Bowl win, this Saints fan is already looking towards the next NFL season (and yes, hopefully there will be one). One of the perks of winning the Super Bowl is getting to host the opening game of the next NFL season, just as the Saints did this season. [...]

Will the Titans make a move for Packers backup quarterback Matt Flynn?

With Vince Young’s future with the Tennessee Titans coming to an end, the team will look to add a quarterback either through the draft or free agency. Now that Super Bowl XLV has officially come to an end, one writer suggests a possible approach for the Titans to make a move for Green Bay Packers [...]

1,250 Fans Relocated Due to Unsafe Seating at Super Bowl in Cowboys Stadium

Maybe the NFL should let the host city organize the seating at the Super Bowl from now on. Dallas Cowboys team owner Jerry Jones planned for Sunday’s event with careful detail and made the entire ordeal a big hit. However, he was not in charge of seating inside his own $1.15 billion stadium. The NFL [...]

Packers win Super Bowl XLV–just not the way anyone expected

Before the start of the 2010 season, the Green Bay Packers were predicted by many to win Super Bowl XLV. While the Packers held on for the 31-25 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, nobody could have predicted them to win the way they did–especially after their regular season started. At the beginning of the season, [...]

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