Red Zone Talk - An NFL Football Blog

Week 1 Preview and Picks

Finally. We head into the NFL regular season week 1. Football fans have been waiting for this day since February 8th. What great matchups with the reloaded Cincinnati Bengals against the New England Patriots. The Indianapolis Colts squaring off with the Houston Texans. The Kevin Kolb led Philadelphia Eagles welcoming the Green Bay Packers. Dallas [...]

New England Patriots will not make the playoffs in 2010

The New England Patriots will not make the playoffs in 2010. Someone had to say it. The aura surrounding Foxboro is fading. Yes Tom Brady just signed his new deal, making him the highest paid quarterback-for now. But plain and simple, the New England Patriots are simply an average team with an extraordinary quarterback. Too [...]

Will the Miami Dolphins part ways with QB Pat White?

September 4, 2010 by ericschmidt  
Filed under AFC, AFC East, Latest News, Miami Dolphins

Will today be the Miami Dolphins experiment with QB Pat White ends and they part ways? Pat White has been an enigma with the Miami Dolphins. I was not just surprised, but shocked, as many were that the Miami Dolphins spent a second round pick in last year’s draft of the West Virginia product. He [...]

Device brings NFL games at a whole new level

August 26, 2010 by ericschmidt  
Filed under AFC, AFC East, Latest News, Miami Dolphins

NFL owners are always looking for a new way to get fans in the seats and it seems as if the Miami Dolphins are on the cutting edge. The Dolphins have rolled out a new device called Fanvision which will only be available for season ticket holders at first but it’s a pretty cool concept. [...]

How many times will the Dolphins change their stadium name this year?

August 24, 2010 by ericschmidt  
Filed under AFC, AFC East, Latest News, Miami Dolphins

Growing up in South Florida, I followed the Miami Dolphins and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I spent Sundays watching the Buccaneers play in Tampa Stadium, which became know to the NFL ESPN viewng public as the Old Sombrero, a nickname administered by Chris Berman. The Dolphins made their mark in the league playing in the [...]

NFL Pre-season week 2-What we learned

San Diego Chargers RB Ryan Mathews will win Offensive Rookie of the year, there I’ve said it. Mathews logged his second strong game, rushing for 53 yards on 12 carries and caught 1 pass for 13 yards. This kid is a perfect fit for the Chargers offense. The Buffalo Bills will move Marshawn Lynch before [...]

5 tips for fantasy football in 2010

I know that Rantsports has a site dedicated full time to fantasy sports but I wanted to just weigh in here with a quick column on my 5 things you should know headed into your NFL fantasy draft in the coming month. Don’t draft Chris Johnson #1 overall- Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know all about [...]

The top five things I expect to see from the AFC in 2010

Every year in the NFL, there are unexpected teams which take everyone by surprise, players which come out of no where and generally 6 playoff teams get replaced every year. This year should be no different so let’s look at some of the things I am expecting to happen in 2010 within the AFC. Ray [...]

Now if I could only win the Lottery…..

In less than 36 hours, the first pre season game will be played in Canton Ohio. The introductory preseason Hall of Fame game which this year features the Cincinnati Bengals going up against the Dallas Cowboys. As a football fan, this is the greatest time of the year. It’s a time when you were a [...]