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 [...]

BREAKING- Steelers Roethlisberger suspension reduced to 4 games

According to NFL.com, Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger has had his suspension reduced to 4 games instead of the potential 6 the suspension could have been. Roethlisberger met with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell this morning. This means that Roethlisberger will return during the Steelers bye week and will face the Clevland Browns on October 17th [...]

BREAKING-Steelers Leftwich goes down with knee injury

The decision for the Pittsburgh Steelers starting quarterback might have just gotten a lot easier. QB Byron Leftwich has gone down with a knee injury at the 10 minute mark in the second quarter. Reports state that Leftwich was examined on a stretcher before exiting the field. He was not expected to return to the [...]

Steelers Bradshaw wished he didn’t play for Pittsburgh

Former Pittsburgh Steelers great QB Terry Bradshaw was giving the keynote speech at the AdvoCare Independence Bowl Kickoff luncheon and he said a mouthful about the state of the game and players playing the game today but he told the Louisiana crowd that “I would do it all over again; I wish I didn’t have [...]

Is Colts Peyton Manning the best QB in the league?

Is Indianapolis Colts QB Peyton Manning the best QB in the league? John Clayton from ESPN thinks so. In his rankings of the 32 starting quarterbacks in the league released yesterday he places Peyton Manning at the top of the list. I would have to agree with him but that is about as far as [...]

BREAKING- Steelers Mendenhall is fine, no broken arm

Rumors have surfaced this Friday afternoon that Pittsburgh Steelers RB Rashard Mendenhall has broken his arm in practice. Rest easy Steelers fans, the report has been proven false by several sources. Mark Madden of 105.9 the X, was reporting that Rashard Mendenhall suffered a broken arm at practice and was going to be out 6-8 [...]

NFL referee apology tour continues

Last week, NFL referee Bill Leavy admitted he blew some call and influenced the Super Bowl between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Seattle Seahawks. Now another referee has stepped forward and admitted he blew a call, and while it wasn’t in the Super Bowl, this call might have cost Chris Johnson the single season rushing record. [...]

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 [...]