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 Orleans Saints beat Minnesota Vikings by 10 points tonight

The New Orleans Saints will defeat the Minnesota Vikings tonight by at least 10 points. For strictly entertainment purposes, the current line on the game has the New Orleans Saints giving 4 1/2 to as much as 6 on some sites, never mind that noise, the New Orleans Saints win this game tonight walking away [...]

NFC South Preview 2010

The NFC South division has the unique distinction of having each team which finishes last one year, finishing first the next year in every year since it’s inception. That trend will end this year. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will not be winning the NFC South this year. Trust me. However, there will be a new [...]

Which NFL coach is on the hot seat?

According to Bodog.com, the NFL coach with the hottest hot seat right now is Cleveland Browns head coach Eric Mangini with the online betting service offering 2/1 odds that he will be the first NFL head coach to get fired this season. Mangini has to be feeling the pressure to perform this season after the [...]

Saints Drew Brees to whip fans into frenzy

September 8, 2010 by ericschmidt  
Filed under Latest News, NFC, NFC South, New Orleans Saints

New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees and his teammates have one of the best pregame warm up chants in the league and now they have decided they want to include 70,000 of their closest friends. The New Orleans Saints quarterback held a press conference yesterday and explained what they want the Saints fans to help [...]

Saints Reggie Bush to lose Heisman Trophy

September 7, 2010 by ericschmidt  
Filed under Latest News, NFC, NFC South, New Orleans Saints

Yahoo! Sports is reporting that New Orleans Saints RB Reggie Bush will be stripped of his Heisman Trophy by the end of September. This will be the first time a player has ever been stripped of the award. According to the Yahoo! Sports report, the Heisman Trophy Trust has concluded that because of Bush’s infractions, [...]

Buccaneers acquire LeGarrette Blount

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers continue their youth movement with two very very smart moves in the last 24 hours. The Buccaneers signed WR Dezmon Briscoe to the practice squad after several teams wanted him on waivers but the Bucs offered him more money. The Cincinnati Bengals drafted him in the 6th round, #191 overall and [...]

EX-Buccaneer Michael Clayton remains without work

Baltimore Ravens WR Mark Clayton has found work, he was traded to the St Louis Rams for late round draft considerations after the Ravens signed free agent WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh, but another Clayton, Mike Clayton hasn’t been so lucky. The LSU product which burst onto the scene for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2004 after [...]

Preseason wraps up, what did NFL fans learn?

The 5 weeks for preseason are over with, the wrangling for fantasy football sleepers are over, and now we are 4 days from putting toe to leather to kick off the NFL season, what did fans actually learn this preseason? Oh, there was a lot to be learned this preseason. 1.-Overpaid players which produce little [...]

Seahawks Say No, Leinart to Bengals?

QB Matt Leinart was released by the Arizona Cardinals and now the Leinart where will he end up sweepstakes in underway. Place your bets, round and round he goes, where he ends up, nobody knows. One place he won’t end up is with the Seattle Seahawks. Pete Carroll and the Seattle Seahawks have decided that [...]

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