November 29, 2016 / by Zoey Shopmaker / NFL News
Crazy things can happen in the NFL, things you wouldn’t expect, things that make very little sense—like how one of the league’s most exciting, highest flying, highest scoring teams could find themselves plodding down the middle of the road halfway through the year. Alas, such is the case for the New Orleans Saints. Following a […]
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Kansas City Chiefs Part with John Dorsey, Extend Reid
June 22, 2017 / by Zoey Shopmaker / NFL News
In a surprise move, the Kansas City Chiefs announced Thursday that they had agreed to a contract extension with head coach Andy Reid, while parting ways with four-year general manager John Dorsey. The decision comes amidst recent controversy about the release of wide receiver Jeremy Maclin who stated in an interview that Dorsey left him a voicemail […]
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Warren Sapp, CTE, and the NFL’s Dirty Secret
June 20, 2017 / by Zoey Shopmaker / NFL News
Hall of Famer Warren Sapp announced Tuesday that he intends to donate his brain to the Concussion Legacy Foundation when he dies. He said he made the decision because “I wanted this game to be better when I left than when I got into it.” Sapp is just one in a long line of NFL […]
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The No Fun League Flexes its Muscle Again
April 13, 2017 / by BRUCE J FRASER / Articles, NFL News
The NFL, known as the “no fun league”, is going to slap fines on NFL players who were in a Vegas casino participating in an arm wrestling event. A group of NFL players were at the Pro Football Arm Wrestling Championship at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The league has strict rules and policies […]
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Eric Berry: A True Hero in Kansas City
December 5, 2016 / by Zoey Shopmaker / NFL News
Kansas City Chiefs strong safety Eric Berry knows a thing or two about comebacks. Yesterday, with the Atlanta Falcons on the verge of a crucial three-point lead late in the fourth quarter, all they had to do was convert for two. Instead Eric Berry intercepted Matt Ryan’s pass and took it back a hundred yards, […]
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Saints Struggle Despite High-Powered Offense
November 29, 2016 / by Zoey Shopmaker / NFL News
Crazy things can happen in the NFL, things you wouldn’t expect, things that make very little sense—like how one of the league’s most exciting, highest flying, highest scoring teams could find themselves plodding down the middle of the road halfway through the year. Alas, such is the case for the New Orleans Saints. Following a […]
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A Grim Prognosis: Cleveland Browns Fall to 0-11
November 21, 2016 / by Zoey Shopmaker / NFL News
This past Sunday the League’s Worst Team, the Cleveland Browns, slipped—or more appropriately, sank like a bag of dead kittens in a lake—to a historic 0-11, following a loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. I use the term ‘historic’ loosely here. After extending their losing streak to 29 of their last 32 games, the Browns dipped […]
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Elliott, Prescott, and the New Normal in Dallas
November 16, 2016 / by Zoey Shopmaker / NFL News
If someone had told the Dallas Cowboys at the end of the 2016 Draft that their fourth overall pick, an Ohio State running back with the name of a Biblical prophet and an overlooked fourth-round selection whose name (Dak) sounds more like a hammer falling on a wood desk than the name of a starting […]
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