2012 NFL Draft First Round Grades
The 2012 NFL Draft’s first round has come and gone, with the second and third rounds of the draft scheduled to kick off later tonight. Here are my grades for all 32 first round selections: 1. Indianapolis Colts: Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford: A I’ve made my thoughts known on what I think about Luck and Griffin in the past. I think Griffin has the potential to be better, but Luck is better right now and is the safer pick. This was an easy selection... Read More
2012 NFL Mock Draft: Who Each Team Should Pick
Andrew Luck is the safer pick, but Robert Griffin III might have the higher ceiling. This time of the year, there are more Mock Drafts on the internet than you probably care to read. Everybody with a blog even remotely to do with football enjoys putting together some kind of mock draft for the NFL. Instead of your run of the mill mock, I got together with Breaking Tackles contributor Brady Ford to present to you a different kind of mock draft.... Read More
DeAngelo Hall’s Ignorant Comments Worthy of Goodell’s Attention
Will Hall's comments result in discipline? (AP photo) If Roger Goodell is going to continue to act as the unilateral force of justice in the NFL, he’d better at least be fair about it. As any Pittsburgh fan will tell you, Goodell has spent considerable time trying to weed out violent behavior and inflammatory language, focusing on some teams more heavily than others. Recent comments from Washington’s DeAngelo Hall will test the... Read More
2011 NFC East Preview
John Mitchell and Brady Ford begin their NFL divisional previews, starting with the NFC East. Who had the best offseason among the NFC East teams? Mitchell: I think this one is pretty obvious. The Philadelphia Eagles didn’t make a huge splash in the NFL Draft, but they were busy via free agency bringing in a lot of key components. They landed arguably the biggest fish in free agency in Nnamdi Asomugha, and traded Kevin Kolb to the Cardinals for... Read More
Patriots Rolling the Dice Yet Again
The New England Patriots have in the past been able to work well with talented, yet disgruntled players that allowed their unhappiness in their former playing situation affect their on the field performance. New England is once again rolling the dice with a couple of these cases in Albert Haynesworth and Chad Ochocinco. On Thursday, the Patriots pulled off a pair of risky trades to bring in both of those players. First, the Patriots traded a 5th round... Read More
