With our completely new and bolstered Defensive line, Bowen, Cofield and Jenkins. We have people who can play the 3-4 now. Our top 2 draft picks were Defensive players and we picked up two other quality free agents for the secondary in Otogwe and Josh Wilson.

Our defence has looked very strong pre-season (our starters) though I accept you can't glean too much from pre season.

I think you should be asking yourself how you're going to Stop Grossman or Beck

Falcons are a contender Andy. I can see the merit in adding a playmaker to a playoff team. The Raiders, however, have a bucketful of needs and no picks with which to fix them next year. I think the progress they made last year will be undone.

I'm gonna be 4th on the depth chart soon. Got no corners at all left. Worried about our LB's, our pass rush is potentially the most dangerous in the NFL. The division will be tight as always. A few crazy results guaranteed, roll on september 11th.

[url=http://www.hobotrashcan.com/2011/08/24/note-to-self-why-your-team-wont-win-the-super-bowl-2011/Why YOUR team won't win the Superbowl[/url
Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time for the eighth-annual “Why your team won’t win the Super Bowl” column. So head to Las Vegas and put money on it – this is why your favorite football franchise won’t get it done one this year.

Arizona Cardinals – For his career, Kevin Kolb is 3-4 with 11 touchdowns and 21 turnovers (14 interceptions and seven fumbles). In Arizona, that translates into a five-year, $63 million contract.

Atlanta Falcons – The Falcons have won 33 of 48 regular season games over the last three years, while going winless in the playoffs. They’re one more postseason collapse away from moving to San Jose and naming Joe Thornton captain.

Baltimore Ravens – I’m convinced Ricky Williams signed with the Ravens after watching The Wire. Don’t be shocked when he tries to move to Hamsterdam.

Buffalo Bills – I’m pretty sure it’s not a good sign when your team’s best player is your punter.

Carolina Panthers – The Panthers have paid out more than $100 million in signing bonuses this offseason because, any time you have the chance to overpay the core of a 2-14 team, you’ve gotta do it.

Chicago Bears – It’s probably not a good sign that Jay Cutler’s most consistent target during his time in Chicago has been DeAngelo Hall.

Cincinnati Bengals – With Carson Palmer and Chad Ochocinco gone, the Bengals don’t have five players on the roster casual fans can name. Sadly, they might not even have five players worth learning the names of.

Cleveland Browns – The one head coach in Ohio worth a damn took his sweater vest and went home.

Dallas Cowboys – Little known fact: Tony Romo and Candace Crawford were originally supposed to get married at the end of last year, but she demanded the date be moved to July because, as you know, Romo never shows up in December.

Denver Broncos – Broncos fans are so stupid, they actually chanted for Tim Tebow to be the team’s quarterback even though he’s not any good.

Detroit Lions – The Lions head into an NFL season with legitimate expectations for the first time since Barry Sanders carried the load in the Motor City. What could go wrong?

Green Bay Packers – During the team’s visit to the White House this offseason, Charles Woodson presented Barack Obama with a share of Packers stock, making the president a part owner of the storied franchise. Because, you know, he doesn’t already have enough to deal with.

Houston Texans – Let’s be honest – Matt Schaub, Andre Johnson and Arian Foster have won a lot more fantasy football games than actual football games during their time in Houston.

Indianapolis Colts – Peyton Manning is good and all, but I’m pretty sure even he needs a healthy neck to be effective.

Jacksonville Jaguars – NFL blackout rules prevent Jacksonville fans from reading this.

Kansas City Chiefs – It can’t be good when the biggest news out of Kansas City this preseason involves teammates Thomas Jones and Jonathan Baldwin coming to blows.

Miami Dolphins – Dolphins fans are so stupid, they actually chanted for Kyle Orton, even though he’s still a.) mediocre and b.) collecting paychecks in Denver.

Minnesota Vikings – If Donovan McNabb couldn’t get it done in Washington, what exactly is he supposed to accomplish in Minnesota with a legit running back, an improved offensive line and a head coach who doesn’t openly despise him?

New England Patriots – Put it this way: Tiger Woods has won a major more recently than Tom Brady and friends have won a playoff game. And he did it without Justin Bieber’s haircut.

New Orleans Saints – How many Super Bowls have the Saints won without Reggie Bush?

New York Giants – Word on the street says head coach Tom Coughlin has offered a job to former Giants running back Tiki Barber. I guess he’s tired of being the least liked guy in town.

New York Jets – Rumor has it newly acquired receiver Plaxico Burress is demanding the Jets utilize more of the shotgun. If Rex Ryan doesn’t get a handle on this situation quickly, he might be shooting himself in the foot for ever taking a chance on the convict.

Oakland Raiders – Each year owner Al Davis mandates that his front office drafts the player with the best 40-yard dash time, ensuring Oakland has the fastest four-win team in football.

Philadelphia Eagles – Even Eagles players know Philly can’t win the Super Bowl this year. Why else would they be openly comparing themselves to LeBron James and the Miami Heat?

Pittsburgh Steelers – Because Ben Roethlisberger makes Sidney Crosby seem almost likeable. Almost.

San Diego Chargers – Norv Turner.

San Francisco 49ers – Frank Gore can’t stay healthy and Alex Smith can’t play football. Other than that, they’re good to go.



Seattle Seahawks – I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest that replacing Matt Hasselbeck with Tarvaris Jackson isn’t really an upgrade.

St. Louis Rams – Everyone knows NFC West teams can’t even finish a season with a record above .500.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers – I’ll refrain from sharing my true feelings about the ‘11 Buccaneers because I don’t want to be the next white boy to get knocked the hell out by running back LeGarrett Blount.

Tennessee Titans – Jake Locker is great … as long as your looking for a quarterback with accuracy issues who isn’t very good at reading defenses.

Washington Redskins – Because the Redskins haven’t even won their own division since Bill Clinton last enjoyed a cigar in the Oval Office

Giants' secondary is looking frail, hopefully Aaron Ross steps up and Rolle, Webster and Phillips stay healthy. If not then we may be too weak to compete against some of the better offensive teams.

Hopefully Eli will have a great season though and silence his critics. However that depends on if our receivers have learnt to hold on to a ball rather than tip it straight to the DB...

Eli has too much faith in his ability and tries to force the ball into gaps that aren't there. We brought in about four CB''s for tryouts yesterday, so that should help us a little.

EDIT- signing Brian Williams and possibly Lito Sheppard.

This made me laugh so it did

Eli has the ability, but he was forced into a lot of bad situations last year where he had to force it, for example when we were getting slapped by the Eagles. Jacobs and Bradshaw were ineffective and the receivers weren't helping by running the wrong route etc. Eli had to try some impossible throws and was then criticised when he was intercepted. It's not as if he wanted to put the ball in danger but he had to and this happened in pretty much all of the games we lost.

Also I wouldn't mind Lito Sheppard, he's looked good when I've seen him.

Lost a yard of pace now. Not the same CB he once was. Just need somebody to bridge the gap until the African Prince returns from injury. I worry about our LB's a little though, quite a young core and Kiwanuka wasn't great when he was played there before. JPP is gonna be a beast this year though. Eli needs to learn to take a sack. The most sacked QB last season in the opponents 20 last season was Tom Brady. That tells us something.

The Chicago, Dallas and Jacksonville ones made me chuckle.

How long is Amukamara out for anyway?

Perry Fewell seems happy with Kiwi at LB and ,judging by his success last year, I'm going to trust that he's made the right decision. I agree in regards to Eli and sacks, he needs to learn when to give up on a play and just throw it away or take a sack, but on the other hand, he made a lot of good plays by keeping the play alive last year. It's all about finding the balance and knowing when to commit.

JPP looks monstrous this year, Umeniyora's got his work cut out for him if he wants to keep his starting spot.

Expected back Octoberish.

[url=http://www.nfluk.com/news/red-zone-returns-as-sky-launches-new-season-25811.htmlSounds like Neil Reynolds is the one replacing Nick Halling from this article on NFLUK.COM[/url

I quite like Reynolds although he can be a bit slow at times IMO.

It also says that the redzone feature will be back on the red button for the first 6 weeks, glad it's on the red button TBH it's a good feature but I would rather watch a full game than highlights personally.

I'v heard that Gary Imlach has left channel 4's coverage of Sunday night games aswell so wonder who will replace him if it's true?

I'm getting the word .... cheap.

More reason to not listen to any of that studio talk on the Sky broadcasts.

Can;t stand any of the Sky muppets, except reinbold. Game Pass is the future my friends. Forget Sky.

It has been clinically proven in tests that Kevin Cadle together with Neil Reynolds talking football can damage your TV. Under laboratory conditions some Sky+ boxes even started to smoulder during certain conversations.

I have to put up with them again due to not being able to afford gamepass again this year



Least I get a bit of respite when I watch the Pats games via the internet I guess, hope we are not on sky too much this year again



Mike Carlson tweeted the other day that he would be on channel 4 games again this year with Danny Kelly.....whoever the hell that is?

Dallas releasing Andre Gurode, this late in pre-season, was a bit of a shock.
That's three of last year's starters gone from the offensive line. It does mean Dallas have got a lot younger and a lot more athletic on the offensive line. If they hold up, they promise to be a good group for years to come.

It means you couldn't afford him and need to create some salary cap space.

We have $6m space. More a matter of not producing value for money compared to Costa.

You have $6m space after releasing him. What was he slated to earn this year?

Am off to New York around 17th to 22nd November, is there a game worth taking in whilst I'm out in that area? (Not really an afficianodo-but really fancy seeing some live sporting action US style)

I thought it was $6m before releasing him. He was down at $5m for the year.

The only NFL game on in New York between the dates you said is on Sunday 22nd (8.20 p.m local time), it's New York Giants at home to the Philadelphia Eagles which should be a good game, no idea about tickets TBH but I'm sure someone on here can tell you more about that.



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