Everyone is counting out the New York Jets. They say they are in for yet another miserable season and that it’s a circus up there. They’ve alienated their best player in Darrelle Revis and they have very, very few difference makers on their roster. But, those people that say those things are discounting one huge [...]
Oakland Raiders LB Rolando McClain has had his ups and downs in the NFL since being drafted eighth-overall in 2010. Okay, more downs. Way more downs. He’s made a few plays here and there, but everyone tends to remember the brandishing of a firearm that got him arrested. And yeah, he really hasn’t made many [...]
Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid doesn’t want to make the same mistake he did in Philadelphia by waiting until his sixth season to get a quality wide receiver. Instead, he made sure that the high-end wideout that already was in town, stayed in town. We kept waiting for the Chiefs to slap Dwayne [...]
This was a longshot from the beginning, but we still didn’t want it to end this way. Lauren Silberman became the first female in history to get a tryout out at an NFL-sponsored event. In this case, the NY/NJ regional combine. Silberman was trying out to be a kicker (not many other position options there) [...]
Let’s just preface this with the fact that a deal isn’t done yet. But, if the New York Jets are indeed able to land free-agent quarterback David Garrad, they might be the first team in NFL history to have a home game for the Super Bowl. According to ESPN‘s Adam Schefter, both sides are feeling [...]
Several days ago, there was a report that the San Francisco 49ers had a deal in place to trade quarterback Alex Smith. We didn’t know who the other team was, but most expected it was the Kansas City Chiefs or Arizona Cardinals. Then, reports came out that there was no deal in place. So, when [...]
The career of New England Patriots wide receiver Brandon Lloyd has been up and down. On one hand he’s a guy with some of the best hands in NFL history and who has the second biggest receiving season in Denver Broncos history. On the other hand, he’s been just a guy for most of his [...]
Well, it looks like new Philadelphia Eagles head coach Chip Kelly got around to watching some film. And one would think that the film wasn’t of the first few games of 2011, when Cullen Jenkins actually made plays. He probably watched a lot of tape and saw that Jenkins’ name rarely even got mentioned during [...]
All of this talk needs to be prefaced with the fact that everyone in the NFL lies all the time, but more so this time of year. As we approach the draft and free agency, everyone puts out a ton of nonsense. The most recent nonsense centers on the rumors that the San Francisco 49ers [...]
More often than not, it seems that when we hear about NFL players getting arrested, the incident occurred in or around the city of Miami. And this one is no different. Oakland Raiders defensive tackle Desmond Bryant (yes, essentially Des Bryant got arrested) was arrested early Sunday morning in Miami-Dade county. He has been charged [...]
If these reports are to be believed, shame on everyone involved. Washington Redskins superstud quarterback Robert Griffin III was bruised and battered to end his rookie campaign. He had to have surgery to repair the ACL and LCL in his right knee. He was banged up good. He just had the surgery on January 9th [...]
You can file this under, “I’ll believe it when I see it.” It’s long been common knowledge that the Green Bay Packers and WR Greg Jennings were going to part ways following this season. Jennings is still a really nice player, but the Packers have the likes of Jordy Nelson and Randall Cobb on the [...]
There are tons of rumors swirling regarding the Kansas City Chiefs and their quarterback situation. Andy Reid probably doesn’t like Matt Cassel because they have tape of him playing football. So, the thinking is that they’ll look to trade for a QB, since the draft class is very weak at the position. There are a [...]
Da’Quan Bowers’ career is not off to a hot start. At one point, he was considered to be a possible top pick in the 2011 NFL Draft. But serious questions about his knee dropped him to the second round and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Since then, he’s mostly been hurt, appearing in just 10 games [...]
The New York Jets can do just about nothing right. Their team is a complete mess and is constantly surrounded by a circus atmosphere. Well, let the circus continue. The Jets have one true superstar, and that’s Darrelle Revis. And we don’t know where they came from, but there are plenty of Revis trade rumors [...]
While Brandon Weeden was hardly Andrew Luck or Robert Griffin III in his rookie season, he wasn’t awful either. Yes, he threw 17 picks, but also slung it for 3,385 yards (maybe they were trailing in games?) and in general wasn’t awful considering he was a rookie with no real wide receiver help. Now that [...]
The St. Louis Rams recently claimed WR Titus Young off of waivers after the Detroit Lions had had enough of his lunacy and antics. Young is a complete disaster both on and off the field and we’ve previously chronicled that here, here, here and here. So, the Rams have had him for, what?…10 days? And [...]
And that’s that. Charles Woodson joined the Green Bay Packers in 2006 and it looks like his tenure with the team will end following the 2012 season. Woodson’s agent, Carl Poston, tells Ian Rapaport of NFL.com that the Packers will release him. “Carl Poston, Charles Woodson’s agent, tells me: “They’re getting ready to release him. [...]
You know you must have some personality problems when you are as young and talented as Minnesota Vikings WR Percy Harvin and the team is supposedly looking to trade you. Especially when it doesn’t seem money-related, but rather jerk-related. We mentioned previously that Harvin had some dust-ups with coaches, but that Leslie Frazier was doing [...]
Baltimore Ravens WR Anquan Boldin is clearly Joe Flacco’s security blanket. All Joe has to do is throw it up where Boldin can go get it, and it’s more than likely that he will. He’s very important to the Ravens offense. The problem is that Boldin is owed $6 million of non-guaranteed salary this coming [...]
We’re sports fans here at OTR. Obviously. No reasonable, sane human beings would spend so much time writing about and talking about sports if they didn’t love the subject material. Then again, Skip Bayless seems to hate sports and he talks about them for a living (poorly), but he’s not really sane or reasonable. But, [...]
New York Giants general manager Jerry Reese just showed up to the team complex with a hatchet. It’s price slashing time and that means some of y’all got tah go. Specifically, the Giants have released DT Chris Canty, LB Michael Boley and RB Ahmad Bradsaw. Canty was due to make $6.25 million this season and [...]
Minnesota Vikings WR Percy Harvin has had some issues with the team. While very dynamic on the field, he’s had some issues off of it. He demanded a trade during this past offseason and insisted it wasn’t contract related. He’s also had several blowups with head coach Leslie Frazier. Harvin came back for his exit [...]
Detroit Lions WR Titus Young as been a headache for a long time. He’s not nearly as good as he thinks he is and he’s done everything from intentionally sabotaging the Lions on the field to complaining about not getting the ball more. He’s been a complete trainwreck. Well, the Lions have fixed their problem [...]
If you’re a younger Philadelphia Eagles fan, you might not remember the 1998 season all that well. I do. I was in school at Boston University at the time and would save a little bit of money from every Saturday night, knowing I had to go sit in a sports bar (usually Atlas on Landsdowne [...]
