[Translate] Eddie George: talent scout. This blogger had the pleasure of meeting legendary Tennessee Titans Running Back Eddie George at the 2012 NFL Draft, and he was kind enough to give me a vlog recap of the first two days of the NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Mr. George was, at the time, working for Yahoo Sports, which has shown an...
[Translate] Last week I brought you an early 2012 NFL season preview for the contenders in the NFC, as promised here is my AFC preview. Most of the big moves in free agency this offseason were made by teams in the AFC, none more so than the signing of one of the games greatest ever Quarterbacks, Peyton Manning who after being courted by several teams opted...
[Translate] Julie Buehler On The NFL Draft Sports expert, Crossfit trainer, friend and Zennie62 Contributor Julie Buehler is back on radio after a brief absence and with a brand new show called Buehler’s Day Off on Radio KXPS 1010 AM from the Palm Desert in California. I met Julie just before the 2012 NFL Draft, and we instantly hit it off. Julie is a really...
[Translate] Julie Buehler On The NFL Draft Julie Buehler is a one-woman army of awesomeness poised to take the sports media World by storm. I met Julie just before the 2012 NFL Draft, and the video above was made on the first day we met in person, at NFL Play 60. As you can hear, she’s more than informed about the Indianapolis Colts, because she covers...
[Translate] NFL Draft At Radio City Music Hall, New York This first 2012 NFL Mock Draft for Zennie62.com (Zennie62 coverage sponsored by Tout.com) is simple: it’s based on a combination of which top players this blogger thinks each NFL team will take, and who they should take. It’s not designed to follow what someone else does, so for those accustomed...
[Translate] Michael Bush Michael Bush left the Oakland Raiders to sign with the Chicago Bears today and for five-years and $14 million, $7 million guaranteed. The reception was, from Oakland Raiders fans, ho-hum, whereasChicago Bears fans were happy. But the person most unhappy with the deal was Chicago Bears star running back Matt Forte, himself. Forte, who’s...
[Translate] The classic 1981 NFC Championship Game between the Dallas Cowboys and The San Francisco 49ers is worth remembering not just because it was the San Francisco 49ers first NFC Championship win, or that it was the game that marked ‘The Catch,’ or that it had six lead changes, or that it pitted Bill Walsh and Tom Landry, but because a number...
[Translate] By Anthony Carillo Running a 4.3 second 40 yard dash in shorts is great, but how often does it translate to a great player in the NFL? The answer is rarely. The NFL combine is a great place for players to showcase their talents running, jumping, and show how strong they are, but NFL teams and fans need to remember that these players are doing all of...
[Translate] Ndamukong SuhThat Ndamukong Suh managed to take the NFL by storm comes as no surprise to anyone who’s seen him play while he was a student at Nebraska. And to be frank, Ndamukong Suh is one of a new breed of black NFL players – a new generation that defies age-old stereotypes by speaking great English and being all around just plain smart. Much smarter than the mostly older and white male media that covers them. That fact came to my attention after interviewing a number of players at the 2010 and 2011 NFL...
[Translate] From ProFootballWeekly.com Raiders upset they couldn’t land Schaub, still unsure how to spend No. 1 pick Oakland Of all the rumors coming out of Oakland in the weeks leading up to the draft, two things are certain: The Raiders remain undecided as to which direction they will go with the first overall pick, and they were very disappointed in their inability to acquire Falcons QB Matt Schaub, who was traded to the Texans in March. Schaub had worked with new Raiders offensive coordinator Gregg Knapp in Atlanta, and they...
[Translate] The top100 players available for the 2007 Draft (pt 1) (1-50)Every year more and more scrutiny goes into the evaluation of talent for the draft. Every year someone always asks me “why did so-an-so” drop down on people’s draft boards, or why didn’t he get drafted he had such a great college career. The fact is that not even the people running the teams war rooms themselves are willing to explain why an individual drops or rises on someone’s board,...
[Translate] From Pro Football Weekly online….. Russell’s red flags could make Quinn the first QB drafted in ’07 In the minds of many evaluators, including PFW resident draft analyst Nolan Nawrocki, there is a considerable gap between QBs JaMarcus Russell and Brady Quinn. The way we hear it, it is Quinn, not Russell, who Nawrocki and a growing contingent of teams think will be the better pro. And perhaps to the surprise of many draft fans, more of the teams we consulted had finished their pre-Combine draft meetings thinking...
