[Translate] My Reverse Mock Draft: Round 7 to Round 1 The is the time of year that bring blossoms and blooms in bushel baskets everywhere you look; I don’t mean the ‘Darling Buds of May’ I am referring to mock drafts, the internet is chock full of them. I hesitate to add to the surplus, but when I gave in I decided to do something a bit differently. What I will be doing over the next two weeks is releasing a seven round mock draft, but I will begin with round seven and work backwards to round one, so here is the first installment. Round...
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[Translate] No doubt you will have seen the much talked about final play in Monday night’s Seahawks and Packers game, even if you didn’t watch the game itself. This call was the latest and so far, most decisive mistake from the replacement officials. This one single play and subsequent bad call from the officials was the first time that the replacements had...
[Translate] By Anthony Carillo http://twitter.com/#!/CarilloCannon7 If you were to ask Mean Joe Green, Mel Blount, Jack Tatum, Ronnie Lott or any of the most intimidating defensive players in the 70s, 80s and 90s, they would most likely tell you one thing; the league is handcuffing defensive players. Back in their respective decades Green, Blount, Tatum, and Lott, would physically dominate their opponent. Now, if they played in today’s NFL, they would set the record for suspensions, fines, and personal foul penalties. The...
[Translate] This is an AP wire service report from over the weekend. NFL Official Says Firing Spurred by RaceBy DAVID B. CARUSOAssociated Press Writer NEW YORK — A former supervisor of NFL officials sued the league in federal court Friday, claiming he was unfairly fired after some referees lodged false complaints that he was racially biased. Earnie Frantz, a head linesman in the NFL from 1981 to 2001, said he was fired as associate supervisor of officiating in the spring of 2005. In a lawsuit filed in Manhattan, Frantz said...
