Monthly Archives: January 2018

Obviously, there is a lot to like with Foster.

January 31, 2018

On this play, Texas A&M looks to run the ball up the middle. The center works up to Foster on the second level, attempting to seal him off on the back side of the play. But Foster is too quick and simply works under the block. He uses the same swim move we saw before and skips past the center easily before assisting a tackle for no gain at the line of scrimmage.
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He offers plenty of upside that could allow him to develop into one of the top inside linebackers in the NFL. However, he isn’t a flawless prospect. Obviously the combine incident is worrying, but there are a few more issues worth noting. While he can land huge hits, his tackling can be suspect at times. His form isn’t ideal, which means he can fail to finish tackles he should make.

But the game will end in predictable fashion: with the Patriots receiving another Lombardi Trophy.

The current anthem policy, distributed in the game operations manual sent by the league to teams, requires players to be on the sideline. It suggests that they stand for the anthem but does not require it. The league has not disciplined teams or players this season when they have opted not to be on the sideline for the anthem.

As his star rose and he became an All-Star regular, Nike quickly moved to extend his deal and offered him a signature shoe in the process — only the 21st basketball athlete in Nike’s history to get one.

However, just months after the extension was struck, George suffered a broken leg while playing in an exhibition for Team USA, which led Nike to put the signature model on hold. The launch of his long-awaited namesake shoe line, which was eventually released last spring, almost never came to be.

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Walker, Lamb lead Hornets past Kings 112-107

January 29, 2018

Kemba Walker thinks the Charlotte Hornets can still be a playoff team, and the All-Star point guard would like to be around to see that happen.

However, Walker has resigned himself to the fact there is little he can do about reports the Hornets have put him on the block before the Feb. 8 NBA trade deadline.

Walker made five 3s, but struggled shooting the ball over finishing 6 of 20 from the field.

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They won at Golden State. They won at Philly. They beat Denver, Clifford said of the 13-33 Kings. It’s the NBA so you have to understand this league.

The Hornets were coming off an emotionally crushing 106-105 loss to the Miami Heat on Saturday night in which they surrendered a five-point lead in the final 34 seconds and lost on a last-second free throw following a disputed call.

Derek Carr Limited Jersey Talks aimed at ending the shutdown are continuing, with this shutdown the first furlough of federal employees under single-party control of Congress and the White House. It does not appear the shutdown will affect security preparations for the Super Bowl, set for Feb. 4 in Minneapolis.

FBI operations are directed towards national security and violations of federal law, and must be able to Chris Paul Womens Jersey continue during a lapse in appropriations, the FBI said in a statement. As such, all FBI agents and support personnel in field offices are considered excepted from furlough.

That includes agents working on Super Bowl security checks and counterterrorism measures, said James J. Wedick, a retired FBI agent of three decades and a security consultant. He worked through the 1995 government shutdown and said the bureau’s day-to-day operations are virtually indistinguishable from when federal agencies are funded.

Chargers WR Keenan Allen voted 2017 NFL Comeback Player of the Year by writers

January 27, 2018

Chargers wide receiver Keenan Allen, who missed virtually all of 2016 with an ACL injury and returned to finish third in the league in receiving yards this season, is the 2017 NFL Comeback Player of the Year, chosen by the Professional Football Writers of America in voting announced Friday.

Rams quarterback Jared Goff, who threw for 28 touchdowns, was named as the 2017 NFL Most Improved Player of the Year, the PFWA also announced.

Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, was allegedly paid $130,000 during Trump’s presidential campaign to keep quiet about the affair and has since denied that it happened. But in a 2011 interview with In Touch (h/t CBS Sports), which was released this week, she said she first slept with Trump when she met him at the American Century celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe in July 2006.

The day after her first tryst with Trump, she ran into him at a party at the hotel she was staying at, where he was hanging out with Roethlisberger.

He was hanging out with Ben for a long time, Daniels recalled. A couple other people around, nobody famous. Mostly people trying to hang on to them. Ben had just won the Super Bowl that year. Donald excused himself. He had to leave, I don’t remember why, and he made Ben promise to take care of me. I stayed another 15-20 minutes and Ben Roethlisberger actually walked me up to my room that night because Donald told him to. Yeah, he walked me all the way to my hotel room. patriots_126_c50524a87e887ccc-180x180

Watching how these two franchises perform moving forward will be fascinating in that regard.

January 24, 2018

Every year it looks like there won’t be much change in the NFL and every year there’s a surprise on some level, whether it’s someone who was able to survive a potential ax or someone who had the sword come swinging earlier than expected.

So now McDaniels is going to be in Indy coaching against a guy in Vrabel who he worked with previously in New England, with the awkwardness of Tennessee probably wanting McDaniels once upon a time and McDaniels maybe wanting the Tennessee job. It’s basically like in Seinfeld when Kramer and Mickey went on a double date and both ended up with the wrong twin.

In that first meeting, the Jaguars used a variety of looks on Steelers star receiver Antonio Brown. He was targeted 19 times in that game and had 10 catches for 157 yards, but no touchdowns.

According to ESPN.com, Bryce Harper Jersey Shurmur has been given a five-year deal.

On the NFC side, the Eagles are headed to the conference title game for the seventh time in franchise history, thanks to a defense that completely shut down the Falcons on Saturday in a 15-10 win. If Nick Foles was supposed to struggle against Atlanta, he apparently didn’t get the memo because he threw for 246 yards in the win.

The Eagles will be gunning to get to the Super Bowl for the third time in franchise history and to do that, they’re going to have to beat the Vikings, who are coming off one of the wildest wins in NFL playoff history after Case Keenum threw a 61-yard touchdown pass to Stefon Diggs on the final play of Minnesota’s 29-24 win over the Saints.

You can’t help the length of your arms if you’re an O-lineman, Sumlin said. You can’t help your height. The things mentally that you can help, instinctually, ball skills, change of direction, you can work on those things [if you stay].

But coaches are hardly objective at times in these cases. It’s in their best interest to keep their best players for as long as possible. The NFL is cold, cruel, exacting place.
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Watt says he noticed something special evolving from his involvement in the fundraising efforts.

January 22, 2018

No team gave up fewer points in 2017 than the Vikings, and their dominant defense was on full display over the final three weeks of the season. Minnesota allowed just 17 points to their opponents over that span 锟斤拷 the Bengals, Packers, and Bears 锟斤拷 who combined for a lengthy scoreless streak:

Alvin Kamara may have wrapped up the league’s offensive rookie of the year award Sunday when he joined Gale Sayers as the only first-year player in NFL history to record five rushing touchdowns, five receiving touchdowns, and a kickoff return for a touchdown in the same season. The icing on the cake was a 106-yard return that left the Buccaneers in his wake and stood as the longest kick return in franchise history:

Even more impressive? Kamara overcame his own doubts to rumble out of the end zone and rip through Tampa Bay’s kick coverage. Less than seven minutes later, he’d score on a 7-yard carry and make it 14 total touchdowns on the season 锟斤拷 more than anyone else on his roster.

In the Buccaneers’ first tilt with the Saints in Week 9, Jameis Winston tried an unorthodox method of firing his team up for the NFC South matchup. He wanted to get everyone hungry for a win:

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I learned how much good there is in the world, how humanity steps up to the plate when they see fellow humans going through difficult times, he says. From my high school and from kids with their lemonade stands … to seeing people putting aside any differences and rivalries and helping out … and how they wanted to donate to be good people and help their fellow humans. It shows how much good light there is in the world.

Carolina tight end Olsen, who just finished his 11th pro season, has put together two initiatives, one to fight breast cancer, the other to help youngsters with a congenital heart defect.
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Olsen’s mother is a breast cancer survivor, and in 2009 he founded Receptions for Research: The Greg Olsen Foundation. The Foundation’s Receiving Hope focuses on cancer research and education programming.

The best game of the weekend should be the Saints at Vikings.

January 20, 2018

Here’s the thing about all this, though: Winning is a really freaking good salve. And the Patriots are so good, the odds are that they’re going to continue to win.
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Belichick may be perturbed by Guerrero pitching his ointments or whatever to his players and annoyed that the team gave up a great backup in Garoppolo, but he’ll get over it. Brady may be stressed about his role going forward and annoyed Guerrero can’t give players his oxygenated protein nuts or whatever, but he’ll play through it. Kraft will continue to be a really rich guy. He’s fine.

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However, the Jaguars can still hamper the Steelers’passing attack, which has been second in the NFL since that Week 5 loss. The Jaguars need their secondary to play up to potential. When Big Ben is facing a No. 1 passing defense, he’s 1-3 in the playoffs, with four touchdowns, 11 interceptions, and a passer rating of 69.8.

The Vikings dominated the Saints in Week 1, but that game is way, way, way in the past. It’s a brand new season and I can’t wait to watch this game.

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The Cardinals can look to the draft.

January 19, 2018

red_wings_015 They’re slated to pick 15th overall this year. They’ll have plenty of competition, but they could also throw their hat in the ring for a high-priced free agent like Kirk Cousins.

Whoever does take over for Palmer in Arizona may do so without the man who’s been the heart and soul of that offense for the past 14 seasons. With Arians and Palmer gone, it won’t be a surprise if Larry Fitzgerald also opts to let the sun set on his NFL career.

“I’m really happy we were able to get this done prior to the start of the season,” Quinn said. “We never put a deadline on it, but this allows us to concentrate on the season with no distractions. These types of deals are not easy to do, but it came together pretty quickly in the end, and it took a lot of work on both sides. Happy to have our quarterback here through 2022.”

Quinn, of course, saw the benefit of quarterback stability during all those years he spent in New England. He knows you can’t put a price on it.

And maybe Stafford’s not Tom Brady, which makes him a lot like pretty much every other good quarterback in the NFL—needing the right mix of coaches and players and system to succeed. The good news is, with this piece of business out of the way, it’ll be easier for the Lions to get going in earnest at building that for him.

It’ll feel a bit strange to not hear Gruden’s voice on MNF next year, but we can rest assured that he’ll be in Oakland, coaching up Derek Carr and Khalil Mack on the art of the turkey hole.

The headline coming out of this week’s meetings was that the NFL would not consider changes to its policy on the anthem, and that the current rules language—that players should stand for the anthem—will remain in place. But the further-reaching result of the players’ meeting with owners and NFL execs might be that the group found its voice and forum in the room, and is now in position to continue to be heard.

Several players, in fact, communicated to the owners how much they enjoyed the conversation and that they wanted more players to have an open line of communication to the league’s highest levels. And I think what we learned is: mutual interest can be a powerful agent for change.

Picks, odds for Panthers vs. Saints wild-card game

January 17, 2018

The Saints (11-5) already beat the Panthers (11-5) twice to edge them for the NFC South title. But that will mean little unless New Orleans can defeat Carolina for a third time Sunday in the wild-card playoffs.

With both teams losing in Week 17, it set up this three-match. After its 0-2 start, New Orleans won at Carolina 34-13 in Week 3. It won almost as convincingly at home in Week 13, 31-21.

Kaepernick won’t play a down this season, but I think his Michael Frolik Youth jersey story will be the one that we remember 10, 20, 30 years down the line. Even though he didn’t give an interview all year, we at Sports Illustrated and The MMQB did our part in helping tell his story. We profiled the charities to which Kaepernick donated his money, we had Beyonc锟斤拷 present him with the Muhammed Ali Legacy Award at our Sportsperson of the Year event, and then there was this jersey story.

The first thing I had to do was acquire a red No. 7 Kaepernick 49ers jersey. He had played for the team less than eight months earlier; I thought it’d be easy.

I started by checking NFL.com. No dice. They had women’s and children’s Kaepernick jerseys锟斤拷no men’s. I checked Nike.com, too. Nothing doing.

I decided to call Modell’s, a local sporting goods dealer in New York that carried all kinds of NFL jerseys. No Kaepernick jerseys there, they said. I called two other Modell’s locations just to be sure. None there, either.

You can’t make that assessment now. Eight defensive linemen went in the first round of the 1985 NFL Draft, which produced Hall of Famers Bruce Smith and Chris Doleman along with edge-rusher Kevin Greene. The 2011 NFL Draft produced 11 first-round picks on the defensive line, and seven of those players, including Marcell Dareus and J.J. Watt, have been selected to the Pro Bowl. Still, the potential for greatness in that 2019 class is off the charts.

All five Clemson defensive linemen could develop into first-round picks, and they’re just the attention-grabbers in a class that should boast ridiculous depth. Consider this: Of that group of Clemson defenders which includes three 2017 first-team All-Americans Lawrence is considered the best pro prospect.

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Goodell is smart to not press the anthem issue now, particularly with so few players demonstrating.

January 15, 2018

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I asked if they discussed the anthem, and trying to get 100 percent of the uniformed players (not the 99.2 percent who stood this weekend) to stand.

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Omnisport: You bounced around the league a bit in your first two years, have you found a home in Pittsburgh?

January 12, 2018

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