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The Best Quarterbacks in 2008
In the last few seasons, Tom Brady and Peyton Manning have been far and away the best quarterbacks in the NFL. They’ve each had record-breaking success and have been the examples all other NFL quarterbacks aspired to be. However in 2008, the quarterback landscape changed.
Five Teams Most Likely to Win the Super Bowl
1. New York Giants
The defending Super Bowl champions are 8-1 in the 2008 NFL season and they look very, very good. Eli Manning has blossomed into a superstar at quarterback and the defense can still produce a lot of pressure. It won’t be easy for the Giants but they are a team no one wants to face in the playoffs.
Rookie Running Backs Dominate Week 9
Most years, the NFL is a league that is tough on rookies. The veterans are bigger, tougher, stronger and are able to impose their will. However, the 2008 NFL season has seen a number of rookie running backs flourish. In Week 9, the headlines were doinated by these rookie running backs.
Are the Patriots Still Elite?
In the first quarter of the first game of the NFL season, the New England Patriots saw their hopes seemingly go down the tubes. Tom Brady, the superstar quarterback of the Patriots, tore knee ligaments and was lost for the year. Nearly two months later, the Patriots find themselves in a familiar spot - atop the AFC East. At 5-2, New England hasn’t quite rolled over died just yet.
Best Teams in the NFL
With seven weeks in the books, here’s a quick rundown on the best teams in the NFL so far this season.
5) Buffalo Bills (5-1)
The Buffalo Bills have surprised almost every NFL league expert by being one of the best teams in the NFL. Offensively, Trent Edwards is a very good game manager, while Marshawn Lynch is one of the best young running backs in the league. Buffalo’s defense is good and is seemingly improving on a weekly basis.
New York Giants Looking Like Champs
After their Super Bowl victory last season, many NFL pundits expected the New York Giants to take a step backwards in 2008. The Giants were good in the playoffs but was their streak of perfection in the playoffs a fluke? Even the most ardent of Giants fans had to have at least a little bit of doubt in their mind.
Brett Favre Shines in Week 4
Brett Favre is 38 years old and is turning 39 in about a week. But on Sunday, Favre proved once again he’s still a force at quarterback in the NFL. The ageless wonder had a career-high six touchdown passes to lead the New York Jets over the Arizona Cardinals by a final score of 56-35.
NFL Power Rankings
After two weeks of the NFL season, there are ten 2-0 teams left standing. Who are the best undefeated teams in the league? Here’s our NFL power rankings:
1. New York Giants
The reigning Super Bowl champions are off to an undefeated start. Despite injuries on their defensive unit, the Giants should contend all season long.
The NFL Limps in Week 2
Tom Brady and the New England Patriots strolled into the 2008 NFL season with high hopes and Super Bowl dreams. After the first week of the season, everything has changed. Early in the Week 1 game against the Kansas City Chiefs, Brady went back to pass and was hit as he made the throw. While Brady has been hit many times before, this hit made him fall to the field awkwardly screaming in pain. He didn’t know it right away but his season was over.
The NFL Club Market Seems Unaffected by the Economy
The previous decade has only seen a total of three NFL Club sales, so it seems a bit amusing that in a time of economic slump, three teams may very well hang a “for sale” sign in the next year and industry analysts think they’ll have no problem attracting Venture Capitalists and other investors:
The NFL’s Shadow Men: The Players that Had to Emerge from the 12 Longest Shadows in NFL History
What happens when a near mythical figure in America’s favorite sport decides to retire?
As could be witnessed in the wake of the Favre retirement, fans weep, small towns wonder about their own finality, and John Madden locks himself into his closet for several days due to a deep depression.
Ok, maybe the last thing didn’t happen. But upon Brett Favre’s retirement (and subsequent denial of a return), talking heads agreed that the NFC North, the division the Green Bay Packers are a part of, was the ripe for the taking.
Had much changed in Green Bay?
No, not in quantity at least.
But it remains to be seen whether Aaron Rodgers can escape the shadow cast by one of the greatest quarterbacks to ever touch a pigskin. Or even if he can go an entire season without wetting himself.
So goes the speculation when an unproven, or even a proven for that matter, steps from within the shadow of a grid iron hero.
With Rodgers’ quest ahead, let’s take a look at others that had to overcome the scrutiny of replacing the all time greats of the game.
To Retire or Not Retire… That is the Question
There has been a lot of talk this week that Favre wants to come out of retirement. At the moment, Favre is not giving any steam to the rumor mill, but that hasn’t stopped sports columnists all over the nation from starting rumors that Favre will kick off his retirement jersey everywhere from the Panthers, to the Redskins, to the Chicago Bears, to… well, pretty much any NFL team but the Packers at the moment, even though there have been repetitive denials on the topic:
It seems like everyone we know has a Facebook or MySpace account these days… and now we have football teams leaping onto the scene with their very own social networking sites. The Houston Texans recently launched ImaTexan.com in an effort to keep fans more involved than their traditional site does - and are hoping to get fans signing up quickly by offering a chance to win Houston Texans tickets:
Matt Leinart Has Stepped It Up A Notch
Various reports came in earlier this month stating that Matt Leinart, current starting quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals, might not be the starter for the Cardinals this year:
Shakeups in the Redskin Roster
The Redskins signed two “new” players in the last week. The first was free agent and free safety, Stuart Schweigert. Whether or not LaRon Landry will be moved from his position at free safety to strong safety to allow Schweigert to start this year had “yet to be decided”, but the former Oakland Raider is happy about the deal:
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