Week Four NFL News, Notes, and Quotes
What a week in the NFL. Firings, Benching, smack talking, injuries, and more. Let’s look at some news, notes,and quotes…
Football Jabber’s NFL Power Rankings have been updated for a few days. Busy week, didn’t get that out there.
NFL.com has a nice little bundle of mini-game previews, including video for each game HERE.
This season has already seen a shake up in things that we expect to happen in the NFL. Yahoo! Sports takes a look at the twisted 2008 season so far.
Don Banks at SI takes a look at three winning teams that will miss the playoffs and three losing teams that will make it.
A radio station had an all out funeral for the Millen era in Detroit.
“This is a special moment for us as we say good-bye to a legacy, to a reign of a general manager that brought us frustrations, brought us tears, brought us everything but a trophy,” DJ Spike, from the “Mojo in the Morning” program on WKQI-FM (95.5), said as the funeral lined up at 8 a.m. at Eastern Market.
Green Bay Packer fans should check out this Podcast called The Packer Show while waiting for kickoff each week.
John Elway is going to cross over to the dark side and marry a former Raiders Cheerleader. I say, Damn it John, do what you have to do!
Five basics for stopping the Cowboys. Glad this guy has figured it out because nobody else has.
The Cowboys are looking to lasso Clinton Portis.
“Look at our goal board and the first one is ’Stop the run,’ ” Cowboys defensive coordinator Brian Stewart said. “If you stop the run, then you have a chance to be successful.”
After a shabby performance against the Chargers, the Jets defensive backs are looking forward to the Cardinals coming to town so they get Boldin and Fitz…riiiiight.
“They are two of the best,” rookie CB Dwight Lowery said. “Anquan is like a running back playing receiver. He is a big physical guy who will get the ball and when he gets rolling he’s a hard guy to take down, especially with his size. A typical defensive back can’t compete with his size. You have to be prepared for that. Larry is really good at going and getting the ball. He has [some] of the best ball skills as a receiver that anyone has ever seen.”
Steven Jackson has publicly stated his disapproval of the Rams move to bench Marc Bulger. Torry Holt is a little more toned down…just shocked.
“I was shocked, man, I was really shocked,” Holt said yesterday. “I went up to Marc immediately and apologized to him as a receiver and for our receiver group and the offense for not making enough plays to give him an opportunity to stay on the football field with us.”
Anthony Fasano is making a name for himself in Miami.
”I tried to make the best out of it, but it wasn’t the best opportunity for me to be the guy there,” Fasano said of Dallas. “Jason is a great player; I think he is a Hall of Famer tight end. I’m trying to make my own little mold down here.”
The only thing more strange than the Bills being on top of the AFC East is that there is no talk of who the QB will be from week to week. Trent Edwards is making it his team.
Santonio Holmes is dealing with the fact that he is second on the Steelers as far as WR’s go right now.
So Jerry Porter might play this week for the Jaguars. If you read just that line you would have no idea what week it is, would you?
Let’s say you are at a Gas Station in Indianapolis and you find a credit card that says Anthony Kevin Dungy on it. What do you do? Take it to the Colts HQ and in return get a call from Coach Dungy and a collectors edition autographed football.
Is Michael Bush going to be the big break out story this year for the Raiders?
“We talked about it at halftime,” Lane Kiffin said of Bush’s promotion during the Chiefs game. ” ‘Michael, get warmed up, you’re going to win this game for us.’ “
Vikings vs. Titans...Greybeards showdown at QB…that’s funny.
Saints players are falling like flies. Now the offensive line is short…
After the Ronnie Brown day last week, Jerious Norwood my be taking direct snaps in Atlanta. Guys, the Dolphins didn’t tell people they were going to do it.
