By BARRY WILNERAP Football Writer CANTON, Ohio (AP) – How 'bout them Cowboys? With apologies to such NFL greats as Jerry Rice, John Randle and the rest of the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2010, this sure seems like America's Team's weekend. Not only was Emmitt Smith completing a Hall of Fame triple [...] Read More
By BARRY WILNERAP Football Writer CANTON, Ohio (AP) – How 'bout them Cowboys? With apologies to such NFL greats as Jerry Rice, John Randle and the rest of the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2010, this sure seems like America's Team's weekend. Not only was Emmitt Smith completing a Hall of Fame triple [...] Read More
Just by reading the comments on this very site, Joe knows who fans believe are the surprises in training camp and who may be the disappointments. But let’s hear and see the perspective of a couple of guys who are paid to be there and give inside knowledge. They would be Anwar Richardson and Woody Cummings [...] Read More
Published: Saturday, August 07, 2010, 8:31 AM Updated: Saturday, August 07, 2010, 8:41 AM In conversations with New Orleans Saints coaches and front-office personnel throughout the past week, one name seems to be coming up again and again — Stanley Arnoux. Ted Jackson/The Times-PicayuneThe New Orleans Saints’ Jonathan Casillas is having a good camp. [...] Read More
Jerry Rice was the 16th name called in the 1985 NFL draft. Emmitt Smith saw 16 players selected before he was taken in 1990. Their wait to make the Pro Football Hall of Fame was nowhere near as excruciating. Tonight, Rice and Smith will be inducted together in the Canton, Ohio shrine as the top [...] Read More
By BARRY WILNERAP Football Writer CANTON, Ohio (AP) – How 'bout them Cowboys? With apologies to such NFL greats as Jerry Rice, John Randle and the rest of the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2010, this sure seems like America's Team's weekend. Not only was Emmitt Smith completing a Hall of Fame triple [...] Read More
Joe stumbled upon some refreshing radio while stuck at work Friday morning: it was the creator, curator and overall guru of ProFootballTalk.com, Mike Florio, hosting the Dull Patrick Show. Magically, thanks to Florio, what is usually three hours of boring, vapid, slurping radio (especially when it comes to the non-basketball association) became gripping, compelling, thought-provoking radio [...] Read More
“I was only 3,” Grimm said. “I remember him limping around after his ACL surgery, but that’s the earliest thing I remember.” What Grimm would have seen – and no doubt has heard – about his father would have made him proud. Russ Grimm, currently the Arizona Cardinals’ assistant head coach, was a hard-nosed offensive [...] Read More
During the year, Gary and I will discuss football via email on occasion, and I even helped Gary out with his project on Josh Freeman by supplying him a DVD of Freeman's interceptions for him to analyze. Gary has been a St. Pete Times writer since 1990, and had been around Miami for the Dan Marino years. [...] Read More
The Bucs just wrapped up a morning workout here at One Buc Place before tonight's highly-anticipated night practice in front of the fans at Raymond James Stadium. Among the things Morris talked about this morning was his impression of the receivers as ... Read More
