Two years ago, Aaron Rodgers told Green Bay Packers officials he didn’t want to return, nearly upsetting the NFL schedule. Cooler heads prevailed for the league’s scheduling department’s sanity. Rodgers was traded to the New York Jets this summer, but the league and its network partners have time to submit requests. Six prime-time games and […]
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In dealing with the Packers, it’s time for the Jets to act like New Yorkers
It’s been a week since Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers made a public appeal for the Packers to be more moderate in their expectations of the New York Jets. No team has shifted their position in the last seven days. As Rodgers has said, the Packers are staying firm and waiting for the draught […]
Things to Look at During the NFL’s Week 15
There are only three weeks of NFL games remaining this season. Playoff seeding is starting to get into better shape while we get more explicit pictures of the teams who are legitimate playoff contenders and those who were just mirages. This is a huge weekend coming up for a lot of teams but four storylines stand […]
The Green Bay Packers Finally Pull the Plug on Mike McCarthy
All it took was a loss to a 2-9, now 3-9, Arizona Cardinals team to be the final nail in the coffin for the inevitable. The rumblings surrounding the Green Bay Packers, over the past month or so, involved head coach Mike McCarthy being on the hot seat and the most likely candidate to be […]
Packers Fire Mike McCarthy
Following their 20-17 loss to the Arizona Cardinals, the Green Bay Packers informed Mike McCarthy that he was fired. The only surprise here is that this happened before the season was over. The Packers are not known for turnover in their organization but a home loss to the 2-win Cardinals was finally enough to part […]
Are the Chicago Bears Legitimate Super Bowl Contenders?
Much of the NFC has not gone as many envisioned, and the Chicago Bears are one of the teams that have epitomized it. They finished 5-11 last year with a rookie quarterback who looked overwhelmed and with no one to throw to. But the front office felt like they were close to the playoffs, so […]
The Le’Veon Bell Saga Finally Progresses
The Le’Veon Bell Era in Pittsburg is unofficially officially over with the 26-year-old running failing to report back to the team by November 13, 2018. And with it, he must forfeit the rest of the season, meaning he won’t play a single snap of football for the Steelers this season. Bell’s holdout means he will […]
NFL Head Coaches on the Hot Seat
We’re a little more than halfway through the 2018 regular season and it is beginning to become more clear on which coaches will likely be cleaning out their desks after the season. Here are the coaches whose jobs could be in jeopardy. Vance Joseph, Denver Broncos Joseph barely stuck around after his first year […]
The Green Bay Packers Need to Start Fresh Without Mike McCarthy
Aaron Rodgers has only known one NFL franchise since being drafted back in 2005. And after signing a historical extension during the offseason, it appears as though he will don the Green Bay Packers’ green and yellow for his entire career. However, with each week and each loss, you get the feeling that he is […]
Three Biggest Takeaways from the NFL’s Week 9
We are at about the halfway point of the NFL season and are coming off an eventful Week 8 in the NFL. Here are the three biggest takeaways from this past weekend. Green Bay Packers Find Yet Another Way to Let Aaron Rodgers Down Over the last five or six seasons, it’s been well-documented that […]
Aaron Rodgers Has the Chance at Another Miracle vs. the Rams
Aaron Rodgers is a man or miracles, and he will need to deliver yet another one as his Green Bay Packers (3-2-1) travel to Los Angeles to take on the Rams as significant underdogs. Los Angeles is the NFL’s lone undefeated team remaining while the Packers have been dealing with their fair share of problems […]
Giants Trade Eli Apple to Saints
The New Orleans Saints have been rumored to be in the market for a cornerback for the past couple of weeks. On Tuesday, they sent a 4th and 5th-round pick to the New York Giants for cornerback Eli Apple. The 4th rounder will be in the 2019 draft and the 7th rounder will be in […]