profootball-fans.com - 7/17/2009
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This has been a fairly busy week in the NFL for July. We had a player retirement, the Supplemental Draft, a big contract in Baltimore, and a couple of looming deadlines. Last week I asked if Steve McNair belonged in the Hall of Fame.
Commish For a Day
ebonybird.com 7/3/2009 — When you’re watching a Ravens game, or talking some pigskin by the water cooler on Monday, do you ever complain about something in the NFL, or any league? You think, “if I were commissioner, I would change this, I would change that.” Sports fans always think it about their ...
Terrell Suggs to get $63 million deal
scoresreport.com 7/15/2009 —
It appears that the Baltimore Ravens were finally able to sign their most productive defensive player to a new contract, as reports state that linebacker/defensive end Terrell Suggs has agreed to a six-year, $63 million deal . He’ll also make $38 million in guaranteed money and will be paid ...
Glad to be back
blogs.nfl.com 7/20/2009 — Good to be back at work after a week of vacation. Now it's time to touch on a few topics that have been in the news while I was gone, and some of these I likely will be following up on this week on NFL Total Access.
Air McNair Dead at 39.
ebonybird.com 7/5/2009 — Steve McNair was found dead in his Nashville home last night in an apparent murder-suicide case. In the last two weeks, many notable figures have passed away. Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Ed McMahon and Billy Mays all died, and will be missed. But McNair is a guy who I will remember where ...
2009 NFL Pre-Season Prop Bets, Picks, and Odds
feedproxy.google.com 7/4/2009 — Sports fans do not worry, the 2009 NFL Football Season will be here in just a couple of weeks. If you may have taken the summer off from the betting world or just ready for football season you are not alone. Anticipation for the upcoming football season is at an all time high because there are ...
2009 Gridiron Gab Team Previews: Baltimore Ravens
nflgridirongab.com 7/13/2009 —
This one’s for Vince Lombardi, John Madden, Dick Butkus, Mean Joe Greene, Jim Brown, Bronco Nagurski, Dick “Night Train” Lane, Ronnie Lott, Ray Nitschke and every other old-school football purist who ever walked the Earth.
In an era dominated by spread offenses and speedy, fleet-footed ...
Latest update on the Michael Vick Reinstatement
outofbounds-therowdyone.blogspot.com 7/27/2009 — From the Associated Press:
NEW YORK -- Michael Vick was conditionally reinstated by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday and could play in regular season games as early as October.
Vick can immediately participate in preseason practices, workouts and meetings and can play in the ...
Suggs and the Ravens Appear Unable to Get a Deal Done Before the Deadline
nflgridirongab.com 7/14/2009 —
With the deadline to sign franchise players Wednesday, it appears that one player that won’t be getting a deal is Ravens LB Terrell Suggs. He’ll play under his one-year deal worth $10.2 million. The Carroll County Times reports on the stalemate:
Barring a major breakthrough in ...
Five Options for the Ravens at Receiver
ravensgab.com 7/18/2009 —
So let’s say that Derrick Mason sticks to his web announcement and he retires.
What does Baltimore do next?
If the Ravens want to have any chance of returning to the playoffs and competing for a championship they must replace a player that accounted for over 1/3 of their offense. ...