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Daily Links - Putting it on the Line
Published 7/1/2008 by Josh Temple at BroncoTalk
Champ Bailey puts his name on the line and calls Rodney Harrison dirty but a good teammate, Al Wilson also gets added to the list of the dirtiest.  [ESPN] Brandon Marshall isn’t the only NFL player in trouble for domestic issues right now.  [MyFox Colorado] Warren Sapp really doesn’t like Oakland.  Quoted as saying things happen in the Raiders organization “that shouldn’t go on in sports”  [St. Pete Times] Pat Bowlen makes the top three for most respected owners by coaches.  [ESPN] Selvin Young and Chris Myers are two names on the list of unknowns to watch.  ...

Rodney Harrison Is Still the Dirtiest Player in the League, Brian Billick Still Loves Him
Published 7/1/2008 by Ryan Wilson at FanHouse
Filed under: Patriots, NFL Fans It's the deadest part of the offseason, which means we'll be reading about things marginally related to football like top-50 players, doctored videos, visits to the Playboy Mansion, and, of course, Rodney Harrison, the NFL's dirtiest player. While some NFL coaches agree that Harrison is one of the league's dirtiest players, ESPN.com's Mike Sando writes that there are plenty of other guys worthy of a little finger-pointing: A review of data since 2001 shows Arizona Cardinals safety Adrian Wilson with a ...

Reputation earns Pats' Harrison 'dirtiest player' moniker
Published 7/1/2008 at ESPN.com - NFL Nation - Blog
Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando     Joe Robbins/Getty Images Some NFL head coaches declined to name the player they considered dirtiest in the NFL during ESPN.com's recently completed survey. Seventeen did name names, and 11 of them singled out New England Patriots ...

Zach Thomas Would Kill on NFL Jeopardy
Published 7/1/2008 by Ryan Wilson at FanHouse
Filed under: Cowboys, Ravens, NFL Fans I just figured ESPN.com's Mike Sando got a few head coaches on the horn, asked them some questions about why Rodney Harrison is such a dirty player, and then wrote up a nifty column about the findings. Turns out, the entire Hashmarks crew got in on the action, which is why I'm happy to announce that soulja boy aficionado Zach Thomas has been named the NFL's brainiest player! Unfortunately, there won't be any trips to the Playboy Mansion for the winner; instead, Thomas will be rocking a set of new encyclopedias. Nerd. The smartest ...

COACHES CALL RODNEY HARRISON DIRTIEST PLAYER
Published 7/1/2008 by Michael David Smith at ProFootballTalk.com
In an effort to find out who’s the dirtiest player in the NFL, ESPN.com surveyed head coaches and asked them to name just one player who’s the dirtiest of them all. Of the 17 coaches who supplied an answer, 11 of them chose Patriots safety Rodney Harrison ...

ESPN Coaches poll: Harrison is the “dirtiest”, Moss is pretty smart
Published 7/1/2008 by matt at Matt's Pats Blog
In a recent coaches poll, where coaches were advised not to vote for their own players, Patriots SS Rodney Harrison took home the gold in a fitting category: Dirtiest Player. 18 coaches responded to this question, and 11 of them picked Harrison. Harrison maintains he simply plays with a high level of intensity, and doesn’t consider himself dirty. Teammates, and ex-teammates agree. Deion Branch, for example, drew a line between Harrison’s 110% effort and the dirty-ness of Texans’ Travis Johnson (Johnson knocked out QB Trent Green, who suffered a concussion, and proceeded to stand over the QB while taunting him). "He’s not that type ...

Jerry Jones myths exposed
Published 7/1/2008 by Dave Halprin (Grizz) at Blogging The Boys: Front Page Posts
... One final poll from ESPN of the coaches brings a somewhat dubious award to a Cowboy. Behind Rodney Harrison, who was overwhelmingly declared the dirtiest player in the league, our own horse-collar aficionado Roy Williams came in second. ...

ESPN clearly out of ideas in mid-summer
Published 7/1/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Chip's Moody Blues) at Uwe Blog
Zach Thomas was clearly smarter than Jason Witten on this play Three Dallas Cowboys (or those associated with the franchise) were featured prominently in a ESPN feature today. In it, the World Wide Leader polled all the NFL coaches (with anonymity) asking them who the dirtiest and smartest players were. ...

Draft Picks 7/1
Published 7/1/2008 by Coach Christensen (noreply@blogger.com) at NE Patriots Draft
It's a very festive day here as Pamela Anderson has turned 41. World of Isaac updates us on the rest of the Baywatch crew. Here are some other goodies from the sports world today: On 205th expounded on our Where Are They Now? column from yesterday with a more in depth piece on Tony Mandarich. ESPN declares that Rodney Harrison is the NFL's dirtiest player. In other news, Jessica Alba is hot. Hugging Harold Reynolds details Jim Rome's verbal assault on Wes Welker. How dare he. Rookie Alert proposes five rookies that could be a 2008 version of Patrick Willis. My Sports Rumors on ...

In The Red Zone: Harrison NFL’s Dirtiest Player
Published 7/2/2008 by Steve at SOX & Dawgs
In an ESPN poll of NFL coaches New England Patriots safety Rodney Harrison was named the NFL’s dirtiest player. You have to wonder though if the label is really deserved. Much of the rep Harrison has is due to the fact that he plays up to and sometimes after the whistle. This sometimes blinds some to other people who deserve as much or more scrutiny for their play. There is also the fact that since 2001 Harrison has 14 personal fouls but it is not the highest total in the league. That belongs to Arizona Cardinals safety Adrian Wilson who has 17 in the that time frame. Others on the list include Harrison’s teammate ...

Daily Fix: Failure teaches success.
Published 7/2/2008 by houroc at SportFiends
Man living in Houston, TX sucks. It is so hot that people don’t even leave their house until the evening unless they absolutely have to and if they go to work than they don’t leave work at all. Of course it’s Texas so you know it’s gonna be hot but this is something you have to experience to truly understand. It’s not like any kind of hot you’ve ever been in before unless your from the Caribbean or something. Why it’s gonna be another long season in Minnesota for the T-Wolves. [Empty the Bench] The NBA is whipping these refs into to shape… ...

Ian Kinsler Takes a Win
Published 7/2/2008 by Sturminator (noreply@blogger.com) at Bob's Blog - Live from Lewisville
... never get that local flavor. If there’s more people watching the E.P.L. on TV than M.L.S. then you’ve got a problem.” That point can be open for argument, because in the end, it is all soccer. But does the slavish devotion to all things British in the game, which are often arrogant and slightly condescending, strengthen the perception in America that soccer is a foreign game? That’s no longer the case, is it? So let us debate, sans accented English. NFL’s Dirtiest Player? … The numbers suggest Harrison's name belongs ...

NFL Wednesday: Pats Release Andrews; Ryan Responds to Commissioner
Published 7/2/2008 by Joel 'DiG' DiGiacomo at Football for Breakfast
NFL: Coaches Validate Harrison’s Rep As NFL’s Dirtiest Player (ESPN.com) AFC News Patriots: Patriots Release Embattled Willie Andrews (Boston Herald) Dolphins: Ronnie Brown Heeds Rehab Warnings (Miami Herald) Colts: During Workout, LB Hagler Tears Pectoral Muscle (Indianapolis Star) Texans: LBs Thompson, Bentley Reunite on Texans Practice Field (Houston Chronicle) Browns: Jurevicius Has Additional Knee Surgery (Akron Beacon Journal) ...

ESPN: NFL coaches tab Harrison as league's dirtiest player
Published 7/2/2008 at Projo Pats Blog
... ESPN.com's Mike Sando reports that 11 of the 18 coaches who responded to the question identified the Patriots' Rodney Harrison as the dirtiest player in the National Football League . "Sometimes reputation precedes people, and unfairly at times," Harrison said. "I think if you understand me and you've seen me play, if you watch the film, you'll see that I play hard, that I'm very fair with people. I think I've been getting a bad rap and that's just part of it." ...

Houston Texans, Travis Johnson in Particular Not Dirty Players
Published 7/3/2008 by Stephanie Stradley at FanHouse
Filed under: Patriots, Raiders, Texans, Houston, ESPN Mike Sando of ESPN recently wrote about a survey of the league's dirtiest players and analyzed which teams received the most personal fouls. The Patriots' Rodney Harrison got the most votes for dirty play, and the Raiders received the most personal fouls. The Houston Texans received the least personal fouls, but Sando got it completely wrong as it related to Texans defensive tackle Travis Johnson: Former Patriots receiver Deion Branch drew a line between Harrison's ...

Two coaches think there is too much change
Published 7/3/2008 at ESPN.com - NFL Nation - Blog
Posted by ESPN.com's Bill Williamson Among the questions asked of the NFL head coaches in our survey package was what rule would they change in if they had the opportunity. While several coaches mentioned on-field concerns such as the horse collar and pass interference, two coaches took a stand that the league tinkers too much with change. One coach said he thought nearly every rule is examined too much and there is too much emphasis in the league for change. Another coach said had a similar take, explaining that he thought the league reacts too much to on-field issues. He said every time if there a controversial issue ...

Too much change in NFL? Two coaches say yes
Published 7/3/2008 at ESPN.com - NFL Nation - Blog
Posted by ESPN.com's Bill Williamson Among the questions asked of the NFL head coaches in our survey package was what rule would they change in if they had the opportunity. While several coaches mentioned on-field concerns such as the horse collar and pass interference, two coaches took a stand that the league tinkers too much with change. One coach said he thought nearly every rule is examined too much and there is too much emphasis in the league for change. Another coach had a similar take, explaining that he thought the league reacts too much to on-field issues. He said every time if there a controversial issue the ...

3rd of July Links
Published 7/4/2008 by shake n bake at Stampede Blue: Front Page Posts
... here to predict late rounders that will become contributors to their teams. Two of the ten they identify as fitting the profile of a late round steal are Colts picks, Jacob Tamme and Marcus Howard. Unfortunately they make two very un-Football Outsiders like mistakes and fall into the lazy sport journalist traps of calling Jacob Tamme Ben Utecht's replacement and calling Marcus Howard a linebacker and breaking him down as one. An ESPN survey of 18 NFL coaches finds the dirtiest player in the NFL to be Patriots SS Rodney Harrison. Our SB ...

NFL coaches prefer Brady over Manning
Published 7/7/2008 at ESPN.com - NFL Nation - Blog
Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando Brady Manning As part of our recent survey, ESPN.com asked NFL head coaches to identify which player they thought teams would select first overall in a league-wide draft of current ...

Coaches seek labor peace
Published 7/7/2008 at ESPN.com - NFL Nation - Blog
Posted by ESPN.com's Bill Williamson It's not just the players and owners who worry about pending NFL labor trouble -- coaches are concerned as well. In our recent coaches survey, the NFL's head coaches were asked what they would do if they were the league's commissioner for a day. Five coaches answered by saying they would seek labor peace. While the focus of the labor issue is players' share of revenue, the coaches are a forgotten part of the problem. Yes, their teams will still pay them if there is a lockout, but these people want to coach, not sit around an empty office. It's interesting that the labor issue was at the ...

It's Official: Tom Brady > Peyton Manning
Published 7/7/2008 by Ryan Wilson at FanHouse
Filed under: Colts, Patriots, NFL FansI was talking to a Patriots-loving friend of mine the other day and I asked him if the whole Spygate silliness had soured him on his hometown team. Before I could get the sentence out of my mouth he cut me off: "already forgotten." I then asked if he was upset that Tom Brady wouldn't be winning any Father of the Year awards in the near future. Again, he seemed unfazed. And just about every NFL head coach agrees, apparently. Hashmarks conducted a wide-ranging survey recently and in addition to finding out stuff most of us just assumed to be true, ...

Colts Links: 7/8/2008
Published 7/8/2008 by BigBlueShoe at Stampede Blue: Front Page Posts
I really, really love the Peyton Manning's Greatest Games series mgrex30 is doing. It is easily one of the best series I've read in some time on one specific player. He even highlighted a game I always thought was one of Peyton's best: His dismantling of the Patriots in 2000 in the RCA Dome. From Hashmarks (via AOL Fanhouse) NFL coaches seem to think that, right now, Tom Brady is better than Peyton Manning. That's fine. In a league that has "genius" coaching from the likes of Jack Del Rio, Mike Nolan, Wade Phillips, and Norv ...

NFL head coaches prefer Chad Johnson over T.O.
Published 7/10/2008 at ESPN.com - NFL Nation - Blog
Posted by ESPN.com's James Walker Which Pro Bowl-caliber player would you not want on your roster? ...

Desert Chick Asks: WTF? (The AFC Edition)
Published 7/13/2008 by Desert Chick at ChicksInTheHuddle.com
The NFC may have my heart, but it’s not the only conference I’ve been keeping my eye on this offseason. After the jump, I break down some WTF moments from 2008 worth revisiting (and mocking.) AFC North Baltimore Ravens – Derrick Martin and Ravens Marketing Vice President Gabrielle Dow Ravens quarterbacks pass the ball. Ravens cornerbacks pass the dutchie…or last least one of them apparently does. CB Derrick Martin got busted trying to bring weed through, of all places…THE AIRPORT. I can’t even ...

Patriots Sign Lynch, Create Dirty Safety Tandem
Published 8/14/2008 by The Duke at SPORTSbyBROOKS
According to THE BOSTON GLOBE, The New England Patriots signed John Lynch today , two weeks after the nine-time Pro Bowl safety was given his release from the Denver Broncos . Lynch is being brought in to fill the void left after projected starter Tank Williams went down for the year following a knee injury suffered in the Pats’ first preseason game. But it’s also a move that seems to be counter to the Patriots’ stated desire to get faster and quicker on defense . John Lynch So why bring Lynch in? In my mind, it’s simple: Bill Belichick couldn’t resist fielding the safety combination of Lynch and Rodney Harrison , ...

And You Thought Bernard Pollard Was Dirty?
Published 26 days ago by noreply@blogger.com (JustinY) at The Bad News Bloggers
Its not surprising that numerous Pats fans have been crying foul over the Brady hit by Bernard Pollard. Hell, even Vince Wilfork and Randy Moss believe so. Many Pats fans (Personally, I like to imagine the proprietors of Sox and Dawgs as a red faced bunch of pissed off Boston Irish folks punching the keyboard as they typed that) and personnel have had an opinion on the hit, but one man's opinion is clearly missing... That of Rodney Harrison. Numerous Google Searches for Harrison have revealed little So where is the NFL's dirtiest player to comment on this dirty play? (Oh, ...