I know we’ve been quiet here at Riggo’s Rag. It’s hard to watch a post-season from the sidelines after such a glorious start to the season. But time heals all wounds and we need to move on. The Superbowl is our last day to enjoy football — REAL football — until September. The next NFL [...]
Archive | January, 2009
Superbowl Prediction: No Miracle Win this Year for Arizona
Written by guyskins | January 31, 2009 | Comments Off | Riggos Rag (Redskins)
Everyone Loves A Cinderella Team.
Written by Matt DeLucia | January 31, 2009 | Comments Off | Musket Fire (New England Patriots)
In a little over twenty-four hours from now, the National Football League will be crowning a new champion. Who’s it going to be? That depends on Sunday and who wants it more. So it’s either the Pittsburgh Steelers or the Arizona Cardinals who will be hoisting the Lombardi trophy.
Now if you go by most of the chatter [...]
Derrick Thomas: He Sacked The NFL?And Our Hearts
Written by Adam Best | January 31, 2009 | Comments Off | Arrowhead Addict (Chiefs)
It’s not everyday that you get to write about your boyhood idol being elected into the Hall of Fame. But that’s exactly what I get to do today. I’ve been running around my pad, doing the tomahawk chant and chop all day long. It should have never, ever taken this long, but now the best [...]
Westbrook May Need Surgery
Written by Scott | January 31, 2009 | Comments Off | Inside the Iggles (Eagles)
Brian Westbrook has been battling knee pain since his days at Villanova. This nagging irritation has caused the Pro Bowl runner to miss several games over the last five seasons. In 2008, the soreness seemed to escalate. He technically didn’t miss any games due to the “knee” but his inability to practice the latter half [...]
Randall McDaniel is a Hall of Famer…and Cris Carter is Not
Written by Dan Zinski | January 31, 2009 | Comments Off | The Viking Age (Vikings)
The word just came across that Randall McDaniel has been elected to the Hall-of-Fame. And all I can say is…about effing time. It was always absurd that McDaniel, the best left guard of his era, had to wait as long as he did to gain election…but all that can be forgotten now; McDaniel will be [...]
Kurt Warner Superbowl MVP
Written by Stlvinnie | January 31, 2009 | Comments Off | Ramblin' Fan (Rams)
Who can forget the perfect pass from Kurt Warner to Ricky Proehl in the NFC Championship game leading us to a 11-6 victory. Who can ever forget when Kurt threw the game-winning 73-yard TD pass to Isaac Bruce with 1:54 to play in the Superbowl XXXIV. I will certainly will never forget, nor should any [...]
Bengals Open Talks With Potential Free Agents Cedric Benson, Stacy Andrews
Written by David | January 31, 2009 | Comments Off | Stripe Hype (Bengals)
Props to Rotoworld for catching an update (or maybe it was there from the start and I just blew past it on first reading) to this piece on bengals.com. Writes Geoff “hey Rocky, watch me bury the lead!” Hobson:
Lewis said the Bengals could conceivably sign a player in free agency and then draft the same [...]
Life Will Be Sweet Beating Pittsburgh (contest)
Written by AZScott | January 31, 2009 | Comments Off | Raising Zona (Cardinals)
We are only 9 days away from the big game in Tampa, Florida. Super Bowl XLIII featuring, as you know, our Arizona Cardinals vs. the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Cardinals are in their first Super Bowl and the Steelers are in their seventh Super Bowl and have won five of the first six they participated in. [...]
Super Bowl XLIII: One Day to Go
Written by AZScott | January 31, 2009 | Comments Off | Raising Zona (Cardinals)
Only about 26 hours to go before kickoff. Just the partying is left to do before the actual game.
Megan Finnerty, blogger for azcentral.com, says Wyclef Jean is a Steelers fan, however we have Jared (of Subway fame) is behind the Cardinals, although his head still says take the Steelers.
Hey, take what you can get. His [...]
Dent Denied
Written by Boomer | January 31, 2009 | Comments Off | Bear Goggles (Bears)
Super Bowl XX MVP Richard Dent was denied in his fifth bid for enshrinement into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Dent, of course, was an integral cog of the ferocious Bears defense of the 80’s. All-time sacks leader Bruce Smith was selected in his first year of eligibility along with Wide receiver [...]
DJ’s 2009 Mock Draft V.1
Written by DJ | January 31, 2009 | Comments Off | LombardiAve (Packers)
#
Team
Pick
1
Detroit Lions
(0-16)
Matthew Stafford, QB, Georgia
2
St. Louis Rams
(2-14)
Michael Oher, OT, Ole Miss
3
Kansas City Chiefs
(2-14)
Michael Crabtree, WR, Texas Tech
4
Seattle Seahawks
(4-12)
Andre Smith, OT, Alabama
5
Cleveland Browns
(4-12)
Aaron Curry, LB, Wake Forest
6
Cincinnati Bengals
(4-11-1)
Eugene Monroe, OT, Virginia
7
Oakland Raiders
(5-11)
Everette Brown, DE, Florida State
8
Jacksonville Jaguars
(5-11)
Jeremy Maclin, WR, Missouri
9
Green Bay Packers
(6-10)
Malcolm Jenkins, CB, Ohio State
10
San Francisco 49ers
(7-9)
Mark Sanchez, QB, USC
11
Buffalo Bills
(7-9)
Duke Robinson, OG, Oklahoma State
12
Denver [...]
Musings on Chad’s Interview
Written by David | January 31, 2009 | Comments Off | Stripe Hype (Bengals)
I was on my way out for the evening when I saw the video of Chad on NFL Network and didn’t have time to do much more than scribble down a few outtakes. Now that I’ve had a chance to come back and digest it, here are some thoughts.
1. Chad seems to feel strongly that [...]
Show Me the Thorazine
Written by Dan Zinski | January 31, 2009 | Comments Off | Other Blogs, Pacman Jonesin'
The big ESPN Super Bowl party brought out all the big stars…and the washed-up has-beens who forgot to take their antipsychotics. No, I did not just call James Earl Jones a psychotic has-been…that’s Cuba Gooding, Jr. – what’s left of him, anyway. I imagine Cuba is rooting for the Cardinals, the team his character Rod [...]
The Numbers Don’t Lie – Kurt Is In The HOF
Written by Stlvinnie | January 31, 2009 | Comments Off | Ramblin' Fan (Rams)
HTML clipboard Kurt Warner – Career Highlights
• A two-time NFL MVP (1999 and 2001); was also named Super Bowl XXXIV MVP after leading the Rams to a victory over the Tennessee Titans (1/30/00)
• A three-time Pro Bowler, has led the NFL in passing yardage, completion percentage and average gain per attempt three times each, has [...]
Snag In The Plan?
Written by DJ | January 31, 2009 | Comments Off | LombardiAve (Packers)
You all remember how earlier I presented a plan for the Green Bay Packers to acquire Carolina Panthers defensive end Julius Peppers?
Well things have gotten a little more interesting. The Packers hired former Carolina Panthers defensive coordinator Jeff Trgovac to coach their defensive linemen, a move seen by a coup by many, as Trgovac [...]
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