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I can think of no greater pressure placed on an athlete than being the No.1 overall pick in one of the four major US…
It has got to be the most pointless debate in NFL history. And yet here we are. A few days out from Super Bowl…
Two dominant defences, an ageing gunslinger saddling up for perhaps his last rodeo, and a brash, young quarterback. It's the old school versus the…
It must be difficult to make the decision to fire an NFL head coach. It doesn't look like it, from the outside. But it…
It's about to get wild. One of the best football weekends of the year is upon us. Soak it up. We've got four mouth-watering…
The year is 2006 and I'm at my friend's house playing Madden 2004 on Xbox. It's the one with Michael Vick on the cover.…
It's Christmas and the Carolina Panthers are still unbeaten. And by the New Year the Panthers will, almost certainly, still be perfect. What a…
Just when it looked like we had some clarity around the NFC East... The NFL's most confounding division reached new heights in Week 13…
So far this season the NFL MVP debate goes something like this. Tom Brady or Cam Newton? The best players and signal callers on…
What has been the major storyline this NFL season? The undefeated records of Carolina and New England? The regression of Peyton Manning? Old mate…
Never has a 7-2 team been surrounded by so much turmoil. The Denver Broncos will hand 6'8" quarterback Brock Osweiler his first career start…
"Just win, baby." You can almost see Al Davis, dressed in all black, a wide smile spreading across his face, as he urges his…
I remember a time before mid-season awards. Before pre-season awards and quarter-season awards (yes they exist). This was a time when analysts would let the…
While the fumbles and muffed catches on special teams no doubt raised eyebrows on the 49ers' sideline, there was another crucial error, made by…
Jarryd Hayne hysteria reached epic new heights this time last week when the 49ers rookie was a healthy scratch for the first time in…
I saw an interesting question posed on social media last week. “Do you think the Atlanta Falcons have a legit chance to go undefeated?”…
A little over nine months ago the Detroit Lions were one horrible pass-interference call away from winning their first playoff game since 1991. Today,…
Peyton Manning turned 39 this year. That is old. Even among NFL quarterbacks - a position where the mediocre can enjoy incredible longevity –…
Time moves slower in the NFL off-season. It's a theory I become more certain of every year. It meanders along almost aimlessly, one day…
I woke up on Sunday morning to discover two things. Firstly, Jarryd Hayne had made the San Francisco 49ers 53-man roster. And secondly, I…
I fear you were too sleepy when you wrote this comment and unfortunately it is complete nonsense. So, so sleepy.
Timely predictions for NFL 2015
Good call, Steve. It’s a much improved division over the last two seasons. I saw one NFL analyst predict all four teams would finish above .500.
Timely predictions for NFL 2015
Not comparing Hayne and Smith athletically. In fact I make a point of saying that. Comparing them in terms of learning the playbook and the language of the NFL.
I was wrong about Jarryd Hayne
True Tiger you’re a visionary. Similiar response to David Boston.
Running the ball back on punt returns is not that difficult for someone like Hayne. Agreed. But when I wrote the piece in October I wrote that Hayne’s best chance of making a roster was being versatile – playing RB and return man – and because the return position had been undervalued he would need to play RB as well, therefore learn playbook, understand schemes etc.
I was wrong about Jarryd Hayne
You’re not wrong, David Boston. But when I wrote the piece in October I wrote that Hayne’s best chance of making a roster was being versatile – playing RB and return man – and because the return position had been undervalued he would need to play RB as well, therefore learn playbook, understand schemes etc.
I was wrong about Jarryd Hayne
The media coverage has been a bit embarrassing hasn’t it. I cringed a week or so ago when Australian media were saying the Broncos were running scared and kicking the ball away from him when they were just kicking touchbacks.
I was wrong about Jarryd Hayne
I mean overall the divide is still fairly wide. Hayne is one of only a few that could do it. Just my opinion.
I was wrong about Jarryd Hayne
Read them here. http://www.theroar.com.au/2015/09/07/wrong-jarryd-hayne/
Hayne's NFL dream doomed to fail
Sailosi. I found a recent article on Smith. http://m.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/rugby/australian-code-hoppers-incredible-journey-back-to-rugby-after-nfl-season-with-new-york-jets/story-fni2fxyf-1227508247784?sv=930d130a2c1ec12e5515a224d78860ac
I was wrong about Jarryd Hayne
I agree with you. But I think it’s important to point out that Hayne is, arguably, the best athlete in the NRL. There might only be two or three other guys currently in the NRL who are in the same ball park as him. He was carving it up in the NFL against third and fourth-string players. So while I do think there is some snobbery (and I am guilty of it) around the NRL and NFL. I think the divide is still fairly wide.
I was wrong about Jarryd Hayne
I agree mate. I was really interested when I first read those quotes from Smith last year. Gives awesome insight into the challenge. I hope eventually someone will talk to Hayne in depth about how difficult it was to learn the playbook, understand what was going on etc.
I was wrong about Jarryd Hayne
Hey Steve. I know I wasn’t the only one who said he would fail. It’s funny though people who aren’t willing to make their opinions public, but will then hammer others when they turn out to be wrong. What is wrong with society (and it seems to be mostly Twitter) that we revel so much in people being wrong?
I was wrong about Jarryd Hayne
Yeah I think initially when I wrote that “zero chance” I was incensed that someone thought they could waltz into the NFL without ever playing the game before. I admit to typical NFL snobbery.
I was wrong about Jarryd Hayne
Yep. I didn’t say he didn’t make the roster, just that he was waived a year later. One catch for 16 yards in a season and then he was cut.
I was wrong about Jarryd Hayne
How can you call these “logical roster moves” and say “Kelly knows exactly what he is doing”. These are some of the most shocking NFL trades and free agency moves in recent memory, according to, well, EVERYBODY who covers the NFL.
NFL gets trade crazy: What is Chip Kelly thinking?
Kelly has since signed DeMarco Murray and Ryan Matthews. So, we thought that he didn’t want to spend big money at running back when he dealt LeSean McCoy away, but now he’s given out almost $30 million in guaranteed money to secure a three-headed monster at running back.
NFL gets trade crazy: What is Chip Kelly thinking?
That he did. Rust says something like “Someone once told me….” But I wasn’t sure anyone would know about Ledoux, so I credited it to Cohle. History is written by the victors.
Timely predictions for NFL 2015