Time will tell who got the best haul of players in Kansas City from Thursday’s first round, but there were encouraging signs from Seattle, Houston and PhiladelphiaAfter months of rumor and speculation, Thursday night’s first round of the NFL draft featured less chaos than anticipated. There were few eyebrow-scorching picks and, instead, a steady stream of sensible selections.Let’s look at some of the winners from the opening night. Continue reading...
The Bills quarterback started his first game after a solid appearance in relief ... and threw five picks. But some of the best struggled when they first stepped upTerry Bradshaw won four Super Bowls as Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback and it helped get him to the Hall of Fame. But no one would have guessed at his greatness after his first start, in which he completed just four passes.Troy Aikman, another Hall of Famer with multiple Super Bowl wins, completed only seven passes in the first game of a first season in which he lost all 11 of his starts. Related: NFL scores: Peterman has five picks in Bills horror show; Pats win in Mexico Dammit, hate to see this. Chris...
A blowout loss to the Kansas City Chiefs has officially ended the Super Bowl title returning to Denver – and there’s more to blame than just the quarterbackThe Denver Broncos season unofficially ended shortly before half-time during Sunday night’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs. Down 21-10 with time running out in the second quarter, they lined up as if they were going to attempt a 53 yard field goal. Instead, kicker Brandon McManus took the ball, ran ... and failed to pick up the first down. The Broncos wouldn’t score again as the Chiefs would go on to win 33-10, securing a return to the playoffs while eliminating the reigning Super Bowl champions from postseason contention. Related: 350lb lineman...
If Rex Ryan and Chip Kelly are fired before the start of the next season, faceless automatons will truly control the leagueGrowing concern that we’ll all eventually lose our jobs to titanium-plated humanoids soared last week when president-elect Donald Trump announced he will nominate restaurant executive Andy Puzder for labor secretary. Puzder, who would head the government agency that is supposed to protect American workers, is on record saying that he actually isn’t a big fan of American workers. In fact, he much prefers automaton laborers over real human beings: “They’re always polite, they always upsell, they never take a vacation, they never show up late, there’s never a slip-and-fall, or an age, sex or race discrimination case.”He’s not wrong...
The most popular league in the US is suffering this season but even the darkest clouds have silver liningsThere’s no getting around it now. The major storyline of the 2016 NFL season at the midway point is this: the NFL is bad. Even one of the league’s paid PR flacks tacitly acknowledged the negative feeling around the product by tweeting out a passive-aggressive “narrative” hashtag after Week 8 happened to deliver a handful of entertaining games. What a day of #NFL games w/ 3 going OT. #narrative Related: Mediocrity on turf: the NFL is stumbling, but will it recover? Dildo launch from @hub_nation pic.twitter.com/nfL4tI9UVG Continue reading...