07/02/2009 10:02 AM
Like all sports fans ever, Buffalo Bills backers can take solace in not getting gut-punched every single week last season like Detroit Lions adherents. Except maybe they can’t: At least Detroit never teased its followers with playoff dreams or an undefeated September. Lions fans were stuck in a rotten relationship, but their partner never pretended it was anything other than dysfunctional. ...
07/02/2009 10:02 AM
I'm a proponent of the death penalty, and I say that fully aware that most criminologists do not believe it stops crime.
In fact, according to a study published at Northwestern University School of Law’s Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 88 percent of the country's top criminologists do not believe the death penalty acts as a deterrent to homicide.
Similarly, 87 percent believe that ...
07/01/2009 10:03 AM
The Buffalo Bills couldn’t hold a lead last season. It wasn’t merely on a game-by-game basis: They blew it on a global scale. The squad notoriously plummeted from divisional studs to sub-.500 playoff outcasts; in doing so, the Bills proved that no lead is safe. That maxim applies to whoever tops the AFC East in September as well as to individual contests. Buffalo must remain continually ...
07/01/2009 10:02 AM
While many question marks surround the Oakland Raiders’ wide receiving corps, the tight end position is in good hands thanks to Zach Miller -- who proved to be one of quarterback JaMarcus Russell’s favorite targets a year ago and their relationship is expected to flourish even more during the upcoming season.
For a young and developing signal caller, having a dependable tight end is one of the ...
06/30/2009 10:12 AM
Buffalo Bills fans don’t have to worry about losing another alleged home game to Ontario, at least not yet. Um, yay? Owner Ralph Wilson claimed in an Associated Press interview that he’s pleased with the Treaty of Toronto’s current terms, and won’t reconsider them for “two or three years.” If accurate, that means the Bills get to be the Bills, at least for most of the season; they're rightly ...
06/30/2009 10:04 AM
Wide receiver Javon Walker’s tenure in Oakland has been turbulent thus far, but his importance during the upcoming season is crucial. The Raiders deploy an inexperienced group of wideouts and Walker must become the catalyst the team expected him to be. If Oakland’s passing game is able to get back on track this year, Walker’s leadership and production must take a major step forward.
As the ...
06/30/2009 10:03 AM
The NFC East has been called The Beast for quite some time because of the talent its teams possess. If offseason moves are any indication, though, the AFC East may soon be the king of the jungle known as the NFL.
Every team in the division improved or added players who will raise their public profile. The Buffalo Bills, a young team, got Terrell Owens and are naturally more mature with another ...
06/29/2009 10:09 AM
Although he was drafted into one of the most dysfunctional franchises in the NFL, Oakland Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell continues to draw adverse reviews. Russell’s long-term future remains uncertain, but continuous remarks regarding his poor work ethic are becoming redundant. Russell has risen above several factors working against him and should be given a clean slate entering just his ...
06/29/2009 10:07 AM
The dream of an 18-game regular season in the NFL may come true in the near future. Of all the wonderful things about two extra contests per year, the best may be that Buffalo Bills receiver Terrell Owens will have two fewer weeks during the offseason to complain about former teammates. He recently once again took on former teammate and passer Tony Romo, continuing a persistently unsurprising ...
06/29/2009 10:00 AM
A quick note to anyone worrying about the recent arrest of Vontae Davis, the Miami Dolphins' first-round cornerback. Spend your time fretting about something else. Davis isn’t going to get in trouble. Why? Well, he wasn’t even the person who was arrested. Weird how that happens, huh?
Davis has asserted on his blog that he wasn’t even in Champaign, Ill., when the incident occurred during a ...