NFL pulls replacement ref from game
Griffin will be a great quarterback in the NFL, but it was just one game against a porous defense. Week 2 will be a more difficult challenge for Griffin and the Redskins offense as they travel to St....
View ArticleHeated exchange between NFL coaches
Chris Mortensen reported this one and it is truly amazing. Brian Stropolo is an NFL replacement side judge, for now, who was scheduled to officiate the New Orleans Saints-Carolina Panthers game this...
View ArticleNFL Week 2: Replacement ref taken off New Orleans-Carolina game because …
From the blog Shutdown Corner: Through the current lockout of its game officials, the NFL has been emphatic all along that its replacement officials have passed all appropriate background checks. One...
View ArticleOld-school NFL voices appreciate Greg Schiano's approach
There was a great hue and cry after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers seemed to lose the NFL's "code book" at the end of their 41-34 loss to the New York Giants. Instead of allowing Giants quarterback Eli...
View ArticleOld-school NFL voices appreciate Greg Schiano's approach
Last week Chris Kluwe, the Minnesota Vikings punter and noted World of Warcraft and RPG fan, cast his team's season opener in terms of an MMO quest. He's done the same thing this week so we'll hold him...
View ArticleNFL: Patriots revel in festive mood after crushing hapless Jets
Former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue has been asked to consider a suggestion that suspended coach Gregg Williams have his reinstatement hearing conducted in December rather than February, according...
View ArticleNFL to Examine Replay Rule From Lions-Texans Game
2012 – In recent years the NFL has gone to extreme measures to protect offensive skill players. The same, however, can't be said for defensive players, and those guys have spoken out about the...
View ArticleNFL to revisit challenge rule
Niners going with Kaepernick?: San Francisco 49ers safety Donte Whitner told a radio show Friday that Colin Kaepernick will be the team's starter Sunday against the New Orleans Saints as the Niners...
View ArticleNFL to revisit challenge rule
The first — and most obvious — is that he played poorly in his first NFL start last week against the Redskins. That was a big reason the Eagles lost, and his play will also be a big reason why the...
View ArticleNFL to revisit challenge rule
NFL director of football operations Ray Anderson said Friday that the rule will be immediately reexamined. What's more, change could come this year, which is unusual because the NFL traditionally...
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