July 2011
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NFL Picks: NFL-Players Not Ready To OK Owners’...
NFL Picks News: National Football League (NFL) players took a cautious stance on a collective bargaining agreement approved Thursday by team owners, holding off a vote to sign off until they had more time to read the fine print.
Team owners thought they had found the right formula to end the four-month lockout with their proposal for a 10-year deal, but representatives of the players said...
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NFL Picks: NFL, Players Should Be In A Position To...
As NFL Picks owners gathered for their meeting in Atlanta, their lead negotiator, Jeff Pash, said he expected the league and its players to continue working toward separate Thursday votes on a new collective bargaining agreement that would end the four-month-old lockout.
“It’s obviously a complicated agreement, but I think both sides are at the point where they can close, they...
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NFL Picks: UFL delays start of 2011 season
NFL Picks News: The United Football League has postponed the start of its season. The league’s five teams were scheduled to start their 2011 season on Aug. 13, but instead will kick off in mid-September, which is when the past two seasons have begun.
UFL commissioner Michael Huyghue stated that a lack of money from sponsorships and television partners contributed to the delay. He said...
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NFL Picks: Veteran Center Wiegmann Wants To Return...
Wiegmann’s agent, Joe Linta, told on Monday that the veteran center has decided he wants to return for a 16th NFL Picks season if he can work out a new contract with the Kansas City Chiefs.
The Chiefs selected Florida State center Rodney Hudson in the second round of the April draft, but coach Todd Haley has said Wiegmann is welcome to return.Linta said earlier this offseason that...
NFL Picks: RB Cedric Benson Arrested On Assault...
NFL Picks News: Running back Cedric Benson was released from jail on Sunday following an arrest on an assault charge, the second year in a row he has gotten into trouble in his home state. Benson was a free agent after leading the Cincinnati Bengals in rushing each of the last three seasons. He hoped to stay with the Bengals and worked out with players in Cincinnati during the NFL’s lockout.
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NFL Picks: Breaking down Moss Vs Revis
On Thursday, I talked about Randy Moss heading into the 2011 NFL Picks season. What type of player will we need to see in training camp if we are going to buy into the comments from his agent that the WR is ready to play at a high level?
Today, let’s look at an example of what Moss can do outside of the numbers when he is in a one-on-one situation and playing good football. Check out...
NFL Picks News: Browns Getting Up To Speed On 4-3...
NFL Picks: One of the Cleveland Browns’ transitions whenever the lockout is over will be getting up to speed on new defensive coordinator Dick Jauron’s 4-3 scheme.
He’ll be implementing a playbook that linebacker Scott Fujita has already obtained a copy of and worked on during the players’ minicamp in Texas.
“Based on what we did this weekend and what we have,...
NFL Picks: Bills’ Posluzny Interested In Giants
NFL Picks News: Likely heading into unrestricted free agency and pondering his options, Buffalo Bills inside linebacker Paul Posluszny is excited about the possibility of playing for the New York Giants. With the Giants, Posluszny could play again for New York defensive coordinator Perry Fewell.
Fewell operated as the Bills’ interim coach and defensive coordinator. “Definitely,...
NFL Picks: NFL-Super Bowl Triple Winner Vrabel...
Three-time Super Bowl-winning offensive linebacker Mike Vrabel announced on Monday he was retiring from the NFL Picks Kansas City Chiefs to join the coaching staff of Ohio State University.
Vrabel, a 2007 Pro Bowl selection, was taken by the Pittsburgh Steelers as a third round pick in the 1997 draft after impressing with Ohio State and went on to enjoy Super Bowl success with the New England...
NFL Picks: Webb Has No Worries About Job Security...
There were plenty of scapegoats following the Baltimore Ravens’ bitter NFL Picks playoff loss to the rival Steelers in January. Lardarius Webb can attest to that.
Webb was the cornerback in coverage of Antonio Brown when the Pittsburgh wideout made a crucial 58-yard reception late in the fourth quarter.
The circus catch — Brown pinned the ball against his helmet as his momentum...
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NFL Picks: Hearing Canceled For Williams In Ring...
NFL Picks: Roy Williams’ bid for the ring is apparently over. A court hearing scheduled for Friday has been canceled in connection with a lawsuit filed by the Dallas Cowboys wide receiver over an engagement ring he allegedly mailed to Brooke Daniels, a former Miss Texas, in February as part of a marriage proposal.
Williams sued Daniels to retrieve the ring, and a hearing was slated for...
NFL Picks: Dallas WR Sues Ex-Girlfriend Over...
FL Picks: Dallas wide receiver Roy Williams has sued his ex-girlfriend for return of an engagement ring he included in a marriage proposal-by-mail spurned by the ex-beauty queen.
In court documents, Williams says he wants 2009 Miss Texas USA Brooke Daniels to return the $76,600 ring he mailed to her in February.
Michael Daniels of Tomball told the Odessa American that Williams told his ...
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NFL Picks: Lorenzo Neal Arrested For DUI
NFL Picks: Former Pro Bowl fullback Lorenzo Neal was arrested for driving under the influence following a July 4 accident where he and everyone else involved was unhurt. According to KFSN, Neal was arrested in Fresno, Calif.
Per the report, the former Tennessee Titans, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New York Jets, Cincinnati Bengals, San Diego Chargers, Baltimore Ravens and ...
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NFL Picks: In July, It Is All About Camp...
For most players in the NFL, the 4th of July signals the start of the final phase of training for the summer. Conditioning, technique, position specific drills, etc. Two to three weeks of intense on the field work and explosive lifting in the weight room.
And even now it is time for players to fine tune their bodies and conditioning level to an elite status. Because jobs will still be up for...
NFL Picks: Player says upcoming season has been...
Although veteran free agent wide receiver Donte’ Stallworth remains optimistic that the owners and the NFL Picks players will soon hammer out a new collective bargaining agreement, he believes the quality of the season has been irreparably damaged.
“I’m hearing a deal could get done right around July 4,” Stallworth told National Football Post in a telephone interview. “There’s a ...
