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Marshawn Lynch and the Tale of a Knee-Jerk Contract

With free agency a week away and the deals already happening between current employers and employees, one deal in particular (while not on the surface) is quite odd, especially in the money department.
MIKE KAYE
There is very little to complain about Marshawn Lynch these days. He’s the star running back of a team with a quirky [...]

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5087! Drew Brees breaks Dan Marino’s record as the Saints throttle Atlanta on MNF

SCOTT JACOBS
1984. It was a different time, and a different game, but that doesn’t change the fact that history is history. Drew Brees and the Saints had one heckuva Monday night in a festive and rocking Mercedes Benz Superdome (I think that’s what they’re calling it nowadays), as Brees and New [...]

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Go Pack Go!

…All the way to the Super Bowl?  Green Bay looks unstoppable after throttling the over-matched Falcons
SCOTT JACOBS
It was amazing.  Almost poetic, the way the Packers picked apart the number one seed Falcons in tonight’s shocking 48-21 rout, sending the 10-6 six seed to the NFC Championship.

It’s not the fact that Green Bay is one win [...]

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Starting Over

Brett Favre’s streak is over at 297. A look back at the Streak that was, and how things have changed since September 27, 1992, when a wide eyed second year player started this historic, likely unbreakable run
SCOTT JACOBS
Well that’s it. Brett Favre’s starting streak is over. Declared inactive for tonight’s game against the Giants, Number [...]

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What if the NFL didn’t give Mike Vick a second chance?

The NFL owners could send an unbelievably strong message if they rejected the former superstar, turned convict
SCOTT JACOBS
He’s backkkkkkkkkk!
For better, or for worse.  Mike Vick, the quarterback whose talent seemed to know no bounds, is set to be released from prison today.  But he’s not done with his sentence.  Not yet at least.  He still [...]

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For Pete’s sake, don’t do it Mr. Carroll

Bolting to a Falcons team in total disarray would be a disaster for Pete Carrol; Why in the world would he even consider it?
BY SCOTT JACOBS
JSB SPORTS COLUMNIST

You’re Pete Carroll. Respected college head coach, the mastermind behind USC’s dominance this century, and one of the best recruiters in the country. You accumulate top [...]

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